I will start this review stating I am new, I made a quick, uneducated decision on a Saturday with the first open barbershop. This was an impulsive decision with the result to match.
I made an appointment for 4pm and showed up 10 mins early. Letâs just cut to the chase on environment. If you have ever been to a cook out or bbq, thats the vibe. No receptionist, no organization, just told to sit somewhere in the middle and someone would be out. I sat in a section no one would discern as waiting space. You are 2-3 feet from someone getting their hair done. There were multiple kids playing kickball and catch in the same space. A huddle of barbers are posted up to the side just chatting. Music is blaring but combined with the screaming kids, it was a distraction from the visual chaos.
I waited 5-10 after my appointment time and walked up the front to ask if there was someone I could talk to check in and was told the barber I was with was over somewhere they were vaguely pointing to. The barber asked another person to guide me to my barber and they vaguely pointed at someone in the direction without assistance. I walked over and stated I thought I was their next client and the barber asked if I had an appointment but didnât check anything. I was told to sit down and then he and someone else disappeared for 5-10 mins without a word or introduction. When he came back he immediately asked what I was looking for. I showed pictures and reference to what I was looking for. I was asking for a medium high skin fade and 1/4 inch off the growth on the top(I did this as preparation for the 1/2 I knew would come off. If I ask for 1/2 usually, a whole inch leaves my head somehow)
Side note: I am blind without my glasses but I can see what is falling around me.
The fade is decent. I asked for medium high. Itâs medium at best. He lined up my temples and forehead as well. That is where the compliments and good portions stop.
I watched 1-3 inches of hair fall from my head and the moment I realized, it was too late. I kept thinking that this is part of the process but the more I hoped the more I was in shock. The distractions of the barbers kid playing, running around, and falling off bar stools seemed to be captivating my barbers attention. Actual scissor were barely used. A majority of my head was cut with thinning shears. My thick lush hair was whittled down to a thinned out dad haircut. I didnât call this out bc once itâs off your head there is little they can do it remedy short of bonded extensions and this is clearly not the spot for that.
I paid full price, no argument. I tipped 25% bc I still believe in paying for work I scheduled. I arrived home with a need to style my hair and realized I had lost so much more than was expected. The back is noticeably gone having been chopped much lower than the rest. I canât even direction it down to my head to blend. The front is so much shorter than expected and I had a beautiful band of grey that flowed so well. Now it is a small strip and I am forced to push all my hair back into a classic slick back style. This was not anywhere close to what I asked for.
This is hair, this will grow back, the damage has already been done and I canât go back to undo it. Under no circumstances should you ever trust a barber whoâs babysitting at the same time. I am very disappointed. Perhaps not all the barbers are at the skill level Chi was but I will definitely keep looking for more before I trust the community rec center that is Scissorhand Design Studio. I went in wearing a hat and it looks like Iâll be wearing one for weeks further
Update: After trying to style this with different products I realized that the barber hacked off half my hair on my left side and essentially combed my hair over it. My hair isnât even on both sides.
Update: 2 weeks later and not a single person at the shop(stylist nor owner) has reached out to figure out what happened and rectify at all. They have 0 shame in their work. Full lack of...
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