I am very specific when it comes to my haircut. I'm new in Montreal; I'm an international graduate student. The first thing that I did when I received my offer admission at McGill was search for a good place to get a haircut (this is 5 months before the start of the term). I have a list of places to check out but since I wanna get it right at first try, I went to the top-rated salon on Yelp in the city.
When I showed up yesterday for my appointment, the receptionist took my coat and umbrella (it was raining) and showed me to the lounge. She then gave me a cup of tea while waiting for my stylist to be ready. My stylist was (is) Danielle. She's a very cool and chill gal. We went up to her station and the first thing that she asked was what I wanted to do with my hair. I told her I wanted to get a shorter, textured (and thinned out - my hair gets very thick) haircut with a fringe. I came in with a slick back hair. I then showed her a couple of pictures for inspiration. These are pics from Burberry campaigns. I really dig Matt Mulhull's work on men's hair for Burberry. It's a cross between preppy and edgy hair - short on the sides, "not to made up", very nonchalant.
Danielle then went and cut my hair while we were talking about music festivals and the best bars to check out in town. After cutting most of my hair, we went ahead and washed it. The head and shoulder massage was amazing too! After that, she dried my hair and styled it a bit.
I then made some suggestions: I want a more defined line between the longer top part of the hair and the shorter length on the sides. So she went ahead and did that. She is very skilled! She was paying attention to the way my hair falls on the front and made tweaks here and there. After she was done, I was very happy!
Overall I am extremely satisfied. I have already booked my next appointment. The bonus is that I get a free trim every two weeks. Very great deal! The cut was ~70 plus tip!