I have lived in Fort Lauderdale for many years and up until this point there are 2 things that I had never done. First, I had never thought of my hair other than just being part of my face, like my nose.. it's there but it's not a big deal and surely nothing I can do anything about. I never went to a salon and I had maintained and cut it myself. I am 35 and have had the same basic hairstyle since I was a teenager. About a year ago I decided that I would make a donation to 'Locks of Love' and when I had the requisite 10-inches to spare I was ready to find a salon to go to. So I googled, I binged, I yelped, I yahoo'ed, and I searched citysearch. What I noticed was that there was one salon that consistently got top rank in the categories I searched and that salon was Guys & Dolls. So I went to the hairkuts dot com website and I actually found it to be quite interesting, informative, and FUN. The videos were great, the prices seemd fair, the staff looked normal and then I stumbled upon the Before & After pics. It was amazing to see these clients - these were REAL people, not some fancied-up models. I could not believe how good they looked in the After shots. Then, it was what happened next that pushed me to make an appointment... I actually saw someone I knew in a Before/After pic, and she looked damn good in the After shot. I called her up and she could not say enough great things about the salon & Francisco, so I booked my appointment. This leads me to the second thing that I had never done before in my life - I had never felt strongly enough to leave a review online for anything, until now.
I called to schedule an appointment and I had to wait 2 weeks to get the time I wanted on a Saturday. When the day arrived, I got there 20 minutes early so I could take it all in... I actually felt like I had been there before from all the time I spent on there website. I was immediatley greeted and offered a beverage and then I just walked around taking in the visual overload. I mean between the furniture, pictures, artwork, jewelry - it was like being in a gallery. And the classic new-wave 80's music was great. I couldnt help but notice how busy the place was - it was VERY busy and the staff was working in sync like a fine Swiss watch - the flow of the clients was smooth. The people walking out looked gorgeous and I was very excited to finally be called and sat down in Francisco's chair. He greeted me with ""So what we gonna do with this hair of yours?"" He was even nicer in person than I imagined he would be from the videos. 35 minutes later I could not belive what Isaw in the mirror - it was like looking at a stranger (a beautiful stranger) and I was almost in tears of happiness. People who I had known for years and who never ever remarked about my appearance were raving about how great I looked with this new hairstyle AND IT FELT GREAT TO RECEIVE A COMPLIMENT. In fact, I scheduled an appointement for some color & highlights and I keep asking myself how I could have gone 35 years without ever makng any effort to have nice hair.. I feel like a new person and my confidence & self-esteem have never been so healthy. For those of you who are skeptical of what you read, take it from me - this place may not be fancy, but it is clean, fun, and the staff is top notch. My only regret other than that it took me so long to finally find Guys & Dolls, is that I would not let them take a before & after picture of me... it would have been dramatic, but now I have a new home and they have a client for life.
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