Upon arriving in my newly adopted city, I immediately thought of the essentials: food, water,…read moreshelter... and finding a new stylist on HK island! You see, my tresses dictate many life decisions as it's just not your typical head of hair. It's thick, coarse, frizzy but not curly, and there's a ton of it. How much exactly? Most stylists say enough for 3 heads... AT LEAST. On top of all of that, I lighten it which means it needs special care and maintenance. Oh, and did I mention I'm very picky about the shade of blonde my stylist achieves? I prefer it as cool and ashy as possible - and post color-job, I'm always aspiring to minimize the brassiness with toners and various purple shampoos and conditioners! So yeah, I realize that my total satisfaction is quite the tall order. Thanks to some insistent jet lag, a groggy search led me to booking an appointment online at 1:45am for the next day at noon thanks to a cancellation. Enter Sharon at Paul Gerrard! Sharon took one look at my hair, which I've had balyaged for over a year now. The coming-to-Jesus moment sounded a bit like this: "Darling, you're never going to be the pale, cool blonde you desire unless you stop balyaging and go back to foil highlighting. Foils are the only way to get that kind of blonde." She was right, you know. Sharon is basically this whirlwind of a color whiz with 30+ years of experience, who had me in and out of her chair within 3 hours including the blow-dry. I've come to accept that a 5-hour appointment is just the standard with my hair - nope, with a super savvy, efficient stylist it doesn't have to be that way. I'm loving the fresh take on my blonde, and though it will take several sessions to erase the brassiness out of all my hair, foil by foil, the improvement I'm already seeing can only be classified as major. I also received a perfect pedicure from another staffer while I had my hair done - the model of efficiency! Can't wait to return. And thanks Sharon, for helping me see the cool blonde light.

Coming from Los Angeles, I will admit that I am very picky about my hair and I've had some…read morefantastic hair stylists (cut and balayage/color for ~$250-280 USD max). Hong Kong prices for anything similar or for fashion colors is so outrageous that it infuriates me if my hair doesn't come out near perfect. After going to Hollywood Hair, Carte en Blanc (Japanese salon), Hair Duo (I only trust Oliver there), a couple other high-end local Hong Kong salons and still having damaged disasters, I had resorted to just waiting until I went back to the States to get my hair done. Some background on my type of hair: I have a lot of fine, Asian hair that I've had bad chunky highlights/balayaged at least 3 times by other salons in Hong Kong that really ruined the integrity of my long hair. Despite being in Asia, I find that the stylists in general don't have the most current technical knowledge of how to achieve the most current trends in the US (babylights, colormelts, balayage is finally catching on 5 years later...and please no thinning scissors on my hair!!) and how to apply it to either Asian or non-Asian hair. Finally, I couldn't stand my long, damaged hair in the humidity, so I decided to chop it. I had been resisting going to Paul Gerrard because it is very expensive, even for a cut, but I was chopping off half of it so I didn't want to risk it. I researched and asked for an appointment with Natani and was so happy I chose right! While I brought in some photos I liked, I really wanted her advice for what would look flattering for my face shape and lifestyle. Natani took her time to talk to me about what I was thinking of doing, what my routine was like, what I like or don't like about my current hair. She didn't rush to cut it, she started by cutting the length into a lob and working her way with adding texture and tiny layers little by little. By doing this, I was able to see each step take shape instead of hoping that it would all turn out ok after the blowdry. On top of the great results, Natani is a lovely person is general, and I would be very happy to go back to her again. The only reason I took off one star is the price, but if you want to be safe rather than sorry, it's probably worth it!

Called up this place bc I wanted Gel nails and was hoping for somewhere near my home. Apparently…read morethey don't do gel. For me that's the whole point of a manicure. But on the plus side the lady on the other end was very friendly.

After I played respect to my grand mom and we decided to hang around at Tsuen Wan area to avoid the…read morecrowd. I tried to find feet reflexology shop nearby and 知足康 popped up on Yelp. I called to make the booking and lucky to get 4 technicians were free at the time. The first time we went to 知足康, I found the shop wasn't clean, bright and comfy. We all got seated side by side closely to get 1.5 hour foot massages. At the beginning, my friends and I were talking while they messaging our shoulders and back. However, the staffs were getting so noisy and joining our conversation. We kinda stop chatting. Overall, the massage just ok but the price really reasonable, I would not recommend if you're a clean freak or like massage quietly.

I had planned a relaxing day for me and my sister. We had some breakouts from the humid Hong Kong…read moreweather and wanted to get facials. The ladies were nice but they kept trying to upsell us to laser treatments. We are from the U.S. and we did not want to get laser treatments in a foreign country. Despite telling them this 3 times, they persisted with the upsell. Finally, we convinced them to stick with facials, which was about the same price, but that was already stressful. They took us into a room with 2 beds. Throughout the treatment, the technicians kept mentioning how bad our skin was. Uh, we get it. That's why we're here. My technician was a bit rough with products and then spent 2 minutes on extractions. Then, they slapped on a mask that felt like a cheap $2 Tony Moly mask and left us there for 20-minutes. For their extravagant prices, I expected more personal attention and better products. It felt like they were mad that we didn't go with lasers. Right after, my skin looked the same. The next day, I looked terrible. It was a sunken look that I hadn't had since college days. I looked like I hadn't slept in 48 hours, even though I got a full night of rest. I was really disappointed in the treatments. The facilities are clean and they offer good tea, but I won't be back.

Bought the Groupon and went to the Causeway Bay spa to test it out. I got the $148 for 95 minutes…read morearomatherapy full body massage (for female customers only). The experience was surprisingly not bad. The rooms were clean and quite decent, therapist was pretty good, and it was a solid massage. Of course, they will try sell you massage packages afterwards, but if you're not going to continue buying, then just tell them firmly and they will back off.