The chemicals in a dye can do that to you.  She must've used a really strong
dye.

Kat

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From: "Cindy Curtis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Ironies


One time i let a friend of my aide's dye my hair & it started falling out
:o!

Cindy

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From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date: Saturday, June 07, 2003 06:42:19 AM
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Subject: Re: Ironies

Oh, I'd have had it dyed red again if I could. But as you can see from my
original rant, it won't work any more. :-( The Philly hairdresser said my
white/grey hair would soak up the red and render it a very bright, brassy
red, which I do not like at all. It's too much like 'Pink' (the lighter
shade of red) or too much like the Coca-Cola red. My first college
graduation gown was that colour and I've never recovered. :-p


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Sands" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Ironies


> My aunt, who is engaging in what will probably be a lifelong battle to
hold
> back the effects of breast cancer, has twice lost her hair due to
> chemotherapy treatments--both times, it came back curly (though not gray,
> and she had passed 50 before the first incident of hair loss).
>
> Green eyes and auburn hair...almost makes me wish I were 20 years older
8-P
> Personally, I like the combination as it is, Kat. (or was). But you've
got
> to live with yourself, and who can argue with personal satisfaction? Glad
> to hear you don't have to wear a wig--though if you can picture my aunt's
> head being the big find at the last two Easter Egg hunts in my
family...well
> maybe you'd better not.
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: K. Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 3:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Ironies
>
>
> > I'm looking forward to seeing them!
> >
> > My hair colour was originally a dark auburn, almost dark brown. For
years
> I
> > dyed it a lighter red because it started going a little grey around 20
> years
> > ago. Not a lot but enough to make me conscious of it. However the
stress
> > of my mother's illness and death caused it to fall out in huge clumps,
and
> I
> > became bald. Very traumatic. I had to wear a wig and although it's a
> > cool-looking one, it still was a wig and I got awfully sick of wearing
it.
> > Finally, around 4 months after my neck surgery my hair started growing
> > back - pure white and curly. That flummoxed me as my hair had been
quite
> > straight all my life and I'd never wanted curly hair. That and the fact
> > that I wasn't ready to start looking like my grandmother at the age of
48.
> > *grin*
> >
> > The first dye job after my hair grew out enough was an exercise in
horror.
> > I went to a salon and told the beautician I wanted a light auburn. So
she
> > put on a light auburn dye. Came out flaming pink. Then she put on a
> > reddish brown to tone down the red some more. Came out looking like a
> > flaming red Coca-cola can. Finally she put on the dullest brown she had
> and
> > it was marginally better. I told her enough was enough and rolled out
of
> > there *not* a happy customer. And she had the gall to charge me for all
> > three dyes. Grrrrrr...and I paid, which was even stupider.
> >
> > So here I am looking like Bozo the Clown, and then I go up to Philly
(this
> > was over an year ago) and my dear cousin takes one look at me and
> screeches
> > in fright. He immediately calls his hairdresser and makes an
appointment
> > for me the next day.
> >
> > That man saved my hair and sanity. He cut off as much as he could and
then
> > put on a blonde dye and then proceeded to highlight using the foil
> method -
> > very long but worth it. I came out of that shop, determined to never
have
> a
> > red dye touch my hair again.
> >
> > Now I have it highlighted twice a year and dyed every couple of months.
> It's
> > back to being straight, much to my relief, and I've found I actually
like
> > being a blonde! Never thought I would because my hair was so dark but I
> > really like it. :-D The guy I'm seeing says he likes the combination
with
> > my green eyes, which is a sweet thing for him to say. Me, I'm just
happy
> to
> > not look like Bozo the Clown any more!
> >
> > The funny thing is, when I was up in Philly and the hairdresser was
going
> > through some swatches to see what would work, he showed me some bright
> > colours like blue, green, yellow and yes, red. I kind of squealed and
> said,
> > 'God no...I'm not a punk rocker!' Yet there was a teensy-weensy part of
> me
> > that said, 'Aw, com'on, an streak of that green would be kind of cool,'
> but
> > I suppressed it manfully.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Magenta Raine" <
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 12:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: Ironies
> >
> >
> > > Tomorrow lace will take my pictures and I'll send them to you! If I
> want
> > to
> > > go blonde I'll have to have it done professionally.
> > >
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