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Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I have very dark mostly flat hair. Once when I was 20ish my friend gave me a very bad home perm. So bad we decided maybe if we colored it light brown, it might look better, so within a couple of hours of the bad perm, I colored my hair. Oh Lord, Sunny. The color just grabbed. It looked like fur - black lab fur with reddish streaks. It was awful. I went to my stylist crying and he just pretty much had to scalp me. Thank God we didn't have camera phones in 1989.
Man - that sounds pretty funky - sort of like a muppet (black fur with reddish streaks!) - glad your hair disaster days are over!
 

Sigmund

Waiting in Uber.
Jan 3, 2010
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In your mirror.
"morgan, post: 420281, member: 27892"]When I was in high school, I dyed my hair jet black (not knowing at the time, to buy a box shade at least two shades lighter than what you want the desired color to be). My friend's dad told me I looked a wh*re and other people were calling me Snow White. I went to a stylist for professional color removal - man, was that an ugly proces

That was incredibly rude!
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
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The High Seas
how cute!
What the he!! was my mom thinking here? School picture, I'm guessing 1976? 77?
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Sundrop

Sunny the Great & Wonderful
Jun 12, 2008
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Okay, Sunny!

I have naturally curly hair so of course I wanted stick straight hair. (Idiot.) I was...12 years old? I would apply the product to straighten my hair and it never was stick straight but *better*. I did it just as directed but (there's always a BUT) I didn't wait the six weeks between. (There was a school dance!) I applied the product and waited. It started to smell bad and my scalp was burning. I started to wash it out but it was snapping off! My hair was melted and SNAPPING off. I rinsed if as best I could and cried out for my Momma. She came and gasped. Why? I looked in the mirror and my hair was orange. Bright carrot orange. And melted. She called her stylist and at 8-9pm I was at the stylists home. Long story short (too late) I was sporting a Mia Farrow cut.


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Imagine it in carrot orange. :eek:
Oh noooooo! It's true, relaxers will dissolve hair in short time.
 

morgan

Well-Known Member
Jul 11, 2010
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North Dakota
"morgan, post: 420281, member: 27892"]When I was in high school, I dyed my hair jet black (not knowing at the time, to buy a box shade at least two shades lighter than what you want the desired color to be). My friend's dad told me I looked a wh*re and other people were calling me Snow White. I went to a stylist for professional color removal - man, was that an ugly proces

That was incredibly rude!
That made me feel quite bad at the time.
Sunny! My hair was SNAPPING off! Like taffy does! SNAP!
:down:
 

pegasus216

Eternal Members
Jun 20, 2013
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Delaware
The girl's hair that you did, Sunny, looks awesome!
I don't remember how old I was when my mom took me to get a perm. I can't even describe how I looked. I tried to wash it out, but that did not help. I was so glad when it started growing out. I was so mad at my mom!
 

skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
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92,168
USA
I have very dark mostly flat hair. Once when I was 20ish my friend gave me a very bad home perm. So bad we decided maybe if we colored it light brown, it might look better, so within a couple of hours of the bad perm, I colored my hair. Oh Lord, Sunny. The color just grabbed. It looked like fur - black lab fur with reddish streaks. It was awful. I went to my stylist crying and he just pretty much had to scalp me. Thank God we didn't have camera phones in 1989.
I got the best perm I've ever had from a friend who was nearly finished with beauty school. Beautiful. Then I made him color it, two hours later. OMG. Sort of like this:images.jpegbut more...fried. I'll have to see if I can find the pics from my 20th birthday--it was AWFUL.