I bought this head spa experience as a gift to myself a couple years ago and although I'm always grateful for a new experience, not all new experiences are gonna hit the mark, unfortunately.
The Lava Headspa is located in a beautiful room, hidden inside a beauty suite full of other beauty industry related businesses. The vibe is really spa-like, with the dim lighting, cozy aesthetic and low playing instrumental music. Given how nice it was I found it hard to fully relax because the walls of the Lava Headspa suite are paper thin and I could hear women and children walking, running and talking loudly as they passed the room, literally the whole time I was there.
The woman providing the service for me was very nice, but I could tell she was in a bit of a rush, as if I was her last client of the day and she was eager to go home. She used this tool equipped with a camera to show me a live image of my scalp before and after the headspa treatment, which was interesting.
I enjoyed when she was massaging my scalp and washing my hair. Tor the most part it is a lot like the Japanese head spa treatments you see trending online. However, there was one part I really did not enjoy. At one point in the service, she used a tool that felt like she was using a Brillo pad or one of those aluminum bristle brushes to scrub my scalp. It was so rough and not relaxing or soothing at all. I let her know at the end of the experience, but it was obviously too late for her to remedy that part for me by then.
Also at the very end, the blow dry she provided, left my hair frizzy. I'm not sure what the training is like for this service, but the product left much to be desired, which honestly isn't a huge deal but figured I'd provide the feedback since it was part of my experience.
All in all, for the price I paid I feel it would have been a much more pleasant and relaxing experience without that one abrasive tool that was used on my scalp and the noise distractions from just outside the door. I could've walked out of Lava Headspa with my frizzy little blow out, happy and blissful had it not been for these two unpleasant details. read more