[RoxyJosMom]

I had a family funeral to go to and needed to color my hair (roots, you know). I grabbed a brand different from the one I usually use, but the same color. Being a natural redhead, the colors always turn out darker. I put the new one on - the night before the funeral, and I am glow-in-the-dark road cone orange! I panic a few minutes then run next door to my neighbor, who is a hairdresser. She put on some kind of neutralizer (after just about wetting herself laughing at me) and it turned bright purple!!! Now, we are both panicking. Checked the box, yep, has some sort of metal ingredient that caused the purple. So, she called her boss (who owned the salon) and he told her he would meet her at the salon, he had something that would save it. (Fri. nite - salon closed). Had to wash it about 10 times, but we managed to save my hair - and my ego at the funeral. Never used that brand again.

Also, tried a new haircut when I was young - the lady paid no attention to what I was saying and cut it so short, the hair on my arms was longer than the hair on my head. I locked myself in my room for a week (it was summer, I was 16) and cried. Thank goodness my hair grew fast.