Pam is amazing! I've never loved my curls, now I do! She is a certified DevaCurl Stylist. The salon is super cute and clean. Pam gave me very clear instructions regarding parking. She texted me the day before my appointment and told me what to expect. She's super friendly and engaging. I've already referred all my curly haired friends to her. She has a new client for life! read more

Hilights Hair Studio - Hair Salons Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

I wish I could post two reviews since I use two individuals at this studio! Alesia is the goddess of beautiful color blends. Plus she takes the time to listen to what I want and fully explain what she thinks will get us there and achieve it, even if what I want is something that looks beautiful growing out, which means longer time between visits! I absolutely adore her and the way she works! Mary is a curly hair cutting genius, and pretty obsessed with curls which I fully appreciate. I showed her a few photos of my goals, and we talked about the steps it would take, how she thought we could best achieve the look with my particular hair structure and styling routine, and then proceeded to give me the hair of my dreams. I love these two women, they are my hair dream team!!! read more

Hilights Hair Studio - Most recent blonde with lovely pink accents! - Hair Salons Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

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Alesia Khabibulin is a blonde colorist goddess. I came to her highly recommended from a mutual acquaintance in the industry when I asked for someone who could fix what the last person who touched my hair did. By this I mean an awful highlight experience that resulted in significant damage to my fine hair, and a less than stellar cut. As soon as we met, I knew I would love her. Super friendly, personable and talked to me immediately about how she would fix me, what the other person did wrong and totally put me at ease that my hair experience with her would be great. You know when you meet someone and you just click? Great conversation and my hair is awesome. My hair hasn't looked this fantastic in YEARS. YEARS. I think I met my hairdresser soulmate. Love her. read more

Alesia at Hilights has been styling/coloring my hair for years now and I couldn't be happier! Her talent and expertise truly speak for themselves! I have been to many salons up and down the west coast coast over the years...never feeling like i left with the "look" i had envisioned. I have had many different styles, from chocolate brunette pixie to very long platinum mermaid waves...which can be difficult for any stylist to manage. Alesia goes above and beyond! She literally saved my damaged, tired tresses from disaster. Hilights is warm and inviting, offers/uses great products, listens to their clients, always smells amazing, and the owner is just delightful! I am so grateful i found Alesia...and have a beautiful, confidence-boosting style! read more

This is the most phenomenal salon I have ever been to! I love all the women here, they are very accommodating and always so incredibly kind! I have never once had a bad experience. My hair always looks amazing! The environment is always relaxing and inviting. I would trust any of the women here to do my hair, any day! Alesia- does my hair and is a blonde hair fairy god mother, she never disappoints. I feel so confident and beautiful when I leave! read more

Alesia has been cutting and coloring my hair for over two years now. Before that, I bounced around from salon to salon trying to find the right person for me. I'm alway happy with how my hair turns out and people ask me where I get it done. I'm surprised by the negative reviews. All of the ladies here are friendly, and it's a comfortable, pleasant place to be. I have two young children of my own and I'm fine with the no kids policy. Going to a salon should be a quiet, relaxing experience. I'm so happy to have found Alesia and I would highly recommend any of the stylists at Hilights! read more

I am baffled at the way this salon is run and appalled at the way they treat clients/potential clients. I made an appointment for a deva cut and the girl gave me instructions on how I was to show up (dry hair and down)- said NOTHING about their "no kids" policy. I left my three youngest at home and brought my 8 & 9 year old with me who are extremely well behaved (it was my 8 year olds birthday & I wanted to give her some girl time out). We get downtown, pay to park, get to the salon and go inside. They were so awkward and weird when we walked in. Mary, a stylist, greeted us with a very strange attitude, said to give her a minute and she walked to the back room. Finally came back and awkwardly tells me that they have a no children policy. That they aren't allowed at the salon because there are a lot of "tools" around and it's a huge liability for them.... okay. I have never been to a salon where children weren't allowed. Of course, I'm not going to show up with my toddlers or children that can't sit for a while, but literally NOT allowed. I can't even. If you have a special policy like this you should probably communicate this with clients when they book an appointment. I called my husband to tell him that I was going to be home shortly and that they wouldn't cut my hair since the kids had tagged along. He called them to clarify and communicate his frustration. Never raised his voice and wasn't tacky- just told them he was frustrated since we had planned for this so extensively. The owner then calls me, telling me that they "aren't there to babysit my children" and that I wasted their time. No apology, no "let's make this right" or anything even close. As a business owner I am appalled at the way business is conducted there and the way the owner speaks to people. After she continued on lecturing me, reprimanding me, and saying some other pretty tacky stuff I told her to screw off and hung up. Admittedly, I probably could've handled the end of that phone call better but I'm human and that was completely ridiculous. I do NOT recommend this business at all. read more

Mary is an amazing colorist and hair stylist. I've been her client for at least 6 years and can't imagine going to anyone else! I highly recommend her!! read more

First - Pam is awesome and gives client-led cuts. My partner is very femme and has long luscious Lebanese loose curls and Pam gives her a great cut. I have a short asym haircut that is quite long and curly on one side and very short on the other. It's a cut Pam and I arrived at over the course of about 6-8 months of her cutting my hair and she's been doing it now for another 8 months or so. It's probably a little out of the ordinary for Pam's usual clientele but she does a great job and seems to have fun every time. She and the other stylists are all very friendly. I have multiple disabilities and Pam is very accommodating, including offering assistance with a wheelchair. Just today I watched her assist another disabled client and check on her to make sure she got to her car. Second, to rebut dragonfly's review below - I was the client she was "peeking" at. I find her characterizations of that interaction to be very different than the way I and the other clients there observed them. I was just in the salon again today with another client there that Saturday and we reminisced about how odd it was that she was hanging over the window for minutes at a time sort of "in" the cutting space watching, staring, gaping at my cut - I could see her in the mirror. I felt like I signed up to be in a movie. Certainly I don't mind when other clients or future clients take a peek at my hair - it's a bright red very asymmetric cut and lots of strangers comment on it , clients or no - but this wasn't occasional looks as the potential client stated, it was bordering on voyeurism. She also was wearing baggy clothing and picking up every single product in a sort of shady way between lengthy gaping incidents. She writes that she was checking the ingredients - I have a lot of sensitivity issues with my skin - I have lupus - and I use exactly three products in the whole salon. If the client had issues she could have stated which products/ingredients she wanted Pam to use / not use without visiting the salon first and I am certain she would have been accommodating. If it was simply the smell of the salon she could have asked to sit and read a magazine for half an hour - asking to gape openly at a client for their entire cut is another thing. read more

I always knew there must be a way to make my waves work for me rather than against me. Alesia is the first stylist I found who understands how to cut my hair to let the waves do their thing naturally. And since I'm not ready to give into grey yet she keeps my brown looking rich and deep. I drive an hour each way to see her. It's such a relief to be in such confident, capable hands! read more

Had never been into this salon before. i am writing this review to really ask the questions, How are we treating each other these days? What is happening that we cannot be kind, and invite someone to be comfortable? i called yesterday to see if anyone was doing deva cuts, and could i come check out the stylists. i had an appointment with Pam on Tuesday, but didn't want to say that, if i was going to hurt her feelings by cancelling after watching her cut. It happened to be Pam, and she said, "I'm leaving and i don't know if Mary is doing any more Curly Girl cuts"....i asked if i could come watch Mary cut...Pam stated, "you should probably make an appointment for a styling instead of watching"....now i don't about you, but paying $40. for a wash and style is a lot of money to me. i have been getting my gorgeous waist-length silver hair cut all over the world, and generally i hang at a salon if it looks like they might have some good stylists, and watch the stylists for a while, to get a sense of who i might like....have never been turned away. i was in Vancouver on main street yesterday, and noticed this Salon where i was going to come to on Tuesday. i am sensitive to synthetic fragrances, as they are highly toxic, and i thought, oh, i'll just go in and see what it smells like, and if i can breathe okay.....a woman came to see if i needed anything, and i told her what i was up to....then i asked who the different stylists were...one in particular had silver gray hair and great cut herself, "Oh thats Pam".....i thought cool, she's still here....she was doing a short cut that was so cute, i kinda wanted to see how it turned out, plus i thought, oh maybe she would want to cut my hair before she leaves, instead of having to come back on Tuesday. But i didn't want to interrupt her to ask, thought i'd wait till she was done. i was checking out the products to see about synthetic fragrance, and if i could use any. they had some cute jewelry, and i was considering a pair of earrings....every once in a while i would check out the cut Pam was doing....I was in for 15 minutes or so. after a while, Pam came over and wanted to know if i needed anything....i told her i was fragrance sensitive and checking out the Salon and that i had an appointment with her on Tuesday....She asked me if i had called earlier, and i said yes....she said, "i told you you couldn't come in" i was confused....i thought she had told me i should probably not come in and watch Mary cut without an appointment.....but i wasn't watching Mary....i said, "you mean, someone can't come in and check out the products, and whether it's a comfortable setting for them, and see if the stylists are any good"?.....she "No, and if you are sensitive, there are salons in Portland where you will be more comfortable" well, i think that's kinda up to me actually.....anyway, she went on to say, "My client is uncomfortable with you being here"......which pretty much blew me away....i'm 67 years old, nicely dressed and pretty friendly demeanor....pretty non threatening....why the hell would you even get a hair cut, if you don't people looking at you? Anyway, i have had my hair done, and had people checking it out from other chairs and elsewhere in salons....gone into salons and watched haircuts....$75 bucks is a fair amount of money and i think it's pretty important to not just walk in, and expect a stranger to do a good job, and that it's my responsibility to check the place out. I was flabbergasted....and felt it was such a power play...."i told you not to come in, what are you doing here"? Shaming me in that way.....At this point, it was so darn weird, i just cancelled my appointment, and left feeling pretty strange to be treated that way in a retail space. read more

I called to make an appointment for a cut and color and spoke with Pam. I explained that I wanted to do all over brown color with purple bayalage. She said depending on how light I wanted to go we may need to bleach some or all. I told her that was fine and we scheduled her first available time which was about 3 weeks out. When I arrived and showed her pics of what I wanted she said she wouldn't do my color but I should call and make an appointment with the salon's color expert Ashley. I was beyond frustrated as we had discussed the specifics of what I wanted over the phone so it shouldn't have been a surprise. I had been looking forward to having my new look that night for a night out with my husband for his birthday and now all she was willing to do was cut my hair. I debated just leaving, but I really did need a haircut so I let her. I wanted a shag with bangs. She did a great job with the shag, my curls looked amazing. But she really jacked up my bangs. I didn't notice right away because I usually wear my hair curly but the first time I straightened my hair about 2 weeks later it was shocking how absolutely uneven and botched they were. I certainly will not be back. read more

I had curly coaching/ transformation at the beginning of my curly hair journey, then 9 months later I had the Deva cut (curly cut) along with washing and styling for $65, and now I just got curly bangs with the amazing Mary! I love her she gets what I exactly want she explains every step she does and recommend products. Appointments may take a few weeks depending on what you are doing. But generally I am pleased with how everyone treated me there and grateful for Mary's magic touch on my hair. read more

I have been going to Mary for several years now. She is truly a master at her craft. Now, my sister and two daughters are clients here as well. I always leave with a wonderful cut and color. I cannot recommend Mary and this salon enough. If I could give more than 5 stars, I would! read more

Christina at Hilights skillfully and patiently repaired a pretty bad haircut for me. She was very meticulous and did a fantastic job giving me a very nice haircut. I will definitely be going back to Hilights. read more