Hairdressers mistake. How do I get it corrected?

sheramber

Perhaps your friend could touch up your roots for you until the rep comes back to the area.

SuperHan

The best advice is getting your friend to come round and help you put on a box dye (no real additional cost, maybe a few pounds a month), or get your daughter to help you dye your hair until at least the rep comes back.

pinkshoes

I guess this is what you can call a first world problem...

If some grey roots are all you have to worry about, then you should thank your lucky stars.

It may not be what you wanted, but they didn't burn your scalp, nor did your head fall off.

Surely you have a hat you can wear if you don't like showing grey roots?

arcon5

pinkshoes wrote: »

I guess this is what you can call a first world problem...

If some grey roots are all you have to worry about, then you should thank your lucky stars.

It may not be what you wanted, but they didn't burn your scalp, nor did your head fall off.

Surely you have a hat you can wear if you don't like showing grey roots?

And next time you find a hair in your food at a restaurant don't bother complaining and consider yourself lucky you can even afford food.

Based on this logic we shouldn't be disgruntled about anything ever.

bod1467

How old is your daughter? Assuming she is 10+ surely she could help you maintain your hair colouring?

unholyangel

arcon5 wrote: »

And next time you find a hair in your food at a restaurant don't bother complaining and consider yourself lucky you can even afford food.

Based on this logic we shouldn't be disgruntled about anything ever.

Quite different when you're paying compared to being given something free though.

CKhalvashi

bod1467 wrote: »

How old is your daughter? Assuming she is 10+ surely she could help you maintain your hair colouring?

This was my thought, too.

3-4 weeks vs 5 isn't really too big a deal in the grand scheme of things IMO, but then, I'm a man......

rustyboy21

Here is an alternative for you...

Why don't you get your friend to contact the rep to explain what the situation is. Ask her to get the Rep to supply enough product FOC to cover your hair colour change and enough to make it worthwhile for your friend to do it for you, in lieu of paying for the labour?

Reps carry loads of boot stock with them usually, whatever the product, she would normally give some out as samples.

After all, she came to your friends salon, to try and get her to stock her products, not to give free hairdo's away. She can well cover it with her company, better than a court case anyway and your loss of friendship.

mossstitchmama

Hi
Thank you all for your responses. I may have not been clear about what I wanted and answer to, that is my fault.

I specifically want to know if I can insist she colours my hair to the shade I asked for, despite me being a model on a training day and getting the colour for free? I probably should have said that a local salon put a message on Facebook asking for models and I replied. The fact the salon owner is known to me may be confusing the issue.

I thought I was being a good little Money Saver and I have bought four boxes of my new, much lighter colour when it was on offer, so I have enough for at least the next few months. I cannot use what I have to do the roots when they come through as the shade and tone are completely different and the contrast will be very noticeable.

I would not trust my daughter to do my hair. When she coloured her hair in the Summer holidays she got bleach on my good towels, flooded the bathroom, let water drip through into the kitchen because she had blocked the shower which ruined the microwave, my Tassimo and nearly wrecked my husbands mobile. So no, I will not be letting her touch my hair!

It is heartening to know there are some people who are confident enough to go out with roots showing. I am not one of them I am afraid. Wearing a hat would not be possible in some of the situations I am in on a daily basis so I am stuck with colouring my hair. I cannot wait until it is all grey so I can do a Helen Mirren and go pink (or lilac).

OlliesDad

unholyangel wrote: »

Quite different when you're paying compared to being given something free though.

So you would be happy with being served a hair in the food if it was free?

Also, It's not really free - the hair colourist was using the OP as a model for advertising (i don't think there are many philanthropic hair colourists).

I think that Arcon was more picking up on pinkshoes claim that this was a "First World Problem".. I think all complaints on this board could be deemed First World.