Wow. I was a little nervous after reading both yelp and google reviews but my dad had gotten an Entertainment coupon for me from there so I thought I'd give it a shot- couldn't be that bad, right?! Wrong. I'm just happy I didn't actually pay for any of it- except for the tip- which I wish I could take back!
My hair is very short- I have learned after many years of short hair that is difficult to find a good stylist for short hair. Therefore, I feel that I have learned to become a little more lenient with my standards for haircuts. But this was just unacceptable...
First- the color- it was done by Crystal. I specifically told my ""color specialist"" that I wanted to be blonde. My hair was a med/light brown and I wanted something pretty light. She was concerned that highlighting would be too drastic and suggested just dying it a lighter blonde. Now I have highlight my hair MANY times and have been very blonde before but she insisted it would be light enough. Of course, it didnt turn out that way. So when I told her I wanted it lighter she said she was too busy to fix it that day or the next and I live in Chicago and was leaving. So too bad for me. She then tells me to ""look in the natural light"" bc its probably lighter than I think. And says ""I would not tell anyone to do this..."" but still tells me to ""PUT PEROXIDE ON IT"". Are you kidding me?! I just paid $80 for you to highlight my hair and you're telling me to peroxide it!!! Absolutely unacceptable.
Second- the cut. Jacqui was really nice. I had to wait while she finished someone else and let her cut someone bangs in the middle of my cut. I didn't mind AT ALL assuming not rushing her would mean she would take her time on my cut. I'm trying to grow out a pixie and its in an awkward stage. Jacqui said she recently did the same thing and understood. However, I would rather take a step back in the ""grow out"" in order to have a good style. She agreed but instead kept apologizing that my ""hair sucked"" bc of the stage it was in. The haircut was just poor and the whole time I was annoyed. I left thinking the cut was ""fine"" but definitely not thrilled. I later had to thin out the bulky sides myself bc it looked like I was growing mutton chops. The back is not blended at all- even my dad noticed! BUT THE WORST- as she was trying to thin out my hair, she cut a piece right in the middle of my part! Now I have a chunk of hair about half an inch long sticking up like an alfalfa in the back of my head. (I'm going to try to post a picture of it). Its ridiculous. How can a professional make such a rookie mistake? Its pretty bad. I was afraid to even go back to this place to have someone try to ""fix"" all the things wrong with my cut.
They may have been a great salon years ago but the salon and its stylists just seem outdated. The whole experience was pretty bad.
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