I was searching North York for a descent men hair stylist to bring some joy to my autistic son. I was looking for a place that is familiar with Pompadour style, which is one of the classics and offered by many salons in downtown Toronto. I was already ready to go downtown, when my Google search showed Duzz salon in North York that offers exactly this style among other classic ones. I was very excited for my son and I immediately booked online. I was offered 3 names and I selected Duzz thinking that if a person puts his own name as the title of his business, then that person has at least his best intentions and qualifications to do the proper job. The booking system asked for a description and we wrote "side-part Pomp fade, very short".
Alas, my visit to Duzz hair salon happened to be the biggest mistake in my 25 years of visiting different hair salons in Toronto, especially for my son who now got into an inconsolable rage state for the last 24 hours. Looking into the last 3 images below, you will understand why.
I paid top dollar for the service ($60 with the tip), but witnessed an unprecedented dilettantism in haircutting and only noticed that when I got home: MY SON'S HEAD WAS COVERED IN A VERY THICK LAYER OF THE GLUE-LIKE PRODUCT (SEE THE FIRST 5 PHOTOS BELOW) AS A COVER-UP FOR A SUBPAR JOB. Then I looked more closely and realized that this is not Pompadour style at all. This was a sloppy, amateurish attempt to cover utmost ignorance in the BASICS of haircutting. What Duzz did was to just slick back all the hair with a ton of product with MINIMAL haircutting.
I know that many people will have a hard time believing that a salon SPECIALIZING in classic hair styles may render such a subpar service so I created some photos immediately after I left the salon and ONE day after.
I must say that I should have become suspicious immediately when I entered the salon 5min before the appointment time. Instead of the usual greeting, me and my son were greeted with an attitude?! We were immediately asked if we entered the note on the online form and I confirmed we did. This style was what my autistic son wanted the other day and I remember thinking how smart it for Duzz to offer customers the option to briefly explain what the customer wants.
Here is 5 photos of what this "Pompadour" looked like immediately after we left the salon:
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And here is how the "haircut" looked the very next morning:
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Customer beware ! Please, do yourself or your loved one a favour and go anywhere else but Duzz. EVEN IF YOU DO THE HAIRCUTTING YOURSELF, YOU WILL DO MUCH BETTER JOB THAN DUZZ. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED. read more