To be unhappy with this hair?

[Wouldyoubehappy123]

I paid £274 for this balayage yesterday. The hairdresser was keen to curl it as soon as we were finished, I assume to hide the unevenness. I asked for a blonde balayage but she explained that wouldn’t be possible in one session as my hair had dark brown dye on it. We settled on it being quite warm but I I was happy with that as a first step to blonde.
issue is, now I’ve washed and dried it, it’s SO BLOCKY. One side is definitely better than the other.
would you be happy with this balayage?

Did you get it done? How is it?

All done. Took 3 hours and I’m much happier with it. Here’s the before and after. It looks super brassy on the pic but it’s not that bad in real life. She added some more highlights, toned it and did a root melt. What do we think?

It does look better but there’s no way she should have made such a bad job first time around. Did she apologise/make an excuse for the bad workmanship?
And you paid too much, no wonder she didn’t want to refund you 😉

What is her page on Instagram?

Interesting turn of events.

It’s a lot better than it was but still
not great tbh.
if she fitted you in to fix at very short notice she can’t be that busy.
you’ve agreed to let her fix it and it’s definitely ok, but still not worth what you paid

don’t go to her again

I'd still want a refund, that's an appalling result for £300, even when rectified. I'd be horrified with that if I'd gone to a training evening at the local college and paid buttons, never mind several hundred.

No refund policy? I bet she does, however her unpublished refund policy doesn't supercede the law. This might be useful should you decide you're still not happy.

It does look better than before.
Are you happy with it?

I do think nearly £300 is far too much for what you have had done.
I have full head of highlights (including toner and olaplax) cut, blowdry amd style for £130. Takes around 4hrs.

I'd be interested to see her breakdown of £274 and what it is you are paying her for

Let her try and fix it - she's not a salon so asking for a refund is pretty extreme.

I'd say calling yourself a hairdresser and taking £274 from someone and letting them walk out of the door with their hair looking like that was extreme.

Honestly I can’t believe this has cost this much, it’s better but the whole point of balayage is it’s sun-kissed and natural looking, this isn’t that at all!

Its still very blocky, brassy and not blended well at all!

How on earth was it that price in the first place?!

No that's awful sorry. She doesn't know what she's doing. Go somewhere else. I have similar hair and mine never looked like that.

It’s much better but still not amazing. I’d ask for a partial refund. There’s also the stress and inconvenience of spending another few hours in the chair to consider!

Wow how much? I used to pay £150 for mine and it was very professional looking.

Do a chargeback with your card company and take lots of photos as evidence if they refuse to refund you (but ask first, including in writing via email so you have evidence) .

If you paid in cash, you probably have no chance if they say no. But again, you could try emailing their boss or CEO of the chain.

I am sorry to say that even the rectified result is pretty poor. Did they seem apologetic at all?

edit: just realised they are self employed. I would proceed to chargeback if they don’t refund you. And leaving a rotten review too.

Jesus…this is also terrible albeit in a different way to op, including the cut. I wish people who aren’t properly trained didn’t go in for doing their own balayages.

I’m sorry bits it’s still bloody awful.

Just hopping in to say that I think it now looks really good. Most importantly, do you feel happier with it OP? If not, I hope you find a way to get some redress from the hairdresser.

I'm sorry some of the posts here are so negative about how it looks now - I honestly like it a lot. If it was me I know I'd be worrying about how it looks for work etc. and I thought you might appreciate a positive view.

Nope - go back and complain

I think you should still be getting a refund!

It’s still not great.

I think it looks fine now it's been redone OP, nobody who sees it in real life would think anything else, people here just want drama x

You've paid an enormous amount of money to have your lovely silky hair fried, and to come out after it was "fixed" saying "it’s not that bad in real life".

I'd still be asking for a refund. The updated version isn't good at all.