This is a neighborhood salon for me, so I really wanted to love it. I've been giving it a chance a lil over a year, always had some problem Huge or small and never seemed to get my moneys worth. This review is long over due.
1st time - got a hair cut from MICHAEL, was decent except a small section of hair was a bit longer then the rest, wasn't a big deal had my sister snip it for me.
2nd time - was in desperate need of a cut, called made an appt with a new girl (sorry completely forgot her name, a bit chubby with shoulder length brown hair if you made an appt with her run!), she chopped my hair off. I have really fine hair so every strained counts, i ended up looking like Joe Dirt. Mentioned the experience to a friend that originally recommended the salon for me and she said i should only go to Christopher for cuts.
3rd time- went to CHRISTOPHER only slightly better then the girl who mutilated my hair prior, but still gave me a boxy look.
4th time- went back to MICHAEL he did a decent job again but the blow out made my hair sooooo puffy. Wasn't a big deal smoothed it down once i got home. Interestingly enough my sister met a stylist that use to work in another salon on Staten Island for years, and she claimed he did an amazing color job... I was interested.
5th time - I was in desperate need of a change. Called in for a double process with ANTHONY. He only worked two days a week, my sister validated his work, seen some of his clients hair the visit prior, i was a tad impressed. I "was" a natural Med Brown and I wanted to go blonde with blonde highlights, keep in mind i have "Med Brown fine hair". He gave me a base color and highlights, I ended up with orange, gold, yellow, and white highlights with an orangey brown base. No toner was used. Further inspection i noticed my foils where all over the place some not even touching my scalp on an angle, really light spots really dark spots a total mess. Was absolutely Devasted. Only up side, his partner gave me a really great blow out.
6th and final time - Showed ANTHONY the foils and the color and asked him for a correction. He told me he needed to make me darker in lieu of completely bleaching out my hair to take the orange out. The foils where once again not evenly place through out my head, had light and dark patches again, once again multi colored highlights...didnt really take the orange out. No toner was used again. $245 down the drain. He has a loyal clientele that been with him for years, but as a new client i was not happy. Now i have to spend extra at a Real pro like bumble and bumble, redken, or aveda to correct this hideous hair color and give me what i want.
All Pro's are suppose to consider whether or not they can give you what your asking before taking your money and mutilating your hair. I have never left this salon completely "Done" there has always been something extra I had to take care of myself once i left. With the money I paid that shouldn't be the case. Like i said i really wanted to love this salon but as far as my hair goes they couldn't cut it. read more