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| - I'll try and keep this short and sweet. Joncen does great work as showcased by his instagram and yelp photos. There's no doubt about that. However, in my experience, I felt a bit pressured into a completely different look and direction than I came in with, one that to me, seemed quicker, easier, and more convenient for him. I wanted an overall lighter hair color from long virgin black hair, and we ended up doing a balayage (that only lightened about 40-50% of my hair). He gave me the reason that lightening my whole head would be very damaging, but I would have been fine with just a gradual overall lift of a few shades lighter, and work towards my end goal of light hair over a few visits. Also, I still dont understand why lightening just the ends is any healthier than doing it all. Perhaps he didn't think I was sure or confident about going full lighter?
While the color work and and balayaging were well done, at the end of the day, I felt disappointed that he didnt try to approach what I had originally wanted. It felt a bit like he just didnt feel up to doing it that day. Since his reputation and work was so great, I shut my mouth and trusted his direction. Although at one point he was trying to suggest we do colors that were the opposite of the color I wanted (aka he wanted to do what he wanted to do?)
Unfortunately, I left the salon a bit disappointed and $200 poorer. I will say that perhaps I should have pushed more for what I wanted. But I'm an inexperienced salon-goer and fully trusted that he'd consider my requests, or at least help me get to where I wanted to go, even if it can't be done in one visit. He was a nice guy and very talented at what he does, but I didn't feel heard.
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