I scheduled an appointment for a 30 minutes mini facial.
I had to nurse my newborn baby before I left for the appointment and his feeding took longer than expected, so I couldn't leave with extra time. But I thought it was okay since I would still arrive on time and my forms were all completed online.
Unfortunately, I encountered some traffic on the way there due to construction, and my gps updated my eta, showing that I would be 5 minutes late.
I called to let them know I was going to be 5 minutes late, hoping they would be understanding and wouldn't cut my facial shorter. They said they can still take me in but my facial will end at the scheduled time, so it would be shorter.
Now I arrive to my appointment rushing and tense, knowing that they will shave off every minute of it.
When the technician takes me in, she asks me questions that I have already answered on the forms online. So more minutes go by and I end up with a 20 minutes ish facial vs the 30 minutes I paid for.
When she is done with my facial, she explained what products she recommended and sent me on my way to get checked out. At that moment, I didn't even realize she didn't hand me a mirror to look at my face after the facial. So I paid, unhappy with the short service and ready to leave.
When I get in the car and I look at my face, I see my skin extremely red, almost like a rash, very sensitive and irritated. Funny fact, when I'm checking out the lady in the front desk commented on my face: "your skin is glowing!" ... and because I didn't see my face after the service, I thought that even though I got it shorter, at least my skin looked good. Sadly, not the case. I should have asked for a mirror to see it before leaving.
Overall, it was a very poor experience, customer service was not what I was expecting at all. I have never had a service cut out shorter, even if running late, cause people understand that life happens and you should get what you pay for. Specially when giving a heads up of the situation. And second, after seeing how my face looked like after the service, I'm extremely disappointed.
My first TLC appointment postpartum and this is what I got. Very unhappy about it.
I left them feedback on a link they provided and the manager called me to follow up on that, which I thought it was very nice. I explained everything to her again and she apologized for the miscommunication and not reaching expectations. She was nice and I appreciated her trying to fix the bad prior customer service experience. However, she continued by saying that she checked the cameras and my technician extended the service and I left past time. Not true at all. That false comment blowed everything off.
Because they told me that they couldn't honor the full 30 minutes when I called them, I actually checked my phone when the technician was done with my facial and it was 1:01 pm. So no, she did not extend the facial time.
She did spend more time with me talking afterwards, recommending products for me to buy. And front desk too, trying to see if I was interested in buying the products or getting a membership. If they consider that extra time checking out part of the facial, I don't. Even by the time I got in my car it was 1:07pm ... So no, full time service was not honored as she was trying to make it seem.
She also said that my skin got red because that is the way my skin is... but I have done several facials in other spas and I never left looking like this after a service, or having to put Aloe Vera on my face afterwards to bring the irritation down :(
Honestly, I'm blown away by this whole experience and how the conversation with the manager turned out too. read more