DO NOT SEE AMANDA at Willamette location!!Hands down the WORST and most traumatic hair experience of my life. Not to mention her negative and arrogant attitude and unwillingness to correct what could be and help me after destroying my once beautiful and healthy hair.
I have seen Rachel B. at Gervais for years before she moved on to another salon and she's done a beautiful job every time. When Rachel wasn't available, I asked Gervais who they recommended. They recommended Amanda for being the best fit. On apt day, I went to the 5th street location and was told Amanda was at the Willamette location. I was never told this prior to coming in so I arrived at 9:10am and was ten min late to my apt. I addressed that fact immediately upon arrival and wanted to make sure we had enough time as I wanted a full service apt and I had to be somewhere by 12:30pm. My apt was blocked out for 3 hrs and had me leaving there by noon-ish. Amanda and receptionist both assured me it would be fine. My hair walking in was very long and light from consistent balayages over the last few years. I'll attach pics. I showed her what I wanted with pictures and essentially wanted the color lifted closer to roots, and slightly lighter and brighter for summer. Around 11:45am I look at my phone and realize we are not even close to being done. My head is in the bowl partially processing still, haven't been toned or washed and still needed a haircut and blowout. I asked her how much longer she expects this all to take and she says we won't be done until 1:30pm!!! I ended up having to cancel multiple apts that day without a choice as my head literally still had foils in it. At 1:35pm, I couldn't wait any longer and ended up leaving with soaking wet hair. So it wasn't until later that night when I was dry that I had realized the damage. I immediately scheduled a consultation with Amanda for the next day because I knew she needed to help fix this, even though I was terrified to let her touch my hair again. She denied that my hair was over processed or that the color placement was off, saying: "we were rushed because you were late and that was the most I could accomplish on your hair in one session. If you want me to do what you're asking, that will be a separate apt that you have to pay for." I was already out $250 for fried hair. After I left, manager had convinced Amanda to see me for a color correction the following day at 5:30pm. I was feeling uncomfortable seeing her at that point but felt like I had no other options as they were telling me not other stylists were available. The following day, Amanda canceled our 5:30pm apt after I had already rescheduled and canceled 7 hrs of my day to accommodate her available time.
I've had three consultations since this happened a few days ago with very reputable hairstylists to get input from them as far as next steps for my hair. All three of them have been completely shocked by the result and outcome of my experience with Amanda. I've been told that my hair was WAY over processed, overly darkened with different toners and that it will be at least a few sessions spread out before I ever get back to being close to what I came in to begin with and started with before Amanda touched my hair. On top of that, the amount of "healthy hair" will be slim to non and have been told it will be a long road ahead and major process to get back to feeling "healthy" again.
I have switched appointments several times for work, I have rescheduled my own clients, spent time, energy, and money and will have to spend more time, energy and money to just get back to decent- not even my original hair. I can't even wear my hair up in the meantime un-embarrassed as the back is the most fried and noticeably damaged area. I am currently out thousands of dollars from time off of work and counting due to this entire experience. This is by far the worst experience I've ever had with my hair or any salon. I will attach below: what my hair looked like before my appointment, what pictures I brought in as color examples and color placement, and the end result after my apt with Amanda. Note: the picture of up-do was not so much for color but more for placement on the underside because I wear my hair up a lot and wanted those painted strands to show through. read more