Thread: My poor hair!

Originally Posted by RubyMoss

Anyone else have any hair disasters? xxx

When I had chemo all my hair fell out. When it started to grow again and was like the shortest crew cut you have ever seen and snow, snow white I wanted to "do" something, anything to celebrate having hair again. I asked my oncologist could I use hair dye. The answer was no.
I was determined to do something so I bought some cochineal food colouring and dyed it shocking pink. I loved it, It was my statement. I was over 60 at the time so imagine the looks I got.

I bet it looked fantastic Fillymum!!

My worst hair disaster - and there have been many, was during a blonde spell, when I asked a friend to do my roots. She wasn't really a dab hand with a bleach brush and she got
it all over the already highly bleached hair. Ok, it went blonde, but it also turned into the hair version of cotton wool. Matted, super absorbent, and came out in clumps.

The other one was when i tried to go blonde after red. Ended up with White blonde roots and tangerine coloured ends. Couldn't put anything else on it so had to wear a hat for weeks...

That reminds me, need to recolour my hair before I go away next week.....

hope you get yours sorted!!!

Originally Posted by emma-louise

thats what i did and it worked for me, except i didnt have the guts to dye it red red so i just went for a brown with red tones in it and that worked ok! xx

To be honest, I didn't even have a clue about the whole 'red before brown' thing - I just happened to want a Mahogany red, so I'll get the brown tomorrow and *fingers crossed* - originally, I wanted BRIGHT red, like, Live Colour Red, but I'm going to give my hair a little rest for a while while it grows!

Originally Posted by avisk

I used to use semi-permanent colours all the time, as my brown hair was rather boring. They are actually quite good for the condition of the hair, so I never had any problems.

Then a while back, when it started to go grey, I thought - there are two things you can do. Keep on colouring it for ever, or let it go grey.

So I had it cut really short, let the grey do what it wanted, and apart from a cut every five weeks I don't need to do anything to it apart from washing and conditioning, and because it is so short it is usually dry before I get round to finding the hairdryer. And life is so much easier!

My dad keeps telling me to just shave my head! I admit, it sounds much easier, although I don't think I could cope with short hair! My hair used to be past my shoulder blades, and through bleaching, it just reaches my shoulders. Heartbroken, I was!

Originally Posted by giblet

Aargh Ruby - hope you can fix it - bet it looks kinda cool though x

Me too, I shall let you know! Haha, I'll take a picture of the weird milkyness that is the colour of my hair before I attempt the brown!

Originally Posted by fillymum

When I had chemo all my hair fell out. When it started to grow again and was like the shortest crew cut you have ever seen and snow, snow white I wanted to "do" something, anything to celebrate having hair again. I asked my oncologist could I use hair dye. The answer was no.
I was determined to do something so I bought some cochineal food colouring and dyed it shocking pink. I loved it, It was my statement. I was over 60 at the time so imagine the looks I got.

That. Is. Amazing <3

Originally Posted by MadameLaMinx

The other one was when i tried to go blonde after red. Ended up with White blonde roots and tangerine coloured ends. Couldn't put anything else on it so had to wear a hat for weeks...

I dyed mine blonde from reddy-brown, which was lightened by bleaching from black hair. It's scary just thinking about it. Needless to say, same thing happened to me! Orange hair - well, you might be able to see it below (apologies for the weird earlobes and the posey picture)...




Did manage to lighten it up, but took ages


Now that I've got rid of the blonde, I miss it :'( xxx

ahh the trouble with bleaching hair! Looks great and the first time isn't too painful, but after that it feels like your entire head is on fire. I was bleaching my hair for about a year until I got fed up of my roots constantly on display, tried to grow it out but couldn't stand how dodgy it looked. Went to the hairdresser and got them to cut it all off, couldn't be bothered trying to dye it tons of times until they got it the right colour.

The worst experience was when I bleached my hair for the last time, the roots ended up ginger and I was already tearful from the pain. Ended up having to put another coat on, sobbed the entire extra half hour, it hurt so much. Came out lovely and blonde though!

Never again! I hope your hair gets sorted!

Originally Posted by hastalavegan

ahh the trouble with bleaching hair! Looks great and the first time isn't too painful, but after that it feels like your entire head is on fire. I was bleaching my hair for about a year until I got fed up of my roots constantly on display, tried to grow it out but couldn't stand how dodgy it looked. Went to the hairdresser and got them to cut it all off, couldn't be bothered trying to dye it tons of times until they got it the right colour.

The worst experience was when I bleached my hair for the last time, the roots ended up ginger and I was already tearful from the pain. Ended up having to put another coat on, sobbed the entire extra half hour, it hurt so much. Came out lovely and blonde though!

Never again! I hope your hair gets sorted!

Thank you!

No one I know understood me when I told them that the pain of dying my hair blonde was excruciating and that I could deal with toothache more! I did actually think something was wrong with me, despite the number of hair dye's I've used in the past without any pain. I absolutely love having blonde hair, but apart from the fact I can never get my roots the same shade as my hair (they just go gingery) - the pain is just NOT worth it.

Originally Posted by RubyMoss

Thank you!

No one I know understood me when I told them that the pain of dying my hair blonde was excruciating and that I could deal with toothache more! I did actually think something was wrong with me, despite the number of hair dye's I've used in the past without any pain. I absolutely love having blonde hair, but apart from the fact I can never get my roots the same shade as my hair (they just go gingery) - the pain is just NOT worth it.

I feel your pain (literally!). The only reason I stopped it was the pain factor, the moment I cried at the hairdressers was the moment I realised enough was enough. I do miss the blonde sometimes but people say they prefer me reddy brown. It's weird that only bleach affects me, other dyes are perfectly fine for my hair.

It's a relief to see that someone else felt the pain too, everyone I mentioned it to didn't believe me!

Originally Posted by hastalavegan

I feel your pain (literally!). The only reason I stopped it was the pain factor, the moment I cried at the hairdressers was the moment I realised enough was enough. I do miss the blonde sometimes but people say they prefer me reddy brown. It's weird that only bleach affects me, other dyes are perfectly fine for my hair.

It's a relief to see that someone else felt the pain too, everyone I mentioned it to didn't believe me!

Exactly! I loved my hair before going blonde, but I was very blonde as a youngster, and my parents always comment that after dyeing my hair black (which they hated), it'd be nice to see me with a hair colour that actually suits me!

So, they got what they wanted, a graduation picture with a blonde me, but that's where I'm drawing the line. Whenever my mum did my roots, I was literally sobbing - they thought I was mental!

So reddy-brown it is once more! Eventually, I'll probably go proper red, but maybe once I've stopped working at Wilkinson, or else I might blend in with the uniform...

This is what DH did to me when I had no hair.....said I could be as 2 faced as I wanted lol !!!!

Fillymum, that's fantastic!

Hahaha! Isn't your Husband just lovely! xxxx

LOLOLOL, Fillymum!!! Your husband is a nutter!!!

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Oh yeah, this is the state of the locks at the moment, brown coming later!

Rubymoss you hair is looking a nice warm colour now, well done lol.

im reddy brown at moment and looking to go blonde. is bleech the best way to go to achieve this?

i was looking at foil highlights???

any tips or advice would be great im treating myself next month so looking into options now

You'll be going from the same colour I did to blonde!
I went to the hairdresser, and they told me that because I'd had black hair before the reddy-brown that I was looking at £300+ because I'd need several sets of full head highlights.

However, if you haven't had black hair, you're probably in a much better position than me. Definitely go to the hairdresser though, unless you want to lose 5/6" of hair like I did.
It might sound daft, but I'd prepare your hair now, because it's probable that they'll use some form of bleach. Use a protein mask (you can get them from Sally's Beauty if you have one near you) and take multivitamins. When you manage to get blonde, I used Lee Stafford's Bleach Blonde's Moisturising Treatment, which claims to take your hair back to it's 'virginal' state. It definitely helped loads! Either that, or Aussie Formula Miracle Reconstructer!

But yeah, at least you're looking at having it done professionally. Oh how I would change my mind if I could go back... I'd rather have paid £300 than lose my hair!

Good luck! xxxxx

i'll neverrrrrrrrr go blonde ever again! i had same problems.... i havnt been blonde for about 8 months now and i have my hair bk!