""i tried mika salon because even tho i LOVE my regular stylist i have had it with driving to petaluma from san ramon to see him. i brought pictures and was extremely clear about what i wanted....namely to get rid of all traces of red in my hair from the last crappy stylist i saw in san ramon and also to add some layers to my a-line bob. i said repeatedly that i liked my length and that i didn't want to go shorter. well it's been 2 hours since i got home and i'm still breaking out in tears every time i pass a mirror. my hair looks EXACTLY like the haircut dorothy hamill is famous for and even tho i've restyled it twice since i came home, there's just no bringing that hair back and i have never felt so hideous in all my life. i feel like she didn't hear a word i said AND that her cutting skills are severly lacking. my guess is that the salon suggested her for me because she needs to build her clientele and not because she does a lot of short modern cuts w/an edgy sensibility like i asked for. when she was finished, i expressed my displeasure and she attempted to flat-iron the mushroom shape down and made various excuses blaming the brush, the products, and me for wanting to add layers. she offered to cut more layers or take the length up higher to ""add volume and shorten the length in front""---the two aspects i was already unhappy with! i called the salon, after the walk of shame to my car, and while they did offer to have someone else take a whack at it free of charge, i have to say i have no confidence in a salon that would employ a stylist with such outdated skills not to mention there's not much left to work with.
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