Hair...

I had a bad haircut... maybe... I'm not sure... you tell me.

I went to get my hair done on Saturday morning. My plan was a cut, hilites and a protein treatment. I walked out with a cut and a protein treatment. First issue was he didn't want to hilite my hair. Little background: my hair is naturally dark brown with goldish undertones. Ever since I was 15 I've been getting it lightened blonde, not bleach blonde all over but chunk blonde foils so that the overall look is pretty light (a lot of people think of me as a blonde, let's put it that way). Add that to shampooing, blow-drying and straightening every day and now I have pretty brittle hair. So he wouldn't hilite it. He said he would do it if I really wanted him to but he strongly advised against it, he didn't want it to break off in his hands or get into an even worse condition. Fair enough.

His plan is to give it a protein treatment and then do an all over colour, since 1) I can't let the blonde grow out, then I would have half and half hair and that would just be nasty!, 2) I need some strength and health back into my hair, and 3) (more his reason than mine) he thinks I will suit a darker colour better since he said I have the right features and skin colour for it.

He was willing to do it on Saturday but I was too nervous, especially since I expected to come out of there lighter than I was when I went in. I stuck with the cut and treatment and told him I'd think about it. I did ask a hairdresser friend for her opinion later on in the day and she agreed with my stylist.

So on July 28th my hilited and over processed blonde hair will be a coppery brown all over colour. Weird hey. I'm not even too sure what a coppery brown is... he said it won't be as dark as my natural colour but I can't place what it looks like. Who has coppery brown hair? Will it even suit me?

Anyway, back to the cut. Before June I had long hair (picture below) that I'd had long for years. I got sick of it and wanted something shorter and more stylish. So then I got it cut shorter, about shoulder length, slightly longer at the front, side swept bangs (also had for a while), straight and blunt. On Saturday I just wanted a trim and my stylist cut some layers in. I don't know if I like them. My hair is really fine so I think it makes my hair look thinner. And I'm worried that I went from stylish and sleek to boring and layered.

What do you think???

***Pictures aren't working for some reason... will figure it out and have them posted within the next day or so***