The Balayage Studio ✂

I am from out of town and here visiting for a couple of months. I decided to get a whole new style and color. It looked like Balayage was the place to go. I scheduled and went to my appointment expecting a new color and a new style. I showed a picture of the cut that I wanted but asked her to keep it a little bit longer than what the picture showed. When they were finished my hair looked a little bit lighter but the style was basically the same. I thought that once I got in the sunlight I would see a real difference in the color and that once I got back home and got my curling iron I could style it myself. Boy was I wrong! The color is a bit different. It is a lighter shade of what it was. See the pictures below. The first two pictures are before my appointment at balayage. The next two pictures are after my appointment and the last photo is the photo that I showed them as an example of the cut that I wanted. I paid over $400 and look like the color, cut and style are basically the same. I did call balayage, maybe a week later and explained that I didn't feel like there was anything different with my hair other than maybe a little bit lighter in color. I asked if I could come in and have bangs cut so that it looked like there was something different with my style. I was told that I could make an appointment and it would be $25 additional. I was also told that a link would be sent to me so that I could schedule an appointment online. The link never arrived.

New in town and this studio seemed to have good reviews and was close. My friend who was in town visiting and I booked appointments together. Yes, I had already bleached my hair once since I was going to do it at home but still needed to do it once more to even it out (after coming from a much darker color) and then tone it (I can do my hair personally but it’s always great when you can find a good stylist which is what I was looking for). So my friend suggested instead let’s just go get our hair done together. I figured why not and why bother evening it out myself if we were going to go together plus I still needed to tone my hair and wanted to add some low lights for contrast with a hair cut of an inverted sharp angled bob so I left my hair alone for the next couple weeks looking forward to my appointment. I did show inspiration pictures and had the owner Yaris do my hair thinking why not have the best right? After seeing the pictures she recommended we do a chocolate brown and bring it down with the blonde to achieve the look I wanted and then tone it for the contrast and add a smudged root. Sounds cute and fun right? Nope! What she did was tone my already bleached hair a blonde it isn’t an ugly color and my hair colors and bleaches very easily with minimal damage but she did a weird copper brownish shadow root that actually looked like I had a weird egg shaped dark circle on top of my head. I really wish I had taken a picture of this and how she wanted to leave it. No chocolate brown, no dimension, not even the angled bob cut I wanted. I even said sorry but this is horrible and it’s not even the chocolate brown like we discussed nor did it come down several inches to be a fun color shift. Think of the Jewish hat “yamaka” that’s what my head looked like. Certainly not what we discussed or anything like the pictures (don’t get me wrong I don’t expect exact outcome of a picture but come on!) she actually asked me “can you just live with it for a couple weeks?!!?” I was shocked and did say ummm… I guess if I have to I can put a hat on. It was bad.. both my friend and I said it was bad. I said to fix this it’s going to need some small highlights or something going through that shadow root to soften the circular contrast which she did do reluctantly to soften the egg hat look that I had on my head. The back didn’t look bad but it wasn’t half chocolate brown or what I asked for cut or color. This salon could be more engaging, made cozier, and honestly I think if you just want a very subtle highlight or an egg root thing this is your place. All in just shy of $500 Edited*** I took out the portion in my review of my friend’s experience because she made her own review about her experience. *** I have seen the owners response and even though we were respectful, we did speak up during our appointments when things weren’t how we asked for - cut and color hopeful to have it better before we left. Gray? In my hair? Haha well that’s a first nobody has said or noticed that before. I actually thought the owner was nice in person but after seeing her response to our honest paid experience it just shows the lack of professionalism and or desire to really want to make things right with her clients and their experience. Most people come to a salon to feel and look good and leave happy. The experience at this salon is certainly not that and you can tell by the owners own personal reply that client satisfaction isn’t a priority here so keep that in mind when considering trying this salon. Maybe a little focus on customer service training would go a long way here because most issues can be resolved with a bit of effort and respect.

I had such an amazing experience with Daisy at the Balayage Studio! She took so much time and care with my balayage, and she absolutely killed it. The blend turned out so seamless and exactly what I was envisioning. On top of being super talented, she’s just lovely to chat with and makes the whole appointment so comfortable. My hair looks better than it ever has—10/10 recommend booking with her!

I’m from Germany, and I never had the confidence to get my hair done there because I was always worried it wouldn’t turn out the way I wanted. After seeing Lizzie’s work and The Balayage Studio, I decided to book an appointment while I was …

I had some highlights done elsewhere that had turned out pretty streaky and higher contrast than what I wanted. Not only were they able to squeeze me in on short notice, but they made sure that I got the result I wanted with the least number of steps. Kaitlyn was fantastic and gave me a root smudge and couple of low lights to help blend and diffuse the color pattern a bit, helping the highlights look a lot more natural and intentional. I was in a bit of a panic at the state of my hair before, and they were able to turn it into exactly what I wanted from the beginning. Definitely recommend!!!