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16 "OMG" Beauty Horror Stories We Can't Believe

Horrible haircuts, dye disasters, waxing gone terribly, terribly wrong ... here's to hoping these blunders never happen to us

by Erica Smith | 2 COMMENTS

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A Sticky Situation "My best friend went for her first ever Brazilian at this place we'd heard decent things about. It ended up taking over an hour, because somehow the waxer had managed to stick my friend's bum cheeks together with the wax and it took three waxer ladies to clean her up. I've since been there and had the fastest, most pain-free waxes ever, so who knows what happened!" -- rcb8 via Reddit

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We've all had our fair share of beauty nightmares: Your stylist adds five inches to your "trim," the lady waxing you reveals it's her first day on the job, something that shouldn't be burning is definitely burning ... Sometimes you need to read an especially cringe-worthy beauty horror story to put your bad haircut or botched manicure in perspective. Misery does love company, after all. From unintentional mullets to traumatizing chemical burns, women far and wide (including our very own Total Beauty Facebook fans) have experienced it all. Here's to hoping none of these salon nightmares or DIY disasters happen to you.