Avantgarde Salon

I recently moved back to the area from DC and am SOOOOOOOO dang particular about my hair (fine, not a ton of it, and its a very precise cut) its taken me almost 3 months to find a stylist. My search is over. Amanda at Avantgarde in Miramar Beach (the location at The Shoppes of Destiny) is PHENOMENAL! She’s young and hip, and eager to learn and please. She did an excellent consultation to find out what I like about my hair, how it lays best, how the last person who cut my hair the way I like it achieved their results, what I didn’t like about my last haircut and why, what kind of highlights I liked, etc. I was treated to a hand massage while my color was processing, and a fantastic scalp and neck massage during my conditioning treatment. She recommended products appropriately (I mentioned my color fades b/​c I’m not super diligent about keeping a hat on when I’m in the sun — she recommended their spray in sunscreen) but wasn’t overly pushy — just more of an FYI.
She also put the finishing touches on my cut when it was dry which is SUPER important because hair lays differently when its dry (as most of us wear it the majority of the time) than when its wet. She also offered a revisit if in the next day or two I notice anything that needs tweaking after I’ve styled it a couple times.
I’m scheduled in 5 weeks and I’m super stoked to go back!

Ask for Rose! I was visiting and made an appt with a senior stylist. Left it up to her and I love it. Also did a hair conditioning treatment, worth the extra 15.

I love to go to Avantgarde for services. I went to see Joseph for my color and haircuts. He is wonderful. Very professional and friendly. I also saw Tammy for eyebrow tinting, waxing and a mini facial. I wish I lived in Destin full time because this salon is GREAT!

Got waxing done by Tammy. Pricing was very reasonable and she did a really great job. All the wax was cleaned off afterwards. Some places miss spots, but not here. I will return.
They offer many other spa services. i think I might have my hair done next time. I will update this review when I do. I watched some of the stylists work and noticed that most of their customer’s hair looked really great after.