Halo Hair Studio & Spa

Had the WORST COLORING OF MY LIFE !!! I paid $ 230 for highlights, wanted to be light blonde (pic on my phone to show them) on top of my light brown hair and it came out darker then my natual color! So mad big time waister… run far away from here !!!

Now, I don’t follow this row of negative reviews at all. Fact of it all, I LOVED my time at Halo. A lot.
I walked in with damaged hair, That was a spectrum of blonde. Not an ombré, just three colours that attempted to work with each other. Combined with my roots? Yikes.
I called the day before and spoke to them about what I needed and wanted to do, and was quoted $ 250, which is amazing compared to other salon prices. Booked an appointment for noon the day after (so this was yesterday, the 30^th)
I walked in a few minutes late and they immediately sat me down to get ready. My stylist was Amanda M, who gave the truth about what she saw and didn’t sugar coat it to make an extra buck, like some other places would.
We dived right into the process of fixing my roots and my overall color before going in with a gorgeous electric blue color. Because my ends were already so blonde, they took in the color the best. Other strands ended up teal, which matched extremely well.
Amanda was such a sweetheart and gave me a lot of tips to maintain this color, which would be awesome for beginners diving into crazy hair colours!
This whole process took four hours and I left extremely happy! Brownie points to the salon! Definitely coming back!

!!!horrible horrible experience
left my child crying and the manager said he didnt give a shit!!!
stole my money
damaged my hair
nothing like picture i showed
manager swore at me
unprofessional establishment
blocked my number when i called for help to fix it
dont go there because you will regret it

Awful experience at this salon. Wanted blonde balayage and got a brassy brown. I even brought in a picture of exactly what I wanted and they assured me it could be done. It wasn’t even balayage, she did highlights!!! What a waste of money! Even paid an extra $ 40 for Olaplex which was supposed to allow them to lighten the hair without damage. I’m so mad I wasted $ 300.

awful absolutely awful!!! i came in for balayage ombré and the hairdresser only did regular highlights and charged me for balayage !!! she even made my hair way darker!!!
$ 300 for something i did not want!!! 4 hours wasted in this horrid salon i’m never ever ever coming here again!!! horrible horrible horrible!!!

Thanks to my girl J over here, I found this lovely gem outside of Toronto.
I don’t live in the area, or even in the country, but my boyfriend does. After spending too much money on a previous service that did not lighten my hair much at all, I really needed to find another salon that could do it for me. I searched and searched on Unilocal for a salon that could tackle my Asian hair and leave me with lovely blonde hair that is not brassy. I couldn’t find any pictures until I came across this business page. I mistakenly assumed that Asian people would know how to work with Asian hair best. Unfortunately that was not the case with my previous colorist, who charged WAAAAY too much for the work that she did.
I asked my boyfriend to drive me here for a consultation and quote. I met with Amanda R. and she was so pleasant. She looked at my hair and told me about the process and what she would do. She told me that since my hair was longer, it would cost more than average length hair. Oh no, this is exactly what I heard at the other salon. She said, «We usually charge $ 130 for an ombré, but since your hair is longer, it’ll be $ 150.» The tone in her voice made it seem like that was expensive. I was thinking, «Hell yeah girl, slap that bleach in my hair ASAP!» I made an appointment for the Wednesday after, since Thursdays and Fridays tend to be their busier days. They had an opening on Saturday, but I was going to be busy partying at Veld. (Heyyyy!)
On the day, I arrived on time for my appointment. Amanda was out, probably getting lunch, but was with me promptly when she came back. The salon was quiet, but it was great because all of her attention was on making sure my hair came out nicely. She made small talk and sung while applying the bleach to my hair, but I didn’t mind. It was cute. Amanda was extremely professional and let me know what she was doing every time she left the chair. I sat under the dryer for about 40 minutes, which wasn’t too bad. She then took me to the sink to wash my hair, and let me tell you, that girl can shampoo! The color came out super light, and she went to brush out the tangles from when she teased my hair earlier. After that, she went to put in toner and bam! My hair was complete. She was going to curl it, but I felt bad for my boyfriend, who was sitting there patiently the whole time, so I told her I’d skip it. The only weird thing was she asked me if I wanted her to blow dry my hair. Sooo. you’d let me leave with wet hair? I just thought that was odd, but whatever.
I left so incredibly happy with this salon. I’d definitely come back when I’m in the area and need a color touch up. Thanks girl! I love my hair now. :)
P. S. — My hair still feels really nice. It’s not the same as it was before I ever colored it, but it’s not damaged!

I have no idea why this place has no reviews!!!
Let me just say I am very sensitive about my hair I trust not just anybody and when I hate what you’ve done I will let everybody and their mother know– ie: M Squared, Donato hair salon pfft
But Halo hair has regained my faith in hair humanity. Balayage ombré done by Amanda R. Let’s just say for someone so young and experienced it really impressed me not only that but the cleanliness of the salon and always attending to your needs. The salon isn’t sterile like those «hoopla» places with garbage stylists but it’s not like a mom and pop shop either.
Balayage was not cheap but reasonable.