My first words for this review was, "Extremely happy with my results!!". That sentiment was almost a year ago, when I first came to this salon thinking that I finally found someone who genuinely knew what they were doing when it came to my locs. I attempted extensions in the last with another loctician, but their lack of expertise cause my locs to constantly come out and have to be reattached.
Fast-forward to now and I'm very disappointed in this business and their customer service. I had my initial service last October and all was well (interlocking and loc extension install). I went on vacay shortly after and had been directed to stay away from conditioners and to be very gentle of I had to wash my hair, but ocean water would be find. Luckily, I pretty much stayed out of the water. My next appointment was Nov/Dec and unbeknownst to me, I had a comb retwist. I was not sure exactly what I was getting and what the difference was, from my first service. This was not really discussed with me and since I am very new to locs, I just folled with everything - my fault.
My hair was fine after the second service but then began to lose a few locs. I lost only 3, which in my opinion was not the end of the world - I lost many others during my loc maintenance journey with my former stylist. Unfortunately, I was unable to return to NappStar for quite some time. I did book another appointment until May. When I made the appointment I just asked for the same service as my last, not knowing at that time that it had been much different than my initial service.
The day came and was taken to wash out the dye I put in my hair prior to my appointment (I use a specific dye and I was told from the start that it would be OK to arrive with the dye already applied, and they would continue with the rinse out process.
My hair was washed and dried under the hood, and then I was taken to the styling chair. Someone else came over and went over my appointment. They asked me if there were any issues and I mentioned the locs that broke off. I ran out the house without them but the manager at the time, Scarlet, was nice enough to provide me with three new ones. They were not the same color as mine but looked nice, as they resembled highlights. I was very thankful for that and the fact that they did not charge me for that extra bit of help.
The remainder of the styling went seemingly well. I thought everything was fine. My hair looked nice when it was done, I paid and went about my day. After the first week, I could tell something was wrong. My hair was very loose. It looked and felt like I never got a retwist. I was upset because it did not look like my finished styles from my past visits. It looked unkempt.
I immediately called and explained to the person with whom I spoke, asking why I was given a comb retwist and not an interlocking retwist (I searched the site to figure out what service I actually had), because I had asked for the same service I received prior. The person said that I booked a comb retwist and that was the service I had received at my last appointment. They further explained that my initial appointment was an interlocking session. That is when I realized I had made a mistake for this particular appointment.
While I accept my role in what ultimately led to my unhappiness with this service, I must add that the salon does very little to counsel patrons, unless it is one of the managers. Duringy first two visits, the manager was very involved with my appointment, ensuring that I was informed about aftercare and addressing any concerns. While she stopped by during this last visit, and helped me out with my loc detachment, there was absolutely no counsel in regards to the state of my hair.
I believe that the stylist that was doing my hair should have spoken to me about the state of my hair and offer an alternative to the service for which I was initially there. I feel like she should have told me what to expect and how to care for my hair afterwards. There was one particular loc that had me a bit concerned and I thought she took care of it but she did not and she did not even ask me about.
With the amount of money that was spent, I expect to have hair treatment, a dialogue about what I might be doing wrong and what should be done differently. This place came highly recommended by my gf that began her loc journey with the and after seeing what looked to be informative videos and marketing, I believed they would be helpful to me. I have no problem spending the money if I know I'm receiving excellent service and customer care.
Shortly after calling about my dismay with the styling, I began losing more and more locs. I lost over 16 that became detached. They just started falling out and a few more weeks later during a trip to Costa Rica, I lost even more. When I called to complain, I was told that I waited too long (despite initially calling about 10 days after the service). read more