I hate my hair - rant thread

[kissablekae]

okay...its not like i didnt notice the "trim" before but i was too wrapped up in color to focus on it. now today i was at work and keeping myself busy with hw and couldnt even concentrate when i realize how much hair i "lost". i asked for very little trim, my rule is typrically half inch! so barely anything but believe me its enough! i ended up with layers that ruined my former perfect blunt cut that emphasized my hair's full ness, now its so thin on the bottom . i think people grow an average of half inch a month, i just lost like 6 months of hair.im trying desperately to grow bangs which she had to trim as well or else it wouldnt have blended with cut so im like back at square one(i didnt like having shorter hair)

 

[Petit Lucille]

i can't stand my hair lately, i don't know what to do with it anymore. i don't know whether i should cut it or leave it as it is now and cope with it a while longer. and eventually cut it or just let it live!!!

 

[kissablekae]

i may have to trim my hair more to fix it my hairdressers mistakes. everyday i keep finding new layers that i didnt ask for the curl awkwardy around my face. needless to say i wont be going back to her again.

 

[Petit Lucille]

i hate it when they do that!!!!!!

 

[kissablekae]

^ i went to a different hairdresser & salon today. she fixed the ends, a nice soft blunt cut instead of the thinned-out-to-death look 'tail' thing my now former HD gave me. my new hairdresser recognized me from the restaurant i work at, she was like "you used to have a full head of long hair!" she was so mad for me hahaha

she also touched up my roots which were left by former HD now im happy and i wont look busted on Halloween!

edit : very few people are blessed enough to need to thin out their hair. i am not one of them, i have(or 'had' i should say) medium amount of hair and i think the thinning 'V' layer look needs to be outlawed!!

 

[Mindbear]

I went to my salon today to try and sort out the virtually bald patch of broken hair at the back, and they refused to do anything, telling me I looked great and not to worry. Thank and all, but I feel disgusting! I don't know what to do, I feel awkward about going in there for a cut, and I have horrible brown roots, and I HATE looking at myself!

 

[kissablekae]

^ please do not go back to that salon! they are obviously not admitting to fault. ive noticed that bad hairdressers make many mistakes and worse they will never admit to making any! they will always say its fine its fine. my now former hairdresser(since Monday) said tried to put her mistakes on ME. she said i didnt know what i want. i was like oh i know exactly what i want, i always bring pictures and if it doesnt look like that then obvious its your fault. like i said orange does not = blonde!

i had horrible roots after JUST getting my hair done with my old hairdresser. she didnt put the foils close enough to my scalp so i still had 1-2 months of roots all over my head. def ask friends who have good hair for recommendations. i went to different salon on a whim on my sister's rec. im so glad i didnt just sit at home and cry about it. i say when it comes to hair, never settle. if you arent happy you move on to a different salon! after my new HD touched up my roots its completely brightens up my face!

 

[madrid_qon]

I'm a giant split end, the lads love my bridgette bardot hair. but i hate it. i want sexy long healthy hippy hair.

 

[Miwi]

I used to have gorgeous hair, blonde, thick and long. Few months ago I was supposed to do some fashion show and there was also a hair dresser that made me look like a plucked chicken.
My hair dresser helped me out, but my hair is still not the same as it used to be. Shoulder length, fine and nothing like THIS.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

I miss my old hair. Went from this to this, by my own will.

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[Mindbear]

^ please do not go back to that salon! they are obviously not admitting to fault. ive noticed that bad hairdressers make many mistakes and worse they will never admit to making any! they will always say its fine its fine. my now former hairdresser(since Monday) said tried to put her mistakes on ME. she said i didnt know what i want. i was like oh i know exactly what i want, i always bring pictures and if it doesnt look like that then obvious its your fault. like i said orange does not = blonde!

i had horrible roots after JUST getting my hair done with my old hairdresser. she didnt put the foils close enough to my scalp so i still had 1-2 months of roots all over my head. def ask friends who have good hair for recommendations. i went to different salon on a whim on my sister's rec. im so glad i didnt just sit at home and cry about it. i say when it comes to hair, never settle. if you arent happy you move on to a different salon! after my new HD touched up my roots its completely brightens up my face!

The thing that is really upsetting me is that I have been going there for fifteen years and have always come away feeling great. They've never done anything bad, and then suddenly they've become ridiculous. I'm meant to be having an interview for the Independent this week, and photographs, and I feel rubbish about myself. I think perhaps I'll get it colored elsewhere from now on and go this week to the guy who cuts it and ignore the boss telling me to just grow it. I'm also meant to be on tv and I don't want to look rubbish. Thing is, when I have my roots in my very short bleached hair, just like you, my face looks totally different. I need my roots done! Oh!

 

[kissablekae]

I used to have gorgeous hair, blonde, thick and long. Few months ago I was supposed to do some fashion show and there was also a hair dresser that made me look like a plucked chicken.
My hair dresser helped me out, but my hair is still not the same as it used to be. Shoulder length, fine and nothing like THIS.

^ its gorgeous! thats what my hair used to look like from the back! full & the soft blunt ends...now its not quite as full.

The thing that is really upsetting me is that I have been going there for fifteen years and have always come away feeling great. They've never done anything bad, and then suddenly they've become ridiculous. I'm meant to be having an interview for the Independent this week, and photographs, and I feel rubbish about myself. I think perhaps I'll get it colored elsewhere from now on and go this week to the guy who cuts it and ignore the boss telling me to just grow it. I'm also meant to be on tv and I don't want to look rubbish. Thing is, when I have my roots in my very short bleached hair, just like you, my face looks totally different. I need my roots done! Oh!

aw im sorry! that sucks soo much! i can relate in other ways. for example : same thing is going on at my dentist, im in college now but ive been going to them since i was in grade school. but im trying to find a new dentist because they just arent that good anymore. they always make payment mistakes because they are unorganized. the new dental hygenists are heavy handed mofos who make my gums bleed and try to make me go in every four months instead of six because they think i 'need' to(so they can charge me more $$!). yet i havent had a cavity in years but if you ask the regular dental hygienist who ive known since i was a child, she says my teeth are perfectly healthy!(same office and its never a painful experience with her).

anyways back to hair! the quality of the service really depends on things like getting new HDs who just dont give a sh*t or owners who know they can just depend on regulars. they dont even care about whether you love the results because there will always be other regulars keeping their business alive. i think its best for you to move on and tell your new HD everything you hated about your old one! my new HD completely understood everything, they can feel your frustration and realizing so much is at stake i think they take more precautions and will be more careful with your hair. good luck with your interview and roots! i hope that owner loses all of his or her hair in a freak 'accident'!

 

[dumbfairy]

Les Sucettes-Is is the length you miss? Cos last year I went from very long to a short crop not dissimilar to Victoria Beckhams latest do and i hated myself for doing it. It was the worst self inflicted incident of my life. It's only now just past my shoulders.

But I hate my hair because it is thinning and going incredibly grey And I'm only 20

 

[Les_Sucettes]

Les Sucettes-Is is the length you miss? Cos last year I went from very long to a short crop not dissimilar to Victoria Beckhams latest do and i hated myself for doing it. It was the worst self inflicted incident of my life. It's only now just past my shoulders.

It is the length, the most horrible thing is that we know it's our fault and there is absolutely no excuse.

Sorry to hear you hair is thinning but let's hope it's just a bad phase, hair changes in the most incredible way as we get older and it's not always changing for worse. I used to have curly hair till i was around 20 and now it's totally straight. The quality of the hair is way better than it was in my mid twenties when it starting getting straighter and thinner, so do not despair.

 

[Mindbear]

I was told by my hairdresser not to get my hair cut, but I am defying them, I at least need blunt ends if I'm going to have this crop, at least then it won't look like a stringy pile of filth!

 

[dumbfairy]

Les Sucettes,at least we can say we were brave enough to try it where others wouldn't.

 

[x_roses_x]

I used to have long brunette-blondish hair a la Gisele B.... It was my trademark, it was soo healthy... so nice.. After a summer alone in Europe I decided to go crazy and dye my hair blonde....turned out a dark blond....pretty.I should have left it like that and stoped.But no.... 2 weeks later, i dyed it again...turned out an weird kind of blond(a bit yellow but i ignored it to make myself feel better)... i came home from that trip... my mom was pissed (now i understand why) so i colored it brunette....the color faded of course so i redid it, a dark chocolate, beautiful on me !!!
2 months later, i decided to get highlights....at the hairsalon...HORRIBLE!!! I cryed....they where chunky bleach highlights on dark brown hair...nothing could rescue that !!!
After 2 months...i decided to do my own at home highlights....my whole head came out a strange blonde,it looked like i missed LOTS of spots.... after, o gosh.... after i recolored it brunette.... Very nice !!
I went to Europe again, came back, broken up with my boyfriend, saw pics on Freja Beha and cut my long gisele like hair, to a short kind of freja beha mixed with victoria beckham hair... cute, but after it grew a bit it looked not that great, now im waiting for it to grow, the brunette color faded a lot, so my tips look blondish and my roots my shiny natural color....
I cant wait for my hair to grow!!!

 

[Miwi]

I used to have gorgeous hair, blonde, thick and long. Few months ago I was supposed to do some fashion show and there was also a hair dresser that made me look like a plucked chicken.
My hairdresser helped me out, but my hair is still not the same as it used to be. Shoulder length, fine and nothing like THIS.

So, this is how I look now (I'm more blonde than that
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I have a hairdresser tomorrow (after 5 months) and I'm really scared.

I want my old hair back and I'd like to cut it straight, that'd be the first step (I have to cut ends anyway)! But at the same time I don't want it to be too short or even bob like.

Is that possible?
Anything will be helpful.

 

[kissablekae]

just ask for a trim with soft blunt ends and leave as long as possible. i usually give the "half inch" guideline even if i wanted shorter, just in case they too take too much off then you are still okay.

 

[haute femme]

Isa, the pics you just posted show GREAT hair, I don't know wtf you're talking about but that's okay, it's up to you of course.

Here's my tragic before and after... around 2006:
(< lol, looks like my avy!)

me this weekend:


it was cute when I cut it a much shorter length, but now I'm in the dreaded "growing out" stage.. and I might as well not have any hair at all.