My boyfriend and I mixed up the developer and the color and put it on my hair, thinking it would turn out the pretty nutmeg color I picked out. This is not what happened. My hair started getting really hot but I continued to let my hair go through the process. When the set amount of time was up I got in the shower and started to rinse my hair. I realized that my hair was shedding a few strands, but it always does that when I shower or color my hair because I have thick hair. When I got out of the shower and examined my hair I realized that for the first time in the six years of me dying my hair that it had "bubblegummed". This is when your hair has virtually melted into a blob and stretches like gum, and if you brush it, it all falls out. Below are the before and after pictures of my hair.
Before the Tragedy
After the "bubblegum"I had to cut my hair off, there was no saving it :( I cried for two days. I first got it cut off at the South Point OH Fantastic Sams Salon by a woman named Alex. I was not happy with my hair cut at all, it
cost $14. The dead hair was still on the ends to the point where I still couldn't brush through my hair
with out gobs of hair falling into my hands. So, I went and got a second hair cut on the same day at Fiesta Salon in South Point OH by a woman named Angie costing $17. I cried to her and she helped me fix my hair. She told me that if I hadn't had such long, thick hair I would be bald due to the 40 volume developer being too strong. The next day I came in and had Angie color my hair. And after 3 hours (bless her heart) and $135, I came out with my final result, a short, layered, red to copper
ombré hair style.
After my second hair cut
After 3 hrs at the salon getting my hair colored;)
Me writing this blog:) haha
So the moral of the story is to not use a 40 volume developer!!! Ever! Unless you have been instructed by a professional or you are a professional! I have been doing my own hair for years and this was a terrible experience to go through, so be careful when doing your own hair!
