Salons make me nervous. I don't know what I want - though it's my head, so I make some impulsive mistakes, and then I REALLY don't know how to fix things. So you go to the experts. I felt relaxed and in real hands at Rubann - no drama, just a calm, professional atmosphere. Yes, color correction seems to be their speciality - but bad cut correction is just as important - and a salon that cares about making you look more YOU, (but better!) - not just some impossible person from a magazine picture is the edge of a professional salon.\r
I think I know my hair - after all, I fight with it all the time - but Steven seemed to know it better than I did! I wanted a dramatic change, so I had gone two shades too light - sort of a Renee Zellweger color switch of the month. Bad move (as my roots were dramatically indicating), and all my special shampoos for blondes didn't seem to be making any difference in fixing the strawy texture. \r
Without drama, Steven managed to GENTLY convince me that a) my hair should match my real eyebrows (though he offered to tiny my eyebrows if I preferred), b) that he could take my color back to my actual (summer light) color and that we could alter the color over time to achieve a 'summer/winter' natural blonde look, and c) he fixed my AWFUL layering and re-cut a sleek, swingy look to fit my face better. He cut into a bangs fall, bcuz my forehead is rather high - and it looks much better than the hangy layers I came in with. The receptionist smiled approvingly when I went back for my stuff, and said ""nice cut!"" - so it's not just me, she must see lots of changearounds during a day's ins and outs.\r
If you walk OUT of a salon more confident in your real looks than in what you tried to achieve with your own imagining, it's an encouraging experience - and it means they really LOOK at you, and don't just 'dye and goodbye'. Thanks, Steven - I'll be back for my summer color (and recut!) soon.
Pros: Calm, professional atmosphere. Real attention to you as a person
Cons: Odd but OK dressing room/bathrooms
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