I learnt my lesson many years ago.... I had jet black waist length hair (..I was going through a bit of a "goth" stage..) and decided to go blonde just for something different. You know what they say about "change and holidays", and god knows I couldn't afford the holiday.
Anyhoo, I told them my hair was dyed and they would need to strip the colour before bleaching it, but hairdressers seem to suffer profoundly from "industrial deafness". They put the bleach in and by the time they had finished, my scalp was a mess of blisters, my hair was all shades of pink, orange, green, etc, etc, etc..... except the couple of inches near the roots where the previous dye had grown out.
They then tangled my hair SO badly when they were drying it that there was no way I could brush it out and my hair had basically turned to jelly, so it was breaking off in clumps.
I ended up having to cut it all off and the result was a blonde crew-cut - NOT A GOOD LOOK!!! Unless maybe you're Sharon Stone, who can carry that look off rather well (..and I am not Sharon Stone!..).
I took to wearning hats for quite a long time after that....
YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD LEARN FROM THAT..!!!
About a year later I got roped in to modelling for a hair show. My hair had recovered sufficiently to be about shoulder length and I was trying to grow it back. The hairdresser ASSURED me they would only need to cut about 2 inches off....
Once again they dyed it blonde, then dyed about half an inch of black into the roots for the contrast they were after. The 2 inches they cut ended up being the entire length of my hair, except for some long wispy bits next to my ears - which she managed to cut in the process!! I ended up with blood pouring down my shoulder, trying to look glamourous for the photo shoot.
When I got them to dye it back to dark brown (a few days after the show), they forgot to put the base colour in and my hair ended up a delightful shade of green. Being that I had an exam right after my appointment, I didn't have time for them to correct it and had to go out with my green hair. I think by this time everyone was used to my strange haircuts, so nothing much was said, but I was back at the salon as soon as the paper was handed in.
Needless to say, I avoided hairdressers like the plague for many years after that. I managed to colour it and trim it quite well on my own.
I've been a bit braver in recent years and ventured back into the salons, but even when I have made them repeat back to me what I have asked for (..just to make SURE they have heard what I want..), they still manage to do something completely different.
I think I'll just shave the lot off and take to wearing wigs!!
Anna : )
They both have beautiful faces but hurts to look at them with their haircuts.I have never said anything..but why would a woman want that look. 
