This is great little in a spot next to a gas station in Vallejo. It truly is a little gem. It advertises itself as luxury, but that's a bit of a stretch. They do however offer all the services salons do. I've gone twice. First time, I got haircut on 1st day. And second time, decided to give them a try with root touch up, gel manicure, regular pedicure, and even an eye lash lift.
The first stylist who cut my long hair used trimmers, and my bangs with actual scissors, then gave it layers with shears. I've never had a stylist trim my hair with clippers before. Thought it was an non-orthodox way of doing it, but the result was still nice. I didn't hate it. Charged $35 for it. Ok, very inexpensive, again, I'm used to different salons.
My roots have been growing out for sometime now and decided to get a root touch up. Came back a few days later. The lady who cut my hair was not the same who did the coloring. One lady was talking for the stylist who was going to be coloring my hair. The lady translating and I agreed to root touch up and the balayage highlighted hair to be raised further up the hairline, as it was under the crown level. Well, the stylist started putting foil in my hair and did not do what the lady and I agreed on, she did a full set of highlights on my entire hair. It's been a long time since I've had this look done, almost 6-7 years, so, I went with it. It's a classic look, can't go wrong with it. I just had an underlying feeling that maybe the stylist didn't know how to do more updated hair(?) There were 2 stylists working on the highlight foils. One of them kept patting my head very hard and I was getting really fed up with it. I hate having my head smacked. I feel it's a deal breaker for me. Again, I didn't say much, I knew it wasn't coming from a mean place and the lady was just unmindful of how hard she was actually patting the foil onto my head.
Unfortunately the amazing color pictures shown here in Yelp are all the men's work. There are a few from one lady, and she's the one who cut my hair. I don't know where the men are at now, or if they still work there.
Well, moving on, the manicurist did a perfect job on both my hands and feet. She also did my eye lash lift. The only draw back was when removing the eye lash lift product , the product got into my eyes, both of them, and it hurt. It stung my eyes and they were watering to get the product out. She gave me a fan to help with the burning sensation, as if this happens all the time. I would get an eye lash lift again, just not here. Price for the lift: $70.
Price for the gel mani regular pedi: $60. I would absolutely come back for a manicure and pedicure. She's fantastic.
It was a long day, I came in at 10:30a. I was offered water once, and food past 1pm. I did get the water bottle. But not sure what type of food they would of given me.
The colorist, while removing the product offered to but an oil in my hair to help with dryness that occurs after highlighting. That said oil was $70. She then dried my hair with a hairdryer that had the air blade attached to it. It concentrates the hot air into an air blade and it kept burning my scalp. (Scalp being tender from coloring and shampoo wash where the lady kept using her nails directly on my entire scalp. I don't have oil build up or dandruff but if I did, this lady will remove all the oils and dead skin cells with those nails) anyway, it was tender and now hot air. The hair was dried, she asked if I wanted it curled. Yes, most salons style after coloring. It's part of the process, I thought. Then after she curled it, she asked if I wanted hairspray. Again, yes. Most salons are putting in product in the hair, either a shine product or simply hairspray. She charged $200.
I do love my look, I do love the lifted eye lashes. And I absolutely love my nails. Beauty is painful, take it or leave it, haha.
All in total, it was $330. I paid and left a $30 tip. read more