Avoid this salon at all costs!!!
VERONICA:
Hair was cut by a woman named Veronica. She was extremely rude/fiesty and arrogant, which was ironic for her lack of intelligence and hair-cutting skills. While trying to explain what haircut is wanted (a faux hawk) and showed her pictures, she constantly interrupted with unintelligent, rude remarks and questions regarding the haircut requested. A hairstylist should listen to what the client wants and provide it, not question it. It seemed to me she did not know how to cut a faux hawk... and it turned out I was right. She randomly grabbed some hair from the middle-top of the head and started trimming it, without actually evenly sectioning/separating it. Then she trimmed the sides to a shorter length, which is correct... however, leaving the whole back untrimmed. Additionally, she did not blend the sides towards the middle-top faux hawk area (even though it was requested to do so). The whole hair-cut (including shampoo and styling) literally took a total of 10 minutes. End results: looks like an uneven "BOWLED" faux hawk lying on top of shorter sides with a thick back.
I do not understand if she was:
1) unintelligent
2) lazy
3) didn't give a crap
4) in a rush
5) half-a$$ing
6) all-of-the-above
Then she charged more than what the price is for "men's haircut" -- price should be $25, but she charged $36. The worst "hairstylist" in history, no joke. Anybody without a license can do a better job than her, she shouldn't be allowed to have a hairstylist license. Seriously. No professionalism nor skills. Because of Veronica, I'd give a rating of a "0" on Yelp if I could.
JERRY:
I have requested side-layers and all-over layers, but apparently a hairstylist named Jerry couldn't successfully satisfy a basic request. Layers, c-mon...
I showed Jerry pictures of typical long-layered hairstyles, however he gave me a poor version of Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle (which I never even requested Aniston's hairstyle). Told him I want all-over layers, he only gives me barely any noticeable layers on the back saying that my hair is too thin. I've gotten all-over layers many times and it always looked fine. It seems like the hairstylists at Ulta are poor listeners and prefer their opinions over the client's request.
Jerry washed my hair then blow dried my hair completely dry. Then all he did was started "slithering" the scissor through my hair to give me some "layers." In the past, I've always had hairstylists actually sectioning through my hair and cutting layers in the air through the sections... not just running a scissor and "slithering" through my dried hair that is completely all combed flat down. I mean, anybody could do that themselves in the mirror -- just slither through the bottom sides with a scissor...
Same as Veronica's situation, I don't know if Jerry was also lazy by taking the "short-cut" easy way out to giving "layers." But in this case, Jerry was not rude and actually have scissor skills versus Veronica whom actually lacks any skills. I just wish Jerry have listened better and not take the "short-cut" way and give me uneven and sloppy "layers"...
CRYSTAL:
My mom had her hair cut by Crystal, who actually did a decent job for her level. My mom had an angled-bob cut and it was done well, except the layers on the back were shorter than requested. Otherwise, my mom's haircut looked fine. Crystal is the "lower level" at the salon compared to Jerry who is like the "director" or something of that sort, but she charges a lower price and ironically, cuts hair better than Jerry and Veronica! Why? Because Crystal listened well, seemed to care, and was focused (not in a hurry).
Overall experience, I will never go back to this ULTA hair salon ever again. But if you do, ask for Crystal! read more