Went to salon but hair color is too dark!

[Myrna]

I went to the salon a couple days ago to have my hair colored and highlighted. The highlights came out okay (dark blond) but the base color is too dark. I asked her to put in a medium golden brown and it's more of a dark, dark brown. It completely washes out my facehttp://community.icompact.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif Anyways, I'm not sure if I should leave it alone and hope it will fade or if I should just go back later and put in more highlights. OR if I should try to change the base color or use a color remover. I've tried shampooing it everyday to help w/ the fading but I guess salon hair color is tougher to fade than home brand. Any advice or suggestions?

[Myrna]

I went to the salon a couple days ago to have my hair colored and highlighted. The highlights came out okay (dark blond) but the base color is too dark. I asked her to put in a medium golden brown and it's more of a dark, dark brown. It completely washes out my facehttp://community.icompact.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif Anyways, I'm not sure if I should leave it alone and hope it will fade or if I should just go back later and put in more highlights. OR if I should try to change the base color or use a color remover. I've tried shampooing it everyday to help w/ the fading but I guess salon hair color is tougher to fade than home brand. Any advice or suggestions?

[LipstickChick]

I'd most definitely go back to the salon that gave you the service, and express your concern/disappointment to the manager/owner. If you're not happy with how your hair came out, generally, salons will offer to fix the problem at no cost to you (if they're good business owners, that is http://community.icompact.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ).

Whatever you do, don't try to alter it yourself, because you might find yourself in a worse position than you are in now.

Good luck http://community.icompact.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif!

[Peaches715]

I agree with Christine

[Myrna]

I'm not sure that I would want to go back. I went to a Hair cuttery that a girlfriend recommended. I would have never went but I had liked how my girlfriend's hair came out. I dunno..... http://community.icompact.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[Gilda1946]

If they messed it up the first time, I'm not so sure I'd let them try to correct it. I would try to get my money back though. Hair Cuttery is a big chain, I'm sure if the one you went won't give you a refund you could complain to corperate.

The color is going to fade. Given a couple of weeks it may fade to the color you wanted.

[cutie123]

Just as Gilda said, the color will fade. Possibly in as little as a week. Whenever I dye my hair it's always darker than the color on the box for a week or two.