I got my hair colored and permed by Sam, and I couldn't be happier with the results! When I came in…read morefor my hair color last Wednesday, I also talked to Sam about getting a perm. He took the time to understand the style I wanted and recommended the type of perm that would be best for me. Since I came to the salon around 5 pm, there wasn't enough time to do both services that day. But thankfully Sam was able to fit me in for a weekend appointment. When I came back, Sam went over the perm design with me again to make sure we were on the same page. I was honestly worried about damaging my hair since I had just colored it a few days earlier, but Sam reassured me and explained everything throughout the process. He checked the condition of my hair frequently, and whenever I had questions, he explained what products he was using. That really showed his professionalism and put me at ease. The assistants were also very attentive and kept checking to make sure I was comfortable, which made the whole experience relaxing. The best part was the final result. Even when my hair was still wet after the wash, I already knew I loved it. As he dried my hair, Sam showed me how to style and dry it at home, so I could style it the same way myself. I absolutely love how my hair turned out. It looks exactly the way I wanted, and I'm so happy with the result. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a designer who is thoughtful and genuinely cares about his clients.

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So I just moved in the area from Chicago and I have been using the same stylist for the last 8…read moreyears. I figured it was time for change. So I yelped and found All these amazing reviews about Talar and figured I would give her a try, (I hate trying new things) but am I glad I did... Talar turned my dreadful dead lifeless hair into an amazing masterpiece. She also cut my daughters hair and was super patient. Again thanks Talar for squeezing us in today! I look forward to future haircuts with you. Talar is amazing try her out you won't be disappointed!

I bring my favorite person as she raves about the owner who is extremely personable and truly cares…read moreabout her clients. Each time she comes away glowing and happy from her experience. What more can you want than looking and feeling good after your Hair Fiction visit. Only more positive vibes...

This is Ania Grzywa and her beautiful and Absolutely Fabulous Salon. Ania is my hair guru…read more She's straight shooter. Very colorful, energized, always optimistic, funny, passionate, remarkable, hard working girl. She is fabulous. She's also the owner, creator, chief and head of the Absolutely Fabulous Salon. Photographed her many time on some events but never one on one. And I have to admit that this time she showed me a different Ania Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Ania Grzywa and her Absolutely Fabulous Salon. Recommend Ania many times and I still will. She is my hair specialist for over 10-11 years for now. All my girlfriends love her and her beautiful salon. She really know what's she is doing!!!! Thank u Ania for all those years!

Literally the best hair experience of my life! I am super low maintenance with my hair and I HATE…read moresitting in a salon for 45 minutes to an hour to have someone just cut my hair. Ania cut my hair AND styled it in about 20 minutes! She gave me wonderful tips about the health of my hair. Will be back! Thank you so much, Ania!

Cristina is Amazing! i am absolutely in love with my Balayage! She sis such a beautiful job, and…read morethe color came our even better than I imagined. Everything is so perfect blended and natural, and my hair looks gorgeous. Cristina is so sweet, professional, and really take the time to understand exactly what I want. I've already received so many compliments on my hair! I'm so happy I found her and definitely be coming back. If you are thinking about getting a balayage, I highly recommended Cristina!

I cannot say enough good things about Kinga. She is truly the best--especially if you're blonde and…read morepicky about it (like me). She absolutely nails my color every single time: bright, natural, healthy blonde with zero brassiness. I get compliments constantly after seeing her, and people always ask who does my hair. Beyond her talent, Kinga is just the sweetest human. She's so warm, thoughtful, and genuinely cares about making sure you love your hair before you leave. She listens, explains what she's doing, and somehow always gives me exactly what I want--even when I can't fully describe it. If you're looking for someone you can trust with your blonde (or honestly any hair), Kinga is it. I wouldn't let anyone else touch my hair. Highly, highly recommend!

The place is beautiful and the consultation I got was informative…read more BUT you need to have a lot of money to use their services. I was quoted approximately $5000!!!!! You heard that right. $5000 for a complete hair system and then I still have to go in every six weeks and pay hundreds of dollars for upkeep. I was shocked and devastated. I went to my car and started to cry. No one has an extra $5000 laying around. I'm sure their services are great and the hair is top quality, but they're obviously making a lot of money off of their customers. And that's great if you're wealthy.

Had an amazing experience, went to Jennifer and she was the absolute kindest. She made sure I was…read morecomfortable the entire time. The results were amazing, I've been looking for a dedicated salon to go to and I easily made my choice. My hair feels SO soft and they didn't gatekeep their products!!! They even linked them to me. I was fasting so I couldn't drink their complimentary drinks/snacks but the idea of that being an option is amazing.

I went in for a haircut. I can't go to a regular salon anywhere. I need to go where they have cut…read moreasian hair before... especially thick wavy hair with a mind of its own. I was cautious at first since I've gone to a korean hair salon and paid $75 for a haircut only to look like a christmas tree in the middle of July (needless to say it was in a bun all year long until it grew out) There was only one guy to take care of me and my two friends. We each wanted something different done. I wanted a haircut, one friend wanted a perm and another wanted her hair dyed. I was the last to be done but it didn't wear this hairstylist a bit. He took time to cut each of my layers and checked over and over to see the "flow" of my natural waves. He cut more of my bangs then before and ive received so much more compliments than before. All i did was get a haircut but i felt like a new person! He was great! I wish i couldve asked for his name. He wears glasses and has a mustache? He is the person to go to!

I would like to add something else to my original review. When this appointment was cancelled, it…read morewas for the very next day at 10:00 am. which is less than 24 hours notice. It should work both ways but it does not seem to be here. Can you imaging if you have a party, special event of wedding and you made this appointment well in advance like I make my appointment a month in advance and Gail just cancels you out the night before because she said you did not follow the rules. What a horrible situation to be in. Nobody should ever be treated this way. Wouldn't you agree.

I called to make an appointment and was greeted with the warmest, most enthusiastic customer…read moreservice. Unfortunately, I was told they were fully booked. I followed up by directly asking whether the salon only accepts Japanese clients. The staff member confirmed that yes, Don't worry about the racism and discrimination -- if you're not Japanese, they won't take you as a new client anyway.

This is a truly authentic Japanese hair salon (complete with the massage, the shampoo, magazines,…read morechic interior, and complimentary tea). Everytime I go it is as if I'm teleported back to Japan. If you don't know what hairstyle you'd like the stylists are very good at selecting a hairstyle that matches your face shape (or they will go with your choice on hair magazine). Ever since I found this place I have not gone to any other salons. The price is high especially if you get a perm but I think for the service and the ambience and the quality results it is totally worth it.

I'm really satisfied with my haircut and I'm also happy that I found a salon with a pleasant vibe…read moreand that gets the job done clearly and efficiently! I'd definitely recommend it

Grace was the best!! She was supportive in every way that I needed. She was great at informing me…read moreand giving me helpful tips to care for my hair. She was patient while I tried to navigate through what I wanted for my hair. The staff are all quite nice as well. Thank you all for taking care of me on my out of town visit!

This is my spot for my hair!!! I come to get my digital term with Ms. Ahn and she is the best. I'm…read moreone of those that won't let others touch my hair... ya know what I mean? I get the digital perm where they do magic straight perm on the top and curls on the bottom. I like my hair to look like it's been curl ironed so she picks out the perfect curl size for me. I've tried several styles and Ms. Ahn perfects the styles every time. Now I stick to the one I like, since I've going to Ms. Ahn for many years (10+). This is premium Korean hair care. There's always a saying "you get what you pay for". I've tried other spot in Chicagoland and it's not what you would get at Kim Sun Young. Sure, I can pay cheaper but the quality I got was not the same, so I always return to Ms. Ahn to take care of my hair. With my digital perm, she explains to me how to care for my curls, and also let me know how the condition of my hair/scalp is and what I need to do to get improve my hair health. I made an appointment about 3 weeks in advance for a Friday morning digital perm. It typically takes 3-4 hours for the perm. With my iPad and AirPod, time flies by while I'm watching the show. They also have a small "earcap" that looks like a shower cap so your ears are protected & my AirPod. I get a cut first, then a perm. Friday afternoon with 3 hair professionals and 2 assistants. They are busy because they are able to work simultaneous while the perm client is waiting for perm chemical to settle into the hair, they can do a hair cut.

I went back and forth as to whether I wanted to write this, but I do think my experience was…read moreunfortunate and may not necessarily reflect their skill and service here, but I think it's still worth sharing. The TL;DR is that I was unable to get my hair coloring done and also got a haircut that was not very flattering. I felt I looked better when I came in vs when I came out of the salon. This was all despite the effort I made to contact this salon multiple times beforehand to ensure that they were able to do the hair that I wanted. In January, I had my hair cut and permed in Los Angeles, which I was happy with, but I wanted to also make my hair blonde with this hair style (I'm a Korean American with dark hair). I confirmed with my hairstylist in LA as well as the internet that you should wait a while to bleach your hair to space out the damage, at least ~4 weeks. I currently live in Cleveland, OH for grad school and heard there aren't many good salons in OH for Asian hair. So I did my research, found this salon in Chicago with good ratings, read through ratings, looked through photos, and then first messaged them on instagram to set an appt. I sent them reference photos of the color I wanted, plus a current selfie showing my hair to ask if what I wanted was possible. I also explained I was going to be driving in from Cleveland (took me 7 hours since I avoided tolls) so I wanted to really make sure before I made the trip. I told them also about my perm from weeks ago (it was going to be over 7 weeks since the perm for the appt day I asked for). I also called 24 hours later directly to the salon since I didn't get a response on instagram right away. The person on the phone booked me with Michelle. I then proceeded to explain my situation and told them I sent them photos on instagram. The woman on the phone tried to reassure me saying "it's okay, Michelle can do whatever color. Don't worry about it." I took their word. They also responded on instagram confirming they could book me an appt and gave me an estimate of pricing (starting around $350) and time range (3-4 hours) based on the color I wanted. The day of my appt, I show Michelle my pictures and what I want. She starts rambling about how the color I want is not possible, or needs to be bleached multiple times because my hair color is too dark. I was asking her to clarify if that meant I have to come in on different days to get it done, and she wasn't very clear and eventually just said, "It's okay, we will figure it out. For now, you need a haircut right?" So we cut my hair to a length I was satisfied with, but since it wasn't dried/styled yet, I wasn't sure what the finished product would look like yet. Then we went back to discussing color. First, she tells me, "okay, we can bleach multiple times, but it may take a long time, maybe even 6 hours. Is that ok?" I said yes (I knew it might take a long time so I purposefully asked for their earliest appt time that day). "And it's going to be around $400-500. Is that ok?" I said yes again. THEN she says, "oh, and the bleach is going to flatten your perm, so you won't have your perm anymore." This is when I was stunned and hesitated and asked for time to think. I was already starting to worry about whether the color would actually look okay on me based on Michelle's initial response to my request, but then to also not have my perm that I had paid for before but I still wanted to be a part of my overall hairstyle? I was incredibly disappointed. I was definitely ignorant of how this hair stuff worked, but that's why I tried doing my research beforehand and asked them multiple times, sending them pictures and explaining my situation BEFORE I planned a trip 7 hours away by car. I don't have many free weekends, so this was also difficult for me to schedule. Eventually I declined the color because I didn't want to risk not liking the final color AND losing my perm. But I wish the staff, all the people I talked to here, told me BEFORE I made the trip to Chicago, and BEFORE she cut my hair. I honestly would not have gotten my haircut had I known I wasn't going to get color. I know cheaper hair salons for hair cuts in the area and might've opted for another place if I wanted one (my hair was already short, but the haircut price was still $70). The staff didn't necessarily act rude or anything, but they clearly failed to take my situation into consideration despite all of my effort and wasted my time, money and energy. And honestly I don't like the hair cut. I look like Johnny Depp from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; the lack of layers is not flattering. I have to pull my hair back daily to look decent. I'm just sad this happened and they may be competent at hair, but the inconsiderate communication was really disappointing.

Although the salon has moved twice since my last review from 2014, my words still hold true and I'm…read morestill following Dana wherever she goes! She is a master at her craft! All the ladies at the salon do a stellar job. The salon is super clean and has a relaxed vibe. Do yourself a favor and book your next hair appt here!

Amazing place to get your hair done! Dana is amazing at what she does and is super quick and…read moreefficient!