I'm not really sure what to say. I hate leaving bad reviews but, perhaps this saves someone else the extra money it cost me to get my hair fixed when I got back from vacation. I was pretty disappointed. My experience at this salon was the worst I've ever experienced. I usually get my hair done in the town I'm from but, my hair stylist was booked before my vacation to CO and I needed touch up highlight for New Years in the worst way. I stepped from my comfort zone thinking, "Hey, you know, how hard could root touch up highlights really be? No way anyone could f*** it up that bad no matter how new you are at hair." I have many friends in the salon business and I've had my hair done so many times I could probably do it on someone else with no problems. I would do it myself but I can't reach everywhere. I tell you what though, I've never seen anyone highlight the way this young lady did. It was like the lazy route. I get it, I have crap ton of hair but, it's one of my best assets. Therefore, it's important to me that it looks fabulous all the time. She says she's been doing hair for 6 years now, so, I trust she knows what she's doing and sit back and try to relax.
Problem one, lets bleach set in hair for entirely way too long- an hour of just sitting there at the mirror after bleach application was finished. No small talk with me really, just me listening to her and the other stylist gossip on the other side of the mirror with each other. Then, she asks if my hair takes a long time to lift and I said, not sure but I'm usually under a heater for this part. She finally puts me under the heater for another 40 min. At this point I'm worried my highlighted pieces are just gonna break off of my scalp the bleach had been on there for so long.
Problem two, left toner on highlights for about 2 seconds, washes hair out with cold water when it's in the negatives outside, and puts a minimal amount of conditioner on my hair creating a big tangled mess. The highlighted parts of my hair were so damaged they wouldn't brush out and kept getting stuck.
Problem three, painfully yanks hair out trying to get through the tangles from not having adequate amounts of conditioner from wash out. The most painful salon experience I've ever had.
Problem four, layers in hair cut are a hack job. Blunt chucks cut out with hardly any smooth layers through out.
Problem five, got home, put my hair up in a bun to wash my face and BAMMM! There is a huge, massive chunk of a highlight above my forehead, that I can not stand and is as orange as it can be. The toner wasn't left in long enough.
Problem six, I return the next day to have someone (different person) fix it. They put more bleach on it with no heat again. This is not what my already fried hair needed. Just tone out the orange!
My hair is now the most unhealthy it's ever been. The highlights were too chunky from the technique used and are completely different colors through out.
I've since paid more money to have one of my stylist friends fix it as best she could.
Wait and/or pay more money and go some where else! I'm the kindest of people and If I'm leaving a negative review RUN! read more