When I was in my early teen years, before my first job and therefore prior to having the means with which to try the latest fashion trends...a couple of my friends and I decided to get "natural sun-streaks" in our hair. This was all the rage.
One of these "friends" popped open her teen beauty-mag to the section all about home (therefore, free) treatments that guaranteed that we would shine like the stars on Hollywood Blvd.
I was interested, to say the least, since I was in that period of childhood when I felt just like an ugly duckling...
The treatment called for the use of hydrogen peroxide to be mixed with water in a spray bottle and applied right before going out into the sun...this, the mag told us, would add sun-streaks.
What the mag did not tell us was that if your hair was not already a sunny blonde the hydrogen peroxide would transform your locks into the color akin to sunny-shined orange dog puke. Apparently the spray bottle method of application was not effective nor intelligent because in addition to having sunny orange hair, there were sections that were more concentrated than others. Imagine sunny-orange polka dots and you have the idea. It was a mess.
Had I just been satisified with my ugly duckling status in life, I could have averted this tragedy. I spent the next month convinced that more hydrogen peroxide would fix the problem only to make it that much worse. At one point...my hair was almost neon. Finally my grandma gave me the money to buy hairdye to cover it up...it was a brownie-brown (nothing lighter would have helped....trust me).
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Benito at 1:03pm on Mar. 3, 2008
about 1 year ago
good story, but better formatting (like bullet points to summarize) could make it even easier to read and get your point across Reply...
stinsonamanda at 6:33pm on Mar. 3, 2008
For some reason I don't know how or am unable to do all of the cool stuff...like right now, I can only read the top-section of my post -- ending at "Hollywood Blvd" Does anyone know what might be going on...I also tried to add a pic but it took over my text -- am I doing something wrong? HELP! Reply...
Benito at 6:56pm on Mar. 3, 2008
It could be that your browser is outdated and you need a different or updated web browser. But SpongeFish should inform you about this below the top navigation bar if it thinks that this is your problem. Reply...
stinsonamanda at 8:58pm on Mar. 3, 2008
We are running the latest internet explorer...and I haven't gotten any error messages from sponge fish...I have only noticed this problem on this website...it's like the rest of the text portion of the posts just disappears. any and all help would be appreciated... Reply...
Adam Durfee at 9:59am on Mar. 4, 2008
Just sent you a message - send me an email with more details and I will try to figure out what's going on. Reply...
SquarePants at 3:41pm on Mar. 3, 2008
about 1 year ago
When I first met my wife, she had her mom give her a perm at home (maybe to save money, I don't recall). Her hair ended up looking like she stuck a finger in an electrical outlet for a total static electricity look. She never did that again.
My wife and two daughters are amongst the cosmetically-dependent females of our society. I keep telling them that they are all beautiful to me without any artificial additions. Maybe this is just something that gets ingrained since childhood... Reply...
stinsonamanda at 8:59pm on Mar. 3, 2008
yeah...home-perms...that's a whole other entry -- lol...my mom gave me one of those when I was like 10 years old and I looked like a chia pet. Not good. I thought I would have gorgeous spirals...yeah, not so much. lol Reply...
lb at 2:28pm on Mar. 3, 2008
about 1 year ago
I did this too! I used the drugstore product (sun in or something like that). My hair definitely lightened, although parts of it were definitely bordering on orange. Also, the hair was absolutely shot. It looked like cotton candy. It took me a while to catch on, unfortunately... I am now sort of terrified of any over the counter hair color solution.. Also, I think I might have combined my unfortunate hair color solution with neon colored zinc oxide to protect my nose. I don't miss that look. Reply...