DO NOT GO TO MARIA AT THIS SALON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have personally had my hair done here, and also gifted an appointment to my mother in law and we were both pleased with Codi. I recently purchased a Groupon and gifted it to my sister for her birthday. I wanted to cheer her up and give her a nice treat because she has had some really tough times. I set up the appointment early in the week and my sister had to travel over 45 minutes to come to this salon. "Maria" sounded disappointed that I paid Groupon directly, and not her. Nonetheless, we showed up.
The salon is small but tastefully decorated. Though I had never worked with MARIA, I figured that this was a nice clean salon and I had a nice experience personally with another stylist, so I figured that Maria would be good too. She told me to bring some photos of what we had in mind. No problem. We got there, no problem. She took a call as my sister was being seated. It appears that maybe she had another customer coming in. My sister sat down and then everything fell apart. I was trying to pull up a photo on my phone to show her some styles as she had requested. She became impatient because my phone was slow. She pulled up a photo on her phone and showed one of her other client's cut and color. We weren't as enthusiastic about it as she was, and told her that we wanted to explore some other options. The client in the photo appeared to be about 30 years older than my sister and the hair was appropriate for her age. We advised that we were looking for something a little "younger" and by that time, the first photo became available and I showed it to her and was in the process of opening up another photo to let her get an idea of some of the things we were looking to get done. She stated impatiently, that I already showed her one picture, and proceeded to tell me what she couldn't do highlights in a certain way (despite the fact that I just showed her a photo of what we were looking to do). I even agreed to pay additional for any services outside the Groupon deal. When we tried to ask her follow up questions about what we were looking to do she apparently got offended and curtly stated that she has been doing this for 15 years and knows what she is doing. I have NO idea why she became so hostile. I have had many, many hair appointments all over the country and throughout various different countries. ALL prior stylists have had the professional courtesy to listen and worked with me to select a style/color that was agreeable. Not Maria. Since she only gets a fraction of what was paid for the value of the Groupon, she apparently did not want to do anymore than she had to. However, a lot of planning went into this appointment for my sister and I realized there was a break down in communication. So in an attempt to alleviate the situation, I asked if we could step away for a minute so I could speak with her privately, away from my sister as it was getting pretty uncomfortable. She then stated ," No! In fact, I am not going to do her hair at all", and proceeded to take off my sister's apron and told us to get our refund from Groupon. I just stood there aghast.
IF I COULD GIVE MARIA A NEGATIVE 100 STARS, I WOULD. She represents the worst in stylists. I asked to speak with the manager/owner and was advised that MARIA rents her booth so there was nothing that could be done about her attitude or the way she conducted her business in her booth.
As a result of this experience, I will NOT be returning to my stylist there. Simply because of Maria. She failed to grasp how a professional stylist, or simply a human being should interact with others. AVOID THIS WOMAN LIKE THE PLAGUE.
As an afterthought, I am glad that she did not style my sisters hair. I believe that one should always dress and look the part, especially if your job is to make other people look and feel good. She didn't. Fortunately, my sisters birthday was not ruined as we found another salon and the stylist took her time and offered different options. My sister's hair looks great and the new stylist successfully did what Maria said couldn't be done. read more