Robyn Theresa Fraenkel
October 24, 2017 16:03
Getting a hair cut (or like me, a $35 hair cut with Kerastase treatment)? Don't -- save your money and go somewhere else. Once I was finally taken back to the "salon," the stylist told me she had a problem with the customer before her, and it was her first day on the job. Don't get me wrong... She was a nice girl. Just very green when it comes to hair.
First, she washed my hair. I thought I was going to be receiving a full Kerastase moisturizing/repair treatment. All she did was spray a couple squirts of something on my hair, immediately washed it out, and started roughly combing through my wet hair -- which I already told her was damaged (why I'm there to get a cut). Definitely NOT how you're supposed to treat healthy hair, let alone damaged hair.
All I wanted was an angled bob (think Jennifer Aniston). Not too short. She assured me that she's done it before, and began cutting. After about 15 minutes or so, she barely dried it, and asked if it looked ok. Nothing at all like the picture. Not even close. I told her it should be a little more curled under to actually look like a "bob," let alone an angled bob (which it wasn't at all). While my hair was still really damp, she tried bluntly curling it under, and seemed confused why it wasn't curling immediately. C'mon, my hair was wet!
After looking in the mirror, the cut was completely uneven, and much shorter than than requested. So choppy, in fact, that I've since put my hair back (as much as I can) into a ponytail until I can get it fixed elsewhere. Upon doing so, I'm sure my hair will be WAY shorter, since there is quite a lot to even out.
Yes, it's just hair and it grows back, but the money spent... I could've paid $10 more and seen a real pro (Andre Franca in St Paul). Seeing that this Livingsocial deal included a conditioning treatment, I thought it was a good deal due to the added conditioning treatment. Little did I know this "conditioning treatment" was just using a spray-in conditioner. I mean, it wasn't left on for even a few minutes. It was sprayed in, and washed out. Done.
Normally if I just didn't care for a service, I wouldn't write a review, but this was horrible. You'd think being at the Ivy Hotel that it wouldn't be *that* bad. I really hate to say this, but I could've received the same uneven, choppy cut at any other chop-shop and saved a lot of money. Needless to say, I won't be back.