"0"^^ . . . "So, yesterday was my first time visiting House of Mann, or even hearing of it - thanks/no thanks to Yelp.\nI called ahead of time to inquire about prices for wash/blow-dry & style - basic curl as I was heading to the Beyonce concert and I wanted to look fabulous!\nSo the lady who answered was helpful & polite and ended up booking me in with a Senior stylist for my services (i wanted the best) who's name is Tao.\nUpon arriving my first impression was great.. cute little spot and well marked outside.. however their main lobby/reception/waiting area was quite small and crowded, there was few chairs and minimal space to maneuver.... and a stylists chair was basically smack dap in the waiting area which ive never seen before in any salon. That was the least of my worries but still.\nI arrived 15 minutes early and Tao was ready and greeted me with a smile & a handshake and was very polite. \nHe brought me to wash section of the salon and started my service which was rushed in my opinion. He was moving way too quickly for my liking and in comparison to my wash experience at other salons. As a result of him rushing and moving like a mad man he got conditioner all over my face, this was just the first of the few annoying things. I did not receive any type of scalp massage - this was the quickest shampoo & conditioner I have ever had.\nMoving along - sitting down at Tao's chair he was helpful in hanging my purse up with a nifty little hook he explained was a gift from one of his clients - i appreciated this as some salons let you just put your purse on the floor.\nI explained to Tao the look I was going for and even pulled up a picture from a few weeks ago of my hair that my regular hair dresser did, which was not even a curl really but more of a wave. I reiterated myself a few times that I did NOT want big curls. I said to Tao I want something natural - I didn't want to look like I was going to prom. He barely looked at the photo and said okay. He proceeded to fill my head with product which was the next annoyance as again - no other salon has ever put product in my hair without asking. Maybe i'm picky? Either way... isn't everyone usually particular about their hair, women especially?\nHe did a rough blow dry with no round brush which was fine as he would be styling it afterwards. Tao then thought it was necessary to text for a few minutes.. I don't know who or why he was texting during my service but again... this hasn't happened to me before. In the event it was very important/an emergency thats fine but maybe say something to your client first such as \"i apologize, or give me a minute please\"\n\nOnce was my hair was dry Tao insisted on trimming the back free of charge because it wasn't straight.. I called bullshit right away because I JUST had my hair cut with my regular stylist a couple weeks prior to yesterday - and he does an amazing job every time, i've never had an issue. So Tao combed my hair straight and took a picture and showed me what he believed to be un-even. I said it was fine and he kept insisting it was free of charge and he will clean it up so I gave in. I told Tao I don't ever get my hair cut dead straight and I prefer it textured. \nAfter that.. he asked to see the photo again... so I explained once more the look I wanted.. the first thing he says is \"can we go a little bigger for the curl because I usually use the flat iron to curl hair\"\nAt this point i was ready to get up and leave. I specifically asked for a very very small curl, more like a wave, but Tao had his own agenda and didn't seem to care what I was asking for? I told him a curling iron was used to get that look and usually you cant achieve that with the flat iron....... but he used it anyways. \nNeedless to say I left the salon with a huge head of curls that i ended up throwing up in a messy bun. Tao kept trying to justify them and told me they would drop, this was after he drenched them in hair spray? I'm not a hairdresser but I know enough to know that wasn't going to help.\nI don't plan on ever returning here, im pretty disappointed considering all the other reviews are pretty awesome. Only reason I went here and not my regular spot (Del Monaco's with Grant Butterworth) is because they're downtown toronto and I decided this really last minute and needed something close to home."^^ . "2"^^ . "5"^^ . "2016-05-26T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ .