I write this review a year after having my hair ruined, I had hoped in time my hair would recover but it has not as yet and therefore I wanted to share my experience to ensure it does not happen to anyone else.
Do NOT ever allow Ivan Fiorini to do your hair.
I used Splash Goodge Street for a cheap wash and blow dry however the stylist I had started to discuss colouring my hair. I knew I needed it coloured and after speaking with him he seemed very confident about colouring. I booked myself and mum as a treat for highlights.
I informed him I wanted rich colours Browns, chocolate, caramel and maybe a gold blonde running though as per what I had previously.
I am mixed and had long big curly hair , I wanted to ensure he understood what I wanted therefore I showed him a photo of colours I had previously in my own hair and a a photo of some highlights from a photo of Beyoncé online.
Thinking surely if I show a photo he can see what I mean. He said there was no need to use foils as we are adding lots of colour in slices.
He literally sectioned the hair and slapped on the colour running it through with his hands. My mum sat behind me having her foils put in and we thought it was odd but as long as it was the colours I asked for I thought ok.
Then my hair started to turn white like in the old days when people used to bleach hair that white blonde. I am brunette I would never want blonde hair. My mum and I started to feel concerned so I said to him this is turning white , he said not to worry he is going to tone it down, I said but where is the Browns or caramel colours. He kept saying when I add the toner it will change, i asked for highlights to have the colours I specified run through my hair.
Noticing we were unsure he started to wash the hair and add a toner straight away..
I was left with yellow hair with white underneath. A silence came over the floor and my mum said its horrible it's yellow, he kept saying no no it's the light in here you will see it's more blonde when you go outside. (I didn't want it all blonde either way)
He said Let me dry it and I will take you outside , In my mind I thought let me get out of here and try to book somewhere else to fix this colour. I asked him to trim my hair he said layers are better for your hair I said I don't like layers my hair was finally all one legnth. i don't know if it was a language barrier as his English was not the best but the worst bit is he cut layers in , I had short and long bits all over so the top is heavy and ends look stringy and worst of all once dry it looked even more yellow. Wth! He had a friend waiting for him and talking to him in Italian he became quite ignorant I could tell he just wanted to go out and finish his shift .
I have never written a review before but a year on my hair is still breaking, I am scared to colour it to damage it further.
It is no longer thick or curly but a slight wave to it and lifeless. I used to have enough hair to put in a bun and tie once , now I barely have that and it is so many different lengths it's almost impossible to style. I have since seen another stylist that worked at splash at the time who told me that my hair now looks so much better then the colour Ivan coloured it , which still is not perfect.
I am now on an expensive hair journey to repair my hair. Had it recovered I could have put this awful hair experience behind me.
I am not saying to not use Splash at all I find the Charing Cross branch the best. However as they have many contractors , it is who you get so if you find a good stylist stick to them only. I would not obviously suggest to not colour because they the product left my hair feeling as though I poured bleach directly on to my hair even until this day.
Also not ever stylist can colour hair as proven by Ivan.
I have found one brilliant stylist at another splash branch but for a quick wash and blow dry ONLY.
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