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After a long, long time of wandering between salons, trying to find a stylist and salon that could meet expectations - I never did. I finally searched Yelp for "brandy hair" and Hairsmith popped up. Apparently, she's been here, operating her own place for a year! I wish I'd known!
The place is awesome, historic, and feels like a good cross between a barber shop and a salon. It is totally Brandy.
Online booking is so convenient and awesome. I don't know why not everywhere offers this service. I do wish that it sent a calendar event so it would appear in my Google Calendar. Perhaps in the future.
Regarding the haircut - I explained what I was kind of going for, and she listened, paid close attention to the shape of my head, the directions my hair grows, assessed potential issues with the cut ahead of time, was vocal about her plan and precisely what she was going to do, and what she was doing while she was cutting. She's detailed, but efficient about it. Her training was clearly excellent (I've had consistently good cuts from stylists who studied at Toni & Guy) and she seems to take pride in her work. She seems to particularly excel in short cuts, men's cuts, and asymmetric or European-inspired cuts.
I haven't been this happy with a haircut is a long, long, time.
It is good to be back :-)
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