SO, I came here as a referral, from a guy that used to work at the other Han's location in rowland heights.
he told me a woman named "ANNIE" was the best colorist esp; when it comes to asian hair.
so it seemed he knew his stuff and i was convinced.
a few months later i finally got around to booking an appt with her.
she is very nice and i was really excited to get my hair colored by her, after have heard so many rants and raves about her work from that guy.
SO!
I CAME in with a messy choppy razored cut, from a new place i decided to try out a good month before i visited this spot.. i came in with mexican looking blocky hi-lites, which did not flatter me whatsoever!
i told her to just tone it down a bit, that i still wanted my blonde hi-lites but just not as chunky..
i asked for her opinion, and she said she really loves a darker tone for me.. so i said ok.. you can do just a bit darker to make the color even all around but i still want my hi-lites to be blonde.
she said ok, she will work her stuff and the results will be great!
after she was done, my hair was a lot darker!! and my hi-lites were so stringy they werent even noticeable.. i was really bummed cause i wanted to keep my blonde in there! since it took me forever to achieve that color.
she said it looked great.. but from experience, you have to give ur new hair a few days to really see how u like it.. so i did.. i went home, i really wasnt happy.. so a good few months later i went back to go red..
since it would be an all over again process to get back that blonde, i didn't want to kill my hair even more than it already is.
-i showed her a photo of what i wanted..=COPPER RED
she showed me color swatches, and i picked the one i wanted.. she said it will eventually look similar.. if she went a shade darker.. just to be safe.
so i said ok. i always listen to a stylists opinion since i didnt know any better.
the color was BURGUNDY.!!! BURGUNDY!!
I TOLD her it was more burgundy.. than red, she kept saying, "you have to remember your going to wash it too and the color will fade"
during that time, she had informed me she also does extensions.. it was 2 weeks before my birthday and i thought i would give her extensions a try, SINCE again she convinced me the extensions were soooo great! every one of her clients loved them! they lasted a good 4 months, you can reuse the hair, etc...
it all SOUNDED SUPER great!
so i told her i wanted them done!
before hand i also told her i wanted them long!!
personally i feel, if your going to pay $3-400 to extend your hair than u minus well go all out!!!
-i told her to order me extra length cause i have a longer torso.
she said it will cost $20 more.. i agreed.
a week later, i came in w/ my sister..
annie was not PREPARED AT ALL!!
she was running late, & my extensions have not even been colored!
my sister brought her baby along & thought she could get her hair hi-lited the same time she installed my hair.
but it didnt work out that way cause,
1) i only washed my hair once since the last time she had seen me, and my "BURGUNDY" FADED to a nasty brown, so bad that she had to re-color my entire head.
2) she was supposed to have my extension ready and colored before my arrival, but she wasnt prepared n we had to wait for my extension 2 color also.
3) we waited a good 15 minutes before she showed up to our appt.
my sister was pissed with a agitated fussy baby, waiting on an unprepared stylist.
so while waiting for the extension to process it's color i had to drive my sister & niece back home, cause she did not have the patience to wait for annie to get her things straight.
-I CAME back a good 40 min later & she apologized..
she installed the extensions and and they were so fuck*n Short!!
i even told her, omg it's short, i wanted them longer..
it was literally mid back.
& 2 inches longer than my OWN HAIR.
i wasnt happy.
her response " Well, i usually order the 17" cause about 95% of my clients require the 17" & it is long on them, if you want to order longer than that, it is much more expensive and it comes in 2 strips, and it is much heavier"
WELL HELLO!
I PAID THE EXTRA $20 FOR WHAT?
I TOLD U I HAD A LONG TORSO FOR WHAT?! JUST SO U CAN KNOW HOW LONG MY BACK IS?
her extensions were one i have NEVER HEARD before.. THEY WERE A THICK BAND ACROSS THE CENTER OF UR HEAD.
THEY WERE SEWN IN WITH CLIPS, THE PROCESS SEEMED FAIRLY SIMPLE & ONLY TOOK 40 MINS.
**THEY ARE SO UNCOMFORTABLE!! I CAN'T EVEN PUT MY HAIR HALF WAY, I CANT EVEN LAY MY HEAD DOWN WITHOUT BEING FRUSTRATED, I CAN'T EVEN WEAR A HEADBAND.**
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM!!! PLEASE SAVE UR TIME AND $$ LADIES!!!!
NOT WORTH THE $380 I PAID.
bottom line, b4 my bday i took them off!!
I CURRENTLY HAVE THE KERATIN EXTENSIONS IN MY HEAD.. 20' AND I LOVEEEE THEM!!! THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE AND FLOWY.
*SINCE ANNIE IS REALLY NICE, I GAVE HER 2 STARS.. BUT THIS REVIEW IS SOLEY ON HER WORK, KEEP IN MIND IT's NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST HER read more