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Testimonies: Home hair-dyeing disasters 13 Articles

  • 1 of 13

    by Molly Cathryn Glover

    The stylist runs her fingers through my hair. "So, you want to go blond?" she asks. "Yes," I reply. "But not too blond. And I don't want chunky streaks. And I don't want it to be orange, or gold, or any shade of yellow tha...read more

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    by Linda Burleson

    As a youngster, I was a tow-head. My hair remained very blonde until the eighth grade when it gradually began to change. This was dismaying to me, so I began to use lemon juice as a rinse on my hair after each washing. ...read more

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    by Terri Breedlove

    One day I got the incredibly brilliant idea to dye my red hair jet black. Ok, it sounds crazy now, but at the time it made perfect sense! I was getting ready to go see the Kiss concert, when they were touring a few years b...read more

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    by Rebecca Mackinnon

    I stare at the brightly coloured box in the middle of the packed supermarket full of hope as I prepare to change my brown come red come mousey roots current hair colour to the sumptous dark brown on the box. I read the ins...read more

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    by Stella Kaye

    CURL UP AND DYE FOR YOU I've never done this before - not for anyone... let alone for a man ten years my junior who I've recently discovered I've fallen in love with.But here you are sitting expectantly in my bathroom,str...read more

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    by Estela Dela Fuente

    How Does a Hispanic Explain Orange Hair? I'm Hispanic and definitely look like it. I have olive skin, dark eyes and dark eyebrows, and when I was in college I had really dark, almost black hair. For reasons known only to ...read more

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    by Marie J Kelley

    I wanted bright pink hair. I had my mind made up and there was nothing that was going to stop me. I was going to look like one of those beautiful, punky girls who I always looked at and admired for how brave they were to...read more

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    by JJK

    It was quite a horrifying expericance, possibly because it was my friend's hair that I ruined and not my own. We'd been shopping and browsed through Superdrug, not really looking for anything in particular when we stumbled...read more

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    by Clydene Rae

    Dishwater Blonde, that is the worst thing you could say to a woman. So I have spent many years trying out different kinds of color, One day I wanted to go dramatic, so went to the store to find one of the weirdest colors ...read more

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    by Can D. Caine

    Let me just start by saying that I am the QUEEN OF HOME HAIR DYE DISASTERS! You'd think I would have learned my lesson after the first time or five, oh but no, I just never gave up on getting that perfect shade at home! T...read more

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    by Tami Cook

    Hello. I have a hair dye disaster to share. I have dark to almost brown hair naturally. Well, I don't like it so I wanted to dye my hair blonde, which I like, and now it's good, but when I first did it, I used "Sun-In", it...read more

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    by Mellisa Brownawell

    As a licensed Cosmetology Teacher in PA, I have seen many cases of the "OTC" (over the counter) color. When working in various salons I would see women, well mostly teenagers, come in crying and at their wit's end with th...read more

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    by Dee Westman

    My husband always has a close panic attack when I tell him I want to change my hair color . It took me years to learn that my natural hair color is the most suitable one. My natural hair color is light brown. I have been e...read more

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