Found Emily via Groupon. I recently moved to Dayton and needed a new stylist so thought I'd give Bello Salon a shot.
I wish I could say I was thrilled with the results. Whenever I get a new do, I try to be excited, though I will say I don't like to get my hair cut. It's always a challenge to communicate clearly with a stylist. Sigh, again, I didn't do well on my part.
In full disclosure, I will admit that when I'm shocked at hair results, I usually feign that I like it and always end up tipping well, one because I'm in shock and two because I want to believe that I will like it; just give it time. Time lasted until I got home.
I chose highlights, even selecting the color. Eeks.... As soon as I got home, I recolored as it just looked awful on my complexion. Yes, I count on a good stylist to advise better on what will look good on my complexion and what won't.
The cut? Sigh... I made the mistake of saying I would like to grow it out. I didn't mean to not reshape it; especially since I've been guilty of chopping on it over time. She barely, and I mean barely touched it with scissors; not even a general overall 1/4 inch cut; just cut it in places and texturized it. Well, a bad haircut going in is now getting a chance to grow out as a longer bad haircut. I came home and after recoloring, restyled it and it doesn't lay nicely in the back -- a good haircut would/should have and the sad thing is it used to several cuts ago.
The entire color/highlights/brow wax/cut/style took 1.5 hours. I wish I could be happy with that but maybe it should have taken longer; it always has before, but oh, yeah... that was with a haircut in there.
Sigh... it's back to the drawing board with the search for a stylist and how to communicate with them and what expectations to have. read more