Blowdry Bar

NAR

Mmm first post newbie and online for all of 1 minute - very suspicious.

jjd

Have to say it doesn't surprise me. Used to be impressed by the service and prices but haven't been for quite a while and won't be back. Last two times I was unimpressed but went back to give them 'another chance' I ended up with more colour splashed around my clothes / shoes etc. Then after the longest blowdry in history completed by numerous members of staff I left with wet hair.
Seems you get what you pay for, but I have not used the Ballyhackamore branch and have heard good reports about the ormeau branch. so probably just a matter of chancing it!

Old_Git

I was in the blowdry bar at at Ormeau road last week .
Being a bloke I didnt need the colour /tint/highlight bla bla bla .
The fat girl with the ginger hair asked how much I wanted cut ,before I answered she had made up her mind for me and started to cut .
The staff where more concerned with who was going where for lunch and shouting across the room at each other .
No further communication with me until I had to pay .
Could have been worse ,it could have been the camp guy cutting my hair.

NAR

Old_Git wrote: »

Could have been worse ,it could have been the camp guy cutting my hair.

Why? He might have chatted you up! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

jjd

That's a similar to my experience on my final visit! As everyone was going to lunch a different person took over washing and drying my hair...... there were quite a number of changes. And after all that the hair wasn't totally dry, and my hair isn't that long or thick so no excuse other than lazy people!
I was quite put off by one girl eating her bacon bap, licking her fingers and coming straight over to do my hair...

Shazzy78

I have had 2 terrible experiences at blow dry bars, firstly the branch at Anderstown had me sitting in the middle of a full scale row, I had called at 5pm, as they were open to 8 I didn't see this as a problem. One girl put the colour in my hair and went home, the other 2 hairdressers stood in the shop and argued over who was going to take it out and finish my hair.

Then one grabbed her bags and left, the other took my colour out and stood tugging my hair and tutting for the rest of my visit... It was a nightmare!

A few months later I went to the Ballyhackamore branch as my frie d spoke highly off it, they burnt my hair after leaving bleach on for too long. Horrendous and very unprofessional.

Might be cheap but not worth the risk or the aggro! :mad:

maggie5

yep i also used the ballyhackamore branch - nightmare. they burned my scalp with the dye and then felt unwell the next day, when i tried to ring the manager/owner the next day it was voicemail so i left a message and they didnt ring me back. i had to ring her that afternoon and she wasnt very helpful at all. i personally will avoid this company compleatly.

nozzadamozza

Avoid the Ballyhackamore one at all costs- dreadful, dreadful, dreadful:eek::eek:

I had to have an emergency visit to them one monday morning- as i had an interview on the Tuesday. THere was a row between the staff as to who would cut my hair (nobody could cut short hair I heard one say). I think they guy chopping at my hair (apparantly he is the manager!!) was coming down from something as he chopped at half of it and then stood beside me, as if to say, 'thats it done'. He stood beside me mute- I had to tell him to at least make it the same length all round.

I have since gone back to my mobile hairdresser and she says its a complete state and was just chopped at, with long bits and short bit throughout.

She also told me she has heard horror stories about the one on top of the Holywood road, and lots of the local hairdressers are having to sort out the messes these 'hairdressers' are making.

vivienne44

I went to the above place 1st time my hair cut was fine had no complaints,next time I went although the girl who cut my hair was in her mid 30's and had a family she was like a total beginner it felt like she was practising me and she definitely was not a proper hair dresser.My hair cut was a total mess never had a hair cut like it ,have never went back

steviem1

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thanks