I wish this wasn't the closest Sally's to me, but unfortunately it is, and it's 7 miles away. Sigh. I started coming here because of that, and the first time I came, I should have known it was a precursor to what I would end up experiencing time and time again. The store is situated in the same parking lot as a Walmart, and several other stores. The parking lot absolutely CANNOT handle the amount of traffic there. It's full no matter what time of day you go. I've gone after work around 6pm, I've got at noon on the weekend, and I've gone around 7pm. It's always completely full. You're lucky to get a spot, but it's more likely you'll end up driving around the lot for a few minutes waiting for someone to pull out.
The way this Sally's is, is that it doesn't have an entrance that opens up to the street, which would be logical. It opens on the side, where there is a sort of small courtyard. It's a double door, but one of the doors is completely blocked with merchandise. So if you're looking for it the first time, your eyes may look over it, since there are things blocking the door.
When I came here, it was because of my ambitions of lightening my hair and going red. I bought the whole shebang here: bleach, activator, mixing bottle, gloves, mixing bowl. My hair reaches my waist, so I had to purchase two boxes of dye. Unfortunately, they had one remaining box left of the dye I needed. I asked them if they had any in the back, and then they told me that I should just get the corresponding hi-lite kit in the red color, because it "was the exact same". Dubiously, I picked it up and purchased it. To be fair, it didn't ruin my hair, but it DEFINITELY wasn't the same as the boxed dye! It made my hair a shockingly vibrant red, which was nowhere near what I was looking for. I wanted a nice strawberry red type of color, not a vibrant red. They are supposed to know what they're talking about... Right? Not here, they don't. I imagine these are just regular people who know nothing about coloring hair, or maybe they dropped out of beauty school? Who knows, but they shouldn't be giving advice if they don't know what they're talking about.
After I learned from that mistake, I've been back a few times because, like I said, closest location. Every time I've come back, they've had low stock. You would think if they run out of the same colors consistently, or are only down to a single box, they would purchase more of that product. I mean, that's a logical conclusion to make, because it's obviously a popular color that the customer will continue to purchase.
Luckily, the formula I now use is two different boxes: a medium blonde, and a medium red. I've ended up taking the last red box multiple times. And if that box isn't there, I just go for the light red of the same brand (which usually will also only have one or two remaining boxes), because I like the way my hair turns out with either red.
PROS:
-They have a lot of other things you'd need to dye your hair.
-You can buy the Sally's card and get discounts on a lot of products. This makes the prices fairly comparative.
CONS:
-Awful customer service. They truly don't care about your business.
-Constantly running out of stock, as well as only have one or two boxes left. This has happened EVERY time I've been here.
-The aisles are so narrow that two people can't stand back-to-back. I have to move out of the way of associates, who will unapologetically knock into me if I don't move.
-They don't have any level 10 developer stock from any brand, at all. (Not sure if this is a general Sally's thing, or only at this location?)
-The workers don't actually know anything about hair dye or dying hair. AKA, I know more about hair than they do because I have actually gone through my own trial and error process.
-Parking lot is always packed. You'll often have to wait for a spot to open up.
-Parking lot is also full of trash, and discarded food containers. It has a very sketchy feel about it that only comes with people standing out on the sidewalk and watching you walk away from your car.
THE VERDICT:
It's the closest Sally's to where I live, and it's still 7 miles away. Luckily, I now have all the necessary things I need to dye my hair, and only ever need to pick up the dye itself. I purchase the other products elsewhere. The customer service is nil here, and the sales associates don't seem to know much about dying hair or hair dye. They aren't exceptionally rude, more like they don't really care to be working and don't want to be bothered to be polite, even if you are. If they widened the aisles a little, and made the effort to carry more stock, that would give this place another star. However, they don't seem like they can be bothered to stock extra supplies of popular colors, even if they sell out time and time again. Come here at your own risk, because there's a good chance the hair color you're looking for will be sold out. read more