Alex & Tim's PJ: SBP/Sago Cay/YSH 12/09/09: UPDATED-Hair is done!

[Beep]

Ah no Epcot is the 29th!

What are you doing on Christmas Day? We are hopefully going to MK.

We'll be at DTD on the night of the 26th.

I don't know what I'm doing on my Birthday, DF has planned a surprise (I made him).

Christmas Day is going to be Epcot for us. 26th might be a possibility though. Tell you what, let us know whereabouts you plan to be at what time (roughly) and we'll try and be there.

*pout* I wanna meet up...

Well, get your a** down there at Christmas. You know you want too

 

[Chilly]

Christmas Day is going to be Epcot for us. 26th might be a possibility though. Tell you what, let us know whereabouts you plan to be at what time (roughly) and we'll try and be there.

We've got a ADR at Raglan Road on the 26th at 8.30pm - it would be great to say hi

 

[Petals & Pixie Dust]

Well, get your a** down there at Christmas. You know you want too

I do I do! but how do I get DF to just send me to WDW without him?!?!?

 

[Beep]

We've got a ADR at Raglan Road on the 26th at 8.30pm - it would be great to say hi

Cool, we'll do our best to be there around that time. I missed you in Birmingham so it would be great to meet you.

I do I do! but how do I get DF to just send me to WDW without him?!?!?

Hmmm. How about all the stress his family has caused has pushed you to the edge and you need to get away? Or you need to go to the Disney Store at DTD to get him an extrta special present that you can only get there and they can't ship it? You suddenly get a craving (that'll worry him lol) for a Carrot Cake Cookie and they can only be bought at Goofy's Candy Store? Someone has mysteriously offered to pay for your DFTW and you have to meet them over Christmas in Disney - you have to come alone...

That last one was a suggestion by the way. Don't get excited. With our finances at the moment we might be able to stretch to the Carrot Cake Cookie

 

[Beep]

Operation Wedding Hair started today!

My natural colour is a dark blonde and I have grown any old colour out for the last 2 years. I went to Toni and Guy to have blonde colour with lighter highlights. Let me say that again - blonde colour with highlights.

Hmmm. 2 hours later and it was not blonde colour with highlights. The highlights were there but the blonde colour was just 1 shade later than my own colour. The colour technician had used a 'warm honey blonde highlight' and lighter highlights. My hair is virtually a warm honey blonde anyway.

So, with my face like thunder the manager comes over and tries to tell me they had done what I had asked them to. Err, no you didn't. They said I could go back next wek after the colour had settled down and have more highlights. Err, no I can't. I had my hair extension colour match booked in for this afternoon so they could order them and do them on Thursday for me.

Anway, they said they couldn't do any more colour or highlights as they were worried my hair would turn out too dry. My solution? Fix it or I stay here all day.

They put some more highlights in the top to brighten it but wouldn't do the rest. Better but still not what I asked for,

I went downstairs to pay and looked in the mirror and my hair was so light on the top it looked almost white. Then it dawned on me. The light upstairs was a more natural light as I was by the window, and it has been a really dark and miserable day in Birmingham today. I was now looking at it under a halogen. Why didn't they move me to see if I was happier with the colour? Grrr.

I'm really not happy with Toni and Guy. I have been going to them for years as I think (thought) they were really good but this time, for my wedding hair, they screwed up.

I went to the hair extension place to get the colour match done and am happier with it than I was in the hair salon, although it is very light blonde on the top. They have matched 4 colours to my colour and will be ordering them today for me. They are going to run lighter blonde through the back to tone in with the top so it should turn out very blonde. I am so excited to get extensions!

I am booked to go back to Toni and Guy next Saturday to get my hair and extensions tidied up and styled - their suggestion at half the cost of a normal appointment as a gesture of goodwill. They have booked me with the Technical Director too so I'm happy. Well, happyish.

I'll get the extension people to take a picture of my hair before and after and post it next week.

Funny really. I've been looking forward to this for 2 years and it has been the most stressful and unhappy day of all the planning. Oh well, if the worst thing that happens is that my hair is too blonde I can live with that

 

[Petals & Pixie Dust]

Seriously!?!?! What did they do...give you to a student!

 

[tinks_1989]

Hi

I cant believe about your hair I am a hairdresser and what they told you about waiting a week is rubbish it wont make any difference if they did it straight away or a week later

I cant believe they didnt get you to check it in different light we have the oppoiste problem in the salon where I work we have all Halogen lights and no natural lighting and people say it is to light I always say to people to see it in a different light I cant believe

Our nearest Toni and Guy has a very bad reputation as they only employ new qualified stylists as they can pay them much less

hope you get it sorted

x x x

 

[Beep]

Seriously!?!?! What did they do...give you to a student!

I know - unreal!

Hi

I cant believe about your hair I am a hairdresser and what they told you about waiting a week is rubbish it wont make any difference if they did it straight away or a week later

I cant believe they didnt get you to check it in different light we have the oppoiste problem in the salon where I work we have all Halogen lights and no natural lighting and people say it is to light I always say to people to see it in a different light I cant believe

Our nearest Toni and Guy has a very bad reputation as they only employ new qualified stylists as they can pay them much less

hope you get it sorted

x x x

Thank you for the info. They were very busy today which is why I think they said about leaving it a week. No way was I moving!

I was so disappointed with them as I have been going on and off for years and always had fantastic results. The colour technician has been there for over 3 years and I have seen her before which is why I was so surprised with today. I wish I had insisted on viewing it under the halogens before they lightened it again

On the plus side I'm starting to get to like it and the back doesn't seem as dark as when I was in the shop. Oh, and Tim absolutely loves it!

 

[Chilly]

That must not have been a fun day. I've been having hair issues as well but I think they are sorted now after they put some toner on my hair, its now a much more even colour. Can't wait to see what it looks like with the extensions.

 

[rachy]

You will love hair extensions, i had been having them for about 5 years off and on. Must warn you though they itch when you first have them, and your first nights sleep with them is a bit uncomfortable, but you do adapt to them pretty quickly.

Are you going to keep them in after your wedding?

Rachel
x
PS Can't believe how close your wedding is now! x

 

[Beep]

That must not have been a fun day. I've been having hair issues as well but I think they are sorted now after they put some toner on my hair, its now a much more even colour. Can't wait to see what it looks like with the extensions.

It's a nightmare isn't it?! Glad you got sorted. I really like my hair now that I've got used to it and it has been washed. I'm being careful to cover it when I go on the sunbed so that I don't lighten it anymore.

You will love hair extensions, i had been having them for about 5 years off and on. Must warn you though they itch when you first have them, and your first nights sleep with them is a bit uncomfortable, but you do adapt to them pretty quickly.

Are you going to keep them in after your wedding?

Rachel
x
PS Can't believe how close your wedding is now! x

Hey Rachel,

Thanks for the info. Someone told me it was like sleeping on a bag of Maltesers the first night! I'm going to keep them in for as long as I can after the wedding. I've got some lovely shampoo - Tigi Self Absorbed - which I was recommended to use and my hair really likes it so I'm taking that away with me.

I know - how close now?! I keep doing the 'this time in 2 weeks we'll be...' and driving everyone mad with it

In fact, this time in 2 weeks we will be getting the marriage license, going to have the suits fitted and then going into MK. It will be the first time my parents have been into MK and I can't wait to see their faces

 

[rachy]

I love Tigi shampoo, smells divine. I could eat it! lol

Yes it's like sleeping in rollers for the first few nights, how long are you having your hair extensions? Are they the keratin glue ones? x

 

[Beep]

I love Tigi shampoo, smells divine. I could eat it! lol

Yes it's like sleeping in rollers for the first few nights, how long are you having your hair extensions? Are they the keratin glue ones? x

They have ordered the 18" extensions so that I can get them cut and styled and still have the length. My own hair is just above bra strap level so the extensions will be longer but not down to my waist. I want to go for the Cheryl Cole look so need them long so they can take some curl. I have a tattoo on my back so these need to cover that at the top of the dress.

They are using the keratin glue on them so all looks good. I'm getting them fitted on Thursday night and as I work from home on Fridays it won't matter as much if i don't get a good nights sleep. Although, i reckon I'm going to be up all night just looking in the mirror at them

What's your hair like with extensions? Any tips and hints for me?

 

[tinks_1989]

Tim absolutely loves it!

Thats the main thing then

Mine doesnt even notice when I have it done lol

 

[rachy]

They have ordered the 18" extensions so that I can get them cut and styled and still have the length. My own hair is just above bra strap level so the extensions will be longer but not down to my waist. I want to go for the Cheryl Cole look so need them long so they can take some curl. I have a tattoo on my back so these need to cover that at the top of the dress.

They are using the keratin glue on them so all looks good. I'm getting them fitted on Thursday night and as I work from home on Fridays it won't matter as much if i don't get a good nights sleep. Although, i reckon I'm going to be up all night just looking in the mirror at them

What's your hair like with extensions? Any tips and hints for me?

I have the shrinkies hair extension method. No glue used, and i really like them. I have them because my hair is really really fine.

Only tips are to make sure you platt your hair every night before you go to bed. The hairdresser will probably tell you to only wash your hair 3 times a week. I wash mine everyday and don't have any problems. Also might be handy to take some Dry shampoo with you.

I'll bet you can't stop touching your hair when it's been done! lol x

 

[Beep]

Thats the main thing then

Mine doesnt even notice when I have it done lol

Oh that's a dangerous game he's playing! Tim learned a long time ago to notice my hair

I have the shrinkies hair extension method. No glue used, and i really like them. I have them because my hair is really really fine.

Only tips are to make sure you platt your hair every night before you go to bed. The hairdresser will probably tell you to only wash your hair 3 times a week. I wash mine everyday and don't have any problems. Also might be handy to take some Dry shampoo with you.

I'll bet you can't stop touching your hair when it's been done! lol x

Brilliant, thank you I nearly bought some dry shampoo today but wasn't sure. I'll get some to take with me.

The salon told me that you get a really nice 'surfer chick' look by platting it and also it doesn't tangle overnight.

I'll have to post a before and after photo - I sould have done one before my hair was highlighted. It would have been a bit like the Ascent of Man picture

 

[meryll83]

Can't wait to see the new 'do'!!

 

[Beep]

So, Thursday night at 6pm i started having the extensions done and they finished just after midnight!

I absolutely love my hair The colour match is perfect and it is so long, but looks natural.

Here is the before and after:

I've got about 5 different colours running through.

It is starting to shed a bit today and tomorrow is wash day - it will probably look totally different by the time I have lost patience with it lol!

I feel the best I have felt in years. I've got a nice colour from the sunbed, killer hair and have gone from a UK size 18 to a 14. Oh yeah, AND I'M GETTING MARRIEDaT DISNEY!!

 

[Rebclay]

Your hair looks great!!

 

[Petals & Pixie Dust]

Hair looks great! Glad you're feeling your best! I can't wait for the details...Hurry! I want a trip report!!!