Another salon review- Dickson Hairshop

http://dicksonhairshop.com/


Many of you have read my Medusa review and yes, I do still love Medusa...however, after moving into my own apt (ftw!) I'm broker than broke and was looking for something a little cheaper- dropping $200 for a cut and dye job just isn't in the budget. A friend had recommended a guy named Josh at Dickson Hairshop and said he was good and reasonably priced, so I decided to give them a shot.

First- the shop is TINY. I do mean TINY. There are two chairs, one wash bowl and a teeny bathroom. Thats it. When I was there, Josh was the only one working but the owner works there occasionally as well. It is cute, clean and well decorated but if you're looking for an ikea-style, chinatown hairplace this is NOT it. Vintage chairs and an older washbowl...no prob for me. I thought it was cute.
Josh kicked major ass. Bleached my roots (in about 1/2 the time because he actually listened to me about using 40 vol bleach and not making me sit there for 6 hours with 20 vol) and gave me an amazing cut...and I do mean an AMAZING cut. I have thick multitextured hair which I'm trying to grow out and this is the first haircut I've had that is manageable and actually has a STYLE to it. He thinned it out substantially (much cooler!) but its still really fluffy as I told him I liked. Additional perks include a shot of really nice whiskey to sip on, good conversation, NO pressure to buy ANYTHING (not even mentioned) and he's super hot which never hurts
The whole thing also ran me about $50 less than anywhere I've been in the city. This is my new salon of choice.
For the record, I also watched him cut another girls hair while I was in there (she called and was complaining that she was going to be late to something unless he took her early so, after verifying with me, he took her in between my color and cut. He was very apologetic and I had hours to kill before meeting my bf anyway since it was so much faster than I expected...) Anyway she had SUPER long straight hair and ended up with a beautiful cut with some added layers. She looked really pretty.

Just paying it forward, girls