Joseph’s the Salon

Let me start by saying this was my first time and last time I will go to this salon. The salon smelled like sewage it was so strong it was making me sick, the receptionist told me it always smells like that. I was about to leave and the stylist called me back. The stylist there are not experienced with current trends. I ask for balayage highlights they had no idea what I was talking about. This is a technique if the stylist stayed educated on current colors would know how to do! BTW this is not a new technique I was asking for, its been around for years. Didn’t have her touch my hair with color, just had her cut my hair. Walk to the wash bowls leaned back and the ceiling was stained and pieces missing, light bulbs were out in light fixtures. Cutting chairs look like my great grandmothers couch with flower patterns. My haircut was mediocre. This Salon has a very old and rundown feeling to it.

I’ve been getting my hair cut by Veronica for longer than she’d like me to admit. Now that I have moved to California and have had some really terrible experiences with stylists here, I’d rather fly back to Albuquerque just to have Veronica do my hair.

I would not recommend this place at all. I’ll make this short and sweet. I have been to a number of salons in Albuquerque, and this one is by far the worst. Veronica cut my hair, and she did not listen to anything I asked her to do. I had to stop her three times during the cut and tell her she was not cutting it short enough, or doing what I asked. She didn’t wash my hair, and said she was in a hurry, so she didn’t have time. Here’s a tip — every client is just as important as any other. If I am paying for the service, I want to feel important to you and important to the salon. They clearly don’t understand that concept at Joseph’s, and if the lady who cut my hair is the owner there, they won’t care about their clients any time soon.
Come to find out, she is supposed to be the owner of the salon. I am so disappointed in her, and this salon. The furniture is old and cracked, the place is way outdated, and none of the girls there smiled or seemed like they wanted to be there at all.
Veronica proceeded to charge me full price, even though I told her I didn’t like the cut, and she didn’t wash my hair. I had to go to another place to get my hair fixed. Supercuts would have been better than this terrible salon. The owner should not be cutting hair if she doesn’t know what she’s doing.
I will not be going back.

Let me start by saying that the staff is the rudest and most unprofessional staff I have ever run into. I paid for a simple service and was not given even the most common of courtesy’s. I scheduled my appointment over a month in advance with the only person in the salon that has any skill at all, only to find out that they booked me with the wrong person. They placed me with the most amateur of stylists, who proceeded to hack my hair to within an inch of its life. I cried at how bad of a job she did and asked to see the owner. The owner (Veronica — I think her name was) didn’t even apologize and offered no compensation or help fixing it. I assured them that not only would I never come back, but I would tell all my friends to never come back too. If I were you, I would never go to this salon unless you are really eager to have your hair ruined. NEVER GO TO THIS SALON !!

I saw the owner. I wanted a pretty easy to accomplish color which I did not get. I wanted ombré and I left with a root touch up and a few hilites. It looked NOTHING like I asked for. The cut was very basic (she took about 20 minutes from start to the end of my blow out) and it is very choppy, not blended at all. It looks like a beauty school haircut. She did not check the cut, blend or texturize my hair. I will pay a lot of money for a good cut and color but i feel like She charged a lot for what I got. I am having my hair fixed at another salon. The blow out was horrible. My hair was frizzy and looked like I just woke up! She was rushed and did the bare minimum just to get me in and out of her chair.