I'm really surprised this place has such good reviews. Sorry this one's gonna be lengthy, but here is my experience: 1. Nails. I went in to get my nails done the day before my wedding. Sort of an impo... Read More
I'm really surprised this place has such good reviews. Sorry this one's gonna be lengthy, but here is my experience: 1. Nails. I went in to get my nails done the day before my wedding. Sort of an important manicure! I got a gel manicure with Crystal. She was very nice and we had fun conversation, but the actual nail work was not good. At one point, she was filing a nail while talking and looking out the window and didn't notice until I yanked my finger away that she'd been scraping the skin behind my cuticle off. Painful and, the next day, unsightly. I also had to tell her no about adding glitter several times. When she was done, I went out to the counter to pay, I started to examine the manicure more closely, and I was not happy, but I always feel bad complaining and don't like confrontation, so I paid and thought I could just live with it. I'd never gotten a gel manicure before, so I thought maybe I was just being too picky. But I kept examining them. There were nails where the polish didn't reach the edges of my nail or cuticle and had big gaps showing through. There was bumpy unevenness on a few nails. And then, as the final straw, half of the gel on my left thumb peeled off within 3 hours of the appointment. THIS WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE MY WEDDING. I didn't have time to go back and ask for it to be fixed, so I went to Sally's and had to buy the stuff to remove the rest of the gel and redo everything myself. So I was out $50 for the original manicure and another $60 for the supplies needed to fix it, not to mention the added stress of adding one more thing to my pre-wedding to-do list.2. Hair. It was too late for the salon to remedy the issue for my wedding, but I still wanted to let the manager know what had happened, so I emailed and included pictures of the botched job. The one good thing I will say for this place is that she did respond quickly, apologized, and issued a full refund to my customer account in the form of store credit. Okay, cool. With $50 to use, I scheduled a haircut and color online. Within an hour or so, I got a phone call saying that I couldn't schedule color without a separate color consultation appointment first. I have a very busy work schedule, so I said forget it, just the cut. For starters, when I arrived, no one was at the front desk, so I just stood there for a few minutes. When someone finally saw me, she told me to take a seat, but I have no idea what she was talking about, because there are no seats anywhere. There's no waiting area. I just wandered around the Aveda products until my stylist called my name (15 minutes after my appointment time). I had been growing out my hair for my wedding and was now ready for a big change. Unfortunately, the stylist (whose name I've unfortunately forgotten) spent all of 15 seconds asking me about what I wanted. When I mentioned I'd also like color, she just said, "that's not what your appointment is for today, we won't have time." No offer to schedule it for later or tell me about their color services. The haircut was fast, I didn't feel listened to, and she didn't attempt any small talk. She spoke only to the other stylists the whole time, which I found very unprofessional. She acted as though I was inconveniencing her with my business. I used up my store credit and left. The haircut was bland, and when I washed and styled it myself the next day, it was evident she hadn't done it right. I went to an old standby of a stylist up in Southlands who saw my layers and immediately said, "she cheated. She obviously doesn't know the right way to cut straight hair, so she did it the cheater way." He fixed it for free because he's awesome. Go see Kurt at Sola in Southlands. Well worth the drive to skip this horrible place.I know that was a lot to unload. I don't write a lot of reviews, but these TWO experiences were so bad that I had to speak up. Avoid this place. Read Less