Hair Drama Part 1, 2, 3 and 4.

I went to get a trim at Bokaos, an Aveda salon in Old Town Pasadena, this past Friday night after work. I've been going to them (specifically Trisha, she is the absolute best! I LOVE her!) for over 2 years now. Unfortunate for me, Trisha's days off are on Thursdays and Fridays which sucks because I always want to get my hair cut on Fridays so I don't have to go during the weekend. My original appointment was scheduled for Saturday... but because I'm that impatient, I called and was able to get squeezed in on Friday... with SOMEONE ELSE! Ekk. I won't mention her name. Anyways, she trimmed my hair wayy tooo short. Now... I am not normally too attached to my hair AKA I don't burst into tears once I'm in the privacy of my car post-salon visit. I didn't shed any tears... But I definitely don't like my hair right now.

Let me give you a little background on what has been going on with my hair. I have had the POB* cut for the past 2ish years, which I absolutely adore! My hair was previously mid back/almost past boobs length. After having the POB for over a year, I eventually got bored with it and decided to get peek-a-boo highlights in April. SUPER CUTE BRILLIANT IDEA.

Fast forward to late May/early June, I decided that I wanted to go more for a Katie Holmes bob with full bangs. So I make my trip to Bokaos and see Monica (also another FAB hairdresser!) and she gives me full bangs (which did look beautiful and made me look SUPER ASIAN)... too bad that they probably lasted about 5 days on me before they got pulled back. Since then, I've been growing them out. :(

August rolls around and, once again, I'm tired of my usual hair and decided it was a genius idea to relax my hair... DIY style. So I made a quick trip to Target and bought Organic ROOT Stimulator Olive Oil Relaxer Kit. Yes... this is made for black hair. I am not black... but my hair is, in both color and texture. I should mention that the instructions on the box state that if you have bleached hair at all then you SHOULD NOT use the product. But of course my first thought was "what do they know about hair?! ha!" So I proceeded without caution...

The results... FABULOUS! Except for the bleached peek-a-boo highlights. In its wet form, it looked like burned cotton, but blond. In its air-dried form, it looked looked like some sort of material a rat would use for a rat's nest. GROSS, I know. Finally, in its flat-ironed form, it looked freaking gorgeous! Now, keep in mind, part of the reason why I relaxed my hair is so that there was minimal effort required in the AM hours of Monday through Friday chaos pre-work getting ready. So leaving my hair to air dry in this case was not an option.

So sure enough... one day I was too tired and lazy to flat iron my hair and I go to work with it air dried. It is then that I fully realize the horrific-ness that was my hair... I went off the deep end and took a pair of scissors (and a mirror that was about 5 inches x 3 inches big) to the blond highlights. Yep, chopped it all off... the blond parts that is. All done in the confines of my cubicle.

Which brings us to this past Friday, this hairdresser that I don't usually go to "fixed" my hair so that there weren't any "bare sections" (for lack of better words, that is) and "blended" everything together. However, the result was an anorexic POB. Now, I can't say it was completely her fault... BUT, I can say that every time I go to Trisha I am always beyond satisfied. Maybe she just knows me and my hair all too well.

So now... I am left with hair that is incredibly too short and a full bottle of GNC's Hair, Skin & Nails Vitamins to help my hair grow. The saga continues... :*(

*POB = Posh Bob a la Victoria Beckham's (formerly known as Posh Spice) a-line bob cut.

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I will post the last horrific picture of my hair tomorrow. Hopefully, I can work some magic and make it look decent. :(

Edit: I decided that I am not going to post the catastrophe of a hair cut that I got. Sorry... I'm just that vain sometimes.