I've been getting blonde highlights and my haircut all over this city for the past 6 years, jumping from salon to salon to find the right balance of talent/cost. Usually they do mediocre to good job the first time around, which grows out into something unexpectedly horrible and then they can't make anything good of it come the second time around (and they don't even know it!) And it goes downhill from there. Lush breaks the mold, by far. I have never received the amount of compliments on my hair as I do when I get it done there. I was even getting compliments 12 weeks after I had last been! My highlights lasted an incredible 16 weeks without looking horrendous (I kind of like the dark contrast, but also have naturally light hair). They had to do major damage control of cleaning up a horrible last haircut (too many uneven, short/long contrasting layers in my long hair) and fixing a golden/orange tone job from the previous stylist. They did this and so much more. The blonde was matched perfectly to compliment my skin tone, the haircut is clean and stylish - not messy uneven layers, and they are very competitively priced. Not to mention that they are extremely professional, on time, very intuitive and focused. They always listen to me and seem to know exactly what I am thinking. Not to mention cute and fun! And the salon - Wicked - is beautifully and simply decorated, conveniently located. No pressure to buy product and no attitude whatsoever. Actually, it's a very relaxing environment! You have to give Lush a try; you'll be happy you did.
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