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To call in sick tomorrow due to an awful dye job?

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ijustneedaminute24 · 13/10/2024 22:44

I mean, I won't but the temptation is huge. I have meetings with people in rooms with very bright lighting 😭

I'm usually a dark blonde colour but decided today that I'd go a shade darker for autumn so that would be light brown naturally.

It's bloody black!!!!

Apart from the horizontal stripes of light brown streaking through every layer that is, I can't even hide it with a ponytail. It's that bad. It's everywhere!

I've been successfully dying my hair for 30 years, since my early teens and haven't had a result like this since I attempted to bleach it.

Any tips? Clearly the box didn't have quite enough to saturate it all the way through, John Frieda mousse manages to cover it all but clearly L'Oréal isn't made for thicker hair. Do I get another box of the same to do it again tomorrow and look witchy for the rest of my life a while? I'm v pale with light eyes so it's not the most flattering. I considered fake tanning but it'd be Sod's Law that my skin would also get a tortoiseshell effect and I'd look totally inept.

On the plus side it's actually covered my greys which usually unheard of. And it's very shiny.

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Luna42 · 14/10/2024 16:32

If it's any consolation I have done exactly the same! But it's only hair and it will fade!

socialdilemmawhattodo · 01/08/2025 18:20

Just popping onto ask how things went, OP? Having had a dye disaster myself this week :(

ijustneedaminute24 · 02/08/2025 16:11

Hi! Wow this was a while ago! It’s fine now, I left it as long as possible then went over it with a regular brown. It’s gradually faded back to a light brown/dark blonde thank god. I’m only dying my roots now rather than the full lot and it’s definitely better!
I hope yours isn’t too bad and fades soon 🤞

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