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Makiki Salon

4.5 (81 reviews)
ModerateHair Salons
Closed 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

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4/5 cuts 5/5 Bleach ! No complaints when she bleached and dyed my hair I've been here myself twice, brought my friend once. The front always looks the way I want, but the sides and the back never quite do. Is also always shorter than I ask for. When you point at a certain length, that will be maybe the longest strand of hair in the whole cut. But the overall length will be 1-2 inches shorter than pointed to. Her blending has also been pretty consistently choppy. I don't think she defines 'smooth' the way most people perceive it. I think to her smooth or even is 'straight' which makes it look choppy. When we told her if she could blend it more or that it wasn't even she disagreed with us. I'm attaching pictures of every time I've gone. The reference picture, and the result, All reference pictures we brought were always of ourselves, our own un-styled hair.

Hair dyed and hair trim

Esther is truly the best! From the service to hospitality. Got my hair dyed n hair trimmed, n I love it!!

so pretty

great service done by esther! made me feel so comfortable and wasn't afraid of all the hair i had lol, will def be coming back :)

Full highlights with toner
Kristene S.

Esther was wonderful and super sweet! I made an appointment ahead of time and they took me in right away when I showed up. I didn't catch the other lady's name, but her and Esther did a great job together. I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to do with my hair but decided to get about 4 inches cut off and full highlights after talking to Esther more. I had a picture of the high light color I liked and they did a great job matching it! They foiled my hair together carefully, which saved a lot of time. Products that they used smelled amazing! They asked me what I preferred all throughout the process (thinner or thicker highlights, little or lots of layers, etc). Highly recommend, they are super sweet!

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Jillian U.

If I could give zero stars I would. This is the worst hair cut I've ever had. I am a model and now I'm out of work until this grows back. I have an image of how my hair looked before I went here and the after. She charged me $260 for the cut!!!!

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Natasha S.

I came here to get my hair colored, and was worried because 1. I have really thick hair. 2. I wanted to go really light, but didn't want my hair to get super fried. 3. I wanted an ashy color, which is hard to do with my Korean-thick hair. But I was very happy with my results!! She (Esther) used a Japanese hair coloring product, and it didn't take that long to get light. It didn't hurt my scalp either, which was something I was worried about! But it's been about a month with my colored hair, and it's still ashy and not brassy! I've received a lot of compliments on it, and couldn't be happier. She also did a cut afterwards, to take some weight off my hair. So now when I curl it, it doesn't take that long. I'm very happy- thus, the 5 stars. :)

Becky N.

Esther Kim did a great job on my hair! I always had long hair, but wanted to try short hair and donate 10 inches to locks of Love. I was a bit scared, but she did a great job and I love it! Will definitely be a repeat customer. I am updating my review with some more info! I came back to get the Japanese magic straight perm as I have very curly hair. Esther did a great job once again. No damage to my hair, reasonable price, and very timely! Highly recommend!

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She gave me a lot of advice for my thin hair and she made it look fuller. It looks soo good.

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Esther is the absolute best she takes great care of my hair every single time! Wouldn't go anywhere else for my hair conditioning.

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I have gone here a few times now and have never left unhappy. I've had highlights and color done (blonde) as well as haircut. Good prices.

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Made an appointment for a Monday morning with Esther - it was my first time at the hair salon so I didn't know what to expect.

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First time trying this salon. As soon as I walked in I was greeted with a smile, and friendly…read moreservice . I felt very welcomed. The place was full of beautiful women getting their hair done. There was good music playing in the background. Talk about vibes lol. I absolutely intend to go back. Prices are very reasonable! Great service!

I had high hopes for this establishment and I really wanted to like this place. I was so excited…read morefor my appointment. Unfortunately not only was the customer service horrible but so was the service provided to me. While expressing what I wanted to get done I confirmed with Chohee if it was achievable. She said absolutely! I was thrilled and excited and said lets do it, we agreed on a price $400. I thought it was a bit pricey but said I deserve to treat myself. I was sitting in that chair for 4 hours. My phone died. I was hungry and thirsty. No one asked if i needed anything or check up on me. She was attending other clients and overall I felt neglected throughout the whole process. Despite the poor treatment and feeling of abandonment, i still had high hope that I would receive my new look and it would all be worth it. I stayed calm, kind and patient. She then revealed the final result and it was not what I had asked for. I pulled up the reference picture and said to her "I was going more for this look, is this it or were you still working on my hair?" No attitude, no negative tone, just a question. She suddenly got defensive and said she did not appreciate me saying "is this it?" And that she felt insulted. I apologized to her and said "that wasn't my intention it's just that I've been sitting here for hours expecting a different result that we discussed and agreed to." She said if I wanted that look then it would be another $300 and probably another 2 hours. I was shocked. She changed the price from what we discussed and at this point I felt like she was trying to take advantage of me. As Chohee was finishing the final steps of my appointment she was extremely cold, and unpleasant to be around. I felt VERY uncomfortable. I felt like i was beings reasonable and accommodating the whole appointment and to be treated so poorly really disappointed me and made me feel so small. Definitely won't be coming back here.

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I went in to get a perm and cut…read more The vibe was very nice. Very respectful. His space was very clean and tidy with what seems, state of the art tools. I have had fine hair all my life, but even still my hair has always taken well to perms, always. Even the last one over a year ago. The only complaint I had was the use of larger rods which made my hair more wavy curl than curly. Nori had said that my hair wouldn't take well to a perm, but because I know my hair's history, I asked him do it anyway and he agreed to do it. First he used a more gentle solution because of my pervious perm over a year ago (did not ask if I wanted that), and I didn't know until he was already in the process of using it on my hair... my hair needs the stronger solution. Second he did a loose curl wrap instead of a tight curl wrap. With fine hair (or at least my hair) it needs to be curled up against the scalp. I think he did this because it was a hot treatment perm (which I never had before) vs a cold treatment perm. He didn't give an option. So the perm came out ok on the bottom because it already had the previous perm that was there from a year ago. But the top part of my hair had virtually no difference. If you have fine hair and looking to get a perm, I would not recommend Nori. I'm sure he does really well with all other hair services. To his credit, the perm itself, aside from the lack of curl, was a healthy perm (did not harm my hair) and he did give a very nice cut prior to the perm process. I think if he would have explained his treatment process and how it differed from what I had previously experienced, that may have helped my decision to go elsewhere, before wasting over $200 I had taken a year 1/2 to save. Again I think he probably does really well with the other services he provides. I just think for women (or men) with fine hair, you may want to think twice if you're looking to get a perm.

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