

Image from Good Housekeeping
Um, wow! Hello, Red! The auburn look is gorgeous on Juliann Moore, but I was in shock! I think she must see more red in my hair than I feel I actually have. I tried to keep calm and even told her she didn't have to style my hair because I just wanted to leave, go home and cry my eyes out. She wanted to straighten my naturally curly hair so I could really see the color, and it was a bit torturous to have to look in the mirror. I was going for something a little more like these two. Rachel's a little too red here but you get the idea (not sure where I found her pic).

My hair is really a brown color with some faint hints of red when the sun shines on it. A little more like this.

Image from Good Housekeeping
To a stranger it doesn't look so bad, and no offense to my red headed family members or readers, but I don't think it suits me. To me the dye looks pinkish where the highlighted strands used to be. I had prepared myself for the Elizabeth Hurley-esque shade and came out ginger-haired. Red dyes fade quickly so I tried my best with some hot olive oil treatments and multiple applications of good ole' classic Prell shampoo, but no dice. I've been wearing my hair back all week, because I get upset when I see it in the mirror. I've even had to rethink some wardrobe choices because I thought the red hair looked kinda funny with some of the colored tops I have.
Now I have to do the walk of shame into the salon tomorrow to have it fixed because I don't think I can stand it. I always feel so bad having to tell a stylist that a cut or color didn't turn out how I'd hoped. Anyone else ever feel that way?
Sigh. The battle for great hair- will it ever end? I know there are more important things in the world to worry about and that this is totally a trivial problem to have, (my thoughts are on the people of Haiti!) but it's on my mind and so I am writing about it.
Have any of you had any salon blunders?
I once convinced my Mother to take me to get a perm, despite the fact that I have naturally curly hair. I'd somehow convinced myself that a perm would create perfect curls, rather than the ones I was born with, which sometimes have a mind of their own. Turns out reality wasn't so glorious. I walked out looking pretty much the same as when I walked in. Well, I looked the same but my Mom was about $100 poorer.
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