To not want to be told I look like one of the spice girls 5mins after I leave the hairdressers!!!

[JennaJ]

OMG

Now I have nothing against the spice girls BUT

AIBU? I walked out of the hairdresses,(after taking my two sick ds with me as was desperate to keep the appointment I made weeks ago!!) so was a fairly stressful experience! I had my hair coloured, its brown and quite short and I had blonde and red chunky highlights in it. Now I walk out and down the road feeling very proud of my new hairdoo and bump into a neighbour I don't know very well who says " gosh you look like one of those spice girls before they became trendy" Arghhhh Im now at home wondering if I have done the right thing..or if I look like some scary spice!!

I wish people would be a bit more careful about what they say!!

Jenna

Thats nothing, I was told I looked like the snooker player John Parrott once. But I'm a girl!!

rofl mer merton - john parrott!! He's a bit of a helmet head

"before they became trendy"

That's a back-handed compliment, isn't it

do you like it? sounds very fab and funky... who cares what anyone else thinks? bet they are of how good you look

you should have said to her 'whoo doo you think you are?'

you never know if you dh likes it, it might 'spice up your life'

Which one were they talking about?

yes, little miss!

or 'I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, zig-a-zig ahhh'

I guess she meant Geri Halliwell..in the era when she wore the flg dress she had multicoloured hair.

I 'think' I like it. I was dead chuffed until I bumped into said neighbour...wish I had thought of something witty to say. Im crap at thinking on my feet!

Will try to get a mugshot to scare you all!

Jenna

Well, I had a perm in the 80's and then got told I looked like Deirdre Barlow, so things could be worse!

Your hair sounds fab, I have similar coloured highlights in my hair but not chunky (if that makes any sense?!)

at least you havent got a wonky diy fringe like me, that i did when i was possessed and still havent been to the hairdressers yet as not had time

the most withering comment i had was from a gay chum after an especially severe cut (i have quite big cheekbones and a square jaw, by the way)
i warned him beforehand that i'd had it done, and that i looked like joan of arc
he took one look and said "well, at least you've got the bones to carry it off"
back-handed compliment or what?
it still stings

oh, and as for wonky DIY fringes......
the number of times i've ended up looking like dave hill from slade...........
i cut ds' fringe a couple of weeks ago, and we look like we're a tribute double act, now

wonky fringe done with a pair of nail scissors i forgot to add

My mum used to cut my fringe and I looked like Bob Mortimer doing his impression of Dave Hill from Slade... ahh, memories...

I know how you feel - I got accused of having a pob today.

Not impressed.

I haven't.

LMNT - that's all right! At least it reaches your eyebrows!!

Now this is a fringe to be ashamed of!

LittleMissNervoustWitch - it's not that bad, and Dawn French has a similar fringe that goes up at one side.

It's honestly not that bad, although why nail scissors?!

Balls - haven't got the hang of this yet... try this

Nope, it seems determined to block it...it's probably for the best, I'm not sure gentle, timid MNers are ready for the horror that is Dave Hill's mid-70's fringe...

lol at the best backhanded compliment that I have heard in years, "before they became trendy" ouch.

It sounds really nice, come on, show us a picture.

How old is your neighbour and what is her hair like? (Just trying to acertain her qualifications for judging your hair)

lovecat. Although Bob Morrimter's version was exactly like Dave Hill's. It's not as if he exaggerated it at all

'I'll tell ya what you want.. what you really, really want!!'

.. actually no I wont