Date: 22 June 2011

Deal: $48 for Your Choice of 5 Salon Packages including Highlights, Cut + Blow Dry at Exclusive Hair Salon Worth $126

How did it go:

How about it didn’t go well at all? I chose “Option 2 – Dress your hair in a new shade with a colour treatment and pamper your stressed tresses with a protein treatment to both strengthen and add shine.” and I can safely say it’s not worth $126. In fact, I dare them to charge $100 for what they did to me.

This is a HDB neighbourhood shop located in Tanjong Pagar and it looked like one that had fancier dressing but glossy black panels do not an “Exclusive” salon makes. It was difficult to locate and it wasn’t the most pleasant experience. I wouldn’t go back again for a long time. Unfortunately, I had bought 2 coupons. Damn!

Firstly, the guy attending to me (sorry, not a personal attack but it’s true) was really rough. He was unskilled and I now have stained ears and a reddish forehead. (Hopefully it washes off in the shower .) When the dye was applied to my hair, he did it so haphazardly that my hair was flung into my eyes several times. There was no ear cap and he used a rag (a rough towel with dark stains) to clean the dye off my ears and face. When washing my hair, water ran down the back of my dress, not just my neck. Secondly, the machine he used to heat my head up was so close and hot that I was sweating red dye down my neck and face. Thirdly, no magazines!!! Luckily I had my iPhone. Fourthly, he told me that the treatment that was included in the package was just a run-of-the-mill lotion from a giant bottle and I should consider getting the “Korean” hair treatment. Lastly, he asked if I wanted to buy more $48 vouchers to stockpile. So VoucherWOW, it seems we don’t need you at all you know.

$126? I think not. I wouldn’t be surprised if there will be impending suits coming through the small claims tribunal for false advertising. It’s definitely not a discount. I took a photo of their price list and I can’t figure out how this adds up to $126.