Salon 1226 is incredibly customer centric. Each person you come in contact with is genuinely friendly. The salon has a great vibe that screams "happy people work here!" The studio is beautiful, clean and welll-stocked with B&b product (nicely displayed I might add). Bottom line. I feel good when I arrive and fan-+tas+tic when I leave! Jesse is one of a kind and works magic with color and cuts/shapes my hair like NO one ever has before.... not even in DC. He is a rare gem for curly haired people that turn into muppets in the southern humidity. You cannot go wrong with this salon or Jesse. I give both 12 stars out of 10."