How bad is it? Advice please.
I don’t color my hair often, so I definitely don’t know what to ask for. The last time this stylist colored my hair a year ago, she ended up putting baby highlights up to my roots to hide grey hairs. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted, so this time I came with a picture (see third pic) and asked for more of a natural sunkissed look with lighter ends that blend up to my darker roots. I had heard about a root melt or smudge root so asked her about that. She said it wouldn’t work to hide my grays because they would grow in really obviously. I said okay I don’t really mind my grays maybe we can leave my roots natural and just lighten the ends like the example picture. She was really adamant about doing these baby highlights but said they would be super subtle and she would tone the roots darker to give the effect of the picture I showed her. I said okay because I trusted she knew better than me.
My hair looks nothing like the picture I showed her, and I’m feeling really embarrassed. Did I not ask for the right thing? Should she have listened? Does it look terrible? I don’t like the look of stripey highlights at my roots and I feel that’s exactly what I have now. Feeling really sad