So with DC known as Chocolate City why is it so hard to find chocolate stylists? Don't chocolate people have hair? All the major beauty/fashion sites do a great job of promoting non-ethnic salons. Word of wisdom to the Vanilla folk...us Chocolate folk have hair too! Now I must admit that I do live outside of city limits in Alexandria and I would love to find the perfect salon for a busy young woman like myself here but I would go to the city in a heartbeat if I could find the perfect salon. I have tried several. Here are my findings:
Soul Day Spa and Salon: Wayyyy too expensive and I made an appointment on a Sunday in which the stylist never showed up (oh yes, I did complain to the owner)
Stella Blu: Is advertised as this super trendy salon with a boutique on the bottom floor. Reality= 1 (yes! just one!) stylist upstairs who has been over-booked for days and over priced clothes by local designers on the bottom level. Needless to say, I did NOT get my hair done that day.
Bubbles at Pentagon City: This was working for awhile (or maybe I stayed because I loved the color line). As a brown girl I should be used to the salon antics these stylists try to pull of (i.e. sitting in the salon all day) but this is not a "urban" salon and the stylist still tried to pull that crap and did less than perfection on my head. NEXT!
Special Touch International Hair Design: So I thought I'd try out a Dominican Salon to see what all the hype was about. Honestly, the hair wasn't bad but the service was. I had to be the only non-Spanish speaking client in the salon and they made me feel very uncomfortable. This salon is close to my house so I occasionally go for a quick trim (which is charged as a cut).
PR at Partners at Metro Center: This is my most recent try. I loved the fact that the stylists' claim to fame is getting you in and out. I was the only client she had and was out in a little over an hour. Bad part-the color she put on my hair has broken off a part of my hair that was already damaged.
So here is all I am looking for in a salon/stylist:
1. Affordability
2. Hair care over hair style
3. Respect my time (because I respected yours and was on time for my appointment)
4. Friendly
5. Uses a blow dryer! I do NOT want to sit under the dryer for an hour so you can squeeze 5 more clients in.
6. All of the above
My search continues...
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