Domi P.
Yelp
Terrible, terrible experience here. I should have listened to the bad reviews.
Over two appts, I had my hair highlighted by Savannah. Both times I was unhappy with the results and the issue in both cases really came down her skills (or lack of) with toner. Based on my experience, I would say that Savannah's skills do not match her pricing.
At the end of my second appointment, when I expressed my concerns about my hair looking yellow, instead of addressing my concerns, Savannah rushed me through the rest of the appointment while avoiding eye contact with me. She was not interested in my feedback.
At checkout I was charged $300, which seemed high for the partial highlight I was booked for. I was not given a bill, a receipt, or a breakdown of my services. At this point I decided not to leave a tip and to call salon management from the car.
Unfortunately that's where things got worse. After sending photos of my hair to Caitlin, the salon manager, she said she thought my hair looked beautiful and I was overreacting. When I showed her photos of where my hair had broken off at the hairline, she told me it wasn't broken. I'm pretty sure this is what they call gaslighting. Caitlin basically devolved the situation into a she said/she said between Savannah and myself and it was clear I was the odd man out. She was on Savannah's side.
After repeatedly belittling me, negating my experience and arguing with me over her differing opinion of my hair, I (the customer) had to steer Caitlin (the manager) away from the conflict and toward a resolution. I asked if another stylist could tone my hair. Caitlin begrudgingly agreed and said she would "reach out to me in the coming days with options." I could practically hear her rolling her eyes at me.
At that point I didn't feel comfortable going back to the salon. I'd now spent over $700 in total at Parlour 3 over two appointments, still wasn't happy and was being spoken to like I was the problem.
I called the salon receptionist and asked if she could clarify what I had been charged for. She said it was a "full highlight and a blow dry" - not a partial highlight as I'd been booked for. First of all, I was never told by my stylist that there was an additional charge for the blow dry - I would have declined it. Also, if my stylist decided to do a full highlight instead of the partial - she needed to communicate that to me, not just surprise me at checkout.
I told the receptionist that I would not be coming back to the salon and intended to write an honest review of my experience.
I then received a text message from Caitlin who told me she heard I'd threatened to "blast the stylist on Twitter" and she doesn't "stand for bullying" so I was not welcome back at the salon.
Friends, I think that response alone speaks volumes. Caitlin has a very high school way of doing business. She escalates things to a koo-koo place pretty quickly, then seems to want to keep the battle going as if she's enjoying the conflict. Hardly what one would expect at an upscale salon.
For the record, I'm not on Twitter. And it is perfectly within my rights to leave an honest review of my experience at any business I go to. Treating someone badly because you think they are a "nobody" and then trying to silence them is the very definition of bullying. Don't you find it ironic how the bullies are always the first ones to call someone else a bully?
I ended up going to another salon for color correction on my yellow hair and had a great experience. However, it's ridiculous and unacceptable that I had to spend another $85 to have my hair toned after I'd just spent over $700 at Parlour 3 for (supposedly) 2 full highlights over the course of 2 months.
Btw, my new stylist took photos of the back of my hair so she could show me that I did not receive the full highlight I was charged for. There were also bleed marks on my crown from the highlights I received from Savannah, which is an issue with technique. I've decided to dispute the $300 charge from Parlour 3 with my bank.
As of this writing, Parlour 3 has a 3-star rating on Yelp. There's a reason for that. Stylist techniques are not current to what you find in bigger markets and stylist's skills do not match their pricing. The manager Caitlin is also clearly out of her depth in her role.
Check out my other reviews if you want good hair rec's in the Nashville area.