I purchased a Gilt City special for a keratin treatment with Mandy. I sure am glad I did or I would not have found her! Such a pleasant, optimistic woman, who clearly loves what she is doing and provides a great service-oriented environment. Her small pocket salon is in a larger salon environment in a beautiful Bellevue shopping center (three Chihuly chandeliers in the quadruple-decker lobby!) which is very pleasant.
Mandy offers three different types of keratin depending on your hair - how about that! She choose Brazilian Blowout for mine and it turned out wonderfully. I'm growing out some unfortunate layers, and the keratin added just enough smoothing and weight to help tame the worst of them! She never once complained about the thickness of my hair - possibly a first for a hairdresser!
I also appreciated Mandy's recommendations on blow dryers and straightening irons that would be best for my thick hair.
The only thing I would change about my experience was a) the lighting - the bulbs in the salon hurt my eyes, and with no windows there was not much relief (to be fair, I have very sensitive eyes) and b) I would have liked follow-up care instructions for the keratin. Finally, pricing for the regular keratin (at non-Gilt City prices) would have been appreciated. I forgot to ask, and none was volunteered.
Thanks Mandy for a great experience and a wonderful result! read more