First off the good. The shop was clean and family friendly with a very visible no profanity sign posted. From their previous reviews on Facebook I saw that they had very happy customers. An ethnically diverse clientele, which is important since I'm a black mixed woman and typically white salons have no clue how to style or cut my hair. Lastly, they do good things for the community, such as free haircuts for children headed to back to school. The barber who cut my hair was friendly and helped put me at ease, as I was nervous since this has been the shortest I have ever cut my hair. Just did the big chop and I am trying to regrow my hair out healthy. Because of the good I debated for sometime before leaving this review.
Now on to the bad.
I came to a barbershop because I wanted someone who could cut very short hair and make it look good. When I walked in I saw about 5-6 people waiting for a hair cut and a barber at every chair cutting hair, except one. I stated I needed a cut and someone (I'm assuming the owner) said Ryan would be right with me. I should have known right then that perhaps Ryan's chair was empty for a reason. I showed him pictures front and profile of several women with short hair. Then I told him I wanted him to keep my natural hairline in the front, clean the hair up around ears, no skin showing on the sides and fade the back. Perhaps, that was not enough information or I did not convey clearly enough what I wanted. However, that does not excuse the lack of skill.
To be clear and fair, I looked over my hair before I left the shop. However, I had to ask for a handheld mirror so I could check my hair out. I thought it looked a little off but maybe it was just a big chop regret and could be fixed if I put product in my hair. Nope, it wasn't until I got home and tried to manipulate my hair that I realized just how bad it was. I paid $17 dollars and tipped $5 dollars cash for the haircut.
By my ears I looked scalped, they weren't even and on the right top of my head the hair was noticeably about 1/4 of an inch shorter than the rest of the hair on top of my head. Perhaps, Ryan is a new and inexperienced barber, which is the only reason I could think of why my cut would turn out so jacked. Every barber in the shop and their clients had eyes on him butchering my hair. The owner of the shop should have supervised him and definitely not let me walk out of the shop advertising for them. read more