my hair before lowlights disaster pics*

Hi guys,

Just wanted to post a before picture of what my hair looked like 16weeks ago.  I know it might be pathetic, but I am literally counting the days since my friend wrecked my hair. To refresh your memories, my friend put way too many lowlights in my hair and it turned out black with a few white blonde pieces that looked like Elvira.  I don't have any pictures of that because I didn't want to be anywhere near a camera. The next picute is what my hair looked like when she "fixed it", by adding some blond overtop of the black which resulted in breakage because she did bleach over bleach instead of using a color remover. This picture dosn't show too much of my hair, but it's the only one I have.   You can see the horrible black color underneath and that big piece in the front.  I have had it fixed 2 times since October and will post those pics when I get someone to take a good "hair shot".  You can't see the damage but I am still crying over it.  Thanks so much for your support.  I am addicted to this forum!

Love Noey

Hey Noey...I think your hair looks FAB in the second pic too! It's so smooth, straight and shiny. Is it really that damaged?

You know, you'd look GREAT as a henna red-head!

Hi again!

Thank you guys for your kind words.  It really means alot. Tyranna - I  have no idea why Rose put that black color in my hair, it was supposed to be a nice warm brown lowlight, but I think she put filler in it and then did not follow up with color.  Anyway it is over and I have to live with it, but the thing that really burns me is that she took a goldwell 3 day course and now has a stupid ad in the paper every day that says she is a "color master"  WHATEVER!!! Master at screwing up color jobs more like it!! As you can see I am still very upset.  Rini - even though the pics make my hair look healthy, it is still dry in the blond areas and there are some pieces  that have broken off to only about 3 inches.  I need to count my blessings that it didn't all fry off, but it is too easy to be upset about what did happen and not "what if"  I know if anyone else did this instead of my friend, i wouldn't be as mad - its just that she pressured me to let her do my hair, and I wish i didn't let her.  Thanks for the disaster story Mrs MNK - it makes me fell better that I still have hair.  And thank you Dave for making me feel better.  Do you guys think that my hair will be back to normal in 2 years?  I have cut alot of the damage out, but it still isn't the same to me.  In 2 years I think that my damaged hair should be replaced by healthier hair and I should have about 12 inches of new growth.   I am still in the process of getting it back to my old blond color.  Here are my recent pictures of what I just cut off in Feb. 

Thanks for any replys!  I really need words of encouragement!

Noelle

   http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e355/noeyangel77/HairJan.j pg

Yikes - those pics are huge!! I can't figure out how to crop them..anyway that was my hair in Jan after I had it cut in layers in Dec. It used to be all one length and you couldn't see the dark underneath unless it was put up - so thats how much I had to cut to get rid of some damage.  Here is my latest picture.  I had to cut 2 1/2 inches more from the length and 1 1/2 from the layered blonde.  The dark hair is healthy - the blond is where all the damage is.

Last one-

This is the front:  I still am not happy with the blonde color.  It is not the same as my very first pic on this post. WHat do you think??  She is slowly getting it a nicer color each time so not to damage it further.

Noey...I think you look just gorgeous no matter what your hair colour!!  but I do see what you mean about the whole elvira thing. I think it is because of the contrast between those two colours, each on their own is quite nice, but they look a little harsh together.  I do like the last pic you posted though, I think it is coming along really nicely!!  The warmer blonde suits you    I still think you'd look FAB as a red-head though 

Keep doing what you are doing, looking after it and getting trims for the damage. You will get there!!

Noey...I think you look just gorgeous no matter what your hair colour!!  but I do see what you mean about the whole elvira thing. I think it is because of the contrast between those two colours, each on their own is quite nice, but they look a little harsh together.  I do like the last pic you posted though, I think it is coming along really nicely!!  The warmer blonde suits you    I still think you'd look FAB as a red-head though 

Keep doing what you are doing, looking after it and getting trims for the damage. You will get there!!

Plenty of people are doing that blonde with black thing - I think you pull it off quite well!  However, I know it was NOT your intention to have those two colors in your hair at the same time.  And for that reason, I can understand why you are upset.  Your hair is beautiful, though, and I'm certain that most people cannot tell that there is any damage to your hair whatsoever.  Just keep doing what you are doing - you seem to have a great colorist who is slowly restoring your hair to it's old glory.  In the meantime, take some comfort in knowing that you still have a beautiful head of hair - even if it doesn't quite look the way you want it to.  Nobody knows that but you!

Noey, be glad that you had your disaster now when black/blonde combinations are so fashionable.    And you're lucky it suits you so well.

I'd say keep doing what you're doing, as each pic is looking better and better, and good luck.

I can only imagine how much the "colour master" advert must irritate you - rubbing salt onto a wound a little, isn't she?

Good luck + stay optimistic

Hi guys,

Thank you so much for your replys.  Every day I come home from work and go straight to the computer to check this site. 

To answer a few questions:

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Like Rini, I think either color by itself would look good.  The harsh contrast is odd to me.  What is the natural color - is it as dark as the underneath section is now?  What to do depends on what you want.  As time passes the blonde sections will start growing out... will you re-blonde the new growth, leave as is, or darken the blonde?
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Dave - my hair is naturally medium brown.  The color underneath is dyed that dark.  My goal is to keep growing and touch up the regrowth with blond every 6 weeks and eventually grow out the layers to cover up the underneath dark layer.  As you can see from the front picture, it dosn't look bad - I just don't like the major contrast in the back because of the layers. This way - I don't have to highlight my entire head of hair and some of it (the dark) remains healthy and untouched by bleach.

MISSMARIEJANE - Noey is my nickname.  It is short for Noelle.  Thanks for saying it is cute!!

I will keep everyone updated when I go to get my roots touched up in April.  I wish I could try red or a warm brown all over, but I feel I look best as a blonde.  I used to have dyed dark brown hair in high school and when I got my first blond highlights I started to get more attention and when my hair became more blonde I felt more confident.  I also feel I don't need to wear much make up with blond hair because it agrees with my skin tone.

Talk to you soon!

Noelle

Noey, be glad that you had your disaster now when
black/blonde combinations are so fashionable.

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MissMareeJane - The girl who wrecked my hair took a 3 day Goldwell course and now she has an ad in the  local paper that says "Book with Rose Goldwell color master."  Its just a stupid title because she passed some 3 day course about color and stuff.  I am suprised she even passed!  I know for a fact that she got her hairdressing licence by the skin of her teeth.  I was stupid for letting her do my hair, but she was a friend of mine and kept bugging me to let her color my hair.  She was often offended when we would go out and people would compliment my hair (before she wrecked it), it offended her because when girls asked me who did my hair I would tell them about my hairdresser in London and then they would usually ask why I didn't get Rose to do it.  I always said because I didn't want to mix hair and friendship.  Well I wish I never backed down!!  We are not even friends anymore because she handled then whole situation very unprofessionaly and never said she was sorry for alot of my hair falling out and breaking off.  Whatever!!!  What goes around comes around.  I just need to stay positive and thats what this board is all about!

Thanks SpecialKitty - Yes I am very careful about who touches my hair now - nobody but my old hairdresser who is an hour drive away. I actually have a little situation that I should maybe start a new thread with - it is my brothers wedding in July and his fiance wants me to get my hair put in an updo at her hairdressers salon.  She is paying for the service for all the bridesmaids.  My problem is that I am very uneasy about anyone else doing my hair now!  I just don't want to have my hair put in a hot curling iron and then sprayed to hell with hairspray - because I am really babying my hair since it has been damaged.  What are some styles that are gentle on your hair that are suitable for a wedding?  Maybe velcro rollers?

Let me know....

Noey

Hi Noey! I had the same issue awhile back for my sister's wedding. She ended up choosing a very good AVEDA salon in Whittier, CA, and I had a pretty updo with lots of spiral curls pinned up very securely and virtually no damage to my hair. I think AVEDA salons are usually more sensitive about being very careful with long hair. Is there any chance you can help choose the salon with your future sister in law? Or maybe you can wear an updo wig (just kidding). What about a french twist? Those are so pretty and elegant, and very protective of your hair. You could have the salon put it up with a sparkly french twist comb. Here are some links for you:

http://www.adorable-hair-accessory.com/frentwiscom.html

http://classiclength.home.mchsi.com/french_twist_instruction s/index.html

http://www.haarkram.e-something.de/

http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/

Hi Haman,

I am going to London to get my hair cut and highlighted on Wednesday the 19th. That will be 8.5 weeks since my last visit. I have decided to pull some blond highlights underneath (Where the solid brown color is)  That will hopefully blend all the colors better.  I hope she can get it light enough underneath to match the blond on top!

I will definatelly post new pics!

Wish me luck!!

Noey