We Feel Bad For Laughing At These Salon Fails

Sometimes, a visit to the salon requires a leap of faith. You’re putting yourself (and your looks) in someone else’s hands, and the results can be fabulous or frightening. After you emerge from the treatment, you’ll either feel like a goddess reborn or a slime demon from the wretched nests of the netherworld. Either way, once you sit in the chair, your fate is sealed.

Bangs are a risky. Most of the time they don’t end up being what you had imagined. So if you do decide to take the risk, you have to prepare yourself for the worst case scenario. It’s a “hope for the best but expect the worst” kind of situation.

We think that this man might have actually requested he get the Kardashians on his own head. But this is something we’ll see in our nightmares!

If the tears don’t make it obvious enough, this is not the haircut that this young lady wanted or thought she was getting. The image on the left shows a close shave and a styled hair flip.

This woman went with high hopes for a beautiful hairstyle, in all likelihood, for a special event that she planned on joining. The half up, half down look is super cute. It’s a great look for a wedding, especially if you’re going as a bridesmaid.

This disappointment cost this poor woman over a thousand dollars. That’s a steep price to pay for about one inch of hair. She wanted 18 inch extensions and she only got about an extra inch.

Imagine you’ve been sitting in a hair salon for an hour or so. You’re watching your hairdresser’s expression as it becomes more and more pained. Eventually, she brings the mirror out so you can see the back of your head. You think to yourself that it must just be weird lighting.

Believe it or not, these rigid monstrosities cost more than $40. It looks like this lady just dipped her hands in liquid pearl, which froze solid in the cool air. This is a seriously bad glue job. Her nails look like they were attached way too low down.

You have to be super careful when using bleach! The internet is littered with hair bleach fails. It’s one of the most damaging things you can do to your hair but it’s also necessary if you want to dye your hair cool colors.

We’re guessing that—based on the picture on the left in contrast with the one on the right—that this lady didn’t quite get the sultry vampire makeup effect she had hoped for. Apparently, she paid $60 for this “professional” vampire countess look.

Most makeup places will let you test their service before you commit. It looks like this mother got done dirty—literally—by Ulta Beauty. Everything, from the patchy application to the awful skin tone matching, makes her look like she just came in from a soot storm.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with this girl’s hair before she got it done. It was healthy and the style suited her! But, we can’t blame her for wanting to try a change.

Take a look at this: that’s about two years of hair growth—gone. Judging by the rough ends, it looks like the hairdresser used a rusty sheer to clip it—or tore it out with their bare hands. According to this poster, their hairdresser had “no idea” how it happened.

It is rare that your hair cut looks exactly like your inspiration photo, but this one is so far from what we wanted that we have to laugh. Hair texture and thickness is different on everyone so it can be difficult for stylists to exactly replicate hairstyles on different people.

Rather than walking out of the salon with lush, fiery red waves, this customer came out with hair looking like the greasy residue of a lasagna dish soaking at the bottom of a washing-up basin. It’s unclear how her hairdresser managed to do such an uneven job, but it’s clear that they weren’t qualified in the slightest.

We see fingers, but the white things? They could be teeth, mentos, portobello mushrooms—but not nails. It looks like someone stuck five pieces of chewing gum to this woman’s poor, unassuming fingers, then robbed them for the trouble.

You almost can’t tell that these are the same woman! She has long luscious locks of brunette hair in the left image, but most of her hair is gone in the photo on the right.

This one is so bad that it almost seems like the stylist did it on purpose! The girl went into the salon with dreams of a natural balayage, where the colors blend together seamlessly.

On the left is a screenshot of what a customer showed the nail salon staff as an example of what she wanted. On the right is the result. Notice anything strange about the picture? The nail salon seemed to reproduce her example perfectly—maybe a little too perfectly.

We all want to leave the salon looking fresh and new. A new hair style can make you feel like. anew person, especially when you get a dramatic change. But when it’s not what you expected or wanted it can result in disaster.

The picture on the left: hopes, dreams, expectations. It’s a fantastic look—hints of black with silver-grey streaks. Done well, it can look absolutely enchanting. The picture on the right: the outcome. Can you guess how much this woman paid for her stylist to do this to her hair?

If there’s one event that you want your hair to look amazing for, it’s your wedding day! You’ll be looking back fondly of pictures fo this day for the rest of your life. So, when your hair style doesn’t go as planned, you’ll be naturally disappointed.

This is obviously a tragedy in itself, but adding to this sorry story is the fact that this person was getting her nails done in preparation for her wedding. Rather than getting beautiful, gold-gilded nails reminiscent of wedding bands, it looks like she just dug her nails into a ball of orange peel.

The look on this woman’s face says it all. She tried to get cute curly waves, but everything ended up spiraling out of control. The bad news is that she’s going to look like a Victorian schoolchild for a while. The good news is that her hair will eventually relax.

When this woman walked into the salon, her hairstylist was completely shocked to see her hair. As you can see, her hair was completely matted and appeared to be beyond repair. However, the stylist accepted the challenge and got to work.

Before, expectations, after. The look in the last picture says it all. Rather than catching waves, she landed on the burnt remains of a beachside campfire. The black doesn’t seem to blend with the blonde at all. Instead, it looks like coal meets the sand.

This lady had such a bad eyebrow salon experience she stated “a four-year-old could have drawn them on better blindfolded”. She went in for a simple wax and tint, and ended up with such thick and dark eyebrows that she thought they might as well have been filled in with a marker.

It bears remembering that not all hairdressers have equal skills, especially when it comes to drawing lines or curves. The cut on the left looks like it was drawn with laser-guided accuracy. The flower petal half looks amazing. It’s not something just any hairdresser can pull off, as this poster can attest to with her less-than-clean lines.

The curtain bangs trend became popular in 2020 on Tik Tok. Thousands of people shared their before and after results with the new style. Unfortunately, not everyone’s reality matched expectations.

The image on the right was the inspiration photograph that this girl gave to her stylist. The photo on the left was her result. It’s not exactly what she was expecting. Her video blew up on Tik Tok and most people thought she had cut her own hair, unbelieving that a stylist could do such a job. She did get some advice on how to style them but unfortunately, the only real solution is to let the hair grow out.

This poor girl heard through the grapevine that there was a makeup artist at a department store that was doing homecoming makeup for free. Jackpot! (or so she thought) It’s safe to assume she would have been better off doing it herself. The harsh and uneven eyeliner, oily foundation, and poorly blended eyeshadow do not give the flawless look I’m sure she would have wanted for the dance.

When it comes to nail designs, most nail artists are incredibly talented and will work with an inspiration photo easily. However, it can also go horribly wrong. This girl brought in an inspiration pic for both design and style. However, her result couldn’t be more different than what she had asked for.

This poor girl went to the salon looking for some Rapunzel-inspired long blonde locks. She ended up with a choppy disaster and the worst part is that she paid over $900 for the whole mess. It couldn’t be more obvious where her natural hair is and when the extensions are.

Apparently, there is no shortage of nail art fails on the internet. And we understand nail art is not easy to do! It takes great talent, patience, and a steady hand. This individual brought an inspirational picture with a flower on the big toe. What they received looks to be more like a toe on fire than a flower.

It’s clear why this woman brought the left photo as an inspiration pic. Who wouldn’t want beautiful flowy layers and golden waves? It looks like the hair stylist didn’t see exactly what we saw.

A trend went around social media in which many YouTubers were going to the “worst-reviewed” establishments of different kinds to see what made them the “worst”. This Youtuber went to the “worst-reviewed makeup artist” in Dubai and quickly found out why the ratings were what they were.

This young woman had her makeup done by a “professional” for a photoshoot. We don’t know what the goal here was, but the result cannot possibly be the desired outcome. The eyeliner has all the marks of a first-timer: smudges, uneven wings, and jagged lines. Even the lipstick looks to be applied by an inexperienced individual.

The wolf cut is a stylish look that gained popularity through Tik Tok. This woman from Australia requested this style by showing her the inspo pic on the left. Rather than this trendy cut, she left the salon in tears with a haircut that doesn’t remotely resemble the photo.

A major trend in hair for the past few years has been the balayage. A lighter color fades seamlessly into a darker color (or vice versa) and looks like a perfectly natural transition of color. Hundreds of girls have brought their hair stylist a photo of a balayage for inspiration.

This woman went to her hair stylist to get a balayage. For those of us who aren’t stylists, this just means a natural blending of color (in her case from brunette to blonde). She didn’t have any dye in her hair previously, which should make it fairly easy to achieve her desired results.

This woman brought in several inspiration pics to a stylist in Taiwan hoping to achieve a unicorn, light pink ombre look. What she got instead was the hot pink mess on the right. The stylist permed her hair (which wasn’t something she requested) and poured on the bleach.

The image on the right is the inspiration this man took to his hair stylist. A fairly clean and common look like this should be hard to mess up right? Wrong. This poor guy left his barber with a bowl cut he never wanted and a disappointed face that makes us feel for him.

This woman was super disheartened when she went to the nail salon for some long elegant stiletto shaped nails and got the chunky disaster you see on the right instead. The left photo is what she showed her nail tech and she said promised she could deliver. Clearly, she could not.

This one might just take the cake for the worst hairstyle ever. We can only hope this was intentional and not an accident. Maybe his friends dared him to get this cut. The two pigtails on the sides of his head are haphazard.

This woman had beautiful healthy looking curls before she went to the salon. Curls can be tricky because they have unique patterns and usually require a little more care and attention than straight hair.

Spray tans can be beautiful but also can be super tricky. You have to be careful to not let it run. This young lady either didn’t get the memo or couldn’t help but cry. Her tan would have looked amazing if not for the streaks of tears down her face and neck.

We’re all for intense makeup looks and we can even appreciate a blue eye shadow from time to time. But this makeup artist took it a step too far. We can’t imagine this was the look this lady was wanting when she hired the MUA to do her look.

Sometimes, even if you can do your own makeup, it’s nice to treat yourself and have a professional do it! It’s fun and it’s a good way to switch up the routine, especially for an important event.

Bangs are definitely one of the riskier hair cuts. Usually, if you get bangs you either love them or hate them. The reason it’s risky is because if they are bad, all you can do is wait for them to grow out. And hair grows painfully slow!

Ulta is a great place to buy affordable makeup and hair products. They also offer a service where you can get your hair and makeup done. This young lady was obviously not very impressed with the makeup she had done.

Getting a new color in your hair is super fun and can make you feel like a brand new person! The girl’s inspiration photo was a beautiful lilac purple color. What she got was not at all what she asked for.

Getting a new color in your hair is super fun and can make you feel like a brand new person! The girl’s inspiration photo was a beautiful lilac purple color. What she got was not at all what she asked for.

This person went to a nail salon in Indonesia and asked for this cute design of a flamingo on her nails. The stylist said she could do that design, but this is definitely not what the poor customer had in mind.

This poor customer left the salon with bleached damaged hair instead of the beautiful balayage she really wanted. The image on the left is a photo of her hair from 2019. She had loved this look and came to a different salon to get the same thing done again.

This has to be some of the sloppiest hair coloring we’ve ever seen! Usually, a talented stylist will carefully paint bleach onto the hair so it looks even and blends in with the other colors. We’re not sure if this stylist was just in a rush or was having a bad day.

This poor woman had her hair completely botched at a salon. You can see in the photo on the left that her roots are overgrown and the color is an absolute disaster. It’s so uneven it is almost as if the stylist did it on purpose!

In another example of “expectation vs. reality” this poor woman lost all faith she had in hair salons previously. Not only is the color not at all what she asked for, but her hair has obviously undergone extreme damage.

Making the decision to commit to bangs is a very big deal. Nine times out of ten bangs are the direct result of a break-up and the impulsive need to make a “life-altering” change.

So you strut into the salon with a clear-cut expectation of how you would like to look when you leave. You hand the hairdresser this inspo pic, sit in the chair, pop in your earbuds, and begin to relax.

So you strut into the salon with a clear-cut expectation of how you would like to look when you leave. You hand the hairdresser this inspo pic, sit in the chair, pop in your earbuds, and begin to relax.