Quote Originally Posted by darkangel
I have had quite a saga with my hair... I did highlights here and there when I was younger. My big mishap with the at-home color was with a very unflattering red that took quite a bit of color-correction to make look right. A little over a year ago I had lots and lots of bright blonde done, almost my entire head, and it looked fantastic on me. Unfortunately my hair seems to go brassy no matter what the color, so when I moved back to my hometown I opted for a rich, chocolate brown, which wound up almost black due to an inexperienced hairdresser... So I went to another crappy hairdresser and she charged me 200 dollars to do, basically, nothing... Now I'm wanting to go to just a warm brown shade and I don't trust anyone... LOL
Yeah...I've had the same hairdresser since I was 13 and I trust her COMPLETELY. Unfortunately, a year ago this spring, I came home from school to find that the place she had worked at was CLOSED. I wanted a trim and had a panic attack--who was going to cut my hair?! I was on my way home from the mall and stopped in a strip mall (my first mistake) at a place called "Angelina's"--my old hairdresser's place was "Alfredo's"--so it sounds like it could be okay.

I asked for a trim--a few inches off with "long layers" (my 'usual' with Rita, my old hairdresser). She started in the back and by the time she got to the front I realized that the shortest of the layers was only about 4" long on the top, and my longest layer was just shorter than my shoulders... She cut mid-back length hair up past shoulder length--NOT what I asked for.

I sucked it up in the shop and left...then cried for days. I HATED it. Fortunately, I found out a few months later where my old hairdresser is now working--so I've seen her for trims since then, and she's blended the terrible layers for me. Fortunately, I'm almost back to my pre-butchering length

Sorry for my long-windedness--but the moral of the story is: Find a hairdresser you trust and STICK WITH THEM!