I was in a rush looking for a new hair stylist as the girl I usually go to at Tu Moda's was booked out. I had dyed red hair and wanted to go to a medium ashy brown and upon yelping, I stumbled upon this place. Called and luckily was able to get a consultation later the evening, Yay!
Well, it all ended there..
Got to my consultation and met with Carrie and was immediately seated at her station. Talked to her a bit about my hair and showed a pic of the color I wanted.. I knew it was going to be more than just a "one step" process and that red was tough to get out and that I wasn't able to achieve my desired color in just that ONE appointment. I knew all that..
But Carrie reassured that I should dye my hair back to a darker brown and the next time I come in, I would be able to achieve the ash brown by putting in a lighter brown. Ok.. I trusted her. I was then in a rush so didn't have time to do the full blown color, wash, and blow dry and since I was soo sick of my washed out red hair, I asked to only color and wash. We then agreed so the color and blow dry should only take about an hour 25 min-ish.
Well,fast forward.. everything felt so rushed and I didn't know why but then towards the end I realized it was because she wanted to add in the "blow dry" part because when you get your hair blow dried, it's another $25 on top of the bill. Color and wash would've been only $50 but adding the blow dry in brings it to $75.
Completely unethical-- the way she applied the dye was pretty amateur, she kind of just slabbed it on versus Tu Moda where they use dye combs to split your hair in sections to make sure you get an even all-around color. And when it came time to wash out the color, the wash literally took 3 minutes so you can imagine how much dye was left in my hair and how "unclean" it was. My ears were still stained of dye when I got home (lol). And of course when she blow dried my hair, the bottom half of my head was still wet?
Anyways,.. enough of the rant. All I know is that I had another stylist evaluated my hair and was shocked that she would even suggest dying my hair a brown color first because the second time around will NOT achieve my desired color. Also shows how unethical she is to make a quick buck.. instead of other salons where they actually truly care about the client's satisfaction and doing things right. THAT's how you get clienteles to keep coming back to your reputation. If the client asks for just a color and wash, you should respect that instead of trying to cram in a blow dry for an easy $25.
Needless to say, I will not be returning and have learned my lesson. i will continue to go back to Tu Moda even if my girl is booked out, I'll wait! LOL. At least she's professional and truly cares about results. Anyways, at least my hair is not a gross red color anymore.. I'm cool with this dark brown color because it's close to my natural color (even though it's not what I wanted) but I just wanted to warn others. You may not be so lucky LOL. Now I'm going to wait a couple months til I re-dye my hair to that shay brown. read more
