Spent 4 hours trying to fix a toner that kept coming out patchy on a client in Newark

Turned out I was using way too much pressure on the bowl brush and the color was basically sliding off before it could process - has anyone else wasted half a day on something this stupid?

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parker_hall510d ago

The brush pressure thing got me too when I first started doing color work. I thought pressing harder would force the toner into the hair better but it just made everything slide off and look blotchy. Switching to a lighter hand with the bowl brush and using more product in smaller sections made a huge difference for me. Also letting it sit a few extra minutes without touching it at all helped lock in the color. Took me way too long to figure out that gentler is better with most toners.

taylor_wells10d ago

Watched my coworker do the exact same thing in Jersey last month.

faithpatel10d ago

Hang on, are we really sure that's always a bad thing? I've seen situations where someone stepping in to do a task their way actually saved the whole project, because the coworker was about to make a huge mistake. In my experience, taking initiative like that can fix problems before they blow up, even if it rubs people the wrong way. Office politics are tricky, but sometimes getting the job done right matters more than sticking to who was supposed to do what. Your mileage may vary obviously, but I've watched that kind of move turn a messy situation around completely.