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| - Perhaps I have high standards or maybe I just got my hopes up after reading fellow Yelpers' reviews, but I don't feel that I got my money's worth with Ashley.
I was trying to find a new stylist after moving to Scottsdale. I have thick, wavy brown hair and my stylist back home is truly an artist with color and cuts. Incredible.
Anyways, I walk into Salon Ami, which is in an office sort of thing near Junkie and the Lodge, and was immediately baffled.
This was no traditional "salon". There was no one to greet me, so I peeked my head into one of the rooms. There were two blonde stylists in the middle of coloring their clients' hair. No introduction from short-haired blonde woman so I assumed the other one was Ashley. Was I extremely early? Did I miss something?
Nope. She would proceed to work us both at the same time. Strike one.
Ashley wanted me to tell her the exact cut I wanted as well as the colors to use, without being offered a swatch of sample colors. I'm no expert with these matters, which is why I'm entrusting an expert STYLIST to transform my vision for my hair into reality.
Maybe I should have just done the cut myself? Strike two.
We go to the sinks to wash the color out of my hair and as I'm reclining into the sink bowl I notice the ceiling is water damaged. And the conversation the co-owner was having with another employee...oh my. Yes, girls gossip. But this was beyond X-rated. Wow. I'll let that strike slide...
Ashley puts the glaze in my hair and leaves me all by my lonesome in the sink. I know we don't know each other, but if I'm paying you for the service, the least you can do is make an effort to talk to me. Strike three.
And then the cut and style. My layers were longer on one side. The color was just ok. To top it all off, I was told I have "baby fine hair". This was news to me. Then, the bill. $160 for cut and color. Plus tip, it was around $200.
I left feeling guilty for the expense, had a mediocre cut, and was ready to try another stylist.
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