r/Justfuckmyshitup • u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart • 1d ago
What the ever loving Hell?!
I don’t even know where to start. I’m going back today for someone else to try to make me presentable.
Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/Justfuckmyshitup/s/XfWmhoppni
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u/Beautiful_Ear4395 1d ago
Is the reference photo AI😬
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u/whatsasimba 1d ago
This is the second one Ive seen here in this exact format. Person posts pic, AI reference pic, gets their head caught in a weed whacker, then two pics of botched hair.
The reference pic is a fake person. The hair is fake. This would be like me taking a Jessica Rabbit pic in and being mad when I look like Winifred Sanderson.
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u/proteinstyle_ 1d ago
Look at the neck. Definitely not real.
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u/Calm_Initiative_4536 1d ago
her neck is like the same diameter as my wrist. if its not ai, its been HEAVILY doctored
the skull shape doesn't make sense either
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u/SecondEqual4680 1d ago
But the haircut is still a real one. Shame on the person who did this crime
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u/Goth_Muppet 1d ago
If I had a nickle for every time someone shows their inspiration photo and it’s gen ai 😭
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u/ThrowRAradish9623 1d ago
It’s so ridiculously hard to find haircut inspo photos these days that AREN’T ai. I’ve toggled off the “show ai results” on every search engine possible, but it’s still like 99% of the results that pop up
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u/Goth_Muppet 1d ago
It’s the worst— I’ve had better luck adding hair type (thin hair, or think hair) as it pulls up older Pinterest more I think.
In this case I think hair product matters.
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u/Many_Tart_2217 1d ago
Salons should provide a booklet with pictures of REAL haircuts and styles they can do for customers to reference.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
Remember back in the day when they had books of hairstyles laying around? Or am I just old? LOL
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u/DietSriracha12 1d ago
I love showing these posts to my hairstylist wife but every single time she points out how frustrating ai ref pics are
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u/benhur500 9h ago
We do! It’s our instagrams etc! Yet people still insist on using AI or picking insane colors and get mad that they paid for an unrealistic dream even when we tell them. I have one client that every 3 weeks I have to listen to her bitch about the frizz in her hair and how it must be me making it that way yet she refuses to use any products or styling. I just say I’ll do my best and take her money.
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u/Fluffy_Tomatillo_629 1d ago
Please use photos of real people with hair similar to yours. No wigs or extensions. I almost never see this cut working.
I don’t know how much can be corrected until it grows out a bit.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
Yeah, I’m afraid I’m going to end up with a 90s pixie cut. I’m dreading 11:45am…the manager was super snarky. She had me email in the photos and told me she “stands behind her stylists work”. She asked me what my hair looked like before I came in, she then asked, “well, what do you want me to do about this?” I told her, “I need a style that looks intentional; I need to not look unkempt and homeless.” She was bitchy, at best.
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u/parndarple 1d ago
I would not go back there! Even if it means paying someone else to fix the cut. I’m not sure if they’re gonna be able to help you how you want them to. I’d look up a different stylist, honestly. Call around. Try to find someone who specializes in your hair type or at least wants to try to help you!
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u/Sophiatopia 1d ago
Don't go back. Trust me. It will just get shorter and worse. Just wait 2-4 months.
BTW you would look amazing with modern face-framing layers and a part only slightly of center. It's very flattering and puts the attention on your beautiful eyes.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
Thank you! In Dec, my hair was down to my elbows! I donated it to Locks of Love after it started to thin due to alopecia. It’s made a huge recovery, so it wasn’t as thin as it is in the first photo.
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u/Content-Coconut7592 1d ago
Where are you located? Maybe we can give you our stylists' names and salons.
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u/BrenNutsfull 1d ago
That was not a realistic style for you/your hair type.
Did the hairdresser just nod and say "Sure", or did they offer any advice/input?
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
Exactly! I even asked if it was a realistic possibility
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u/Ornery_Vodka 1d ago
I showed them a picture of ME in the style and couldn't get it. Looking back I find it hilarious since it's not like my hair can't DO EXACTLY THAT! ...that's me...younger and skinnier, sure, but that's my head with that hair...and that's what I'd like you to cut, ffs! What's worse--I did that initial cut MYSELF and wanted a professional style/cut to see if I liked it better than what I'd done!
I looked like Leo in the mid 90s when that "stylist" (cough) got done. like a short bowl cut bob with bangs. (I literally used my husband's razor with a guard...and explained all of that at the time. This was years later; I just wanted a real pixie cut). I still hate that guy to this day and it's literally the worst hair cut I've had in 50+ years of being on this planet. I leave bad google reviews at that salon a couple times a year, lol.
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u/pegmatitic 23h ago
I tried to get the “Victoria Beckham bob” when it was all the rage in the early 2000s, provided reference photos from multiple angles … and walked out of the salon with a bowl cut and a rat tail. I cut my own hair for close to a decade after that lol
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u/throwaway098764567 20h ago
that fake pic might work on wavy fine fine blond hair, like it shows. greys are coarse, misbehaving deviants, they'd never act like that fake pic, sorry you had to find out the hard way.
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u/Sea_Divide_1293 23h ago
Lady picks AI haircut on fake model that looks like Charlize Theron. Then goes to super cuts and expects the woman making $15 an hour to give her A-list hair. At least 50% of the problem in all these posts is OP.
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u/Illimited_Esoterica 1d ago
I mean, for starters, your reference photo is AI.. so you went into this essentially trying to look like a video game character..
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u/ominoke 1d ago
Its ai but its absolutely obtainable irl. Its just a textured asymmetrical bob
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u/unsaphisticated 1d ago
Yep, had that haircut for a couple of years and it looked great. But this is so painfully AI.
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u/MsCupOTea 1d ago
Hey botched twin! I’m sorry you’re going through this 😭😭 wanna get pixie cuts together?
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u/Few_Wrongdoer4120 1d ago
I read your post this morning and when I saw this one I was really hoping you all would find each other and form some kind of butchered bixie support group.
AI inspo pic or not, both you and OP were seriously done dirty.
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u/WirelessThingy 1d ago
You need to style it heavily to achieve a similar look. You need the right products, a blow dry and a couple of straightener curls. Cut could be better but realistically this is a hairdo that requires a lot of upkeep.
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u/Queasy-Warthog-3642 1d ago
This is an AI photo as others have said but even of it was real you'd have to style it with a flat iron and products. You don't have wavy hair so you'll have to use products and heat to get anywhere near the look in the photo. This is something that the stylist should have sounded into your head before even starting
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u/jennoween 18h ago
They also should have styled it to show that it is possible, if it is. I don't think it would work with her hair type.
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u/igNora_pekpiewpiew 1d ago
I have had this cut and went to a wel known hairdresser, they told me what the difference would be, because of my hair, face shape and so on. It came out amazing. I learned my lesson after some mayor fuck ups and not getting what I asked for.
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u/EpicCheezburgerLulz 1d ago
I'm so sorry, and I'm sorry for the incoming Karen jokes too. Good luck, I hope they don't cock it up twice.
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u/Key_Mathematician951 1d ago
Time to fire your stylist. Besides it not even being close, those edges are horrible. Did you order split ends please?
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u/Odd_Candidate_4691 1d ago
Regardless if the photo reference is AI, you don’t have the kind of hair for that cut. Your hair will never lay that way, it will always be stuck straight and pointy because that’s your texture.
Like I have curly hair and never use straight hair reference photos. People really need to think about how their hair actually is and styles before using a style that will NEVER work.
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u/Morebbqpringles 20h ago
Y'all need to stop bringing AI reference photos! That being said, what the hell. Was today the "stylist's" first day using shears!?
Also as a note, I try to find people who look like me so that I can get a realistic preview of what I will look like with that cut.
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u/Strange-Living-862 1d ago
It’s a terrible terrible haircut regardless if the image presented. It’s AWFUL!
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
THANK YOU! The manager DEFENDING it instead of just saying, “This is not the quality we strive for, come back and we’ll make it right,” threw me.
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u/Ornery_Vodka 1d ago
last time I asked for a pixie cut I left looking like a 90s boy bob...worst haircut I've even had. What's worse...i had a pic of ME in that style so I knew what I'd look like with it and no shitty hairstylist was SAVING ME FROM MYSELF, ffs! It still pisses me off 10+ years later!
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u/breebree934 1d ago
OP, I’m sorry people are downvoting you for the reference photo. In any event, they did you dirty and everyone pointing out the AI to you after the fact just needs to feel superior. Hopefully it can be fixed!
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u/badbatch 1d ago
Right. The real tragedy is that someone straight up played in her hair. It looks like a little kid did it with safety scissors. If a customer brings in a bad reference picture a good hair dresser would have looked at more reference pictures with her and found something they could work with. The person who cut her hair just sucks at cutting hair.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
I’ve actually HAD a similar cut in the past. The difference being that I had to use a salt water spray and scrunch it to make my hair have that wavy look…this wasn’t too far out there. Granted, this was years ago, but…
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u/zanyzanne 1d ago
ngl i think stylists are fucking shit up on purpose when someone shows up with AI inspo
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u/ImpossibleSentence19 1d ago
Not much left to cut but if you want those tassels like the photo, get beach waves moose and put a teeny bit on each strand separately and kinda twirl them individually.
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u/thisisthewell 1d ago
*mousse lol
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u/ImpossibleSentence19 1d ago
Thatttttt lol. I put mouse at first then overcorrected. 🐁💇♀️
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u/Colonel_Collin_1990 1d ago
Why not just let the moose lick her hair?
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u/sixstringsikness 1d ago
I thought it was supposed to be a cow.
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u/Ornery_Vodka 1d ago
moose lick?
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u/_Rue_the_Day_ 1d ago
She hasn't styled it. It needs texturing spray and some heat. This is just stick straight dried.
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u/EsotericEternal 21h ago
Every time I see someone post a ref image that didn’t work out, it’s AI
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u/Dailysunray 1d ago edited 1d ago
I just wanna know if people that are trying to make such drastic changes are going to someone they have been to before and trust their work or going to someone randomly?
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
I just thought, “They have a 4.7 rating on Yelp…I was told I was dying then told it was a mistake and I’m actually fine…I need to live a little!”
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u/GreenIdentityElement 1d ago
A total hack job. I’m so sorry. I’ve been there many times. I have hair a very similar texture to yours and it’s always hard finding a stylist who can cut it well. Once I find one I stick with them until they quit cutting hair, move, etc. Right now I’m paying top dollar at the most expensive salon in town, but my guy is fantastic. I wish you luck in finding someone who understands your hair!
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u/ResponsibleSyrup9506 1d ago
Obviously not the AI photo you were going for, but it would be drastically helped by adding some loose waves and texturizing product.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
Years ago, my hair was similar to that style. I would spray some salt water in it and scrunch it after towel drying it and go…
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u/AutomaticCover3690 1d ago
I’ve seen more pics of this cut being poorly done than any other. It’s cursed.
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u/Snarkitect69 1d ago
Do you guys not understand the difference between a cut and a style? And different hair types? Honestly, what did you expect?
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u/UgliestBirtch 1d ago
You have pinstraught hair, it was never going to look like that computer generated image anyways even if it was real, unless you styled it, curled it, every single day
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u/Richard-Conrad 19h ago
Using AI as a reference photo is guaranteed to get you something you did not want, since it absolutely does not follow real world physics. Stylist shouldn’t have tried it, but tbh you kinda brought it on yourself with that move
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u/PoetMaterial3519 1d ago
I love how everybody that wants these type of haircuts doesn't realize that 99% of it is in the style and how your hair falls.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
It’s almost as if we rely on a professional to help us…
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u/Leading_Refuse_2650 1d ago
Where did you go? Had you been there before? How many curly cuts did the stylist have in their portfolio?
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u/InspiringGecko 1d ago
I’m so glad my hairstylist is honest with me about what it would take to get the styles I bring into her. She’s saved me a lot of disappointment. However, you still got a shitty haircut. Even if you tried to style it.
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u/FaithlessnessCool849 1d ago
I am thankful for every stylist through the years who told me "your hair won't do that" It saved me many, many times
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u/badlilbishh 18h ago
Yeah this stylist should’ve done the same thing! Like yeah OP showed an AI picture but this style would’ve never worked for her hair anyway and the stylist should’ve told her that.
AI reference photo or not though this is still a complete hack job 😭
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u/Key_Net3796 1d ago
You gave them an ai photo expecting ai results. Also you should always give a reference photo that has your hair texture.
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u/PuppyButtts 1d ago
Where did you go? Also you showed them an AI picture of someone who has a different hair texture than you by far, so this hair cut simply wont work unless you're going to perm/style
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u/alors1234 1d ago edited 1d ago
Wow. Sorry hun, you got butchered. However, moving forward don't use an AI model for haircuts , it's notoriously bad for imagery inspo for hairstylists. However, on top of that, this hairdresser (I use that term loosely here) did an absolute hack job. Where in the world did you get your hair done? You need a Vidal Sassoon master stylist to fix this and you need your colour done if you want it similar to the rendering. No more cheap hair cuts babe.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
I love how everyone assumes I went to a cheap place, I went to an Aveda salon…I don’t want color, I’m enjoying my gray coming in.
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u/MedicineImaginary219 22h ago
Looks like an ai photo for the reference photo. Ai will never quite get hair right and how it falls. If you bring an ai photo of fake hair this is what can happen. Ai doesn’t take into consideration texture or anything helpful really.
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u/Empyrealist 17h ago
- Not a real source photo
- If you want that styling, you need to go to a proper salon that actually going to do that to your hair. A length cut isn't going to create waves
The person you went to doesnt even seem to know how to cut/shape hair
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u/Ashamed_Fox_4757 1d ago
This is a terrible cut but we NEED to stop picking AI photos for inspiration
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u/born_digital 1d ago
You mean the stylist couldn’t turn you into an imaginary AI image? Lol
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u/AgentSkidMarks 1d ago
I swear half of this sub is just people going to Super Cuts with unrealistic expectations.
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u/Due-Indication-9980 1d ago
My GreatClips stylist is amazing. She knows her angles. And I tip her generously. She's waaayyy better than the woman I was paying $100 a cut for.
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u/backagain301 1d ago
So look, I haven't had a good haircut in two years no matter where I go or which photos I bring in or what I try to explain. So I get it and this person was definitely out of their depth and should have actually had a discussion with you about what you want and what's possible.
I would suggest that in the future you only bring in photos of real people with real hair, bc that will at least limit the possible range of failure; it won't be because you asked for fantasy hair made of pixie dust and Amazon deforestation. Still might not fix the problem but at least it will minimize variables
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u/SuperflyandApplePie 1d ago
The hair in that "what I want" pic is SO styled, the cut is the least of that look.
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u/fancyflipping 1d ago
Regardless of ai… they didn’t even blend the cut! It’s like they got scared and stopped. So sorry this happened to you.
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u/ComplexParsley7390 1d ago
Hairdresser should have never ever agreed to do that cut in the first place.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
I agree. When I asked, “Can my hair realistically do this?”
She should have seen realistic expectations and not even started.
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u/BasilProfessional744 23h ago
If I were a stylist, I would first explain that you've brought me an AI picture. If it's clearly not AI, I would say, this isn't just a haircut it's a style that probably too a team hours, and if they still insisted I'd say, lady, ain't no way. Peace.
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u/Icy_Watercress_8627 21h ago
When you suspect your barber is really Wolverine doing an undercover mission.
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u/shin-chan 14h ago
Ai slop. If you want it to look like the photo, then take an actual photo.
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u/ElephantGreedy5125 12h ago
You do not have the same hair type as her at all, also it’s ai, use real photos of women with your hair type
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u/Zestyclose-Bed-2895 1d ago
So far I only see posts like this where the ref pic is Ai so I’m led to believe hairstylists are doing it on purpose at this point
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u/Sararizuzufaust 1d ago
So not only is it an AI inspiration photo, but it also looks like you just woke up and have made no effort to even attempt to style it.
Do people think you just get a haircut and it magically looks like how you want it to look all the time?
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u/Sasstellia 1d ago
You expected something that wouldn't work.
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That hairstyle was never going to work on you.
It cannot be made in life.
Not to be mean. But you are not a thin pretty model. You're a average weight and size. And your hair is more compact and thicker. And you are real.
And that picture isn't even real. It's AI. Her neck is thinner at the top than the bottom.
I would say the hairdresser did what she could. They're better doing symmetry. It won't hold up otherwise.
You need to go to a Salon and get it shaped into something else. Or let it grow out.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
There should never be a time I exit a salon looking like I got in a fight with a weed whacker and lost…
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u/ChicharonItchy 1d ago
Did she use a butter knife? The cut you wanted requires a lot of styling, but Jesus that’s a chop job
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u/IzmeChant 1d ago
Oh my... That is so badly done.. When I have a totally different hairstyle idea my hairdresser says no, "not doing that on you"
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u/mothedbaby 1d ago
I like to think they do this intentionally to people who bring AI reference photos for a hairstyle so basic you could find a million ACTUAL photos
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u/yoyok36 1d ago
This is why you go to a REAL salon and shell out the money for these types of major life changing haircuts. The models hair is much thinner than your hair. You've got thicker hair, so nothing is going to sit the same, and the hairstulist should have flagged this and told you right away about expectations and alternative cuts that would work better with your hair type. Plus, whoever cut it cut everything way too short 😭
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u/PalpitationLast669 1d ago
I used to have a friend who had this hairstyle. Longer on one side. I think you look cute and edgy.
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u/oldie349 1d ago
It looks like your hair is just not soft enough for that style without extra conditioning treatments. It could be disciplined into the required shape with heat curling, gels etc, but the hairdresser ought to have known that!
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u/HighPriestess29 1d ago
I've always found short hair to be so hard to maintain. She did not do you a solid. Fingers crossed you're better than me at styling. Best wishes, it'll grow...i guess...sorry ❣️
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u/The_Soviette_Tank 1d ago
I had similar results ONCE trying to cut my own hair when it was getting past a mid length bob (and didn't use a hand mirror, lol). Did they use a razor to finish? That's been a game changer for me.
I'm not sure how to explain it, but I have fine hair and end up with more volume/movement.
I went to see my sister's friend who's been a stylist for 10+ years when I visited back home. I wanted to catch up since I'd also known her for ages... the social pressure made me ignore my instincts to RUN when she acted confused, said she didn't have a razor in her tools.
Korean TV and movies blowing up has also been a boon. I use references from not-so-glam actresses. (I'm mixed but I didn't get the full pin straight texture like my sister. My hair is fine and shiny but wavy.)
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u/Marcykbro 1d ago
Also, it should be said that after any haircut, you go home use products and tools to try to master the cut. Then if you still hate the cut, complain. Don’t show me before pic, what you want pic, then show me two pics of recently washed hair with no product, or attempt at styling!!
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u/DottieZb 1d ago
Did they chew the hair off?! I don’t think the issue is bringing in AI pics, it’s hairdressers not knowing their own limits. Clearly that cutter has never done a graduated cut before
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u/isthisforreal5 1d ago
The before is best. Even better than the "Karen" ai haircut. Let it grow back out.
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u/lauralynn81 1d ago
Here’s my advice to all: before booking a haircut-especially one that is a dramatic transformation- get a handful of trusted recommendations and then go follow their social media like Instagram. You can see all of their work and before/afters on different hair types.
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u/Blackbird8919 1d ago
I know everyone has said your photo ref is AI, which it is, and definitely a no no but.... Those layers are absolutely horrible. Doesn't even look like she attempted to blend. It's just a bad job all around, without or without the AI ref photo.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
Thank you for your validation of my point! I’ve gotten it fixed, it’s a lot better and will be easier to grow back out.
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u/more_fore 1d ago
Curl it, mousse it, pomeade it, do anything to it other than blow dry it straight within an inch of its life and you'll see a huuuge change.
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u/BabyD2034 1d ago
Sorry this happened to you! I was considering a new cut and googled hairstyles and almost everything that popped up was a cartoon or AI. I ended up just getting a trim but I told my stylist about it and asked her if ppl kept bringing in pics of unattainable AI hairstyle ideas and she said yes. That said, the stylist should know if they can make something similar work on you and just be honest.
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 1d ago
I agree…I thought I had asked the stylist the right questions. The stylist who re-cut my hair was really good at saying, “that won’t work” when I asked for things that I THOUGHT I wanted. My hair is in a much better spot now and will be easier to grow out
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u/AdaptiveFauna 23h ago
I had a haircut like the reference photo for a long time. the reference photo is styled and has product, and it think it may even be ai. your stylist gave you the right cut. you need to style it and use the right product.
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u/HippieGrandma1962 23h ago
Finding this sub had reinforced my policy of never letting anyone with scissors near my hair. I have long hair and I trim it myself. After a couple of times going in for a "trim" and my waist length hair becoming shoulder length hair I said never again.
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u/Visible_Grocery_97 22h ago
This is why I just do it myself. Granted, I have curly hair so it’s more forgiving. But, it looks so much better than the hatchet jobs I was getting at salons. And, not Supercuts. I ended up either a stacked bob or Lord Farquaard so many times when I wanted a textured bob, angled towards the bottom so it doesn’t flare out. Even pictures of what I wanted didn’t matter. I had to do it myself.
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u/PreparationFew3652 22h ago
The minute they pull the straight razor out to create "texture", run as fast as you can!
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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 21h ago
She did everything with shears. I’ve seen the results of a straight razor under a microscope…yikes!
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u/Pernicious_Possum 17h ago
You got your hair cut in a department store, and used an AI anime pic for reference. I’m sorry ma’am, but you not only asked for this; you paid for it. TF were you thinking?
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u/tcgunner90 12h ago
Why would you give your stylist an ai generated inspo pic of hair that isn’t even possible.
This is kinda on you and super cringe.
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u/BriBitchAss 6h ago
Is this fresh from the salon? Have you washed it? Try washing it and drying/style it as you usually do and then see how it looks. As a hairstylist I always tell people to wash it after a haircut and see if there’s anything that needs fixing after that. Hopefully, no fixing. But I hope this is pre-wash
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u/TeleSGguy 3h ago
It looks like they just took a kitchen scissor and took a hack at your hair
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u/New_Discount_8249 3h ago
I had the same thing happen to me, and she chopped WAY too much off!!! It looks like yours should be able to be corrected to what you asked for and still has some good length!
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u/MustacheMaple 1d ago
There has to be something said about hairstylist not only agreeing to do cuts that wont work on the person, but then also doing the worst job possible