OK, so: I have been coloring my hair at home for ages. I like to experiment and change it around. I'm competent at home hair dyeing, but I decided to splurge and go get my hair done in a salon, just to see if it was different/better than the home stuff.
I went to my usual salon - I go there for haircuts and am always very happy. This is a reputable place, really popular, it's been there for 10 years and is sort of chic and upscale. I went in for my appointment, got the color done, and while it looks all right, I am not noticing a huge difference between this and what I do at home. In fact, I'm a little disappointed, because I really wanted a natural, multi-tonal color and my hair seems a little too dark, with very little variation in color. It's not a disaster, but it's not as good as it usually is when I do it myself.
So. Did I just have a bad experience? Is it really worth it to go to a salon and pay 10 times as much as it costs to do this stuff yourself? Any thoughts?
I went to my usual salon - I go there for haircuts and am always very happy. This is a reputable place, really popular, it's been there for 10 years and is sort of chic and upscale. I went in for my appointment, got the color done, and while it looks all right, I am not noticing a huge difference between this and what I do at home. In fact, I'm a little disappointed, because I really wanted a natural, multi-tonal color and my hair seems a little too dark, with very little variation in color. It's not a disaster, but it's not as good as it usually is when I do it myself.
So. Did I just have a bad experience? Is it really worth it to go to a salon and pay 10 times as much as it costs to do this stuff yourself? Any thoughts?