I will start by saying that everyone seems very very nice. I tried to give them multiple shots and everyone was very friendly. I do think they should work on maintaining professionalism but I know things are more laid back in a small town.
My overall experience/rating:
They have some nice people, nice products, and nice decor. For the level of service they provide, however, their price points are waaaay too high. If I'm going to be charged urban/city prices, I would expect to be offered a glass of wine or cappuccino and get a cut/color/whatever that is top notch. My cuts there were adequate. Most stylists seem to be 'in training' (so don't charge as much). My color was not what I asked for (I wanted my fabulous partial highlights from my last salon in Philadelphia to be matched....if you can't figure out how to do what I ask for don't try to fake it and lie your way out of it. Tell me you can't do it). And when I called and asked how often she (the owner) does keratin treatments and I was told 'all the time', I certainly didn't expect my hair to be burnt off and DESTROYED. I wanted a keratin treatment (not the brazilian blowout but a keratin treatment) bc I've had them before in Philadelphia and they made my hair AMAZING. Silky smooth, dried in a snap after a shower, 0 time styling (i could just wake up and go). Loved it. NOT in any way what Loxx provided. My hair has been HELL since they finished with me. I had the treatment, went back the next day and let them know it was like helmet hair and not what it should be. They told me it would 'loosen up' and not to worry. I was already nervous bc after treatments I've had before, my hair was just perfect as I walked out of the salon. As time went on, it became evident that my hair had a bunch of stubble and that it was not healthy hair anymore (the protein chains were obviously shredded and my hair looked: frizzy frazzled kinky frayed all over the top portion of my hair. After multiple calls and stop bys, tracy finally talked to redkin. They told her she obviously left the treatment on too long. Okay. My expectations at that point, both from good business practices and from what she said to me: I expected a FULL refund ($338) and for her to do whatever it took for however long to fix the problem. What I actually ended up with was 2 conditioning treatments, shampoo/conditioner set, and a trim. And Eventually $300..... I tried to follow up with an appointment and she had the receptionist pass along that she didn't think I needed to come back and that my hair was fine. She hadn't seen me in a month. How could she possible know? Tracy tried to keep telling me that the hair might have felt course but that it definitely wasn't burnt off. Um, yeah, I have about 1.5 " of growth now all over the top of my head. You can see all the hair that had been burnt off. I also, even after spending a bunch of money on deep conditioners and babying my hair, still have the AWFUL damaged frizzy crap that she left me with. Particularly framing my face. You know, the thing that everyone automatically sees. I have to spend HOURS on my hair now when before perhaps 5 minutes would do. I was appalled that my hair was ruined. I THOUGHT she was in it for the long haul to do what was right and fix my hair. I am TICKED that redkin would endorse such a salon and they will certainly hear from me as well. It will probably be more than a year before my hair recovers. AT LEAST. I can't believe it. I always loved my hair and felt proud of it. Now it makes me want to cry everytime I touch it. I'm super self conscious about it and it is super high maintenance now. It's awful.
Like I said, everyone is suuuuuuper nice there. Ethics and good business practices, however, no way. i know it sucks to have to give money back to a customer, but if I were a contractor and you paid me to build you a deck and the deck fell down, you bet you tooshie that I'd have to refund your money, pay for damages AND fix it in whatever way necessary to make you happy. Otherwise someone could sue you.
At this point, I would not let my hair near their hands again. I think Loxx should have to pay for me to get my hair worked on at another, more capable salon, of my choosing. read more