If you have already read all of the Yelp reviews on Salon Von de Beauty Bar, then you already have been warned to stay away, by multiple people. But if you, like me, think "Oh, it can't be THAT bad, I... Read More
If you have already read all of the Yelp reviews on Salon Von de Beauty Bar, then you already have been warned to stay away, by multiple people. But if you, like me, think "Oh, it can't be THAT bad, I'm going to give it a try, surely I will have better luck than everyone else", then all I can say is good luck, but I hope you will decide not to self-sabatoge. I read the reviews and figured that since most people were complaining about the way they did nails there, and I was wanting a balayage, then I would be OK, especially since there was one reviewer who went to Lindsey for a balayage and was pleased with the results.Well I called to make the appointment and mentioned that I had a Groupon. The person on the phone encouraged me not to use the Groupon, and they said that they would honor the Groupon price (they quoted a price higher than what the Groupon was for), and I told them I preferred to use Groupon because I had credits with Groupon and they said not everyone accepts the Groupon there, and I was like look, should I make this appointment or not, will you accept the Groupon or not? and they said to come to my appointment they would accept the Groupon. I was already prepared to deal with something like that since I had read the reviews and was aware of how Anti-Groupon they are. (Sidenote: If they hate Groupon so much because it cuts into their profits, then they should just stop accepting Groupon. But then their new client base would plummet because of the loss of advertising Groupon provides)Anyway, I made my appointment for Friday night, the night before I left for my cruise vacation. I get to my 6:00 appointment and they had me wait about 20 minutes. Lindsey appeared and sat me down and I showed her some pictures I liked that I had found when I google imaged balayage. She told me that my hair is too short for a balayage and that I should try to get my money back from Groupon. I respectfully told her that I disagreed and that I did not want to leave until I had my hair done because I was going on vacation the next morning and I needed my hair done. Yeah, I don't have hair down to my ass, but if you google image balayage on short hair, you can see that it is quite possible, as the definition is just hand painted highlights. But she refused!! She absolutely would not do a balayage on my hair, and I my new Yelp profile picture shows how long my hair is now, which I know qualifies for this treatment. I even bargained with her and said she could use the groupon to just to a base color and a few highlights but she would not touch my hair, and she said like ten times that I should just try to get my money back from Groupon. So I left, at like 6:30 and I was driving up and down Jericho turnpike praying for any salon to be open late on a Friday night to do my hair so I did not have to go away with my hair looking stale. I went into Cactus, Bocu, Barbara Ross Salon, Cutting Edge.....I would have paid anything to anyone who would have done my hair on such short notice on a Friday night. They all seemed apologetic to not be able to take me in, but I finally ended up at the Lemon Tree in Dix Hills believe it or not, and Molly took me in and did base color and a few face framing highlights and ended up staying 15 minutes late to accommodate me and she was really nice and I was so pleased with the results and thankful to have gotten my hair taken care of. It was a close call though, thanks to those idiots at Salon Von de Beauty Bar, and if you don't want undue stress in your life, do not go to this piece of s**t he**hole!!!!! Read Less