Magic mum!

Up until today, the kids thought I was magical super mum

Their little faces go like this > whenever I do or say something magical like....

Now tell me the truth!

What's that you're hiding?

I go and drag em home from a place they haven't told me they're at!!

New clothes arrive from money picked from the tree.

I know the answers to their homework (although getting harder to keep this illusion up with the eldest, so tend to avoid her when books come out )

I know the words to most of their "original" songs.


I quite like being thought of as magic/all knowing, even if it is just to my two youngsters Until last night that is They've kinda grown used to fix-it mum and reckon they believe I can do anything....

Including turning dyed jet black hair to platinum blonde

Not wanting to let her down, I applied the bottle of bleach, waited half an hour with daughter bouncing around in excitement about her new dollybird hair..... Me, well I was doubtful but didn't wanna spoil her excitement.

We went upstairs while she rinsed it off. I watched as she towel dried her hair, looked up and into the mirror.....

OMG her face, I know I shouldn't of laffed But her eyes grew to about 4 times their normal size and her jaw dropped to about knee level - when she looked back at herself and her new ........ Flame coloured orange hair!!!

I would've consoled her - but I couldn't get off the floor, or stop the tears

So I need some advice

1) How do I get her hair to blonde? She's gonna be segregated at school tomorrow, I just know it, cos luminous orange hair isn't part of a respectable uniform

2) How can I get her to stop keep making herself jump every time she passes a mirror/window?

3) How can I stop her looking at me like I've ruined her childhood?

4)How can I get that "magic mum who can do anything" status back again?

Oh dear i remember my mums hair turning orange when i was a kid ...
I feel for your dilema but have no idea id say dye it darker but im not a hairdersser and it could turn god knows what colour let her have the day off ring haidressers they good at fixing problems but good luck anyway i think your days are numberd being a super mum

ops soz didn't mean to laugh

Debz xxxx

I refuse to take her to a salon to have it fixed, on principle (as well as price ) .....

I warned her way before she dyed it black, that she would have to stay like it, or grow it out with a huge skunk stripe for months.

But she was, yeh yeh, it's ok - as far as she was concerned, she wanted it black and wanted it black for like, ever She also had it cut from long to chin length with a million layers

Now she wants it waist length platinum blonde. I managed to get it into her head that changing it to blonde certainly ain't gonna make it waist length

I said the light brown dye as a temp measure would be about the best bet - but thats too normal for her I then suggested a reddy colour, but no, she wants it blonde ........ oh and she doesn't care if she turns into a frizz bomb either

She's said that her friend told her tonight, that her hair done the same, she left it a few days, then bleached it again, and it went blonde - so she's decided that's what she's gonna do

But I'm still not convinced that'll work, it's so, well...... so orange

I've also told her that more bleach could make her hair break off and fall out altogether, and everyone will call her Britney - but that doesn't seem to have put her off either

I'm inclined to let her learn by her own mistakes on things like this - on the other hand, I don't want it to put her off of having fun with fashion and experimenting with it

Thanks DF I think I'll just let her live with it and the consequenses - if nothing else it's bluddy funny Character building I say

She has had it all explained to her, so at nearly 15, I reckon she's old enough to make her own choice of what she's gonna do next ......... but yeh, at the end of the day, if it does all go really pear shaped, I'll get it sorted for her (as much as poss )

Just hope it's not too sunny tomorrow, cos it really glows under direct light



I think that's what she was originally hinting at Using a combination of 'Mum can fix anything' and 'money picked from the trees'

Tis her b/day in May, so until then she'll have to deal with it ...... mind you, by then it'll be a whole new look she wants

Twin set and loafers I say - can't go wrong, you know where you stand with them!!

Oh dear, hiya. I dont have much to add onto what Darkfire has already said except to make sure you do a strand test before using anything to correct her hair colour.
Each shade lighter you go (from black through orange and yellow to blonde) you will strip the hair, thinning it and also losing natural strength and elasticity.
After dyeing the strand, wrap it around your fingers and gently apply tension.
If the hair doesnt break easily it can usually take the colour.
Please, if the hair is breaking without much tension, leave the colouring to a professional, as once the hair is stripped and damaged it'll break off.
If this happens dont go lighter, but get her to agree to going dark again for a few months as this wont strip the hair and it'll give it a chance to recover.
Hope it all goes well x

sounds nice, whats the problem?
lp

That's what I said!!!

Unfortunately I said it while still rolling on the bathroom floor wiping my eyes

I am just so glad I had boys

DD

Sorry, I can't offer any help or advice. just loving this thread as it reminds me of when my mum cut my hair the morning of school photos day.
She hacked at my fringe with the kitchen scissors while it was wet. forgetting that when it dried, the calf lick at the front would make half of it stick up at a 90 degree angle from my head.
Not only did I have to take weeks of stick at school, but we still have a permenant photographic reminder of her hairdressing skills.

My friend did this once, she had to go to a salon to have it rectified. Cost her over 70.00 (back then). Dark hair can have red undertones in it which makes it look orange when the bleach is on. I would imagine there is nothing you can do other than buy a dark dye today, but be careful as sometimes the hair can look green.

I would get some professional advice Missy