I wanted 60s Mod. I got how-about knot. MY DREADFUL BEAUTY LOUNGE EXPERIENCE (Michigan, west Bloomfield salon. Request: updo for wedding- Maid of Honor) I walked into my 9:00 appointment on Friday Jul... Read More
I wanted 60s Mod. I got how-about knot. MY DREADFUL BEAUTY LOUNGE EXPERIENCE (Michigan, west Bloomfield salon. Request: updo for wedding- Maid of Honor) I walked into my 9:00 appointment on Friday July 3 2015. Prior to this appointment, I had heard about this salon through friends and have looked through their work. Months ahead of time I booked my appointment with Theodora. I checked in at the front desk to be informed that a lady named Nicole would be doing my hair instead. THEY CHANGED BY STYLIST WITHOUT TELLING ME. The switched happened without previously informing me, but I gave Nicole a chance regardless. I sit on her chair, discuss the style I wanted and she gets started. Throughout the process of the hairdo I questioned her a little but gave her the benefit of the doubt. By the end I told her it was totally wrong. And she said that she would have to redo the entire thing. I go to the front desk to show the owner the MESS, surrounded by other stylist. None of them could admit that it looked nothing like the picture. I told the owners I have to be out soon because I'm the maid of honor and need to be at the brides house before 1:00. No one at the salon had time to fix it. We came to that realization after having to waste 45 mins asking other stylist. After I decided that the entire engineering of the updo was off and that whatever squeezing another stylist can make wasn't gonna fix it, I MOVED SALONS. At the second salon, Lina the owner completely took down the mess. I had 3 women working on me and I came out satisfied. Walked into beauty lounge the coming Monday to EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT in not only their work but most importantly the management. They told me to come in Wednesday to see if they can "compensate me for the inconvenience". I call Wednesday morning to see when I should come in. They called back and offered me 20% off any service. ( her tone on the phone was UNBEARABLE and POMPOUS. I told her that I didn't want to be insulting but the offer was pathetic. By the end of the day I paid for two hair services, and I was lucky I didn't have to be photographed with the first updo. The owners had a problem admitting that one, the UPDO WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT and two they FAILED TO PERFORM PROFESSIONALLY. The owner's behavior was one of SUPERIORITY OVER THE CLIENT. They made me, a paying customer, feel DISRESPECTED and like I was the underrepresented person in the case. They took advantage of the fact that I'm from California and assumed I had no knowledge of the way a salon works or what a decent job looks like. They felt like I could not influence their business in any way and treated me as such when the owner SNUBBED HER NOSE at the idea of compensation. They had no intention of righting the wrong. The ethics of this business is certainly DISHONORABLE. Firstly I was robbed of my time, my money and lastly of respect. I urge you to see that underneath these perceived glamorous blowouts, the management believes that YOU ARE NOTHING IMPORTANT and will PLAY YOU if they believe you don't have power over the situation. In truth, the customers have the ultimate power: buying power. This is why I wrote this long review and thank you to those who made it this far lol! Yelp has allowed for a voice that was deemed unimportant by the owner to tell this story. If you still feel compelled to be the clients, that's your right. At the least, I wanted this to be told because clients have the right to all information. Admittedly, there is some good talent by the artist at this salon, but is it worth it if you TREATED LIKE A NOBODY by the management?? A wise professor once told me, " Do not look at what they promise, look at what they have done, because that is what they will do. People are a creature of habit."#ZeroStars #ILookLikeAnOldLady #I'm20YearsOld #TheInstaIsFalseAdvertising #DoNotPayUnlessYouAreHappy #HugeMistake #TheyDontCareAboutYou Read Less