Hair Culture Reviews
712 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3AJ
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560 reviews
I had cut/blow dray and half head of highlights and booked with Eva,Director of the salon. I was so pleased with the entire experience,took time to discuss exactly what I wanted,colour was perfect and cut...I've had bad experiences at salons before and would not recommend this salon if I had not had received such a good experience but really without fault.
From entering the salon I was welcomed by the friendly staffed but due to the size of the store had to sit right next to the door, which wasn't very pleasant. I was a bit late so didn't mind waiting for for my cut. Unfortunately the lady who cut my hair didn't do a good job at cutting my bob cut. She became really flustered when I told her that the cut wasn't right and after drying my hair while pulling it constantly in shape the changed it slightly. I didn't have any confidence in any of the other hairdressers to ask them to fix the cut. I had to get it straightened out at another hairdresser, meaning that it cost me far more than had I gone to a professional right away. If you are just looking for a trim or colour the hairdressers seem do a good job. The other clients seemed quite happy with their hair. For any specific cut I can't recommend the hairdresser.
The most significant thing you need to know about this place is that they delivered BRILLIANT highlights. The stylist and owner did not look particularly impressed with the previous highlights that I had (from a different salon) and did a fantastic job of improving on it. One of the problems with my previous highlights was that the stylist didn't bother getting close to the root, so I already looked like I had a centimetre of regrowth before I even left the salon. This was not a problem at hair culture - my stylist went to great lengths to ensure that the highlights were as close as possible to the root, and they are not thick and stripey but brilliantly natural and blended. For this reason I will definitely be going back.
The stylists took excellent care of me while I was in the salon. The only thing that took me by surprise was that, once my hair had been cut, my stylist (a different person to the one who did my colour) blowdried my hair straight without asking if I wanted this to be done. I never wear my hair straight, but what was even more problematic than this was that she continued to cut my hair after it was dry (and straight). This is a dangerous manoeuvre as it could make the hair look weird (or too short) when it is left to dry curly. As it happens, the cut is slightly shorter than I would have liked, but looks ok. For this reason I give the colour 5 stars and the cut 3 stars, which gives an overall 4 stars.
If you have straight hair, definitely book an appointment as soon as you can. If you have curly hair, before they start cutting/drying, remind them that you are curly and prefer to wear your hair that way and bear in mind that they might not understand curly hair and your blow dry might end up more frizzy mess or crazy fro than beautiful bouncy curls. (This is just what I suspect might happen). Finally, however your cut/blow dry turns out, I still think it's worth it.
The girls were unbelievably welcoming and made me feel really comfortable. The stylist who did my hair colouring knew what she was doing. I showed her a picture of what i wanted and she was on it! The other stylist who did my haircut was incredibly understanding of what i wanted. AND this was the first stylist i found in London that managed to straighten my hair with just the blow-drier (my hair is frizzy and curly and other salons have to use both a blow-drier and an iron which damages my hair).
This is definitely going to be my regular hair salon from now on! :)
Styled by Director Eva
This Is a nice salon, staff are very friendly, my hair dresser was very kind and good at what she does, I liked my hair cut.
Even tho I had to wait over an hour after my appointment due to their staff shortage the staff was very apologetic and made me feel comfortable, I would recommend this salon for its great experienced staff.
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