It’s easy to tell someone with a bad haircut not to worry too much because “it will grow back, anyway.” What most people don’t fully grasp is that the person will need to live through the visual nightmare (maybe even steer clear of mirrors) for the time being.
It’s likely what these brave souls did, who had it in them to share their post-mortem photos for the internet to see. Many of these images involve the awful handiwork of their barbers, while others show botched dye jobs that can make you feel sorry for everyone involved.
And if you have enough courage, feel free to share your own hair-related mishaps.
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Got Called Lord Farquad Like 7 Times By Now
And THIS is why many curly-haired people have to choose either shoulder-length or just-below hair, or fully short hair. If you go above the shoulder, this happens XD
..., but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make. 😆
Load More Replies...While you are waiting for it to grow out, just brush it back instead.
Wouldn’t work but he could style it with products to make it less Lord Farquad until it grows out.
Load More Replies...Sorry, But This Haircut Ain't It
That feels kinda mean. Sounds like your friend meant it in an insulting manner.
Load More Replies...We used to call this a "Wendell." I don't know where that term is from.
I Think I Need To Find A New Barber
Haircuts are a big deal for most people. Everyone aspires for a look that makes them feel good about themselves. And it’s no surprise that many people are particular about who touches their hair.
A YouGov survey found that 38% of Americans always see the same person for their hair needs. On the flip side, only 17% say they “generally see different people” when they are due for a cut.
So, For A Good Week Now, My Friend Has Been Asking Me To Cut Her Hair For Her... No Idea Where She Got The Idea That I Wouldn’t Mess This Up
I finally went to do it, and this was the result. Sad things, I really did try! I’m not a hairdresser! I feel awful though... Hope we’re still friends.
I feel someone who didn't even know the meaning of the term haircut would do better than whatever this is meant to be
I think it's meant to be an undercut. I used clippers on my own hair for years and still wouldn't attempt this.
Load More Replies...Why would you continue buzzing her hair further, if it wasn't coming out right? Poor girl looks like she had a clothes iron on her head a little too long.
Cutting hair isn't easy. During covid I cut my stepson's hair, and while I did a decent enough job, it took me about 2 hours to do what would have taken a barber about 15 minutes.
Right, because you were careful. That's clearly not what happened here
Load More Replies...I was thinking they left the iron sitting too long while they went to answer the phone.
Load More Replies...It's an undercut. They're done with razors not scissors
Load More Replies...This Was A "Skin Fade". I Got As Far As The Pub, My Mates Took This Picture, And Promptly Ushered Me Back To Their House To Fix It
Extension Stylist Is Gaslighting Me?
I just got blocked by a stylist for saying I hate my hair and it’s unblended and poor color. She told me to just dye it in a week and is upset that I want to remove it. Am I crazy, or is this really poorly done?
Post a pic of this (don't comment anything negative) somewhere she does her business promo…that'll let you know if she really thinks she's done a good job
38 yrs doing hair. You ain't wrong sister!! She's a horrible stylist!! Cruel to even think that's exceptable .Move the hell on from that hot mess of a human. Do get your money back if you can. So sorry on behalf of most hairstylists.
I genuinely cannot see anything wrong with it - on the other hand I’m male and 65 🤪
Women can be very particular about their hair. At a young age, many of them grew an admiration for Disney princesses, characters with long, glossy manes. And according to psychotherapist Heather Garbutt, there were “very deep traditions” involving women’s hair.
“Long hair, for whatever reason, seems to simultaneously represent the innocence of childhood and the allure of adult femininity,” Garbutt told Stylist. “How many times have we seen the letting down of a woman’s tresses as a sensual experience?”
Ever Thought About Hiring A Cheap Barber From Craigslist? Think Again
"I just bought a real nice hair dresser set of combs, scissors, razors, the whole works. I watched a couple of YouTube vids on cutting hair. It will be fun!" Tools cannot make up for lack of skill and talent.
I think that were YouTube videos on knife throwing, not hair cutting!
Load More Replies...Anyone can buy some scissors and clippers online and call themselves a barber/hairdresser. That's why it's important to do some research and go to one that actually knows what they're doing.
First mistake was going to a barber, which specialize in men's haircuts, next mistake was finding this barber on Craigslist. 🤦♀️ Honestly what did she expect?
I was a professional stylist for a few yrs & I was always amazed at the people who'd specifically request "I only want THREE layers." I always thought of this pic when I'd get those clients. LOL No, I never fulfilled the 3 layer requests, they got normal layers.
A friend gave me this same haircut when we were seniors in high school and we were drunk. It was supposed to be what we called a "s**g" back then.
What I Wanted, Before And What I Got
It kinda reminds me of Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) from Dumb and Dumber.
Load More Replies...1) If the top is what you wanted, your absolutely straight hair will not do that style well. 2) On the bottom, left and right are the same cut; the right simply isn't styled.
Haircut Fail
Due to popular request from my previous post, I’m showing my fail from all angles.
It’s impressive how the stylist created the illusion of his hair squatting on his head, I can’t remember ever seeing that before.
These days, we are seeing more women defy these standards and go the exact opposite route. According to Garbutt, having a shorter haircut is a “statement of independence” and even a catharsis after a difficult time.
“It is symbolic of letting go of the past, getting out of our hair whatever has been troubling us, cutting old ties, and lightening the load to go forwards into a new future,” she explained.
Hate Crime On Curly Hair Update
I went back into the salon on Thursday and requested the owner, but she wasn’t there, so I reported everything to another stylist and showed her the pics and my hair, and she was just in shock. I sent the pics to her, and the owner called me yesterday morning, and she was literally speechless. She has curly hair also, and she just kept saying “I can’t believe this/ I am so sorry/ I am so embarrassed.” Shockingly though, she did tell me that she has gotten a couple of other complaints on this stylist recently (obviously not to this extent), and she was like, “If she wasn’t on the road going on vacation right now, I would be calling her.” So I am getting my money back, and the owner herself is going to fix what she can next Friday. She mentioned a blunt cut and a bob, like many of you said, and she was honestly upset that I couldn’t come in sooner, but it just didn’t work out that way with our schedules.
I am definitely still emotional about it and truly feel like a monster when my hair is down at home, but I’ll be ok. My wonderful husband actually shaved his head in solidarity, and he has beautiful curls too, so that made me feel a little better. For everyone wanting me to call out the salon, I get it, but I just can’t do that. I live in a small town and work directly with the community, and this is a salon that does booth rental, so I truly don’t want to ruin an entire business over an incredibly incompetent person who is not a reflection of the entire establishment. I think the stylist will get enough issues just from speaking with the owner and the fact that we do live in a small town, and I have no issue telling people what happened to my hair when they ask. I won’t lie or sugarcoat it.
I've got curly hair similar to this, and I can't even TELL what the stylist did to poor OP's hair. It looks like it got half ripped out/thinned out in chunks for no good reason O_O
Looks like they went after it with thinning shears
Load More Replies...As a curly-haired person myself, it is so important to find a stylist who specialises in curly hair! I went far too long going to regular hairdressers and having to go home and immediately restyle my hair (to be fair, it never got butchered this badly, but always ended up stringy and frizzy because regular hairdressers just don't know how to style curls properly).
My Friend Is Apparently Allergic To Hair Dye
And every dye box tells you to do a test patch on your skin somewhere BEFORE you dye your hair so that you can avoid this.
On the plus side he can now do calculus in his head and move objects with his mind.
To Bleach Hair Using Walmart Bag To Keep The Heat In
I am actually very curious about how this looks when it is washed/dried/styled. Could be cool...
We’ve all heard people say, “When you look good, you feel good.” For some, it may even feel like they belong in a higher social class. This is what researchers from the Stanford Graduate School of Business found in a study.
According to one of the researchers, Professor Margaret Neale, these people view the social world as “fundamentally stratified,” and not just based on wealth, education, and educational prestige. Beauty and attractiveness are also critical factors.
I Let My Cousin Cut My Hair During The Quarantine... Turns Out I'm A Beltcher
The Fact That I Let My Mom Cut My Bangs And This Is What I Came Out With
I not that brave. I dyed my hair black once. Liked it for the first week (Halloween) then it had to go. My hair was orange for a bit. Was so damaged trying to get the black out. Now I am gunshy.
Load More Replies...Agree with the other comments; she is one of very few that can (kind of) pull this off.
Ahhh. High school picture day. Early 90's. I can smell the judgement.
You actually have the face for baby bangs. You could get clip on bangs.
its not hard to cut your own bangs. Just take your time AAAAND decent scissors.
Hair Clippers Died
Hah, I had this happen to me once while shaving my face. Battery shaver died and I was house sitting at the time and didn't have any razor or shaving cream with me!
People place utmost importance on their looks, to the point that they are willing to pay good money for them. According to a 2024 report, women can spend $1,064 per year on maintaining their appearance. Men, on the other hand, can pay around $728.
For the guys, hair care is a top priority, with 37% of expenses going to haircuts. It is only a second priority for the ladies (27% of costs), with skin care (29%) being at the top.
Friend Had Her Husband Dye Her Hair With Rit Fabric Dye. Needless To Say, It Turned Out Horrid
Three salons have turned her away already because they don’t want the responsibility of fixing it.
Right?! You have to spin it into a yarn first, and THEN you can knit or weave hair into a fabric!
Load More Replies...strange. Why only that part of the hair? Very strange. just color the rest of it too.
Maybe the husband ran out of dye. She does have very long hair. Those bottles of RIT dye are kind of small. I used to use them to dye my own socks and shirts.
Load More Replies..."Friend Had Her Husband Dye Her Hair With Rit Fabric Dye" None of that sentence seems like a good idea.
Get a semi permanent color in that shade. Apply all over and both will eventually fade.
I'd be worried about her getting a chemical haircut if you add another type of color/dye to her hair which is probably why no other stylist will touch it.
Load More Replies...Somebody Said That I Should Post My Haircut Here What I Wanted And What I Got
Well, number 1. You don't have curly hair. Number 2, you don't have curly hair.
Still doesn’t seem like a good job. The inspiration picture doesn’t have harsh lines between different lengths. Definitely could have blended that better
Load More Replies...8-Year-Old Me After Trying To Shave Off My Baby Hairs In The Shower. Feel Free To Laugh, Roast, Etc.
I have a cowlick in my hair right at the top of my head. As a kid it used to stick up all the time. So I thought it would be a good idea to cut it off. Which left me with a bald spot - and when it grew out it stuck up even more. 😫😂
well it was common in the past to cut the hairs to have a very big forehead... See some old famous painting
They also used lead based cosmetics on their faces. The big forehead look in old paintings is a symptom of lead poisoning not necessarily an intentional cut/shave.
Load More Replies...No Words
Wasn't this the one where the mother kept interfering and insisted on doing part of the cut herself?
YES BUT NO ONE CARES SHE BUTCHERED HER OWN DAUGHTERS HAIR AND BLAMED THEM
Load More Replies..." talking to a lawyer " ... for a haircut. Funny, i just read on panda yesterday that americans aren't that fond of suing each other for sport and/or fun.
No lawyer is going to help you. She nlknew exactly what she was getting!
Forgot To Put Guard On While Cutting My Kid’s Hair
The picture looks like it was taken mid-haircut.
Load More Replies...Me in the 80s with nonsense hair. For good or ill my aunt and mom were both beauty school grads so I had well executed questionable hair choices... mullet cough..cough...
Took The Great Clips Gamble And Lost
Went to get my hair cut today to trim off my split ends and touch up my layers, as well as trim the top of my bangs while keeping the curtain bangs/face framing pieces. Instead, they chopped off the hair on each side of my face, and it looks like I have a bowl cut in the front, long hair in the back.
It's not really that bad. Just add some mousse or curl cream and style.
Honestly it doesn't look that bad to me. Maybe trim the bangs a little bit more, but it looks pretty close to the reference picture. Your hair doesn't seem to be the same type as the reference + a lot thicker. I def understand being upset with it, but maybe it'll be better after a few weeks when it's settled more
It's amazing how many people don't understand that - as much as they love the example - their hair type will NEVER do that.
Load More Replies...I guess if you ONLY look at the "bangs" area across her forehead, it kind of looks like the bowl cut my ex had when he was a child in the 80s XD (I've seen photos.)
Load More Replies...Girl, You Need To File For Divorce
Oh THAT's what she was trying to say! I did wonder.
Load More Replies...Looks like her husband legit melted her hair off, from leaving the bleach on too long. If you zoom in, it looks like most of that is the stain on the shirt from dying it.
Yeah I had to investigate, and a crime was definitely committed
Load More Replies...Your husband is not a licensed colorist. Idiot yes. Your hair is over processed. Burn and beyond repair. And it's tint, not dye. You dye clothes. And he is looking at s huge lawsuit. Allergic reaction to his lack of knowledge.
He literally melted her hair AND is advertising..... for money.... ummmm, now I get why orange is dwelling in the White House. SMFH
Not advertising for money. Says FREE. I’m assuming it’s a joke post she’s done to get revenge on husband rather than a legitimate advert
Load More Replies...I wonder what her husband does for a living? We know he's not a hairdresser or stylist. I think he just likes dying (yes, this spelling is intentional) peoples hair.
Accidentally Started Cutting His Hair Without The Trimmer Guard And Was Forced To Go All The Way. Mistakes Were Made
He was initially pretty miffed but has come to accept it. (I think he wears it well, and it hasn't affected his confidence).
My Wife Wanted Her Grays Covered And Subtle Highlights For A Wedding. Her Hair Colorist Had A Medical Emergency During Their Session
The lady passed out on top of her in her home studio. My wife had to carefully get her to the floor and called 911. EMS brought the lady to the hospital, and we are all hoping she is okay.
I had a client pass out in my chair once & I had to hold his head up b/c the weight of his head was cutting off his own airway. My mgr was freaking out when I told her to call 911 but I was calm b/c I have a ton of 1st aid training, thankfully. (He had low blood sugar since he hadn't eaten that day. I had already offered him lollipops or chips but he declined & that's when he fainted.)
It looks like that because the stylist passed out. If she was going for subtle highlights then she needed to wash them out after a certain number of minutes, then probably put some other treatments on. The client was more concerned with calling 911 and getting the stylist medical attention than leaving her unconscious on the floor and going and washing her hair out immediately.
Load More Replies...Bringing Honor To My Family
Is It Okay To Ask For A Refund For A Botched Haircut Rather Than Getting It Fixed?
This is the second time in under a year that a professional hair stylist has left me with a horrendous cut, and I'm so frustrated!
Thats what happens when you go to a cheep salon. The more you pay the better the cut no joke that what I've experienced every time.
I had my blonde hair dyed a pretty strawberry red. It lasted a week. I demanded my money back. The salon manager tried every side of Sunday to let them fix it. I stood my ground and eventually they gave me £20. About half of what I paid.
Wasted $300 On A Color And Style That Was Not What I Wanted
The colors in my hair look like they've been fading for a month, even though I just got them done an hour before taking pics.
Actually it would have to be stripped first bleach would turn it copper because hts dark... Learn that in beauty school.
Load More Replies...You'd need to be platinum blonde naturally or bleach your hair to all fuckery to get that bright a colour.
I assume the salon told OP that they couldn't get it that vibrant a colour and OP just had unreal expectations.
Load More Replies...The pic on the left is a result of multiple, carefully-arranged stages of hair treatment (or possibly Photoshop enhancement). The right is a result of just adding colour to the current hair. Hair needs a lot of prep work to become a vivid colour.
To be honest, I think the one on the left is two cheap party store wigs and not human hair at all. People need to use a bit of common sense. If you've never seen anyone with the color you're looking for 'in the wild' then it's probably just not achievable.
Load More Replies...It's not 'i need a hat' terrible but it does look like what I used to do myself when I was 18 with multiple boxes of hair dye and too much time on my hands.
Load More Replies...What, you've never seen natural blue and pink hair before? /s
Load More Replies...What Could Go Wrong While Cutting Hair?
My hair was down to my waist and I successfully cut off 11 inches. Long story short I now have a pixie.
Photo On The Left Is What I Wanted. Photo On The Right Is What I Got. She Assured Me She Could Do It
Help Needed My Niece Accidentally Put Nair On Her Head. What Could Possibly Be Done To Hide This Or Minimize It's Impact?
"" Accidentally Put Nair On Her Head. "" yeah sure, there is no "what if experiment" involved in this story xD
If I remember right, one might confuse it for styling mousse based on similar appearance and packaging.
Load More Replies...Yes, and if I recall, it smells quite nasty! I don't know why a kid would want to put it on their head once they got a whiff of it!
Load More Replies...This looks more like someone took clippers to her head than Nair, which removes hair completely. You shouldn't see 'stubble' if hair removal cream was used.
Mmm, depends. If she didn't get it all the way down to the scalp, there'd be stubble. The hair that's still there is awfully thin-looking, as though it got somewhat dissolved, so I'd say Nair is believable.
Load More Replies...The kid looks pretty young; they might have just been playing around & thought it was hair mousse or the like.
Load More Replies...What I Asked For vs. What I Got
People need to be realistic about what is achievable. If the desired effect is photoshop or ai then you're never going to get what you want. Still an awful effort though.
Dad Tried Cutting His Own Hair, Didn’t Notice Until 2 Days Later
Tried Giving Myself A Haircut
And I have read that self done eye surgery is a piece of cake.
Load More Replies...Tried Going To A New Stylist... Crying Now
The Way They Cut My Bangs The Last Two Haircuts
Two months apart, same hair stylist, similar result. Should I try a new barber, or should I keep going back? Kinda wanna see how many of these pictures I can accumulate. What do you think?
Unless he really wants more pictures. Then he should continue with that one.
Load More Replies...You should try going to a barber next time, looks like you’ve been to the butcher’s by mistake
That One Time I Accidentally Cut Too High
My Boyfriend Decided To Try A New Hairdresser (The Third Picture Shows How They Fixed It)
With hairdressers it’s probably the manager or a colleague that fixes it, not the original person who did a bad job
Load More Replies...I’m A Hairstylist, And My Coworker Cut My Hair Today. I Trust Her, And I Didn’t Look At The Back Until Later
I don't know what happened. She is usually very good. My boyfriend said I must have annoyed her off to deserve this...
keyword is coworker - i think thats going to be hard. dont get another hair cut from her tho
Load More Replies...I would never trust a hair stylist whose hair looked like this. Even the color is bad.
Waited 6 Weeks For An Appt At The Highest Rated Salon In Town For An Undercut. Paid $90 For This. Advice On Next Steps?
I desperately wanted an undercut since I'm in surgical menopause and experience near-constant hot flashes. Florida summer has been ROUGH. I've never had short hair & was a bit nervous, so I researched the highest rated salon in town, talked to the receptionist about what I was looking for - an undercut with a design. Yesterday I finally had my appt, met with the stylist, and showed her my inspo pics (added some to the pics in my post for reference). She said she didn't do designs - another girl at the shop does those, who wasn't there - okay fine - but she could do the undercut & next time I could do the design with the other girl. I should've just stopped it there, but I'd waited so long for the appt & I'm a pushover, so I went along with it & quickly scooted outta there.
It's... not great. Thankfully, I work from home & rarely leave my house, but man, I'm pretty disappointed. It's not at all close to the inspo pics or what I said I wanted. Any advice on where to go from here? I know I'll have to wait for some growth to get it fixed - is there a way I could've explained what I wanted better? Any tips on finding someone who can actually execute this style? I do love how much cooler my head is, it is helping with the hot flashes... I'd just like it to look more intentional & less like I'm being prepped for surgery.
Omfg I actually gasped outloud and startled a customer. W*F Honestly, next time saying "If you clean shave the skin, you went too short" is worth a try...at a different salon.
That Time When I, An Adult Woman, Thought It’d Be A Grand Idea To Drunkenly Cut My Own Bangs
"Let Me Get A Pineapple Fade" Barber: "Say No More Fam"
I was forced to wear the "pineapple" the whole time I was young, at least until I began paying for my own cuts. Why anyone would CHOOSE a pineapple is beyond me but, they're almost there, just gotta take more from the "lid" to make it fuzzy in front. At least that was how theywere done 60 years ago, the definition of pineapple may have changed since my youth.
Can someone tell me what this was supposed to look like? I image-searched "pineapple fade haircut" and got about 15 different styles as examples.
My Dad Is An Uber Driver And The Barber Did Him Dirty
Does shaving back hair fall under the hairdressers job? I honestly don't know.
I don't think it should. That back hair needs to be waxed by a professional.
Load More Replies...Look At How They Massacred My Boy
What we wanted / What we started with / What we ended up with.
It’s not, top two are showing the style he wanted. Third picture is him. Forth picture is of a character in a film that has a similar bad haircut (a monk by the look of it).
Load More Replies...My Brother Cut His Own Hair
Well he didn't cut much of it. The good thing with being a bloke, is that you can always just shave off the whole lot if you make a mistake. Start from scratch. Wear a hat if you want. Nobody will GAF.
I am a girl and have done this. Nobody GAF about it. Turns out I had a nicely shaped round head under there and periodically got complimented for that.
Load More Replies...Asked For The Haircut On The Left, Received The Haircut On The Right
His hair is too thin to create the target cut without a huge amount of styling and product. People need to be more realistic about their hair.
They're both photos of him, so how can his own hair be too thin to be cut like his own hair?
Load More Replies...Now's The Perfect Time To Do Something You'll Regret
My Coworker Went To A Barber And Asked For A Mohawk
The side shaving is patchy, and the 'hawk part doesn't appear to have been cut straight. I'd need better pics to be sure, or see it upright with sufficient product, but it also looks like the length of the 'hawk is uneven.
Load More Replies...This is not a mohawk. This is a normal haircut with shaved/clipped sides. A mohawk is either a short, thick band of hair across the top and back of the head, or a VERY narrow band of hair that is gelled or sprayed to stand on end. 80's Punks commonly had mohawks.
Mohawks look like this if you don't put any product in them. He needs some uber stiff gel to make it stick up. Then I'll rate how good of a Mohawk it is.
Load More Replies...Soooo, hair does not naturally stand up like an anime character. I recommend whipped egg whites. Apply to hair, and dry with a blow dryer.
That's a mohawk! If you want it to be a punk mohawk all you need is a c**p ton of gel and spray
This style is very commonplace here in Aus/NZ. Or at least something very similar.
I Was Forced To Go To My Uncles Barber & This Is What He Did. Am I Cooked?
Haha, technically this haircut would fit regs but he would get so much shyt if he came into work with that haircut. (Source- I'm a prior enlisted US Marine)
Load More Replies...Harry, you'd grumble regardless of what the newfangled slang was. You'd be saying the same thing if the phrase was "Am I snickerdoodled?"
Load More Replies...Business In The Front, Party In The Back
I agree. It seems to be a photo of a random person in a store. It’s not a bad haircut if that’s what they wanted. OP is mean to judge them for their individual style
Load More Replies...The Colour I Asked For vs. The Colour I Got. I Just Wanted Teal Hair For My Wedding
I mean, it's absolutely not teal, but I have to say the purple is quite pretty.
Maybe should have tried hair wax to get the color temporarily with no bleach necessary
Baby fine processed hair.... and teak. What could go wrong?!........
My Dad Tried To Save Money By Not Going To Barbers This Is My Hair Now
Looks like that finger mask thing we used to do as kids: where you put your thumb and pointer together on each hand, hold the two hands together, and rotate your wrists so your palms are on your face
When The Stylist Says "I'm Having A Tough Time With Your Hair Line!"
My Girlfriend Had An Oopsie While Cutting My Hair
Yeah, as a man there's always that reassurance. I slipped and caught my head on a door handle, causing a three inch gash, and the nurse at the hospital asked if it was OK to shave a patch around it so she could staple it back together. My reaction was "Of course! It'll grow back in a couple of weeks!". I guess most women don't have that luxury (and pay much more for their cuts)
Load More Replies...Stuck In Quarantine. Asked My Wife For An “Oliver Tree”
I’m Sorry For Laughing But I Hope You Get/Got It Out
Please Help! My Friend Dyed My Hair, And I Hate It
My friend dyed my hair today, and I hate it so much. I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but it looks horrible. I used to have it pink and got pressured into dying it blue. I’m sobbing and don’t know what to do. I would bleach it, but my hair is already dead, and I don’t want it even more dead. Please, please help me.
I don't think she knocked you out and forced you to have it done. You asked her to do it and it turned out very badly. Condition, condition, condition then get a pixie cut.
Use a spray on temporary hair color for a while. Why didn't she color the top?
Decided To Change Barbers. I Also Have A Date In 1 Hour
Exactly. Make a joke out of it. It's a conversation starter. People are always more interested in humour than what your hair looks like.
Load More Replies...What I Asked My Colorist For vs. What I Got. Clown Hair. First Time Getting My Hair Dyed Professionally
Could be worse. Get a good haircut and play up being a red head with make up. ALWAYS keep a bottle of Prell shampoo to help fade the color.
It’ll probably fade to the desired colour in a couple of weeks.
Load More Replies...I Cried A Lot. I Don’t Even Know How It Happened. I Just Needed My Roots Done. I Pretty Much Only Dye My Own Hair Or Have Marty Do It Since This
I Used A Cap To Give Myself Highlights (I Have Done Successfully Many Times Before)
But this time it went horribly wrong. I think the bleach leaked through the cap, bleaching my roots - what do I do now?
Either. lift the color all over then use a semi permanent color . You can leave as is and cover with a darker color.
I Cried After Seeing My New Haircut
The first picture is what I showed her.
I told her not to take off any length! I just wanted a cute hairstyle and was told the stylist was the best for alternative cuts and shags. Feels like such a waste of $70. Thankfully, my mom is paying for it to get fixed and her salon today.
A lot of the styles they wanted would never work with their type of hair. As a stick-straight baby-fine hair person who had to live through the big hair 80's, I know this from extensive experience.
Trying To Achieve A More Fluffy, Androgynous Haircut, And It Keeps Coming Out... Not Right
This Is What I Asked For vs. What I Got, Is This A Bad Haircut Or My Thick Hair ?
Is this a bad haircut or just because I have thick, coarse hair? I can't tell, but I don't like it. 2nd picture is before.
My Boot Tried To Cut His Own Hair
I’m The Idiot Who Put Bleach On Box Dye Brown Hair
I was a nice chestnut brown, but my roots (dirty/dark blonde) grew through, so I decided to bleach the whole thing. This is after bleach and toner, and my roots are an amazing cream color, but the rest of my hair is ginger. I like each color separately, but together it just ain’t the vibe.
How long until I can bleach the ginger parts again? Should I just embrace the ginger and dye my roots to match? Is there any way to blend the two colors so it’s not as much of a difference?
The Result Of Asking My Dad To Go Over My Outgrown Undercut Again. Said He Didn't Want To "Accidentally Shave Too Far"
Bleached My Hair Yesterday, Some Of It Turned Red! How Soon Til I Can Bleach Again
The really light stuff was previously (a year or so ago) bleached and dyed. The virgin hair turned red and coppery. Something my dark hair sadly always does. I’m going to a wedding in less than 3 weeks and really wanted to do pink on one side and an unsure color on the other.
You can probably use a semi permanent hair color in pink in the lighter parts. Never play around with your hair so close to an important event.
The red part just needs to be bleached more if you want to put a pastel pink on it, if you want to put an extreme pink it still needs a bleach touchup but not as much as you would need for pastel. You are like 5 different colors and if the dark is indeed virgin hair and not box dye it should work.
Went To Have My Hair Balayage Dyed Purple... (The References I Sent To The Stylist Included)
If your hair is dark, it needs to be bleached to the unholy heights of the stratosphere before it can take a vivid color like the red and purple in OP's reference pics. My hair is dark golden blonde, and even IT didn't take blue dye all that well, the one time in my life I had it dyed XD
I Tipped Great Clips $10. Didn't Realize How Bad It Was Until I Got Home
Always ask to see the back. Usually the stylist hands you the mirror.
I Have To Be The Unluckiest Guy When It Comes To Barbers
But your hair doesn't have the same texture as the reference photo, so it is going to look different!
Then it's the stylists job to tell the customer that it won't work.
Load More Replies...Most comments in the source post on Reddit agree that it's not even the same person in the first and third/last pic
How Bad Did My Barber Mess Up My Skin Fade
I just came back from a barbershop where I tried out for the first time. At the beginning of the haircut, I asked for a high skin fade, and he proceeded to ask me what number I wanted and how high I wanted it. He then offered me a 0, 0.5, 1, and 2, and I said a 0. He combed my hair to the side and said my last barber cut it pretty high. That makes sense because I have a high skin fade. I said I wanted it that high. Near the beginning of the haircut, I asked him, “Isn’t a skin fade the lowest number?” He kind of brushed it off, saying it doesn’t mean anything, and then mentioned and offered me a 1, 2, 0, triple 0, and I believe he said, a ‘four old shaver’. Which he says literally only leaves skin showing.
My Coworker Let His Friend Cut His Hair
Got My Hair Done
I’ve done my own hair for years and finally decided to let someone else do it. My hair is so fried and damaged that it feels like pasta noodles when wet.
Went to a salon with a newer stylist, I’ve been in her salon. I know how it goes. You don’t learn if you don’t get experience. A few months back, we did a hair roulette, and it was super cute, just faded really quickly. This time, we wanted to do Beetlejuice-inspired hair, and I ended up really liking the blonde. Today we tone it out, and I’m missing half a head of hair.
I could just cry.
It’s okay to cry. Get a cute pixie cut and let your hair rest. Use a semi permanent color in a blonde shade.
I Let My Brother Cut My Hair... He Free-Handed The Top And Dropped The Razor. At Least Isolation Is An Excuse To Hide Until It Grows Back
I Tried Dying My Hair By Myself. It Was A Comedy Of Errors, To Say The Least. It's Supposed To Be Purple
I’m 75 and have been coloring my hair since junior high. This will not be your last “uh oh”
Dyed mine lilac once, by mistake. It was supposed to come out a sort of pure brilliant white. I went with it.
Load More Replies...Barber Ruined Me
What I was vs. what I asked for (a previous haircut) vs. what I got: some sort of weird bowl haircut?
Now, most ppl when they notice you got a new haircut say it looks nice just to be polite, but literally everyone I’ve asked about it so far has straight up told me it looks bad. What am I gonna do now?
Jeeze I thought that was my grandson for a second there. Doppelgänger.
This Is What Happens If You Go To A Barber Shop Which Is Recommended By A Bald Friend
Blow Dried My Hair Today During Baby’s Nap, Went Out On A 30 Minute Walk In The Fog After And My Hair Was Restored To Factory Settings
I've never dyed my hair before. I also haven't been to a hairdresser's in 3 years until Friday, when I had a haircut, and this morning, when I went to have it dyed as a birthday treat. £112 later, she dyed a fraction of the hair that I asked her to, and you can only see the colour (purple) in very specific lighting circumstances. I had friends over this evening, and none of them noticed it.
This text description goes with the post that is currently directly above, the one where they asked for purple balayage.
What I Asked For, What I Got
I went to the top-rated barbershop in my city and drove across town to get there. I literally showed the barber the first photo. Little did I know I had been assigned a student barber without my knowledge or permission. I ended up with a high and tight, like a 1 clipper guard up the entire sides. Looked like I just got out of boot camp. This was a few years ago. This happens a lot. Why barbers do this is beyond me. Then it takes months to grow out. Then I go somewhere else, show them a similar photo, and end up with another high and tight. Rinse and repeat! FUN.
Know the appropriate guard number and tell this to the barber and have him use scissors on the top.
What I Wanted vs. What I Got. Should I Sue Great Clips
The Luxury I Ordered vs. The Indulgence I Unwrapped
Goldilocks always gets her way.
If you've got naturally dark hair, which she appears to have, you can't just suddenly go blonde unless you want to risk it falling out or becoming so damaged it feels like straw. It will need to be done in several stages of lightening and toning the hair and will take at least a few months, and even then, you may not end up with the shade of blonde you imagined. Too many women with brown/black hair seem to think they can just go blonde with a single DIY kit from the local pharmacy and then are upset when it goes disastrously wrong.
Yep. My mom has black hair and has been bleaching it blonde since before I was born. Her hair texture has always been dry, straw-ish, and sort of horrid-feeling to the touch (has never felt like hair at all.) She is now baffled at why she is losing so much of her hair XD
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I Got A Really Bad Haircut
I don’t know what went wrong. She gave me a lovely cut the last time, and this was supposed to be a freshen up. It’s so so so bad. Can it be fixed? I’m in tears.
I Asked For A Lob A Little Past My Jaw, And She Cut It All Off. Help
Thought I Could Save $20 By Cutting My Own Hair
Save that $20 and add another $20 and get a good cut following quarantine
My Buddy Discovered This 3 Days After Going To Great Clips. It's Fine
Failed Pixie Cut By Salon. Went Back And Had Her Try And Fix It, But It Is Still Butchered. So Choppy And Uneven On The Sides
I had a 360 undercut with a long piece in the middle, but wanted to start growing it out and asked for a pixie. This is what I got. Going to a different salon on Thursday.
They Messed My Hair. I Don’t Know What To Do
Is It Possible To Darken Overbleached Hair? It Is Gummy And Super Light, After I Bleached It Myself. Tried To Go Light Brown With Box Dye And It Ended Up Like This
I did that then used a darker brown box color, and it workd out fine....shiny even.
Bad Bleach Damage Hair (The First Pic Is The Color I Wanna Have)
I’ve been bleaching and dying my hair over and over for half a year, right now all I want is to get my hair to a healthy dark blonde color and try to repair the severe damage done to my hair. I have a wolf cut, it’s spotty and dull, it looks really orange after I bleached it weeks ago. Can y’all give me any tips for what I can do to save this mess and get it to dark/medium blonde at home?
I can’t say enough about semi permanent color. You would need to lift your color in order to get that ashy blond.Better to have healthy hair in not quite the color you want.
I Asked To Have It Edged Up So My Bangs Would Be Straight. Proceeded To Cut All My Bangs Off And My Entire Widows Peak. White Guy At A Black Barbershop Problems
I had to go to an "urban" barber shop because I was working wicked hours and they were the only place open. I just asked "are you OK with this" and he laughed and said I'll fix you up, and he did. I came out with a great haircut, got to meet his wife and we cut up and had a great time until he closed.
I don't think race was the problem here. I do think this is a rascist man that went into a 'black barbers', and they didn't like him.
Your comment makes me question who exactly the racist is.
Load More Replies...Stylist Messed Me Up, How Can I Fix This?
So she starts bleaching my hair and is doing thin strands in foil, and I've never used foil before, so I figured the thin strands were normal. Then she's like Okay, we're done with the bleach, but has barely touched the bangs, so they're still brown. I said that I wanted it like the photo, and showed her the alternating color again. She's confused but bleaches the whole bang.
It processes, washes, and dries, and we start doing the pink. Once again, she doesn't dye the bang at all, so I correct her and pull out the picture AGAIN! I want the half pink, with it alternating, point out how it is in the photo! She does it
processes, wash, dry, and we look in the mirror, it's absolutely horrible. I had no idea that she was doing highlights in the back, especially since I showed her the big chunks of color in the reference photos!
It's completely unrealistic and Photoshopped-looking "Neapolitan Ice Cream" hair. I'll try attaching OP's reference photos in another comment.
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I Accidentally Gave Myself A Micro Fringe And I’m Panicking… What Can I Do? Pls Help
So my best friend normally cuts my fringe for me, but it’s her birthday event today and she’s busy. My fringe was way too long, so I thought I’d just cut it myself. What could go wrong? Well… it looks awful, I cut one bit too short and just had to commit to the micro fringe. I’m really panicking bc I’m self-conscious anyway, but I hate how it looks.
It could be thinned and feathered to soften the line. Let this be the lesson
What I Asked For V. What I Got
Sometimes your hair isn’t good for the cut you want. Have an honest hairdresser tell you if the cut will work with your hair and maybe compromise.
Expectation vs. Reality For Haircut
So I got a haircut for my vacation in a few days. I’ve always had a bob, and I’ve always loved it on myself, but this time my hairstylist chopped off all my hair and made the bob way too short. Not to mention, I asked for a blunt straight across bob, and she gave me an angled bob that gets shorter in the back and I’ve always hated that look. I showed her inspo pics, and she did not follow them in the slightest. I’m literally sitting in my car crying right now. Please make me feel better and tell me it doesn’t look as bad as I think. I know this style is trendy right now, but I just don’t have the face for it. Also, I love the bangs, so it would be better if I could just pull the hair back and leave the bangs out, but it’s too short to pull back. And advice for getting it into a claw clip so I can just hide the haircut and leave the bangs showing? First 2 pics are the inspo pics, all the others are me. Is it as bad as I think?
She's "whining" (correct spelling!!!) because it's NOT the look she asked for!
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I am freshly postpartum and have been feeling very blah about the way I look, but I’ve always had great hair. And then for some reason, I decided to get it all cut off, and the hairdresser totally botched it, and ended up giving me basically a borderline bowl cut. I hate it and I have literally never felt uglier lol and this isn’t an attempt to garner compliments, I am just desperately looking for styling advice. I never styled my hair before, and as a new mom, I definitely don’t have time now, but I need to do something with it because I don’t even want to leave the house. I shower at night and let it air dry, and it ALWAYS just dries completely straight (somehow the cut has taken away all of my natural wave), and the ends curl under. I’ve tried sea salt spray, doesn’t work. I can curl it with a wand, and it’ll look better, but I do not have the time to do that every day with my baby. Any advice at all would be immensely appreciated. Pics are me in the parking lot before my haircut, and me at home afterwards, after lots of crying.
Add some product and don't air dry, that will of course be all flat. A quick blast with a hair dryer, possibly head upside down, along with mousse, will add body and may encourage the wave/help stop the ends from curling under.
As former victim of a "what I got vs what I wanted" don't bring a picture of a style that was done at a hairdresser that charges $300 to one that says they can do it for $75
There are some things in life that are worth shelling out the extra cash for, haircuts are one of those things.
Load More Replies...Sometimes I'm glad I'm bald and don't have to get my haircut. I do my own hair in the shower with a safety razor.
I've been tempted many a time to shave the Chia Pet that is my scalp XD I just know that with my hair texture (thick, curly, and frizzy) I will look like Bozo the Clown if I ever try to grow it back out.
Load More Replies...10s or reasons i cut my own hair. Never been happier! It usualy goes well. The occasional f**k up at least doesnt cost me 80 euros :-D You need patience, good scissors, and good tutorials. Edit. I also colored my own hair (Im grey now) I have always had long black hair. Didnt want to grow it out/cut it so I just started coloring it dark brown a few times/months. After that i went to a more red ish brown. Before i finally cut of the black i got lots of compliments on my colorfull hair!
I have a scar along the back of my head/neck junction where a septic birthmark was removed. I like to get my hairdresser to shave the back and do a fade. Anyway, quite a few years back a child comes up to me the day after my cut and says, "Ma'am, I don't mean to be horrible, but I think your hairdresser made a huge mistake at the back of your head!" I was quick to assure her that it's a scar and wasn't anything the hairdresser did!
When I worked in a nursing home, we had new resident Dale. He was quiet, bright eyed, slowly adapting to the home. After a couple of weeks, he started showing a lot if tiny nicks and cuts on his face - because he was dry shaving with a safety razor. It didn't occur to him to ask but there was an electric razor with his name in the drawer so I showed him where it was, how to use it, etc. He recognized it and happily started shaving while I attended to somebody else. I came back five minutes later and he'd shaved the hair off half of his head. I was horrified and confessed to the family at first opportunity, but they simply said, "Oh, yeah. He does that. We should have mentioned it."
Here is the thing about hair. Bleach removes almost any color. Darker color will even out almost anything. And - most important of all - it grows back.
funny .... "hey, hairstylist can you transform this toad into a prince/princess ? " .... " you couldn"t ? i'll sue you ! " xD
My motto with hair is "it grows back". Sometimes I just tell my stylist to go ahead and do whatever she thinks will look good. I've cut my own hair when it's got too long and sufficiently pissed me off. I haven't gone platinum blonde or fairy floss pink yet but that's because my stylist doesn't want to wreck my hair, not because I'm not willing to try 😆 Yes, bad hair sucks at the time and hair is a massive thing. It does grow back, though, even if sometimes it grows back differently (eg: cancer survivors). One huge thing to remember with bad hair is that you look at it every day; it'll look far worse to you than anybody else. Only a complete and utter C U Next Tuesday is going to go out of their way and tell you that your dye job or your hair cut is bad.
As former victim of a "what I got vs what I wanted" don't bring a picture of a style that was done at a hairdresser that charges $300 to one that says they can do it for $75
There are some things in life that are worth shelling out the extra cash for, haircuts are one of those things.
Load More Replies...Sometimes I'm glad I'm bald and don't have to get my haircut. I do my own hair in the shower with a safety razor.
I've been tempted many a time to shave the Chia Pet that is my scalp XD I just know that with my hair texture (thick, curly, and frizzy) I will look like Bozo the Clown if I ever try to grow it back out.
Load More Replies...10s or reasons i cut my own hair. Never been happier! It usualy goes well. The occasional f**k up at least doesnt cost me 80 euros :-D You need patience, good scissors, and good tutorials. Edit. I also colored my own hair (Im grey now) I have always had long black hair. Didnt want to grow it out/cut it so I just started coloring it dark brown a few times/months. After that i went to a more red ish brown. Before i finally cut of the black i got lots of compliments on my colorfull hair!
I have a scar along the back of my head/neck junction where a septic birthmark was removed. I like to get my hairdresser to shave the back and do a fade. Anyway, quite a few years back a child comes up to me the day after my cut and says, "Ma'am, I don't mean to be horrible, but I think your hairdresser made a huge mistake at the back of your head!" I was quick to assure her that it's a scar and wasn't anything the hairdresser did!
When I worked in a nursing home, we had new resident Dale. He was quiet, bright eyed, slowly adapting to the home. After a couple of weeks, he started showing a lot if tiny nicks and cuts on his face - because he was dry shaving with a safety razor. It didn't occur to him to ask but there was an electric razor with his name in the drawer so I showed him where it was, how to use it, etc. He recognized it and happily started shaving while I attended to somebody else. I came back five minutes later and he'd shaved the hair off half of his head. I was horrified and confessed to the family at first opportunity, but they simply said, "Oh, yeah. He does that. We should have mentioned it."
Here is the thing about hair. Bleach removes almost any color. Darker color will even out almost anything. And - most important of all - it grows back.
funny .... "hey, hairstylist can you transform this toad into a prince/princess ? " .... " you couldn"t ? i'll sue you ! " xD
My motto with hair is "it grows back". Sometimes I just tell my stylist to go ahead and do whatever she thinks will look good. I've cut my own hair when it's got too long and sufficiently pissed me off. I haven't gone platinum blonde or fairy floss pink yet but that's because my stylist doesn't want to wreck my hair, not because I'm not willing to try 😆 Yes, bad hair sucks at the time and hair is a massive thing. It does grow back, though, even if sometimes it grows back differently (eg: cancer survivors). One huge thing to remember with bad hair is that you look at it every day; it'll look far worse to you than anybody else. Only a complete and utter C U Next Tuesday is going to go out of their way and tell you that your dye job or your hair cut is bad.
