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| - I'm in love with Vivid Salon. After my first trip here, it was a definite like (it started out a bit rocky) but I wasn't sure I wanted to be committed. I was in need of a new place to go and was feeling fickle - I found a good deal from Vivid on Groupon and figured it was worth a shot. After all, sometimes it's a lot more fun to keep your options open. I've decided that it would take a lot for another salon to catch my eye at this point. I mean, sure I will still appreciate other salon's work, but I'm ready to settle down with vivid.
Terri is my hair girl of choice, although I've seen some great work from the other people there (do I covet the sweet grandmother's style I saw on Thursday? No, but I can tell it was done well and with care - and it looked good on her). I'm pretty picky with my hair, and let me just say that at my most recent visit I told Terri that while I really liked the most recent color, I wanted something different and pretty much left it up to her. If you would have heard me say that a year ago, you would have been hauling me away - I mean, I pretty much put my head in her hands and said, go ahead, honey, do what you think is best. Whoa. That is big for me.
Anyway, the color is fantastic and my hair is super shiny. The cut is wonderful - Terri is great at listening to how often you'll style your hair and what you want the end result to be. She and I both know that short of a lot of extensions, I will never have Blake Lively's thick mane (well, and dying my hair blonde which I've done and let's just say I've been there and it won't happen again). Terri is awesome with a pair of scissors - she knows how to get each individual hair to lay just right. Also, as someone who has to do continuing education, I appreciate how often Terri is taking classes and learning more about hair (way above and beyond what she has to). Just looking at her when she talks, her whole face lights up and you can see her passion for her work (she's also super funny!).
I've only done cuts and color here, but I'm tempted to get nails done at some point soon. From checking out their Facebook page, it also appears that they do client education classes (I really am interested in getting tutored on how to blow dry my hair because I am no blow pro). I know that they accept walk ins, but when I've been there they have always been busy enough that you are better off getting an appointment - and they are really great about trying to work with your schedule (especially if you are someone like me where you do not ever have any bit of a stable, set schedule).
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