I wish my experience w/Joevir was 1/2 as enjoyable as the reviews I see posted here. Joevir refused to listen or understand my wishes for my cut, color & highlight session w/him. Now I am noticing that these reviews are over 2/yrs old so maybe he's just changed his demeanor / attitude towards new clients. Gone is my face framing, gone are my long layers, gone is my hair for that matter as it's now 1/2 inch above my shoulders not the 1 1/2 to 2 inches below we'd discussed. He cut my fine hair w/a straight razor so it now has jagged ends that are difficult to style and unbecoming. When questioned about the use of a straight razor, and anything else for that matter, he had two pat statements at the ready for me, "that is the old way of doing things, this is the new better way" and "you need to embrace change". This last one was mostly uttered after I advised that, as my hair tends to pick-up on red colorant, I've stayed away from blonde and caramel highlights due to the tendency for them to turn-out burnished and coppery. He advise this was due to my natural warm skin tone and that I should embrace this in my hair. I tried to be polite yet firm about the fact that I did not care for the coppery tones, but he was already engrossed in applying the color and then minimal highlights which he wouldn't place around my face to soften the look a bit. The effect was a dark brown color w/coppery highlights concentrated on my crown. I now have a color correction appointment at a trusted salon at an additional cost. I can not stress enough how stressful and disappointing this session was. I wouldn't even send my enemies to Joevir. Maybe he "was" a great stylist, but times they have a changed.
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