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I had some ideas about how I wanted to change up my color, but figured it might be better to start with a cut (as I was desperately over due for one!) and discuss color at that appointment.
My appointment was on a Saturday morning, and parking was super easy. Plenty of on street metered parking close by. When I arrived, I was greeted warmly and offered a beverage. Claire was prompt and super friendly. We spent a few minutes talking about what kind of cut I had in mind, and also I showed her my ideas for color. I'm notoriously terrible at describing what I'm looking for, but Claire was able to decipher my goals, and we got started.
The cut she gave me is fresh, flattering, and most importantly, easy for me to style. She kept a lot of my length, but eliminated the dry unhealthy ends. She added long layers to give my hair movement and volume. The cut was reasonably priced ($45) and I love it. When I was paying the bill, we scheduled time to come in for the color.
I came in for my next appointment (which I thought was at 10am, but may have actually been 10:30, as I did have to wait about 30 minutes for Claire to finish with another client. Probably my mistake). We again discussed the plan, which was to lighten up my hair overall, and add in some blonde / light brown highlights. Eventually, I wanted to add in a light rose gold / lavender glaze or color wash, but Claire wasn't sure we could do everything in one appointment, which was fine with me.
It turned out that the hair gods were on our side, and the highlights ended up being bright enough to accept the color wash that day. I was nervous, because this whole plan was so far out of my normal hair "comfort zone" and my hair tends to pull a TON of red when I color it. Often times and light brown or blonde highlights end up looking orange or brassy.
The end product was EXACTLY what I was hoping for. Maybe even better! The highlights are cool toned, not brassy, the purple is subtle and blended in, so much so that later that day at work, no one even noticed it right away! Again, I felt the price tag was completely reasonable ($165 for lifting the color of my roots, highlights, glaze and blow out).
The only thing holding me back from 5 stars at this point is that I'd like to wait and see how the color holds up as I wash it and such...I did purchase a purple shampoo to help keep the purple tones between visits. I should add that at both visits, we discussed the products I currently use, and Claire was super cool about trying to recommend products I was familiar with that might be good for me; she was not pushy about purchasing the products sold in the salon AT ALL, which I appreciated.
We shall see, but at this point I'm sold. SO glad Yelp helped me find this salon...and looking forward to continuing to work with Claire in the future!
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