Had an appointment with Ciera M. For full highlights. Will never go back to this salon due to the experience I had with her. To start she asked me what I was wanting to do..I was confused because I made the appointment online and it was booked for a full highlight but people get there and change their mind sometimes so I didn't think too much of it. Then she starts asking if I lift well and what level my hair is...I'm a client not someone who went to beauty school to be able to answer those questions. I explained to her that I've been getting baby lights when my hair was long, but being that I recently cut my hair short, I just wanted a regular full highlight done. She does have good energy about her and we were talking the whole time she was doing my hair and I hadn't even realized how much time had gone by. My appointment was at 11:15 I believe and a little after 1pm I was still getting foils which I thought I was a really long time. Around 1:30 we went to the bowl to do my hair and I was back there for so long that my neck started to hurt but I was too nice to say anything. She first washed my hair and then put a mask on it and left it in my hair for about 15 mins then came back and then put toner in my hair. Now you cannot have toner in your hair for too long otherwise you turn silver. She even said I didn't need to have it on my hair for more than 2 mins since I didn't have a bunch of hair to nourish. 15-20 mins went by before she came to wash it out of my hair!!! I heard her talking to her co workers because around this time is when additional stylists were I guess clocking in for the day. My guess is she forgot I had toner and not a mask in my hair or forgot in general because she was too busy talking to realize. She then takes me back to the chair and asks me what I think about the color....my hair was soaking wet so it's impossible to give an opinion at this point and she also realized that after asking and apologized. She sections my hair off for the blow dry then ends up having to take it down because she forgot to put heat protection on my hair. While she's blow drying, I notice the bottom of my hair looking just as dark as it was when I came in, only difference Is there are a few SILVER threads of highlights. I had to stop her from blow drying to tell her that I was dissatisfied at what my hair looked like and I felt honestly I was blonder when I came
In for the appointment and she said "really?". Then tells me she did baby lights on me and due to how much root I had, it'll take another session to get rid of. I told her I did not ask for baby lights and wanted full highlights, to which she replied "oh". This explains why it was taking so long!! I told her to finish the blow dry for the whole head so I could see how the rest of the hair looked and the more she blow dryed and I saw my hair I was on the verge of tears. When she finished I said it was fine but truthfully I was so upset and didn't want any more interaction and she just wanted to leave. She prints out the bill and on my walk to the counter to pay, I looked at it and she charged me an additional $25 for an olaplex hair treatment I never even asked for, nor did she advise me of the mask's additional cost. If she had, I would've declined. I have olaplex at home that I use. I didn't even want to go back and get into that so I left. This was a day I was excited for because my birthday was in a few days and I wanted fresh highlights. I ended up getting the wrong service, color I wasn't happy with, being there for hours and add on charges. It took a few washes but I finally got the silver hue out of my hair and the blonde is not the shade I wanted despite showing Ciera a picture of the blonde I wanted. It also looks like I still need my roots done and when you lift up my hair, there is a lot of dark still. So upset. Never had this type of experience at ulta's salon and will not be returning to this specific location. read more