Horrible Bad Shag Layers Haircut - How do I Fix It????

[Anonymous]

I have been trying to grow my hair color out since 2007. I have a good 6 inches of natural hair and another 8 inches or so of a highlighted, straw light, gross mess. I am pregnant so I have been trying to avoid coloring my hair again. I thought it was a good chance to go natural. I am happy with the natural color, but the cut. Oh my god.

So, I am at the point in my pregnancy where I just want to be comfortable and I decided a hair cut was in order. I went a great salon. Showed the stylist my hair, my two colors and told him I wanted to keep the length at my shoulders even if there was a tiny bit of blond at the bottoms. I wanted long layers, something easy to take care of.

Not what I got.

My hair is a bunch (feels like hundred) of short layers ala Mrs. Brady Shag Mullet. I feel like I have a modern mullet. It is horrible. The shortest layer on the back of my head is short, as in short bangs. Not what I asked for. The side layers are cut diagonally and shorter in the back of my head than at my face. I am not happy. I wanted easy. Not outdated, mullet, feathered mess.

What do I do to fix this? Go back and tell him I hate it? Wait another two years for this to grow out or is there some magical guide to fixing bad mullet cuts. Please help. Please.

[Anonymous]

From what you've described, my first thought is to have it shortened enough to get rid of some of those layers. Um-maybe above the shoulder and even all around?

I would definitely talk to the stylist.

[Anonymous]

How are you styling it? Can you flip the ends out, like Drew Barrymore in Wedding Singer? It takes some hair wax on the ends, and some spray. But might be a temporary fix.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm, I will try that PP. The thing is the layers are cut longer in the front than the back. On an angle. Just weird to look at and not what I wanted.

[Anonymous]

CALL THE STYLIST. Unless you totally do not trust, let him make it right. Could it be worse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CALL THE STYLIST. Unless you totally do not trust, let him make it right. Could it be worse?

Worse would be a boy haircut.

[Anonymous]

Can you add a distractor - a cute head band, a beret, or something?

[Anonymous]

Oh No! Sounds like a terrible cut I got 5 years ago. The jerk who did it had the nerve to suggest that I just wasn't stylish enough to carry it off! He was so affronted that I wanted him to fix it, he couldn't find the time to see me again for a week.

I went to someone else. Unfortunately, the true fix only came with time, but I did get that weird back-to-front angle taken off. I would suggest taking off some of the longest layers so it doesn't feel so shaggy, and try flipping the ends a bit as another PP suggested. The Up side is that once the baby comes, you'll ignore your appearance, time will fly, and suddenly you'll be able to go get the cut you want because your hair is long again!

[Anonymous]

OP, I am wondering if you would mind sharing which salon you went ...

[Anonymous]

OP, I feel for you. It sounds like we got the same terrible cut... I even described mine as a Carol Brady cut to my friend too! I have resorted to using a clip to pull back the front (at least the few pieces I can). Disastrous. Lucky you that you get to take prenatal vitamins - should help your hair grow really fast! Keep the suggestions coming...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I feel for you. It sounds like we got the same terrible cut... I even described mine as a Carol Brady cut to my friend too! I have resorted to using a clip to pull back the front (at least the few pieces I can). Disastrous. Lucky you that you get to take prenatal vitamins - should help your hair grow really fast! Keep the suggestions coming...

Oh my god. Where did you go and where can we go to fix this? It's like a horrible shag that looks like a mushroom when it dries naturally. What kind of idiot, moron hairdresser gives a pregnant woman with a toddler looking for an EASY to maintain hair style this cut! I am hoping my hair grows two inches by summer or I may leave my house.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry OP. I hope you can either fix it or find some ways to make it look better until it grows.

I would like to issue this PSA to others....NEVER make a drastic change in hair while pregnant, NEVER. It rarely ends well.

[Anonymous]

22:42 here, OP. Got my cut at a trendy salon in Georgetown - last time I do that! I also told the stylist that I wanted a low maintenance cut and often let my hair air dry. She apparently has a hearing problem. I tried to replicate the flip a la 15:07 (Drew Barrymore), and it actually looked ok, but it took forever and looked lame again about an hour later. Don't sweat it. People are a lot more focused on your belly than your hair at this point! Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I am wondering if you would mind sharing which salon you went ...

I went to Robert Lewis Salon in White Flint. I usually see Diane and love her. Haven't seen her in a year and she was booked so I saw someone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22:42 here, OP. Got my cut at a trendy salon in Georgetown - last time I do that! I also told the stylist that I wanted a low maintenance cut and often let my hair air dry. She apparently has a hearing problem. I tried to replicate the flip a la 15:07 (Drew Barrymore), and it actually looked ok, but it took forever and looked lame again about an hour later. Don't sweat it. People are a lot more focused on your belly than your hair at this point! Good luck!

At the longest layer my hair isn't that short. It's kinda a Rachel from friends shag meets Mrs. Brady mullet. So horrible. I tried to let it dry naturally just to see how it would look. It looks like a mushroom.

I feel like an ass for not speaking up while he was cutting my hair, but I did not see a problem while he was cutting it. I also HATE complaing during the cut because it really doesn't speak to the final hair style. Big mistake. I should have SCREAMED.