Recently came back to get a global lightening done and was sooo insanely happy with the results. I had gone to a different salon to try to get this color and paid close to the same price with bad results. The global lightening took about 2 hours but went by quick. I had no issues with booking through vagaro and Monica replied back quick when I reached out on insta with my inspo pics. Monica is crazy talented and I love how knowledgeable she is about hair. She doesn't mind questions and is always recommending the best products. This time I felt like the price I paid was well worth every penny. Two times was enough to convince me to never go to another stylist, Monica is the best!! read more

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She absolutely fried my hair back in 2023 and my hair is still trying to recover from it fully. For context I came to her for a color correction because my hair turned green. My hair is 3b/3c, it's pretty strong, but my condition was weak at the time because I did a color remover/oops that I told her about. She was aware as I shared all this information with her. She was going to make a tiktok video and seemed super excited to do it. However when she started the bleaching process and J continuously shared my concerns of over bleaching my hair she completely disregarded them. Instead she insisted on continuing to bleach my hair. I asked her to trim it but the least she could've said is she didn't know how. She never posted me on tiktok because she FRIED my hair. I will never ever recommend her to anyone. She never apologized but Ididnt expect her to. My hair is thankfully much better now but i lost half the length i used to have. I regret ever coming here because someone advertised that they could fix a color correction in one day. Never again. read more

I have been visiting Monica for years and I would recommend her to anyone. She has taken care of my hair from bleach blonde, to jet black. She has made me feel comfortable and confident in changing my hair and has walked me through the process every time. read more

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To be honest she is very talented(Last year she did a fantastic work on my hair; that's why I wanted to come back) on the work she does, nothing is going to take that away, BUT it's s wrong to feel entitled or to not take seriously your customers time. I wanted to have a color work for my birthday so I took the time and book in advance to be ready, and so it came the FIRST text cancellation on my Saturday 9am appointment like an 1 hour before, she said she had a cough... I understood, and thank goodness I had more time, so she asked to reschedule and I did, well, guess what, once again she texted just 2 hours before my Saturday appointment that AGAIN she woke up with a cough. I am attaching the screenshots and let the customers decide whether this is unprofessional or not. Although I do like her work never again will I go back. read more

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I love my hair! I had permanent brown hair dye previously and she was able to get me to a beautiful ash blonde. I had always went from brown to blonde, back to brown and so on. so I always know that my goal blonde hair will take 2 sessions. She was also able to recommend great products to maintain my hair. Monica was very nice and outgoing. 10/10 read more

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I truly don't even know where to begin with how dissatisfied and angry I am with this hair studio. I reached out to Monica via Instagram and text message on May 28th. I didn't hear back from her till June 22nd. I had already booked with another stylist but had to cancel due to a last minute upcoming trip, so I decided to go forth with Monica in hopes she'd be available before my trip. She answered a couple of my questions and let me know she was available for the days I was interested in. She said she would get back to me that night with a time--never heard back that night. Simultaneously I realized she posted an Instagram story about upcoming availability dates and so I messaged her again letting her know the day and time I wanted. She replied asking for my name and number, which I processed to giving her. I didn't hear back with a confirmation till this day. I actually went to her studio on my "appointment" day since it's nearby-- and there was NO ONE there. On a weekday. In the afternoon. I've called and messaged multiple times and radio silence. I've never in my life witnessed a business run soooo pooorly and lack tremendously in communication and customer service. It's honestly a shame because her work online looks great, but I'm definitely never trying to make an appointment here again and warning anyone who's serious about getting their hair done here. Monica-if you're reading this- I don't know you and so this isn't personal but when you have a business in the heart of old town and a good following on social media, there's a standard you must uphold. Regardless of what you're going through, customers are expecting what you promise to offer. I wish you well in your business because according to some reviews this wasn't a one time occurrence and it appears you have yet to master the reigns of running your own business. You've clearly taken in more than you can handle. Good luck. read more

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In response to your response Monica, I did express dissatisfaction with my hair. There is no need to lie. Products are used but not $250.00 plus worth. You didn't even meet in the middle. I have texts and pictures proving that YOU did not provide the service that was asked for. You made my hair several different colors. You and I know very well I was a WELL paying customer (I pay my stylist $350.00 plus for a service. When you're investing in your hair you should at the very least consider that people choose you to provide a service they will be satisfied with. If not what is the point? What's the difference in box dye? If you are going to decide whether I like it or not? The only reason I did not take you to small claims court is because you are a young business owner. The next time you may not be so lucky if you continue to treat your customer the way you do. Best of luck to you. read more

I started following Monica on Instagram in November 2019. I knew I wanted her to do my hair ever since, I then entered her "E-Girl" hair contest in summer of 2020 and I won and was able to get this service for free of course! Here is the before and after for that and then the next services I got. I had a high lift dye from another salon that was absolutely atrocious and I talked to Monica about my end goal being a light purple blue-ish color and she told me I would need 2 foilayage sessions to achieve my goal and that's what we did. We did the color the second session, you can see my blonde in the pics from the first and second sessions. I love going to Monica, she's super nice and she's accommodating to her guests and she does a great job every time. I was having a time constraint for my vivid foilayage session and I texted her the day of, and she told me to come in earlier to accommodate me. I have recommended her to all of my friends and they've all left the salon with their hair looking just like their inspo pictures. Her pricing is also very good for the area. She also provides snacks and refreshments if you would like some. She is young and she is learning more about owning a business everyday. I couldn't imagine dealing with the stress she does owning her own business at 23. Her salon is so cute and she sanitizes each seat and area before every client so it makes me feel safe about COVID. She's amazing and I love having her as my stylist! For my hair having gone through two rounds of foilayage it feels so healthy there has been very minimal breakage. She told me the steps on how to take care of my hair to keep it soft and healthy. It's still super soft and healthy and I can't wait for my next appointment in May when I have to go blonde again for graduation. read more

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I was incredibly disappointed by my experience here, especially considering the $350+ I paid for the cut and color. I had to come to the salon three different times in order to fix mistakes done by the stylists, and was told there is a strict no refund policy despite never signing anything agreeing to it. Visit 1 - I asked for a balayage with pops of brighter blonde, ultimately blended and seamless to be able to grow it out in the coming months. The front pieces ended up being very drastic compared to the rest of my hair, so Moni kindly offered for me to come back to have them toned down if I still felt this way the next day. Once I got home and played with my hair a bit, I saw tons of very harsh lines of demarcation throughout my hair and was shocked. Visit 2 - When I showed Moni the problem areas the next day, she said this was a mistake by her assistant and she would talk with her about this and fix me up. The front pieces were toned down really nicely and I assumed the rest was blended out and taken care of. Again, as I got home and was able to look more closely, there were still harsh lines throughout the under-layers of my hair. At this point, I'm very frustrated and reached out to Moni asking for some kind of refund for these ongoing mistakes. This is when I was told about the no refund policy and was asked to come back in to fix it (again) and was offered a tiny Olaplex product for my troubles - which communicated that these mistakes and my many inconveniences were worth approx. $20 at the end of the day. Visit 3 - Moni immediately passes me to her assistant to fix my hair again. This was confusing considering she said her assistant was the one who messed up the first time. Once I'm getting blow dried, Moni asks if I can just get a rough dry since she has other clients and only two blow dryers. When she comes in next to quickly piece through my damp hair to check the work, she mentions something over the blow dryer like "...want you to check after since you have hot vision", as if the mistakes being fixed were due to my pickiness/preference. At this point, it's clear that I'm not being treated as if my time, money, and patience is of any value. So so disappointed. I'm very regretful to have spent my money here. There are plenty of other salons that can do a better job, especially for the cost. Highly recommend looking elsewhere. read more

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First, does it look like a $270 hair service to you guys! It looks like a cheap old balayage/hair dyed box! She did say my hair has somewhat warmth tone due to my old color but she didnt say I need 2 sessions in order to achieve the color I wanted before we started. All she said was she would try to see how light my hair would be! The only time that she mentioned about 2 sessions was when she washed my hair. She didn't give me options to choose from, she TOLD me like I had no choice. If I knew my hair would look like this I should have gone with darker tone! And even my hair needs 2 sessions, my hair shouldnt look brassy like this! read more

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Monica is the best for hair correction! She knows exactly what she is doing and knows how to achieve the color you want without damage. She is honest and will not fry your hair! I would highly recommend! read more

I've been to Moni's hair studio before and I've been dying to go back to get my hair done but because of the pandemic, I had to wait an extra 4 months. Monica is seriously the SWEETEST girl alive! I trust her with my eyes closed! She's such an easy going person, and super cool to talk to. I love it when she gives me advice on how to take better care of my hair. I highly highly highly recommend her! Don't trust the negative reviews! Give her a chance and you will not be disappointed. I'll forever be a client! read more

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If I can give zero stars, I would. I been a loyal client when I first decided to go to her salon back in April 2019, I dyed my hair with her for about 2 years. I never dyed my hair and looking at her social media, she did a beautiful job on blonde hair which I decided to go blonde with her only. Anyways, I called her salon phone on Thursday September 9, 2021 and asked her is it possible if I can come in a little earlier on my scheduled appointment which was September 15, 2021 at 9am. I also emailed her 2 days before I made this phone call due to starting a new job which was at 1pm that day. I let Monica know that I will let her know later on in the day if I can speak with my manager at my job to ok me coming in later, which my manager did ok it. I later sent her a text message later that day on her WORK PHONE saying I would be ABLE to come in for my appointment. Anyways, I walked into her salon on September 15 and find out she never canceled my appointment, only to delete the reservation and replace my appointment with another client's without letting me know. She insisted if I can come in another day when I specifically asked my manager if I can take off this day Sept 15th while I was on her SALON CHAIR SITTING READY TO GET MY HAIR DONE. She asked the other client but client had to travel afterwards. Monica, you're suppose to let your clients know that you canceled their appointment and not assume that they want to cancel. I asked you 1 simple question and you assume I decide to cancel my appointment which I NEVER stated. Do better. Don't act like you're so confused when another client walks in 5 minutes later saying she has an appointment same time and day I did, as if I never made the appointment, I did make the appointment. I have pictures attached about everything including the appointment. Just say you deleted the reservation cause that's exactly what you did, didn't even bother to confirm about "cancelling" the reservation. I messaged you on instagram the last time you did my hair as well. You burned my forehead with the straightener the last time I came to you, I never even at least got an apology for it. You never follow up with your clients who spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars for your work. I tried emailing you, calling the salon phone, dm via instagram, send a text message on your personal phone and I get no replies from any contacts. I recommended you to my friends as well years ago. I wanted to see your business grow with your amazing talent, but I will never recommend or go to you ever again. I was more than patient but this just struck the line for me. For any client who wants to go to her, just beware. She won't contact you in time or probably not ever. No matter which way will be the best way to contact. I tried everything. Work on your professionalism and contact your clients back in a timely manner. You even posted on your Instagram about stating how your work doesn't take any shorter than "4+" hours and saying how clients said your work is expensive. All I asked you was how much would it be for the service. Even if it was never about me I just wanted to let you know that I only asked a question regarding your prices. I never interfered about your prices and I love how you posted about it the day and time of my appointment. Even if it wasn't about me I just found it very coincidental. Anyways, good luck to any client who decides to get serviced by her. UPDATE: she blocked my phone number on her salon phone cause she knows she f'd up. UNPROFESSIONAL. read more

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First of all to tell Monica is really talented. I was first time back in October and she did amazing job. But she is so unprofessional. I usually don't write reviews especially negative ones but she was wasting my time for weeks. I booked in advance and she confirmed appointment. It was really important for me to have that week because I had important events. She texted me on day of my appointment that she doesn't feel well and to reschedule for next week. I was ok with that because it happens. It took her days to answer on my calls and texted to rebook again. And it happened again. On the day of appointment same text saying she is still sick. I was really disappointed but understand the situation. Especially it was last minute and I couldn't find any available hairstylist for that events. Monica schedule me appointment for the other day and she didn't show up. She didn't call or text. Nothing. I have never experienced this level of unprofessional service in my life. She was wasting my time for weeks. I was really patient. But at the end I was fooled. So save your time and trouble. Do not book with her. read more

If I could give negative stars I would! Do not waste your time! I booked almost a month out and the morning of I get a text stating moni didn't feel great and that she had a cough. No big deal, we are all human. I immediately text back asking when can I get rescheduled. NOTHING. No response. I understand people get sick I really do. A few hours go by I still haven't received any type of response. At this point I'm frustrated because I had to cancel plans. So I texted back and said that I wanted to cancel everything and not to worry about rescheduling. When you cancel with someone give them at least 24 hours heads up. I would have been completely understanding. Not even 10 minutes goes by and she responds telling me I'm disrespectful and glad I'm not her client and that she has food poisoning. Wasn't it a cough? Like what?! What makes it even worse is she was posting on her instagram different videos and being at the pool. Don't waste your time with this one. What business owner does this to her clients? read more

There's a reason why people took the time to leave 1 star review on this page- SO BEWARE! (also don't fall for the good reviews because she gives money off if you leave her a good one) I scheduled a hair appointment two weeks in advance for 1030 on a saturday. the MORNING of at 9 AM I get a text from Monica saying that she isn't feeling good and that we can reschedule this week- great. so I asked to reschedule ASAP- and get ZERO response. texted again, nothing. i figured (maybe) she's just sick and not paying attention to her phone. until i see her posting more hair pictures.... i text her asking when we can reschedule like she said for the following weekend and she tells me that she is booked the following weekend, closed the next 2 weekends and doesn't do anything after 5 after I already explained I can't do anything before 5. what a JOKE!!!! how a business owner can cancel on a client an hour and a half before their appointment , completely disregard re-booking them, and then not make time to reschedule them?? don't waste your time- or energy on bad people like this. trashy gal read more

Listen to the bad reviews - save your time and money. I created an account just to write this review because of how upset I am with my experience with Monica. - Unprofessional - Overpriced - Will cancel on you - Lacks communication (leaves your questions unanswered) - Horrible at cutting hair - Has poor customer service - Unorganized Tl;dr - If you want to regret your decisions, go here. read more

I received a balayage and haircut from Monica. In the moment, I thought she did good work but after a couple of months and the more I've learned about hair, the more I realize that wasn't true. First, she lifted my hair to the absolute maximum it would allow and I soon learned that was a mistake. For the first couple of weeks the color looked how it did in the salon. Naturally, it began to turn orange and I followed her instructions and used the products she recommended as well as came in for toners. Even after that, my hair would turn brassy way too quickly that I began to hate it. During those toner appointments, I spoke to some of her other clients that had the same issues so that should have been a red flag. I ended up hating the balayage Monica did so much that I went to another hairstylist to fix it and I have not experienced any of the problems that I did with Monica - and it has been months longer. She is talented in blonde work but her style is mainly fixated on one shades. For instance if she did a full red or full blonde it would come out nice but you would have to take so much care of it at home and at the salon. If you want a variation of. a blonde (like bronde, honey caramel brown, etc) then you will end up getting only blonde. She cut my hair well (I just asked for the dead ends to be cut off and face framing layers) but she did not know how to blow out my wavy hair. I went home with frizzy hair and wavy roots. This was in her Old Town location (before she moved to Del Ray) and it was only her and her assistant who was still learning. another client had walked in as she was blow drying my hair, but instead of taking her time straightening my hair with salon quality she left me worse off than what I can do at home. Overall, if your goal is to be a high maintenance blonde then I recommend Monica. If you have anything other than straight hair, want a low maintenance color, or a want anything other than blonde hair then I would not recommend Monica. read more

I'd come back but I'd only go back when she's in another place. Her studio now is small and by small I mean SMALL. I sat there for almost 3 hours, I ran out of things to look at, basically just a wall to look at. I also unfortunately left with color all over my shirt. My hair was beautiful after and got some recommendations on what shampoo to use after. Would consider to give 5 stars but the attention to details/clutter in a such small space would be my negative mark read more

My go to stylist!! She takes her time and knows what shes doing. Managed to revive my hair after box dyeing it. My hair was dead and dry and she made it healthy again! read more

I got a haircut for the first time with Monica at her studio and I completely loved the experience! She gave me great suggestions for what I wanted and it ended up being better than what I thought, she was fast and surely did a great job! Thank you Monica, I am so pleased!! read more

I hadn't had my hair done in about two years and was desperate to find a perfect person to bring my hair back to life. One of my social media friends recommended me Moni's Hair Studio. I went for a consultation appointment and showed her a picture of what I was looking for. Right off the bat she knew what I wanted and told me which service to book. I went in for my hair appt in very late December and was so happy & I'm still very happy with my hair! I felt much more confident and absolutely love my hair. I also had a lot of grays which she was able to cover up. I will definitely be going to her for my future hair appts. She's so energetic and you can tell she loves what she does. I've added pics but they're blurry because they're screenshots of the screen recorded video of her IG story from when I had my appt. read more

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Omg !! I love my hair . Perfect hair color . Monica did a awesome job . For sure i will be back .

I've been to Moni's Hair Studio three times and she always gives me what I am looking for! I trust her with my hair and wouldn't book with anyone else. Very friendly and welcoming too! She also always has great recommendations that help maintain your hair. read more

So, I've been coming to Monica for now 3 years and she's the only one that can get what you're asking for. She's very knowledgeable, she tells you her opinions and she will listen to yours to come up with a game plan. I highly recommend her! read more

I want to start off by saying that I trust Monica completely with my hair (she took my hair virginity) and I have never regretted one bit since then. She is very talented at what she does and she is very couscous about keeping your hair as healthy as possible, she always leaves my hair shiny and dimensional and BEAUTIFUL. Can't wait for my next appointment! read more

Monica is an amazing hair stylist! She always prioritizes the health of my hair and has done wonders with reviving my dry, bleached hair. She also has a "good hand" for cutting hair. My hair grows fast and healthy every time after she cuts it! read more

Last time I did my hair I loved the turn out I can't wait to do it again this Saturday