1 /5 Personal: I arrived at 12:15. I was not greeted until 12:50. I was left sitting there alone. Stylist had a “volunteer” washing my hair. The volunteer was very sweet and polite although she obviously was not a professional nor trying to be a stylist of any form. After washing, volunteer gave me a Steam/Hydration Treatment and placed me under the dryer for 45 minutes. No one came to check on me but the volunteer. Another 30 minutes passed so I gave in and peeked around the corner. There were 3 ladies just sitting there conversing, loud, ghetto and speaking explicit. Stylist “Tamekia” stated that she will be right with me. 30 minutes later stylist arrived at the wash bowl. I was confused. Why would you wet my hair after you just finished drying it? She replied, “it’s ok” then directed me to her styling chair. I sat in the chair and Tamekia began to spray my hair with a minimum amount of leave in conditioner then proceeded to blow out my hair, which was still 100% dry! The conditioner did not help. Let me advise you I have super thick, kinky, natural “4c hair”. When I questioned the stylist, she became irate and asked me if I would like to reschedule. I declined and began to diffuse the situation. I explained to her that I was not trying to be rude in any way, I’ve just never seen a stylist perform a blow out on dry hair. The way my hair was “crackling”, it was obvious she was damaging my hair! Her response was she can refuse service to whoever she may please and that she will send my money back. I sat there to make sure I was refunded yet Tamekia acted like as if my information was wrong and she did not know how to use Zelle. I even took the high road and apologized for any miscommunication when I could have gotten ignorant. I’m a young corporate professional myself, I let her know that we are all adults and confronted her on the situation, yet all she could say in defense was, “The vibes were not right for new clients and began to explain that it was something within her, not me, and to not take it personally.” What does a “vibe” have to do with doing your job? Imagine arriving to your job/career and then leaving and when they ask why, “because the vibes are not right”. The salon looked ghetto and her work looks amateur so it was not even worth going that route. She also has a small dog that she allows to run freely around the “salon” that jumped in my lap several times. I’m allergic to dogs! Tamekia cancelled my appointment on Style Seat so I couldn’t leave a bad review. 4 hours of my time wasted. If you don’t know how to properly care for natural hair, or just didn’t want to do the work, just say that! I saw the reviews on Google but tried to give Tamekia the benefit of the doubt, I wish I had listened. Save your time, your money and your natural hair and book elsewhere. Dallas is the wrong place to have that attitude, especially on the South Side. Karma is real and eventually she’ll learn her lesson.
