Living here as an expat, I was starting to get stressed out about where to get my haircut. After deciding that popping over to Amsterdam or England would be a bit overkill, I did some research online and found English reviews for Blow-this was key. Being able to communicate with the stylist is a basic priority for me, obviously. And my French vocabulary does not include words like "layers" or "highlights". I made an appointment easily and resigned myself to the fact that I would possibly have to sport a ponytail for awhile if it went badly. My hairdresser was Hugo-I was happy to discover he spoke perfect English. After being taken downstairs for a hair wash/condition and sitting in a massage chair, Hugo went to work. He needed very minimal direction from me. I was worried he wouldn't know how to cut my hair as it's thick and wavy/curly but he did a very good job. I was very happy with the end results-he listened to exactly what I wanted and I think this may have been one of the best haircuts I have ever had, including from the USA. It's a bit pricey but it was worth it to me. They only take cash so be sure to bring euros. I wish they were in California so I could go back! read more

I had my hair cut three times by Sebastian. The first two times I got a very conventional cut that was not well adapted for my hair type (I have wavy, thin hair that is normally beautiful, with a well layered cut). The third time Sebastian proceeded to applying his "special technique" to give my hair volume without explaining that meant cutting my hair unevenly in the deeper layers and that it would make my hair curl in an unmanageable way. He also cut it more than 10 cm shorter than what I thought we had agreed. I really do not recommend Blow. For a premium fee, you'll be offered the latest cut everyone has and no particular insights into what cuts suit your hair type. read more

This is just awful. A friend of mine told me that they were supposed to have an amazing colourist so I thought : why not, I wanna be blond again, let's try it. I think it's a new colourist. For 120€, I got half of my head with highlights straight from the 00's, and a questionable ombré with the back of my head UNDONE. She just highlighted the parts you could see and that was it. So it was awful when attached. Plus, she gave me this silver-ish look by colouring my highlights way too white and my chestnut colour way too grey. It was terrible. I have never seen that. And then she never really asked if I liked it, she was like "yea it will be blond" no it won't, you didn't listen to what I said. No one really talks to you, you are supposed to act super cool with a terrible colour on your head feeling lucky or something. I will never go back there again. Fortunately, another hairdresser just saved my hair from this mess. They couldn't stop laughing when they saw it at first and I can't blame them. And funny story : my friend (who had told me about this salon) went there two weeks ago. And the colourist did the same half highlights on 3 pieces of hair for 120€. I think this is a huge joke. read more

DO NOT GO: THEY WILL RUIN YOUR HAIR. The WORST experience I have ever had at a hair salon. I went in asking for a touch up of my very natural blonde balayage, the colorist was so slow that left me with stripes all over my head - the one thing I specifically said to strongly dislike. Completely incapable of handling curly hair, after 4h and EUR 200 she made me walk out with wet hair. The next day I went back for a toner to fix the disaster, they turned me into a brunette, never been so dark in my life. Attempt no. 3 brought me to an orange shade that is disgusting but at that point was so scared for the health of my hair that I left the salon after having brushed and blowdried my own hair. There was no way of talking to the person responsible until much later when I was promised to a full reimbursement and that she would call me back to fix an appointment. I never got a call back, I myself called back for a week and the person was always 'so busy' to take my calls. I hate my hair, wasted my time & money, was treated so unrespectfully and unprofessionally, NEVER AGAIN. read more

I loved it! The haircut I got at BLOW is wonderful. I have very thin hair, so it's not the easiest task to make it look good. I got good advice and am very satisfied with the result! They took their time to cut it properly and took into account what lenghth I wanted. It was hard to find a good hairdresser in Brussels, but I finally did. Thanks Marco & Russell. read more

Blow Hairdressing never disappoints. The team is friendly, the salon is relaxed and they really listen to you, rare in Brussels! They don't rush you in and out and I always leave feeling wonderful. Book in advance and bring cash, cards are not accepted. read more

One of the best hairdressers in Brussels! After trying multitudes of other places around town, I finally found my peace at Blow. The team is very expat friendly and seriously takes time to ensure that what they are doing is what you want. I've become so incredibly reliant on them that I don't trust my hair with anyone else - and this is from someone who used to go back to California regularly to get my hair done because of so many bad experiences in Belgium. Haffy, my wonderful stylist, understands my hair completely and provides great advice that doesn't just include buying their salon products. That being said, Blow uses label.m products (also used by Toni and Guy) which are really effective and seem to last a very long time. They have two locations now and they are both really nice places - spacious and calm with a seriously good collection of the latest English language magazines. My only gripe is the tea they serve - they are really tiny sachets and don't do much other than color your hot water accordingly... read more

Very simply: just DON'T GO THERE! Unless you like getting your hair totally screwed, obviously. First of all, too many different people work on the same person: they get confused because they're following so many at the same time. I had a consultation with the one who was supposed to take care of me first: I told him I had damaged hair, so I asked if it was possible to dye it anyway, and he said it was. Then i told him exactly what he was NOT to do, namely layering, as I really hate it: I just wanted a little trim, especially on the damaged bits. He left me with someone else doing the colour, which turned out to be too aggressive and my hair got even more damaged. He then went on on working on other costumers. By the time my hair was ready to be cut, he had clearly forgotten what I wanted. He started cutting like crazy, doing so many layers. Now, the thing is that I have a lot of hair, with a lot of volume: so, if you start layering it from above the ears, it will all go up, making me look like some sort of mushroom. He basically left me with a huge bunch of hair on the top and nothing at the sides and very ridiculous bits of hair on the back. Everything else was gone. Then, when blowdrying it, he put a lot of stuff on my hair, so that for that day it would stay down and straight (even though already horrible). When I started doing it at home, I realised the size of the disaster: i basically had very short and damaged hair, with ridiculous wavy bits on the back. It was making me cry every time I was trying to style my hair in the morning. I resisted for about 10 days, with my hair always tied up with loads of bobby pins (ridiculous indeed), then I went to a different hairdresser and had to pay an awful amount of money for a repairing treatment that would prevent my hair from falling off (yes, it was that bad!) and loads of extensions (natural ones and with keratine, which doesn't damage hair, as it's naturally in it), just to be able to go out of my house and avoid feeling ashamed all the time. So, this is definitely a HUGE NO! If you love your hair, avoid them like the plague! read more