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I first noticed Juliet's when walking to work on the Queensway, and as a white girl who has very kinky, curly, frizzy, poofy, dry, textured hair, I noticed their specials board which included relaxing treatments and decent prices on hair extensions.
Eventually, with an upcoming wedding and a dire need for pretty, long hair, I headed in.
The shop is a bit worn-looking, with harsh lighting and very old, white shelves. There is absolutely nothing pretty about Juliet's -- it is a functional shop, to say the least.
But it is well stocked both with standard favourites and the newest products. There are also as many shades and variations on extensions as there are in a fractured prism!
If you head downstairs, you'll find the basement portion of the shop is dedicated to all things hair extension and weave.
I had a bit of an unfortunate encounter with a sales lady down there. I was going in to find auburn-hued hair extensions with a curly, tough texture (read: white chick 'fro). I had asked upstairs, and they told me that more "textured" extensions were downstairs, and thence I headed.
The woman was very polite, but told me that unfortunately, the hair downstairs was for women of colour, and wouldn't suit me. I pointed out that Lauren Hill and I had the same sort of hair, but she politely declined to sell me anything, as my hair wasn't, as she said, "black" hair. Thinking she knew best, I headed up stairs and purchased "white" hair.
Fly Girls is the hair salon around the corner from Juliet's, but owned and managed by the same people. When I went in for my appointment to have the hair threaded in, the woman who was doing my hair asked why I had purchased straight hair.
I explained my encounter to her, and she was very frustrated, and apologised profusely that I was treated "in such a manner". I wasn't really fussed, but she personally headed over to Juliet's, returned the straight hair and purchased the correct textured hair for me, from the downstairs section. She really went above and beyond that way, which was great.
I don't think my experience was an entirely negative one, as the woman who refused to sell me hair was after all just trying to give me good service and the product she believed was right for me.
Juliet's also have an in-house eyebrow threader which I've used. If you are picky about your brows, please don't use this woman's services. She did a fine job on my brows, as in, they were a nice shape, and there were no stray hairs. Also, at £5, the threading service at Juliet's is much cheaper than anyone else.
But I specifically asked her to leave my brows thick, and when she finished, they were so thin I had to pencil them in afterward. All minor issues.
Juliet's is a fab place to get all the beauty products you need, and even the ones you never knew you needed.