I had such high hopes after seeing Onye's work on Instagram. Unfortunately, I've wasted my money yet again. I honestly don't have the energy to detail my entire experience-the picture will tell the story-but I will say that I am VERY communicative. No one ever walks away from me without knowing exactly what I mean. I give very clear examples and scenarios. You know how somebody acts all confused when they don't want to do something? That's the vibe I got from the time I scheduled the appointment to actually sitting in the chair. I was really irritated with the receptionist who tried to convince me that I wouldn't need hair added. Lady. Trust me. Told her to budget the time anyway when I scheduled the appointment. I show up day of she asks what we're doing I tell her. She again tried to downplay adding hair talking about time constraints. I said well that's why I was very specific about making sure time was scheduled just in case. Pissed.
Turns out I brought the wrong hair so we had to forgo adding it anyway. I asked for a tapered cut and stated that I didn't necessarily WANT to go shaved sides, but if necessary for the integrity of the cut and for the sake of cutting off all damage I was open to doing so. The initial intent was a crochet taper cut, but again I had the wrong curl pattern. My issue with my own hair was no existing cut/style and terrible splitting. In addition my hair is thin and fine at the crown thus the need for enhancement. So anyway, Onye set about cutting it. I noticed that she did not cut the top (yes I still have ragged splitting ends up there) she comb coiled the sides and and last minute was like I'm gonna go ahead and rod the top. Mind you I wanted an alteration to my tight coils and told her that, so I'm not sure why rods or rollers were an afterthought. I had also told her my crown has ZERO definition and will frizz. Yeah, so I walked out with the sides and back defined and the top on struggle, frizzed and sparse looking. She also didn't line me up. I don't understand that. Overall, I was irritated by the receptionist and her anti hair stance and was kind of disappointed in Onye's disposition and general view on adding hair. It was very clear she didn't want to. Again, I did buy the wrong hair for the look I was going for, BUT she's a freakin BRAND AMBASSADOR for that particular hair. Like OK...you should be able to create a look with any of their products. IDK if she had a bad day, was tired, stressed, or what, but she was zero energy and not at all engaging which was a bit disappointing. Even still I wasn't against going back with the correct hair to allow her to do a tapered crochet. Gawd said no.
So fast forward to me realizing something is just not quite right with my hair. It felt off and just didn't look right after washing, but I couldn't pinpoint exactly what the problem was. It took about 3 weeks but it became very clear when I happened to take a photo that was head on. Y'all, my haircut is UNEVEN. AS. F!CK. Like, I'm really out here cut up like Krusty the Clown. Once I realized and accepted that I decided to do a light blow out instead of air dry next time I washed to really assess what was going on. That is the pic I'm attaching to this review. I legit have to go get my hair recut.
I'm typically very critical of reviews and tend to choose complete denial when I see a bad one (overlooked the bad ones for too groovy) but don't be me. Play at your own risk.
I will also note that while being serviced the receptionist came over to talk to Onye about someone in the phone dissatisfied with her color. Do with that tidbit what you will. read more