For starters, my experience has happened back in August 2024, but it has still major affected my hair to this day, which made me decide that this review was needed.
Before my actual appointment, I had went in a week or 2 prior for a consultation. During the consultation, I had mentioned that my hair was a virgin hair and has never been dyed before, up until the middle of July 2024 where I had tried box dye on my hair to see if I truly wanted to dye my hair to blonde but it didn't show up on my hair due to my natural hair being too dark. During the consultation, I had also mention to my hairstylist, Sarina, that my hair was a virgin hair BUT I had tried box dye a few weeks ago. As someone who is new to ever going into a salon, asking for her hair to be dyed blonde, I didn't really know what I should be aware of when asking for what I wanted. When I told her I had used box dye, all she had asked was why I did the box dye and said that the box dye and bleach chemical won't mix well together, and said she still could do my hair and continued to book me for an appointment. I didn't see an issue on continuing the appointment because she said it so confidently that she could dye my hair the way I would like it to be and didn't really seem too nervous about the box dye.
As the appointment day came, I sat down, she bleached my hair, and everything was going fine. After foiling up my hair, she put me under the heating lamp to help it sit fast and speed up the process and 10-15 minutes into me sitting there, I started feeling a burning sensation on my scalp and liquid was dipping down the side of my face. I immediately told Sarina and the moment she washed the bleach off, it BURNED so much that my head was throbbing. I didn't have to look at my scalp to know that there would already be a burn. She washed my hair, dried my hair off, and styled it, but the moment I looked at my hair, it was NOTHING of what I asked. Although it was okay looking on the first day, it was nothing of what I asked for.
The night I came home from the appointment, I immediately went to wash my hair because I could still see some products left on my hair. The moment I washed my hair, it started to knot up and tangle up. My natural hair would NEVER knot up nor would it tangle up that badly when washing my hair. I could barely even get shampoo touching my scalp without a knot being in the way, AND the conditioner didn't even work on my hair, to where I had to go buy a conditioner for damaged hair a few days later. I got out the shower and immediately brushed my hair out in hopes of getting these tangles and knots out, but instead was left with balls of my hair falling out. Few days later, my sister pointed out the hair breakage ALL OVER my head and how broken and weaken my hair was. So not only was my scalp burnt, l also started to have more hair loss (which I still do to this day), and intense hair breakage all over my hair.
Soon after I realized all of this, I immediately texted Sarina, and when she wasn't answering, I called the salon, and right after I got off the phone with the salon asking for Sarina, she almost immediately responded back to my message. She then told me that because of my box dye and bleach mixture, there should be a "little shedding" but in the pictures I included, it was a BALL of hair, it was not "a little shedding", it was a ball of hair. I proceeded to send her the photos if my scalp that was burned, the hair breakage, the ball of hair, and told her my hair has been so tangly every time I was my hair now when it has never been tangled before when washing it. She proceeded to respond with how box dye can be tricky to work with and how most stylist won't even work with it until the box dye has fully grown out. I was then offered a complimentary toner for $105 and when I asked for a refund or AT LEAST 50% of my refund, she said she can't do a refund because she already did my hair. We ended up talking on the phone and she gave me $50 back (out of $290) and left it off with "This was a learning experience for you and all of us". After the conversation with her, I was more confused on why she continued to do my hair if she mentioned that most hair stylist wouldn't even work with box dye until it was grown out OR why she didn't mention this to me during the consultation.
Up until this day, my hair is still pretty damaged, with hair falling out when washing it still, hair still gets REALLY tangled when showering, hair falling out, and still a lot of hair breakage all around. read more