Bad hair day

[TheEarl]

Have you ever done something truly atrocious? It's the good idea at the time syndrome, where something really did seem a brilliant idea. If only you'd thought of this particular consequence.

Everywhere you go, you see people staring at you. Every laugh is instantly linked by your mind to some joke about you. Every comment, every snide remark, every single word is something to do with... your hair.

You walk away from humanity, head bowed, trying to avoid human contact until you can make it right again.

The Earl, who only today found out what happens if you apply blonde hair dye to dark brown hair without bleaching it first.

 

[SexySoBeChick]

Yes, I made a similar horrendous mistake in high school when I permed my hair. Frizz City.

 

[gauchecritic]

The best way to streak your hair Earl is to have a lot of shit in your life and really frustrating situations to deal with that last for months. Bereavement, lack of sleep (insomnia doesn't count) and roadying for your sons bands and trying to manage them without telling them they're not quite that good.

Eh voila. White streaks, both funky and destongay, with no expense.

Gauche

 

[MlledeLaPlumeBleu]

So...you're a red-head, then?


miss Blue-Pen, empathetic


Hey, d'ya know what? Once I stripped out the black dye in my hair through a triple process of bleach...I can't articulate what the result was, exactly- suffice to say I looked like the bastard love-child of Roseanne Roseannadanna and Carrot-top....

Lopped it off Began again...

 

[Guest]

For the past 12 years Ive been going around the corner from my flat about every 3 months and paying lots of bucks to have my hair cut and streaked (a variety of color streaks differing each time) to a really cool tall skinny guy from Hong Kong who uses his own patented scissors and both hands. The scissors range from 1 to 5 pair of blades each. He plays really cool jazz guitar himself though not while he does my hair; on his sound system it's usually Brazilian samba grooves, new age not-so-goofy stuff, or classical. I can't get him to play Wagner while he does me though. His name is Bruce and I'll be seeing him in an hour.

One of my blokes said my hair looks like a minge. I'm going to tell Bruce that; he will be proud. Maybe he'll put it on his business card: "Minge Cuts by Bruce"

Earl, live with what you've got until you can afford to pay someone who knows what they're doing.

Pear

 

[Chicklet]

hugs for you, Earl.

my boyfriend, while in Italy, decided to dye his hair. He has the most gorgeous, sexy, longest hair I've ever seen on a man...I told him on the phone (while he sat with it soaking in dye) that if it was messed up, we would be broken up immediately. Luckily, he only colored the tips. He tried for blonde on his dark, dark hair, and came out with an ugly red. I cut it off as soon as I got to Italy.

Chicklet

 

[TheEarl]

The hair has now gone to being black. That I know how to do: you put the dye in and leave it for 15 minutes. Very few ways I could fuck that one up.

The newly noir Earl

 

[MathGirl]

Dear Earl,
A nice navy watch cap for the next couple of weeks would be helpful.
MG

 

[pop_54]

Have you ever done something truly atrocious? It's the good idea at the time syndrome, where something really did seem a brilliant idea. If only you'd thought of this particular consequence.

Everywhere you go, you see people staring at you. Every laugh is instantly linked by your mind to some joke about you. Every comment, every snide remark, every single word is something to do with... your hair.

You walk away from humanity, head bowed, trying to avoid human contact until you can make it right again.

The Earl, who only today found out what happens if you apply blonde hair dye to dark brown hair without bleaching it first.

Be nice to have bloody hair

 

[BardsLady]

I used to dye my hair, but it always came out streaked and I dont have the cash to go get it professionally done, so I leave it the natural dark brown it always has had.

Tho, one time, when I was really idiotic, I wanted a new hair style. I took a picture down to the local beauty shop and showed them what I wanted. A natural, wavy style look. No curls, now fancy schmancy stuff. Just a wave.

I came out of there looking like Shirley Temple on acid! My hair was wet ringlets.. you know the curleycues or whatever they call them. I smelled like a Tangerine and i had to walk out of the mall and back to the car with my husband. I swear everyone was looking and laughing. What was worse, I couldnt wash my hair for a week.

I lasted three days before I washed the whole mess.

BardsLady

BTW: It looked a heck of a lot better after the washing.

 

[Guest]

Be nice to have bloody hair

I've got enough for the both of us, and the pirate too. Come on board, hombre!

Perdita

 

[destinie21]

careful earl you're not supposed to apply hair dye twice in 24 hrs

 

[Belegon]

ahh memories....

what a nice thought to remember when I would dye my hair for fun rather than vanity's sake (that is, to hide the gray)

 

[Wantonica]

I can't get him to play Wagner while he does me though.

Taken out of context, this sentence is rather... ummm... interesting.

Smiles,
Wantonica

 

[gauchecritic]

I cut it off as soon as I got to Italy.

Chicklet

Remind me never to ask you out on date.

Gauche

 

[Guest]

Taken out of context, this sentence is rather... ummm... interesting.

Oh, Wantonly, anything taken out of context might be interesting, or really fucked.

cheers, Perdita

 

[gauchecritic]

Taken out of context, this sentence is rather... ummm... interesting.

Smiles,
Wantonica

Don't mean to be nasty at this time of day but if you want to know about using things out of context you need to ask Pure. Everone remembers Pure don't they? I'm sure it's still here with another name.

Gauche

 

[Guest]

I miss Pure.

Perdita

 

[TheEarl]

careful earl you're not supposed to apply hair dye twice in 24 hrs

Well I've done it three times in 12 hours (first blonde, second attempt at blonde, then black. Mind you, there's very little you can fuck up with black hair.

The Earl

 

[Wantonica]

Well Earl, it wasn't exactly what you were going for, but how do you like it? My son always had me do his dye jobs for him; he said it was to make sure it was all covered, but I suspect he wanted someone to blame if it didn't turn out right. After many years of dying my hair, I quit and went natural. It never occured to me that after 20 years, natural would go from ash blonde to light brown with gray.

Smiles, Wantonica