This type of story (and my own history of destruction) is why my DH begs me to have mine done at a salon. He says that it is much cheaper to have somebody else do it (even if I need id done every 6 weeks these days) than to have to pay to repair the damage a slip with the dye can cause. This is also the man that says if I don't want to dye it at all that would be OK since we are no longer in our twenties. This is easy to say for him as he only has gray in his beard which he just removed after 17 years. (something to do with turning 60 I think)