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Comment by Lori M on December 9, 2011 at 3:55pm

did I mention that the bangs I think are messed up now? There are short strands cut over longer strands. The short strands sit funny. They drive me insane. I constantly want to touch the stupid things to make them stay in place. Don't know how we will get around that issue.....

Comment by Lori M on December 9, 2011 at 3:54pm

Thanks all for your concern and support. In now way does this reflect badly on Debbie. She has been first class in all of this.....She is awesome.... I think she was as shocked as I was at the color but she didn't know at that time that I was horrified. I just wanted to get out.....LOL

Comment by Lori M on December 9, 2011 at 3:52pm

Shannon awesome! I don't know if I ever met you. I met Julie when she had her scan done oh awhile back.....Awesome to know another person in Ottawa who has one of these and knows where to get them cut! I may take you up on that offer. Right now Debbie is offering to fix the color by having me send it back as well as fix the cut. I don't want the cut changed when I am not there. right now the cut is not what I wanted so I would be up to changing it a bit to make it look a bit better. It would also be nice to have someone who can look at you and say hey I think this would be nice. When I had hair I had a colorist in the west end who was awesome. My colors were warm brown and caramel. That is what he chose for my skin tone and hazel eyes and freckles. He was right. That is why I chose it. I ended up with pale ash colored blonde hightlights which look awful on me.....

Heading out for my daughter's 5th birthday party....That is the most important thing right now. Got the blonde synthetic wig and off I go!

Comment by Lori M on December 9, 2011 at 3:47pm

Hi Rose,

no I didn't. It was delvered to the stylist in New Hampshire. I drove down there to have it cut at that particular salon. I knew I wanted caramel hightlights without a doubt. I knew the brown was way too dark for me after having been blonde. I knew I would freak if I went that dark too soon so hence the caramel highlights to lighten it up a bit and keep a nice warm tone and some dark through it.

Debbi is a sweetheart. We are trying to figure stuff out...

Comment by Shannon on December 9, 2011 at 11:55am

Hi Lori,
I'm really sorry to hear about your experience.(I think we met when I was leaving a hotel room in Ottawa visiting Debbi for the first time and your were coming in....?)Another option if you are at all interested...I have a stylist in the West End - her brother owns JASK salon and spa - who is an excellent colourist and stylist. I will be having an appointment to get my new Fredom piece coloured and cut after Christmas. If you would like to come, you could see what suggestions she might have for your piece. Just something to consider in case you feel that there is no one in Ottawa who knows about the Freedom pieces...She did my current piece with subtle highlights. I am leaving it with her after she does this new one to give a good trim and a gloss. I will say that I have human hair pieces from two other companies (one of them a vacuum as well) and you won't find better service than from Freedom. I have pretty high expectations and they have gone out of their way when I have had concerns. I know you will get this sorted out. It is a bit of a learning curve. I'm just outside Ottawa. Let me know if I can help.
Shannon

Comment by Jessica on December 9, 2011 at 9:31am

Lori,

I do think that you can have the color corrected? that would bring it back darker but something you can wear. as for the cut i went short with mine. sort of a short bob with layers at the crown for some lift. Do like Rosie said try some product. i used some spray volume stuff and that gave me lift at the crown you can also make it more funky but you need to play around with it. Most often the style takes sometime. we have to play with it and see what it does. I ascutally found out this summer that my light movement looked great if i washed and air dryed. It gave it a great wave to it. Give that some time. maybe the salon would send you some of your money back so you can get the color corrected?

Comment by Lori M on December 9, 2011 at 3:51am

This isn't a matter of getting used to something new at all. It is getting used to something I absolutely hate. It is completely ugly the color. It used to look a lovely chcocolate brown and would have been lovely with caramel highlights which would have lightened up the brown but would have been a nice warm color. Now since the horrid frosting job it looks grey and in some lights the frosted blonde almost looks green. You no longer have that lovely warm brown. You can't get used to something that is so ugly no matter how long you try to wear this thing. Believe me I tried and each and every time I put it on I felt ugly and depressed. I would never wear this thing as is. Might as well just throw in the garbage right now if we don't do something about the horrid color. I will never ever get used to the horrible streak job.

The cut I don't care so much about. Like I said I will TOLERATE it but the color is non negotiable. It has to go or the wig gets put out with the trash.

I have had bad streak jobs like this in the past and each and every time I dyed my hair right away. What a nightmare... I think these wigs are for people who want long hair and not short hair styles. I also don't think it is for anyone who wants some fun as far as color goes. If you bung up either you are screwed. That is a lot of money that could have gone towards a trip out west to see my sister....

Comment by cindy Babs on December 8, 2011 at 8:44pm

I agree with rose Marie 200%. It seems to take my daughter a long while to like herself in something new. I hope u take her advice ants wear It a but before making more changes. I believe u will get it to where u want it. And u will. I'm sorry u r let down at the moment.

Comment by Lori M on December 8, 2011 at 7:43pm

Hey all,

Well it pretty well was as I thought....a disaster. The cut did not turn out as I wanted. The layers were cut shorter than I wanted on the top. We were trying to mimick the wig that I currently wear. Yes I know it is different because it is real hair but the layers weren't cut as long on the top and sides as the wig was so the whole look is different than what I wanted. I found the bangs were too thick and stuck out funny in the front so when the bangs were thinned out there are funny short pieces at the front over long pieces of the bangs and it just looks wierd to me. In fact it really bothers me. I will have to hairspray that portion so it doesn't move because if the bangs aren't brushed just so then it looks awful to me. If you can't touch the hairpiece which is what I want to do to fix the nasty bangs then I can only hairpray the stupid things in place.

Then I had asked for Caramel highlights and ended up with blonde frosted highlights a la 70's look. I was pretty much devastated when I left the salon. At the time I didn't say anything as I just wanted to get out and have the biggest glass of wine... I was so upset because I had taken two days off of work without pay, drove 7 hours and spent a whole lot staying there and on the cut and color....

I wore the thing after I got it and wore it home but now it is just sitting on my bureau... I just can't wear it...
I could MAYBE tolerate the cut if it were the right color.

I emailed Debbie my rep when I got home and told her about the situation. She also thought I wanted caramel highlights. I am supposed to send the hairpiece back and they will fix the highlghts. I don't know how you can do it when there are so many of them. She mentioned something about trying to fix the cut but really I don't want it made any worse than it already is. It looks like a long layered bob to me...

The hairpiece feels lovely on. I hope that we can make it work.

Kind makes me think that I really am not supposed to have hair. By trying to get a wig like this I am being too vain and should just deal with the fact that I don't have real hair and am not supposed to.

Comment by Rose K on December 4, 2011 at 12:17pm

Lori,
You'll absolutely love your new Freedom Hair. I've worn vacuum wigs for over 27 yrs (Freedom Hair for 12 yrs) - they're simply the best I've ever worn. Your stying will go great with Debi at your side. Good luck and share photos when you can.

Rose

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