Now at first they put us down for the same girl, which I thought was odd, like I hope this isn't some kind of ghetto salon, where they keep switching you back and forth. That's one of the main reasons I avoid black hair salons like the plague. I know, I shouldn't overgeneralize, but I black business owners, GET IT TOGETHER. end rant.
Anyways, we arrived at SHi after passing right by it, it's in the heart of downtown STL, and situated right on the street, if it weren't for the red door, I never would have seen it out of the corner of my eye, as I passed it. Parking is virtually non-existent, as far as a parking lot anyway. There is street parking and of course meters. Meters?!! Say what now, I have to pay to park to get my hair done...I fed that meter like 4 dollars. Good thing my appointment was in the afternoon. It tickled me a little because there are few businesses around SHi and I was wondering why they would be giving tickets to anyone with all that space and opportunity. Who knows?
We walk in to the lounge area and the receptionist girl is on the phone...sounded like a personal call to me but whatever. She welcomes us, and tells our stylist we've arrived. Right on time, 3:45. [I guess I should mention here, that I was called the day before and notified that the stylist I was booked with really didn't do natural hair styles and that I would be switched to Toqa, but that my appointment would have to be moved up 45 minutes...ummm o.O. I reiterated time and time again that I lived 1.5 hours away from the salon so I wouldn't be arriving early. Kinda messy] I noticed that it was a little hot...read a lot, warm in the salon, and they were offering bottled water. Nice. I declined at first, but had to take them up on that offer later, because sweat was literally pouring down my back. Weird. They had industrial fans blowing and a ceiling fan, but it struck me odd that this seemingly upscale salon didn't have AC accommodations. I'm from the south (NC) and I don't do HEAT. It makes no sense to get a blowout and sweat it out all at the same time, but I digress. Anyways, the receptionist had us fill out paperwork, demographics and brief information about our hair and how we heard about the salon.
Our stylists came to greet us and show us a tour of the salon. [they are currently remodeling, so painters tape, and random stuff was around everywhere] Our stylists were dressed in all black...professionally...eh. I assumed it was casual Friday. Quick assessments of our hair was done, followed by what we wanted done, and how to achieve it. I got a comb out, ends trim, detox shampoo, deep condition under the dryer, and then blow dry, with flat twist out, and fro-hawk. CUTE [at this point my hair was still wet, after sitting under the dryer for 30 minutes]...regardless I was ready to go, and with natural hair it really doesn't matter.
All in all the salon visit was just....okay. The salon seems to be situated in a not so busy area, but they really need to work on the remodeling, and the air...I can't stand being hot. The stylist and everyone there was nice, and I've never seen any covet hair as thick as mines. Next salon trip...
Christopher Stevens Salon....I'm thinking highlights!
