Pictures to show what my mom, sister, and I had done with our hair at this salon.
To be honest, I liked my hair cut, and the style done. However, we purchased a Groupon that was worth $210 of balayage and hair cut. I ended up being charged an additional $65 on top of my Groupon for extra product used in my hair.
I requested a rose color, which you cannot see in my hair. That was the majority of what I paid for.
My sister asked for a similar color to me in the beginning, but half way through the stylist said they ran out of pink. But offered to change the color, and the stylist suggested purple. She then told her that to change the color would be an additional $55. My sister found a picture of purple she liked after this, and the stylist said she can do that. The picture she found is what is pictured as her request.
In summary for this: The salon ran out of product.. and then tried to charge her more money to fix their mistake.
The after picture is my sister with her now $265 worth of balayage. There is no purple.
After letting the owner and stylist know she cannot see purple.. (that as you can see is clearly not visible) they offered to add more purple, for an additional $33.
My sister let the owner know that she should not need to pay for what is clearly their mistake.
The owner bullied and yelled at her. But eventually came to the conclusion that she would waive the additional fees that "should be paid."
My sister left a review on the salons Facebook, which they've since decided to hide Facebook reviews. I've attached a screen shot of the owners original reply that she's since deleted.
The "as explained" bit in her reply, about needing multiple visits, was never explained to any of us until after it was over.
We all would have chosen a different color/shade or something, that would have shown right away, if we'd known that.
We didn't go to school for this, we're not professional. We looked up "cute balayage" or whatever on google, and found pictures we liked. It's the professionals job to say "that won't work with your hair" or "that won't work without multiple visits".
If all you tell your client is "yes, I can do that" but it doesn't turn out, that's on the professional, not the client.
They need to be honest with their clients, so situations like this don't happen.
My mother ended up in tears last night at dinner, because she was so embarrassed to be at a restaurant.
She's literally afraid for her older grandkids to see her, and be laughed at. Nobody should feel that way after leaving a salon and spending hundreds of dollars.
I do not recommend this salon whatsoever, especially for unnatural hair colors. read more