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| - BACKGROUND TO MY REVIEW OF ACCENT HAIR DESIGN:
With over 20 year's experience having my hair colored I consider myself an educated, albeit paranoid, hair color consumer. I've had my hair colored by some of the best and some of the worst (the worst being a drunken self with equally inebriated friend). I lived in New York for over 10 years where I experimented with salons from Frederic Fekkai to Jean Louis David; during my 10 years in Boston I had my hair colored at in-home salons out in the 'burbs, finally settling with Lynn at Bradley and Diegel on Newbury Street. I've had single process, double process, foils, streaking, highlighting, caps, on and on and on. Been there done that.
So it was with great trepidation I started my search for a Charlotte colorist well in advance of my September 2012 move. It came down to two: one high-priced salon in Southpark (initials MS) and Accent Hair Design. I erred on the side of what I perceived to be 'safety' and went to the high priced salon back in October - I had a full head of highlights and at the last minute asked them for a 'quick trim'. They did a glorious job - beautiful highlights & low lights which shimmered and blended exquisitely with my underlying natural color. The haircut was equally gorgeous; I have thick yet fine hair and the cut played up the beautiful color job perfectly. I was ecstatic! I had found my hair color 'home' in Charlotte. As I approached the front desk to pay my bill I kept catching glimpses of my shimmering mane in the many mirrors. The women manning the desk all breathlessly commented on my glorious hair - "how much do I owe" I asked, hardly able to pull my gaze from the mirror behind the desk, "that will be $595". "I'm sorry, how much?" again "$595". Yup - $595. Let me write it again $595. For a freaking cut, highlight and clear 'glaze' shine, no other products or services. In Charlotte, North Carolina, which, by the way, has a cost of living 30% BELOW Boston.
ACTUAL REVIEW OF ACCENT HAIR DESIGN:
After dropping $595 on October 16 at MS, I milked that baby for all it was worth. By the time I walked into Accent yesterday, my roots were a good 2 inches and my ends were dry and scrabbly. I had stretched that last color job as far as I could by using dry shampoo and only washing it twice a week. After I told Lydia my tale of woe she went to work. 3 hours later my hair was as glorious and shimmering as it was when I walked out of the door of MS back in October. In fact, when she was done I whipped out my phone and showed her a photo I took of my hair back in October while still sitting in the $595 salon; what was clearly evident was Lydia's job was even more detailed than the last job. Her foil placement allowed for a less 'chunky' color job and the end result was a more balanced and blended color. The cut was beautiful and the glaze she used gave the blonde an almost pearly iridescence. Now came the price test - I held my breath as my tab was tabulated at the front desk, clutching $45 worth of product in my hand. "That will be $223" "I'm sorry, how much? Did you include the products I'm holding?" Yup! Minus the products I paid $178 for full head of multi dimensional foils, clear glaze shine and a haircut!!!! Let me write it again - $178 for an equal if not better job than what I paid $595 for 3 months earlier! That's a savings of $420. O.M.G.!!!!
Accent Hair Design is not Southpark. It's not fancy schmancy; you won't have one assistant handing Lydia the foils while another assistant mixes the color. But it's comfortable, warm and inviting and, best of all, a place where you can get top notch hair color & cut for a FRACTION of what you'll pay at a high priced salon.
Save your money - go to Accent - use the $$ you save and do something worthwhile with it rather than paying the overhead for a high priced salon.
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