The $250 color correction that taught me to trust my gut

A client came in last month with a box dye disaster. My coworker told me to just do a heavy bleach bath and tone it. I went against my own instinct and followed her advice. BIG mistake. It lifted unevenly, turned orange in spots. 4 hours and an extra $250 of product later I had to do a full color melt to fix it. Should I have pushed back harder or just avoid taking advice from that person again?

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taylorshah7d ago

Didn't I read somewhere that bleach on box dye almost always turns patchy orange?

charlescraig7d ago

Your coworker, was she the one who had to fix the mess or were you on the hook for the extra time and product? Because 250 bucks of product out of your pocket is a hard way to learn a lesson. I'd be asking her if she's ever actually done a bleach bath on box dye before, or if she was just guessing.

kelly6387d ago

Oh wait, I think you mixed up who did the fix - it was actually the coworker, not me.