I love Valerie. She has a 7 day guarantee on your haircut and she will redo it if you don't like…read moreit. She taught me how to best wash and dry my hair so it stays healthy. This is a fragrance-free salon which is wonderful for people who are allergic or sensitive to perfume, cologne, and fragrances commonly added to beauty products. It's pricey but worth it to me!

been getting cuts from valerie for decades. she is very careful to make sure she understands what…read moreyou want and is great about making comfortable conversation (this reviewer can sometimes be an eccentric person who can have trouble making conversation with folks who cut hair). plus the hand drying is like a spa treatment--if you've never had someone hand dry your hair--you're really missing something--you owe yourself this experience--it's luscious! very comfortable salon.

Have gone to Robin many times in the past and also had her do my hair and makeup for my wedding in…read more2018. Always great service and styling. Very knowledgeable about different styles and gives great at home styling advice.

I'd never been to the salon before, and it was a last minute call, but Robin was so accommodating…read moreand was able to get me right in. She was wonderful, very professional, and when i asked her for an opinion, she offered some terrific suggestions. She's a great stylist, color turned out beautiful, and i've already scheduled my next appointment.

I've been to Linds 3 or 4 times. She is one of the best hairstylists I've ever used. She corrected…read moremy color that another salon did for me. I even referred my hubby to her and he loves her too. She is professional and an expert at what she does. She is kind and very easy to talk to! I definitely recommend anyone to her.

Proceed with caution before booking any service with Transformations by Melanie…read more I booked an appointment for the first time with Melanie 5 weeks ago (10/9/20) for my daughter to get her hair straightened before we fly out of town for the holidays. I secured my time slot by paying $25 deposit at 10:30 am on Saturday 11/14/20. At the time I made the appointment, I called out in the notes section "This spot is for my daughter and her father will be bringing her to this appt. This is her first time doing a silk press." After receiving the confirmation email, this was the ONLY form of communication that was sent to me until I reached out the morning of my daughters' appointment. I sent a text message 1 hour and 40 minutes prior to inquire about Covid protocols and preferred method of payment for the balance, so that I can inform her dad. I didn't receive a response, so I called and left a voicemail 30 minutes later. At 10:30 am (the time of the appointment), I finally received a call back from Melanie and she proceeds to tell me that she is running late and sent me an email through her platform. Melanie is fumbling with her words to tell me she had phone issues and was probably in a bad reception area and did not see my message from earlier. Melanie inquires about my daughters' age. After I tell her, she then proceeds to tell me "ooh I don't do kids under the age of 13 and hope that clients are not having an issue seeing this when they booking an appointment." I explained when I booked this appointment, there was nothing on her website advertising an age policy. Otherwise, I would never book this appointment in the first place or bothered to leave a note in the comment section this appointment was for a child. Melanie then tells me that her deposit is non refundable and will not be returning my deposit. Instead, she offered that I can use the deposit on a service for myself. I declined because Melanie clearly has no regard or respect for other people's time after showing up late while my daughter and her father are waiting at her salon to show up. She has already shown me the level of service I should expect as a new client if I accepted her offer, which is absolutely unacceptable. As we were talking on the phone, I was pulling her up page to see this policy which wasn't on there initially, but by the time I refreshed the page it was magically updated. After I hung the phone with Melanie, I checked my email to see if her email went to my spam box and is wasn't there. Her FIRST communication to me as a new client was time stamped at 10:25 AM, 5 minutes before my daughter's appointment to tell me she will be at the salon around 11AM! I reply back to her email that it was unacceptable to not communicate with me at any point in time within 5 weeks to inform me that she does no longer accepts clients under the age of 13 AND keep my deposit. Her response below was just as appalling: "I'm sorry for your inconvenience. The policy that is in place has always been in place, I've never worked on children. I have a website with all the information needed to schedule a appointment with me. I did she your notes but I don't have time to make sure that every client has read the information needed before scheduling correctly, that's one reason for a website. Because I am a good person I tried to offer that you use the deposit towards a service for you and I didn't have to do that. My site has been up and has had the same information since September. Again I'm sorry for your inconvenience but I have ran a business for many years with no one feeling this way but again I'm sorry you feel this way. I'm also at a loss today because this appointment could've been someone else time. Have a blessed day." My daughter was really looking forward getting her hair straightened and was left disappointed. Now I was forced to scramble to find another stylist who could do my daughters' hair before our flight on Wednesday. If you are someone who values their time and money, do yourself a favor and seek out another stylist who will. No one should ever be treated this way. This is the most awful experience I have ever encountered with a hairstylist and do not want anyone else to deal with this type of abhorrent customer service.

I'm a 4C tenderheaded person, Melanie is informative, patient and comfortable she's the only…read moreperson I trust cutting, washing and giving me a silk press. Have I mentioned I've grown my hair over 6 inches since coming to her !! BOOK

I love this Salon. Marsha has been cutting and highlighting my hair for over 15 years. She is…read moreprofessional and does an amazing job every time.

Never had my hair colored and a friend recommended the stylist she uses... WOW!!! I have been back…read more4 times, the initial coloring of one strip of hair, then very small correction, then I added another streak same color with a trim, and now a touch up on the color (because I wash my hair everyday and wanted the original color fading was normal and not too extreme with the daily washing). Lindsay listened to my hair issues and was able to recommend a shampoo and condition that has actually improved the issue I was having with my hair. I am so happy with the results that I have been having with the improvement of my hair care. I do not like to trust people with my hair but now my hair has a special caretaker, thank you Lindsay.

Lindsay is amazing with color! She makes my gray dissapear and gives me the most amazing…read moretiny highlights that I just love. A blowout lasts for days! Highly reccomend her for cut and gorgeous color

Melissa styled my hair for my bridal portraits and also on the day of my wedding. She also styled…read morethe hair of my special guests and gave them all beautiful unique styles. My Matron of Honor and I went through many portfolios to find the best stylist and we found Melissa. Her updo's and ability to create interest on dark hair stood out from everyone else. After the trial hair run I decided to make a change for the day of the wedding and she was very happy to make it happen for me. She is a very lovely and friendly person. I have found her to be very easy to work with and great with time-management. Everything was beautiful and everyone was happy. Getting ready on the day of my wedding was very calm and easy. Thanks!!!

Melissa is an incredible makeup artist! She did makeup for 9 of us on my wedding day and everyone…read moreloved their results! She is personable, responsive and a pleasure to work with! Her products make you feel natural and light, I'm so glad I found Melissa after having a few unsatisfactory trials at other spots. I would recommend Melissa to anyone looking for a makeup artist or hair stylist!

I drove by Good to Go Studio a thousand times before finally spotting it one day. I hoped the…read morestudio took "walk ins" as I was desperate for an immediate haircut. Sure enough, Portia, studio owner, greeted me with a warm smile, had time to fit me in and had me take a seat. Portia is very talented and always knows just what I want. I'll take in a photo of the haircut I want and she gets it to a "tee". If I don't have enough hair for a particular style, we work together to grow, style, cut and in time, we get there. I hear she's equally talented with color application, though I've not had color treatment (yet). I've recommended friends who are "afraid" of seeing someone new and Portia "WOWS" them every time. Her rates are reasonable, she's established in a cozy niche in the North Loop area and is involved with bettering our community. She's working on expanding her studio, though sadly the remodeling project is at a temporary standstill. So, go see her, and tell all your friends. As soon as her expansion is complete she'll be offering massage and an array of other sundries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 082209: Whoever owns the building at 207 E 53rd Street is obviously an unfair, underhanded landlord. I went to Portia at Good To Go Studio for years. In the last year she was SO excited as she rented the opposite corner of the building and had TWO spaces leased. After a great deal of remodeling, expense, and sheer excitement at expanding her business, seems the landlord got a better offer from "new, other" tenants and greed overtook his morals. Portia was evicted from the shop with no notice, and lost all of her investments into the recent improvement and remodeling and the additional space she had leased. This totally sucks. I heard through the grapevine that Portia was renting a chair in some shop out at Lakeline Mall, which ended up being temporary. Latest news is that she and her teen son moved to Oklahoma. Portia you are greatly missed. I've made a personal desicion to ban whatever present/future businesses exist at 207 E 53rd Street. My apologies to those renters/businesses that rent from the building owner. Beware of this building owner, you never know...one day YOU might show up to run your business and told you must leave with no notice! My decision to BAN this building is the only way I know how to NOT patronize the owner of this building in any way whatsoever.