Moa Hair Studio

Love this place! The owner Mona did helped me with a new hair style and am looking forward to getting the magic straightener soon. I strongly recommend how professional and awesome their service from start to end. Prices are within reason as well.

Nice setup and good service. I like my sides short and even and some stylists can be shy about short they want to cut my hair.
It may take up to 2 – 3 times before a stylist remembers how short I want my hair and that’s even after providing an example photo.
First time at this place and she knows exactly what I’m asking for.
Recommended to have an appointment during peak days. Free WiFi available.

Love this place!
I recently got a straight perm last Saturday morning, and they did such a fantastic job. I don’t remember the last time my hair was this straight, soft and shiny!
The process took about 4 hours, so be mentally prepared to be super patient!!! The ladies were super nice and gentle, and they even offer coffee and tea!
The supplies they used on my hair are all imported from Korea, and they make sure to keep it all up to date.
Starting price for a straight perm is $ 200 (prices go up if you have longer/​more tangled hair) which is pretty cheap compared to all the other salons I looked at. And they seriously take the time to make sure your hair comes out perfect. Two ladies worked on my hair at the same time for 4 hours to make sure they got every inch of it!
The hospitality here is great, and everyone does such an amazing job on what they do. I would def recommend checking this place out!!!

Moa is a very experienced senior hair stylist. She keeps going back to Korea every year for trendy training to make sure her skill is up to date. She knows how to due with my Asian man’s coarse, thick and unmanageable hair so well. Also, she does Asian style men’s perm, and women’s Japanese magic perm as well. To me, Moa hair studio is the best Asian hair salon I can find in Federal Way.

This place is awesome and I’m so glad I found this place. I had the Magic Straightening Perm done. I was a bit scared to have it done cause my hair is already dry and damaged from daily straightening. But I went ahead and had it done. Mona did such a great job! I had to get the deep conditioning after for the fact my hair was dry. Mona took good care of my hair and gave me advice on how to take care of my hair when I got home. She gave me samples of the deep conditioner to use and also a daily conditioner to use after I shower. I must say, my hair is straight after blow drying and super soft!!! I totally love it! It’s a bit expensive to have it done but I think it’s worth it especially if they use top end products which I like! Thanks Mona for taking good care of my hair!!!

A haircut and wash (no style) took about 30minutes and I paid 45 $ +tip. They got me in day of which made me happy but then I waited 15 minutes to get sat down. The lady was talking to someone who had walked in before me and was looking to get a lot of stuff done (read $$$), so I guess I took the back seat in importance. They didn’t even style my hair-​said curling would be 25 $ extra. I am new to the area but this just seems like a bit much. The atmosphere wasn’t that nice but it looked clean at least. Will not be going back.

I love this place. First time and I’m definitely going again. Clean environment. Friendly staff. Superb coloring skills and cutting skills. Also very good with kids. I had my two year old in there and they tested him like their own. They owned my loyalty

Found through other Unilocalers.
I’ve very happy coming here, also introduced my daughter here & she comes here all the time now. I got a haircut today. Daughter is getting a Balayage-​similar to an hombre coloring with streaks. I don’t mind paying alittle more for my hair — I can wait slightly longer to get a cut.
Salon is located behind the big Starbucks on 320^th, across from The Commons Mall.

I had the thermal reconditioning treatment or «Korean Magic» done last month. I had a consultation done first because of the highlights in my hair, and was told it would be no problem and only the lightest pieces by my face might be a little bit frizzy and need a quick flat iron. They recommended an extra conditioning treatment for $ 75 and insisted on them cutting for $ 45. Overall I felt the price quoted was very fair. I had them do my color touch up first two weeks before and Lilly did a great job.
The actual treatment went very quickly although I don’t know when they did the extra conditioning as the process didn’t seem to have any extra steps from when I’ve had it done many years ago at another salon and the cut was barely a trim with no opportunity for me to ask for any different style or more to be cut. Overall I left the salon feeling like it was beautiful although longer than I would have liked.
The trouble started when I washed my hair 3 days later as prescribed. My hair was an unreasonable tangle of super delicate mess even after using the products they sold me. My expectation was that my hair would be pin straight and sleek. They sold it this way, and I’ve had the treatment before so I know it should create hair that is able to wash and go with pretty straight hair.
Instead my hair requires leave in conditioner to even get a comb through it. If I let it air dry, even with styling product and leave in conditioner, it is a frizzy mess. I have no other option than to use lots of product, blow dry and flat iron my hair EVERY DAY! I had hoped it would relax with time, but is not getting any better and now having put it through such a harsh treatment AND having to blow dry and flat iron it has caused breakage that I never had before.
They ruined my hair. They might say it was due to the color I had first, but that is why I spent the time for a consultation and even had them do my root color touch up first so they would know the state of my hair before proceeding.
I cancelled my future appointments and they didn’t even bat and eye or ask why.
Beware! The only reason this place gets two stars is for Lilly who was great to work with on my initial appointment to color.

I WILL NEVER COME HERE TO GET MY HAIR DONE — this place is like buying a cute Prada bag online, only to find out when you get it in person that it’s made out of cheap a$$ PVC and it says Prado — Made In China on it.
I had the same experience one of the other Unilocal reviewers had in being quoted one price, and being charged $ 100 more for the service than I was originally told. I had called around at multiple salons to do some research for a digital perm, and despite the fact I told all of them I have very thick, waist-​length hair, I was told that the service would be close to $ 200 for my hair, so I booked the appointment.
After I spent the time driving from Seattle to Federal Way and arrived on time for my 3:00PM appointment, I was told to sit down and then subjected to the sight of watching the salon owner just beginning the process of colouring another customer’s hair. I was eventually sat down close to half an hour late at 3:25PM, for a thirty second «consultation» telling me the service for my hair would be $ 250, which is $ 50 more than I was quoted on the phone.
Gut instinct told me to run and go back to Seattle, where the services are cheaper, you get better quality, and you are not sitting in a strip mall with your Alexander McQueen shoes stepping all over various chunks of people’s hair that hadn’t been swept up and is still all over the ground. But I stayed because I was stupid and wanted to support a small Korean-​owned business, which in the end was a joke.
After starting the process for the digital perm, the salon owner told me I needed a haircut in addition. I wanted to have my hair cut by my normal person in Downtown Seattle, but she insisted that I needed to do it to make the perm look good. I reluctantly agreed, and the salon owner charged an additional $ 45 for it, the current bill for my digital perm now being $ 295 without the tip.
Multiple times during the process I was left sitting and waiting while they worked on all of their customers at one time, and at the same time they welcomed in even more walk-​in traffic. Yet I was ushered out at 6PM on the dot with wet, ugly and unstyled hair because they ran short on time, I was their last customer, and they wanted to go home.
(My friends I met up for dinner with after told me my hair looked like ‘a poodle that had been thrown into a swimming pool’).
If you want to charge upscale prices, you need to offer the great customer service that the top salons are known for. Don’t try to fake like you are f*****g Gene Juarez in a Federal Way strip mall, and offer strip mall service, but still try to overcharge people. I have absolutely no problem paying high prices when it is worth it. I drive a $ 80,000 car because the quality of engineering/​design and service from the dealership makes it worth it.
This place however, is a rusty, ugly bucket on spinners — did I mention I woke up this morning and found there are strands of my hair which are completely straight from where she must have missed perming solution because she was in such a hurry to work on three people at once — in addition to ripping hair out because she was combing so fast?.
Bottom line, save your money and time. This debacle will likely cost me another $ 325 to fix elsewhere.

I take my boys here all the time to get their haircuts and Lily always does a fantastic job. She knows exactly how to cut their hair and they always leave 100% percent satisfied.
Not only them, but myself as well. She has cut my hair a total of 3 times already but each time, she does an amazing job. She rocked it today with my new haircut! I actually wanted to get a haircut sooner, but she recommended for me to wait cause the shorter strands were way too short to cut and to wait a bit longer to grow out. I am so glad i waited. I’m glad we found a stylist that knows and understands what we want.

I will be going here for the rest of my life! I had the Magic straightening perm done. I cannot say enough good things. I finally was able to wash my hair this morning and it air dried straighter than when I would use a flat iron. Lily is amazing. The other thing I love is that they are all hard workers. When one person was free they would help out the other girls. Throughout my time in there there were two gals working on my hair. Great prices, great service.

Just got my hair done here and I have my fingers cross that it will turn out fantastic. Ill know is 24 more hours when I wash it for the first time. I had the thermal reconditioning straightening treatment done. Ive had it before in SF, Miami Beach and now Seattle. The cost is in line $ 450 for very long hair, and $ 40 for the standard haircut.
The thing I LOVE about this salon is they understand how important time is for everyone. The first time I had this treatment it took 8 hrs to complete. From there its always been between 7 – 8 hrs. Yesterday it took only 3.5 hrs with the haircut because three lovely Korean ladies did my hair AT THE SAME TIME! Three were blow drying it, flat ironing it, only one did the cut.
These Ladies know how to straighten hair. Three other clients were getting similar treatments and they knew their names. So far, my hair is very straight, soft, shiny and well cut. I am so happy! The treatment lasts until your hair grows out and needs to be redone every 6 – 9 months.

Let me just say my hair is COMPLETELY a unruly and hard to manage. It’s thick and long and very curly and frizzy but Lily did a great job and I couldn’t be happier. Not many stylists are able to do much with my hair but Lily made it look GREAT! They are definitely a must when selecting a hair stylist!

WOW what —– $ 190 plus $ 20 tip
are you serious… Thats fricken ridiculous.
I have to say honestly after looking at the haircut, highlight, and color: It was very beautifully done. I guess the old saying…” You get what you pay for. «
If you have the cash. they can do the magic.
The majority of the cost goes towards the high end chemicals they use that enriches the hair. It promotes healthy hair.
Its Friday night and my pocket book is a little lighter, but hey its worth it if my homegirl is happy with it. Ok we going dating now… bye bye til next time…

With no appointment, I walked in on a Friday evening for a haircut and they were sweet enough to take me in. My hair can be difficult for even the most seasoned stylist because it’s thick and wavy, added to the fact that I have twice the normal hair quantity. If it’s too short– it puffs up, thinning it wrong causes frizz, and I personally don’t believe in spending more time on it than a couple of towel-​pats after shower.
Lily seemed to understand my hair before she even asked any questions. I had no vision for my hair as far as how Aniston or Jolie I wanted to look so I gave her the reins. She told me the hair trends as of current, described what she envisioned and started snipping away. I ended up with a mid-​length, long-​layered haircut. To note: She was my first stylist to shear each of my layers without razors or those scissors with teeth.
It looked beautiful, blown out straight, and polished (as we all do when leaving a professional hair salon) but I knew the real test was the morning after. So today I write this review in my after-​shower natural state to report that I still love it! She shaped my hair so that the curls have life but the volume is manageable. It’s still frizzy but I think I need to purchase the hair lotion as recommended.

I haven’t had a haircut in over 2 years — due to a previous stylist at a different salon leaving! I’m SUPER picky in regards who cuts my hair. I’m Asian, I have extremely thick hair, AND I love lots of texture.
Unilocal recommended Moa to me and wham! I made an appointment and requested a stylist with experience in cutting asian hair.
Lilly was the stylist and she took the photo of the cut I wanted and did it! She is super nice too! I’ve finally found a stylist that can deal with my hair!

I’m so glad I found this place! I had shoulder-​length curly hair, which was getting out of control. The owner of the place, Mona, gave me a great consultation before and throughout the haircut and showed me how to style my hair in so many different ways.
I usually go for a hair stylist, who’s around my age (20’s) because I feel like they understand my style better, but Mona has completely changed my mind. I’ve been to a lot of high-​end hair salons, and I just have to say, she knows how to cut and style hair.
And super reasonable price! my haircut was only $ 35+tip. Compared to other salons that charge $ 50+ for a haircut, moa hair was much much better in terms of skills and service.
Overall, I would definitely go back!

I’ve wanted to keep this place a secret all to myself but I just can’t any longer. I’ve been going to Moa hair for almost 2 years and they’ve transformed my head into a masterpiece.
For a decade I’ve been going around to the best reviewed salons in search of who can cut and style my hair properly. I’ve been to salons on Cap Hill, Redmond, Bellevue, all of which were highly recommended. To my disappointment, the stylists there kept giving me conformist hair cuts. They wouldn’t listen to me when I said that I wanted to change and have something better than what I kept seeing.
When I went to Moa I could tell that my process of transformation would begin. I had short hair for most of my life and I desperately wanted longer hair. But I didn’t want to look stupid while growing my hair out. Moa hair made that transition possible while minimizing my hair looking stupid.
They did a great job with my hair and they continue to do a great job.

Love this place! Moa can give you the hair of your dreams. You envision it, describe it to her in English or Korean, and she makes it come to life. She has extensive experience but she is so humble about it. You can also take photos of the look you want and that provides a better direction on the look you want.
You know HAIR is IMPORTANT. So don’t take a gamble and go to Moa Hair Studio. She will make you look real good.