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    Bristle Hairdressing

    4.7 (98 reviews)
    PriceyHair Salons
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

    By appointment only

    Services - Bristle Hairdressing

    Blowout

    Chemical treatment

    Color only

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    Haircut

    Cut and color

    Hair styling

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    Stephanie B.

    Allie is amazing!! I told her I wanted change but couldn't decide so I let her have creative freedom to do as she wished! Boy oh boy did she give me change! Love the cut, love the color and LOVE Allie. She was very professional and sweet! Will definitely be going back to see her!

    Curly hair cut by Ginger
    Poorna P.

    I recently moved away from the salon in New England where I'd been a deva cut regular for several years. My most recent cut left me with a harsh V shape that I chose to hide in a pony tail or bun rather than asking for it to be fixed. I knew I had to find a place in DC where I felt comfortable with my stylist. After checking out other places' reviews and not being about to find an appointment for MONTHS I stumbled on reviews about Ginger's dry curly cuts. I am so thankful for her and her skills! My hair is shorter than I wanted but I expected it with the nature of curly hair. Ginger listened and gave advice but she wasn't pushy about products. This is a day of picture and I'm sure if I took as much time as she did styling it'll look like this everyday! The price is very reasonable considering what other curly salons in the city are listing. I highly recommend Ginger.

    French Fleetwood Mac perfection
    Mina F.

    Melissa is a goddess; fully a technician and fully an artist. I looked in the mirror and I felt fully realized -- this is MY perfect haircut. On FaceTime just now my best friend said she already can't remember what I look like without this haircut because this is supposed to be my hair. My male best friend kind of snorted and said I look like Fleetwood Mac -- this is honest to god E X A C T L Y how I want men to feel about me. Knowing that there are dozens of other women in this town that feel as good about themselves as I do about myself with this haircut (and this wash!)...makes me want to find all of them, band together, and form a league of unstoppable women. I walked into this salon less than 18 hours after finding out about it on Yelp. After shooting them an email requesting the earliest appointment for a hair cut (I live nearby), they responded within 30 minutes that Melissa had an opening the next day at 11am due to a cancellation. Once I emailed back and accepted the appointment, they sent me an appointment confirmation text. I never gave them my number -- they must've grabbed it from my email signature. I also got a reminder text two hours before the appointment. All seamless. I walked in with no idea what I wanted, just that I knew my hair needed to be thinned out and shaped. I have extremely thick, heavy, semi-coarse Persian hair that grows like a weed (I am hashtag blessed -- thank u to my ancestors) in a weird triangular shape that flips up at the bottom -- real cartoon hair. But when I was waiting for Melissa (prob 3 minutes), I saw one of the other stylists with the most incredible bangs. Once in the chair, Melissa took a good look at my actual hair -- not just my hair in the mirror, like actually squatted down to my height and touched it and messed with it -- to get a sense of the texture and behavior, asked me where I part it, how often I wash it, etc. I told her I liked the other stylists' bangs and she said I could do a version of them well. Then she started throwing out words like Brigitte Bardot, volume, French, 70s, your hair will look longer, stopping to check in with me as she formed her plan. I was honestly astounded because she instantly got this vibe that I love but can only haphazardly explain and was able to explain it back to me perfectly. Ok so she sent me off for a wash and hoo boy lemme tell ya -- this was the best hair washing of! my! life! I could not tell you precisely why except that the woman (I think her name is Viv?) took her time, everything smelled so zen and amazing, the sun was out, and her hands deserve to be puppeteering a muppet for God's sake but here we are in Adams Morgan with such unfettered access to them and what a small miracle that is. (If you don't tip her you're a monster) Then Melissa gave me my perfect haircut. She was an easy listener when I rambled on about nothing important (I do this, it's who I am) and there was zero tension when I silently zoned out for ten minutes. Toward the end when the bags and face framing layers were starting to dry naturally, they already had this absurdly perfect bend to them that I have coveted from women in British crime dramas for years. HOW DID SHE DO THAT??? Y'all I was geeking out. Even she realized this was a great haircut and asked if she could photograph it at the end. Yes, bitch! And she did, with real lights and everything. And here's five more selfies of it because I realized just now you can style the bangs three ways -- iconic. The haircut cost $95.00, including the wash, cut, blowout, and styling, not including tip. They accept Venmo tips! I had to get that price from my bank app because I was deliriously blacked out from the moment I looked in the mirror until I met my friend 15 minutes later for coffee and she SQUEALED (scout's honor, her name is Elissa) when saw me and I snapped out of it and yelled I KNOW RIGHT???

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    I will follow Cherise anywhere. I love the place, the products, and the warmth. I have been her client for... maybe ten years now.

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    best salon in dc! No question. Great and fun staff, easy to book and cancel, super Covid safe, and a pretty convenient location.

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    Karma Beauty Lounge By Erwin Gomez

    Karma Beauty Lounge By Erwin Gomez

    4.5(188 reviews)
    1.5 miWest End
    $$$

    Due to the pandemic, I still have that fear of going places. Coming here today for a haircut, I was…read moreso assured that they take necessary precautions to make me feel safe. They even have everything contactless. Peggy is just the best! I was in and out of the salon in no time. I couldn't be more happier with the service, with the friendly staff and excellent stylist, I highly recommend Karma by Erwin Gomez.

    Do not come for haircut. This is simply a place to beautify your face and hairdo for your special…read moreday or to color your hair but don't come here for a haircut. Except for French woman named Sophie who can do decent cuts, there is no any other stylists skilled in precision haircuts. Came here and one of their top stylists gave me the worse cut I've ever had in my life. I've had to wait more than 6 months to grow my hair out from the horrible layers he did on me. He literally just chopped my hair up. The bottom of my hair in the back was an upside down triangle! Every stylist knows it should be straight across and maybe just a bit rounded on the sides! Any salon would have easily provided a (normal) soft, feminine, sexy, natural cut that is subtle perhaps at different skill levels. This guy clearly had no concept of how to cut (straight) hair because his clueless messes get disguised easily in wavy or curly hair or in a blow dry with curling brush.

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    Allure Hair Salon - A photo example I showed zhen of what I desired

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    Happy ... was able to get a last mile minute appointment... not a lot of fussing, just a nice…read morestylish cut and plan on going back !

    *Update 4/28/18 After much back and forth they finally…read moreagreed to refund half the money, for which I'll give them an extra star. I still believe a full refund would've been the right thing to do, but you pick your battles. I appreciate the attempt to make this right although it still seems somewhat half-hearted. 4/27/18 Please look up "Zhen Lin" on yelp to see my review of the stylist who did my hair and more pics of the highlights she gave me. There was obviously a major misunderstanding. Why on earth anyone would want super blonde highlights on top of dark brown hair in 2018 is beyond me. This is not at all what I asked for. I asked for a natural looking balayage and showed Zhen literally four different pictures of examples I liked. I expressed that I really wanted the hair to look natural, blended and not ombre'd or striped. Both Zhen and the manager refused to try to make it right when I expressed my disappointment in my hair. Neither offering to help fix it, nor a refund. I had to pay $250 for something that was the opposite of what I wanted. After begging in person for them to help, I left another pleading phone message tonight for them to help me fix this mess, or refund my money as I can only imagine what a color correction will cost at another salon. I absolutely hate writing bad reviews about people and wouldn't have posted this if I didn't feel completely swindled, disrespected and brushed aside. I'm really hoping they'll get back to me, and I'll update this review if they decide to do the right thing. In the meantime, I'm beyond disappointed and disgusted!

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    Hideous highlights---not at all what I requested.

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