2 /5 Rondi Johnson: I really wanted to like this experience but I just didn’t. I was taken back like 15-20 mins late at least. I had an appt with Gina Y. I’ll start by saying she was pretty pleasant for the most part although while I was showing her sample pics of myself to show her what cut I wanted -from when I was about 40lbs lighter and had my makeup done and hair styled- I said something about what I looked like in the picture and she said “oh my god, that was YOU? You were so CUTE!” I’m usually one to assume positive intent and give people the benefit of a doubt but It felt pretty insulting. It was her tone and the way she said it. Anyway, I tried to just put it to the side and continue.
Out of about 6-7 pics I showed her both of myself and other women with similar cuts, all but one of the pics the style was straight. I told her I do have naturally curly hair and I wanted to make sure she layered it because I primarily wear it straight but do sometimes wear it curly. She still cut it to be styled curly and didn’t give me the cut in any of the sample pics. I wanted short layers stacking up the back in an inverted bob and instead I left with bangs that were too short and layers that were styled curly and left way too long so within 3-4 weeks I needed a cut all over again rather than the trim I would usually get at 8 weeks. I couldn’t even wear it straight because the layers were so much longer than my bangs that it didn’t look right, like a bob, and it just made the front of my hair look thinner than it actually is.
She asked me in the beginning if I wanted her to blow it out, and then halfway through scrunching WAY too much product into my VERY thin and fine hair she goes “oh, did you want me to blow it out? I didn’t put the right product in for that.” So I left looking like beetlejuice with crunchy looking curls on the back with way too much product in them and then blown out bangs. I didn’t have time to get it fixed during their 2 week follow up policy either because we went out of town that weekend after my cut and I couldn’t get my days off to line up with making another appt with her.
I’d also like to add that the curly style she cut for and let me walk out with was not even what I showed her in the pictures of myself where I styled it curly. She looked at my curls styled in the picture and said “oh, so you wear it soft?” And then gave me crunchy, not blown out curls. There was so much product in my hair that I woke up the next morning and my hands felt coated and i started washing them and then realized there was something on them and thought “did I put lotion on before bed?” Then I realized it was a huge buildup of product on them from finger combing and trying to restyle it after the salon.
Needless to say I likely won’t be going back. Not worth the $95 price tag. I’d rather go to a hair masters for $30-40 if I’m going to get a terrible cut anyway.
