I drive the hour and a half from Oakland to Sacramento to get my hair cut and colored by Dana. I've done this for 2 1/2 years.
Prior to living in Oakland I resided in Santa Cruz for 4 years and also gladly made this 3 hour drive for Dana.
I've followed Dana from Salon Cuvee to Details to her current home (of 4 years, give or take) at Lush Salon.
I make this drive on average, once every 7 weeks. Not so big a deal, especially with a fully loaded iPod, a bunch of new music and some big love for the "open road" (interstate 80) and bridge tolls. While I'm at it I plan some time with good friends who are still in the area. I make an enjoyable day or weekend of it.
I get asked all the time 'round the Bay where I get my hair cut. In week 6 of a grown-out short or midlength cut I still get asked. Usually the inquiries stop at "Sacramento" but I've also watched two people write down her name and the name of the Salon on paper.
I've been long(er), mid-length, and very short. With and without bangs, with and without layers. I've been I don't know how many single colors and mixtures of highlights both lighter and darker than my natural dark brown. She does short, textured cuts very well and also gets how to do sexy as opposed to cute mid-length cuts (none of this bob stuff, please). She will advise against when appropriate ("Your hair will fall out" - when one visit I spontaneously suggested a perm -- something I haven't "enjoyed" since 1978) and can also nudge me into switching gears completely. I've never regretted switching gears. But that's partly her skill and my hardwiring. Thank gawd I'm just not one of those females whose world comes crashing down when an extra inch is taken off. If it were done badly, maybe? But that's where Dana's skills come in so guess I'll never know.
I'd say she does the best with mid-length and short cuts. If you have, and have always had, really long hair and like to take an inch off every month -- two when feeling emboldened -- don't put the miles on your car. Keep her schedule open for the rest of us. read more