Hi all!
I'm gonna try to make this quick - going to a late party - but anyway, I just wanted to tell you all how psyched I am for my new highlights!
Well, first of all, I was really annoyed to wake up Thurs. morning b/c my father came to my room and told me that my colorist was sick. I was so excited to get the highlights and I was thinking, "Oh man...I've waited since November to get them (never had the time) and now, of all days, she's sick!
" I knew she had no power over being sick or not so I wasn't mad at her, just sad I couldn't get those longed-for highlights. So, being that i have to go back to school next week, and usually don't have much time when in school, I called the salon and asked them if by any chance they had any room for me for Friday or Saturday. Luckily, they had one spot open for Fri afternoon so I grabbed it!
So I went to the Salon fri afternoon after getting lost in my own city
and having to ask someone where "85 Carl" is. Before that, I wound up in the 400s section of Carl St and was like, "OMG where the heck am I?!" Turns out that 85 Carl is on this adorable strip of town that I've passed by frequently but have never stopped and noticed! (It is right where the turn is to head downtown.)
So I go in and am 15 minutes late. The colorist that I had on Fri was an absolute sweetheart. He was so awesome and so friendly and we both have a love for major league baseball
. So we settled on caramel highlights and I love it so much! He also did an awesome job of getting EXACTLY what I wanted...dramatic, high contrast highlights. My highlights looki EXACTLY like the ones I showed him from my In Style mag pics. They are so not natural, but on the other hand, one can't get highlights on black hair and look natural, so who cares, right?
I love how they look...and even better, no damage is on my hair! He used ammonia free color and used his method of piecing so my hair looks really cool with a black base but with dramatic pieces of caramel. Oh, he also used a lightener to get the highlights caramel, instead of bleach (which he said is way too harsh).
Anyway, if any of you are ever in San Fran, definitely look up the salon of Vierra and Friends and ask for Rory. He is awesome...and best of all, the whole thing was so inexpensive! I thought I was supposed to pay at least 150 dollars (that's what they told me over the phone) but when it came time to paying it was about half that amount! Even with the black tint that perfectly matches my real hair color! (I could never do that with drugstore box color.) Anyway, I'm so happy with it that I gave him a 30 percent tip...I know, kinda overboard, but hey, gotta reward exceptional service, right? And best of all, that day I got about 10 compliments on my new hair color
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OK gotta run- - just wanted to say thanks so much for all your advice and support -- am so glad I finally got them done!