We can't help it. Social media hair fails are the train wrecks that we'll never be able to turn away from. From whole patches of hair getting burnt off to bleach snafus that result in actual baldness, we've seen it all. So when a young influencer decided to put a relaxer on her already bleached hair, you can guess how things went.
The jaw-dropping and almost heartbreaking video played out on Instagram Live and serves as a cautionary tale for any natural girl who's considered double-processing their hair. See the drama unfold ahead.
This fresh-faced beauty is 18-year-old Lola Faith.
The New York City influencer with a knack for hair color is one of Instagram's resident Gen-Z cool kids. The dancing machine and friend of music star Billie Eilish has made a name for herself among the chic grunge crowds of the Big Apple.
The recent hair mishap all played out on Instagram Live.
And for everyone who missed it, her friend posted the insane happenings to her Twitter. "Lmfaoooooo so my friend was bleaching her hair on live and this happened," she captioned a video of her friend literally combing bleach-blonde patches out of her hair and looking on in disbelief.
What's crazier is that she had been forewarned.
A viewer of the livestream commented, "I TOLD YOU NOT TO RELAX BLEACHED HAIR ON YOUR LAST LIVE," showing the world that Faith was warned about the risks involved with double processing.
"I saw that comment and almost threw up. her hair had to feel awful before falling out. i played around w a relaxed mannequin and put lightener on it and it literally STRETCHED a good foot before breaking," someone tweeted.
Viewers predicted what would happen.
Because hey, if there's anything we've learned from social media hairstyling, it's that a lot can go wrong. Especially when bleach is involved.
"Everyone on her live knew it too. They were all just sitting there waiting for it to fall out. Smh," someone tweeted.
But she made more than just one mistake.
She didn't mix the product correctly, and the comb she used added too much tension to the hair.
"Yes she whet wrong on so many levels. 1st that bleach/ lighter wasn't mix well before she put it in her hair because it was not suppose to be that yellow, than she kept combing it with that small tooth comb… On relaxed hair," a hair-educated Twitter user said.
Watching it was downright painful.
With every swipe of the comb, another patch of Faith's hair would come out and it was cringe-inducing as ever to watch.
"Oh my God I’m so scared when I saw a glimpse of her combing and I already knew what was gonna happen before it happened the overlap struggle omg," a terrified viewer wrote.
But no worries.
The almost bald beauty posted to her Instagram with a newly buzzed 'do and a hilarious caption to go with it. "I—," is simply all she said to describe the experience.
So to anyone out there who's thinking about having relaxed and bleached hair — women of color, we're looking at you — the solution is simple. Don't.
