Tower Beauty Lounge — Local services in Cincinnati

This review is LONG overdue! Kassy has been doing my nails for years!!! She always accommodates my nail art requests regardless of how ridiculous they are, (I once asked her for a "mer-cat" [mermaid cat] themed manicure) and she has fun while doing it. Her technical skills are stellar and shes incredibly talented at free hand art as well. It's evident she loves the work she does and thoroughly enjoys helping others to feel their best whether it's a simple brow wax, a gel manicure whose only purpose is to make you feel like you have your life together or making a bride shine on their wedding day.

So, when Kassy opened Tower Beauty Lounge I was beyond eager to support her business and am still floored by what she has done with the studio space. She has created an incredibly welcoming, clean and relaxed environment with a gorgeous nature inspired aesthetic that is a safe space everyone can enjoy and be their authentic selves in.

Going to Tower Beauty Lounge reminds me of being a little girl and accompanying my late grandmother to her weekly blowout and monthly perm appointments where she and the other clientele would spend the whole day in the chair, let loose and just merely exist in the safe haven that was Shirley's Beauty Parlor. Tower Beauty Lounge is giving Truvy Jones' salon from Steel Magnolias with a nicer view. Looking back my experience going to the beauty parlor with my grandmother was quite a magical experience and I'm so elated to have a beauty safe haven of my own in Tower...

I really wanted to support this local woman owned business but unfortunately I cannot recommend them. My hair was cut by Kassy and it was a total botch job. I asked for just a trim to my existing long layers and I left with a shelf of hair on both sides of my face that was several inches shorter than the rest of my hair. No tapering or blending. It was awful. In addition, I was disturbed by the fact that she kept scratching some pimples on her face and then touching my hair throughout the appointment. She also used a flat iron to straighten my already stick straight hair prior to cutting it. There is no need for that. I only use heat on my hair a few times a year to curl it for special occasions. And lastly, she way overshared about her personal life during the appointment to the point that I was very uncomfortable. It was such a bad experience that I did not even go back to have them fix my hair and went to a different salon instead.

I see lots of positive reviews for nails and makeup by them, so maybe stick to those things-but don't book a haircut!

Edited to Add: The photos of my hair were taken just a few hours after getting home...

For our wedding I used Tower Beauty Lounge for my lash extensions and for mine and my bridesmaid’s hair. Maggie does lashes (and makeup too but we did our own makeup) and she does an amazing job. I’ve never had any kind of fake eyelashes before and my extensions were PERFECT! And they even lasted really well during our super humid Fiji honeymoon. I am now a repeat lash customer!

Kassy is the hair stylist and she’s super affordable!! No trial fee and the charge for the bride is the same as the bridesmaids!!! She did an amazing job on all of our hair. One of my bridesmaids has super thin hair and two had hair that doesn’t hold a curl and our hair held up all day and night long even in the wind!! I 1000% recommend these ladies for...