Dare To Be Noticed Salon — Local services in Inglewood

I typically hate going to the hair salon because there has always been a constant in my life: I break my neck to arrive on time/or early to still have to wait an indeterminable amount of time to be seen. I always go home to restyle my hair rather that looks like me pinning it up to a different side or creating a whole new style all together (I’m particular about these things). These constants don’t detour me from booking appointments though, I’m fairly used to it by now and accept it as inevitable but I would have to say the end results I received at Dare to Be Notice was something I’ve never experienced….

My experience is as followed

Results: I wanted a Flexi Rod set with my sides braided up to make a faux-hawk or just designed nice if I wanted to wear my hair up. The flexi rod set wasn’t 100 percent dry and didn’t have much of a hold for my texture hair so in the morning (after I slept with it in a pineapple with a scarf and I used a shower cap) my hair was frizzy and not really defined. It looked like an oily twist out with no bounce. I couldn’t really pin it into the Mohawk because it was so greasy so put it up and noticed the braids on the side were poorly designed. Very kidish and resembled something you would get if you were bout to get tracks glued in or sewn in….Over all it wasn’t a sustainable hairstyle and didn’t last past the night she did it. I got it done Wednesday thinking by Saturday my flexirod set would be bouncy and fluffy like the ones I accomplish but it was just really greasy, flat and not really want I imagined. Time:

Arrived at 5:51pm on a Wednesday and left at 11:27pm. It took me and hour and 13 mins to get there from my job in Westwood and took me 31 mins to get home at night back to Woodland Hills. So about 7 hours of my life devoted to a hair style that literally lasted a day…

Money: Well it wasn’t unreasonable but for the amount of time this hairstyle lasted it was completely not worth it. I was charged extra for the braids (about 110 for the entire style) and was not happy with the results.

Customer Service: Dei was my stylist and she was great personality wise. Everyone in the shop is friendly and the conversations were hilarious which made the time go by. I did call Dei the day after to try and tell her my dissatisfaction but ended up leaving a message about how I didn’t really like the braids and the flexirod set didn’t really last. Wasn’t looking for money or for her to redo the style but a recognition of my dissatisfaction would have been nice. I wouldn’t return as it was just too much time, distance, and money for a style that literally lasted my drive home. Plus my fiancé hated it (and he usually loves all my quirky styles).

On the plus there is plenty of parking on the street and...

I came in to get my hair dyed, and was told to reach out to Nadia by a coworker. I don't get my hair coloured often and my last colour was 8 months ago so I have pretty significant roots. For some reason, Nadia didn't dye my roots, which I didn't notice until the end because I could see she was covering my entire strands with the dye. When I saw the roots weren't done she said she "should have checked in first". I don't know why the assumption wasn't that I would want my whole hair dyed. I foolishly felt bad for her and figured I would deal with it. After sleeping on it, I still felt bad with my 8-month old roots and texted her to see if she could fix it. She accepted although she told me she would charge me again, albeit a little bit less, which I found a little distasteful since it meant paying twice for a single service. However the fix didn't happen either as Nadia ended up ghosting me. Serves me right for not requesting a fix then and there.

-- 3/26 After seeing my review on Yelp, Nadia reached out and pretended she had me booked for an appointment (the last text we had exchanged was me asking when she was available). I told her I wasn't comfortable being charged twice for her mistake, and she 1) lied by saying she was only charging for products used (she had said she would "only charge for partial highlights"), then consented to bringing the price down (half of 125, which she claimed is 75... she was determined to get me to pay more), and 2) she doubled down on not taking responsibility by claiming that having roots out is "a technique and a trend called ombré) as if I'm a moron and 3) ghosted again when despite it all, I figured I'd eat the BS additional cost.

All this for what? To save her pride? She couldn't just say she messed up and just fix it? Horrid,...

This review is is not directed at the salon itself but my experience with one of the stylists. I went to the salon’s “natural hair only” stylist for a braid up a couple months back and the appointment went fine with the exception of her asking that I come in at 8:30 in order to start her 10:00 client on time. I agreed and arrived at 8:30 but waited about thirty minutes while she worked on another client. While that was confusing it wasn’t a deal breaker. I was patient. The wash blow dry and braid went fine. I paid her with tip, and left. The actual braid she installed was satisfactory enough for me want to return when it was time. Fast forward, I tried to make another appointment with the stylist. I didn’t expect a problem, I called her on the phone, asked if I could schedule, she said she was on the way to the shop and would get back to me. She never got back that day so I followed up with a text. No reply. I wanted to get a braid done again soon so I made a final attempt to reach her on the salon phone. She answered and seemed to have no legit explanation to offer, so I was clear that I needed to move on. Maybe she was booked and busy for the summer, or maybe something else. Whatever it was, I just expected better. However, it all worked out, I found someone else to do the job, so...