Sea Wave Beauty Salon

I saw nice reviews on Unilocal so I made my very first appointment with Sea Wave and had Jean do my haircut, coloring and treatment.
She was awesome and very fun. Gave me good advice on how to do my hair as well as the color selection. I am very satisfied with my hair but have to say it seemed to be very pricy.
The coloring cost $ 130 (shoulder-​length hair and from black to dark reddish-​brown) and treatment $ 60. $ 25 for hair-​cut was very reasonable though.
All my friends were shocked when I told them it cost $ 215 (before tip) to do my hair and I called other salons in Irvine and even Laguna Beach, most of them could pretty much do the same things for $ 130 – 160.
I like Jean a lot but I am afraid will have to look somewhere else because of the price.

This review is for the massage I just received. The massage was $ 49 for 1 hour. The dude pretty much just pushed on my back the whole hour. I had to repeatedly tell him to please not push so hard since I have 2 bulged disks on my spine. I had to tell him where the knots were and asked him to massage with his hands on those spots but he was just all over the place pushing instead of massaging and hurt me several times. He finally put oil and started massaging until the las 15 minutes of the session which also hurt often. So you can say I was not very pleased. But since I am a very nice and non confrontational person I decided to tip him 10% regardless of the crappy «massage». As soon as he sees the $ 5 he says «sorry but I need a minimum of $ 10 tip». WTF!!! Last I checked minimum massage tip is 10% depending on how pleased you were… you can tip more or less.
I swear I would have tipped you $ 15 or $ 20 if you had done a good job or actually massaged my back. You are lucky I even gave you a tip.
The facility looks old and outdated. The bathroom was kinda yucky too.
I do not recommend this place. So many other places to go… Steer away!

I went to this place many times in the past 3 years. The reason I don’t like haircut because some places always require appointment. When it comes to me, appointment is quite hard because I always have something. So I walk in this place and they don’t require appointment which is so great for me. Also, I always end up with Jean and she made my hair so comfortable and nice :)

Massage quality and prices: awesome. The massages themselves are great and the therapists I’ve had are all attentive and you can tell they want you to have a good experience. The prices… You can’t really beat them. Pretty affordable in my mind.
Ambiance: needs some work. It’s always really noisy and people are talking super loud. Takes away from the relaxing environment. I remember the first time I came in there was another customer practically yelling on her phone in the lobby and nobody said anything to her. I had to listen to this obnoxious lady for the duration of my whole massage. There are curtains to divide chairs but it’s not any real privacy. Lot of open doors so it’s not quiet my any means. I wish they’d at least put a sign out in the lobby to tell people to be silent and courteous to other customers. The other times I’ve gotten massages, I’ve had similar experiences. Lots of commotion seems like a normal thing here.
Overall… If you don’t mind the noisy environment, it’s a good spot to get a great massage for not a lot of money.

Update: Jean called me after my review and offered to help fix my hair. I went back the following week and she was able to take the time and achieve the look that I had wanted. She did a much better job this time and now my hair has a shape and style! Thank you Jean!

Hair cut was good but just stop there, that’s what the two stars are for.
Treatment was totally not worth it and didn’t make any similar impact like it should have according to the hairstylist. The treatment took 4 hours and cost 70. Originally when we started the treatment she said it would take 1 hour and if u wanted it in longer 2 hours was max and best. It took 4 hours. I noticed she got really busy and started clients while waiting more and more kept coming in for walk ins and shed take them and keep me waiting way past the 2 hours. Finally I just kept calling for her because she would bs me and say it needed more time. How can something go from 1 hours treatment to 4! Literally the results were only noticeable until the next time I washed my hair which was 2 days later. She told me the treatment would impact my hair for about two months. It was not worth it, I could get the same results putting coconut oil in my hair and leaving it in. On top of that I was considering a hair coloring treatment and she told me I have grays in the back and should do it and wanted to charge $ 325 but wouldn’t show me the gray. I had someone else later check my hair throughout and there wasn’t anything. Total scammer I just don’t like that and wouldn’t come back.

Jean is very polite and very professional in her passionate of her job. She showed me with different style of hair and design. She take her time to know her customer and love to make her customer happy. She still work there and I don’t know why there are some said she is not.

Jean is very nice and helpful. She sat me down and asked for me to shampoo my hair before we consult about my hair. After shampoo, she quickly came over after finishing up her client and asked me how I wanted my hair like. I told her I just wanted a trim on my ends since my hair has so much split ends. She was nice and I was happy with my hair!

Not relaxing, unless you want to listen to the technicians going back and forth in Chinese, customers cell phones blaring during the session, no music, no privacy and then the staff trying to upcharge you on the way out. So much for the coupon special… UGH

I DREAD getting haircuts. I hate them so much that I get them once a year, and at the end of each one of them, I go home and complain how much I hate my hair and google how long it will take for my hair to grow back. When it came time to cut my hair again, I was also looking for a root touch up, so I wanted a place that was reasonable in price, yet had good reviews. I didn’t know what to expect since most of the reviews were for either nails or massage, so I decided to just say «screw it» and go with this place.
I ended up getting a hair appointment with Jean, who is absolutely wonderful. She spent time going over the most cost-​efficient way to dye my hair, and she matched the color exactly with my previous dye. She also listened to how I wanted to cut my hair, and she used her own judgement to make it look even better than how I pictured. She was very patient with my questions, and spent a good amount of time perfecting my hair. I also liked how she used only 2 pairs of scissors, shears and thinning scissors, to cut my hair, as many places I go to take the lazy way out and use razors, which create a ton of split ends.
Make sure you ask for Jean if you want a hair cut or hair dye! She’s the best.

Tina is so friendly and professional! I had my
hair dyed and a digital perm Last month, she did a perfect job, I love my hair style now, 5 stars Hair stylist!

Review for spa:
Went today for a European facial for $ ³⁵⁄₁ hr
But after getting there I decided to get the collagen facial for $ 50 for an hour which included peeling, massage, face mask and removal of blackhead, eye packs (for new customers only) cause european facial didn’t include neck and eyes,
I am very happy and satisfied with the facial, its not only facial, they massage your shoulders, your back and above all, your hands. Amazing experience. Will go again, I left spa with my glowing face, really happy with the service.

I am the manager of the Cosmetic company and i had an appointment with Tina the hair stylist. She is a very nice person and i was explaining my products to her. After that the owner came and literally kick me out without saying thank you or anything. I was giving free products to them with an appointment but the owner or the manager he was too rude.

I went for my hair layered cut and trimming by Jean.
I wasn’t sure about her skills by the Unilocal reviews here so I gave it a try. It turned out that she did a well done cut for me and meeting my expectations and I’m happy about how she explained patiently and told me why she cut this or that way. I found out with over 20 years experience she had earned my satisfaction and I’m a happy customer!
Plus her fees was very reasonable. I strongly recommended for her service

I come here for convenience.
1. I love my masseuse when it was a day spa before it became a cheap reflexology place. 5 star 10 years ago for massages.
2. But for hair cuts, trim, not anything exotic, she was to trim my hair, she cut 12 inches shorter than I asked for. 1 star.
3. Reflexology. Just a 3. It is clean and the masseuses are nice. Do not come here to relax!!!
It is kinda private rooms but with drapes and not walls. One Asian lady received a phone call and then there was a dominio affect. When the second Asian lady got a call, I can’t help but laugh! Seriously? ½ into I want to walk out! Then the American lady tags in and receives a phone call from her husband. She is so close I can hear whole conversation. Then afterwards, she decides to play some sort of bubble game on her phone, pop, pop, pop. As I leave more chatty customers come in. Just wow! Next time, I’m getting my nails done to kill time. There you can be as chatty as you want!
As for the massage he was good, only about 5 percent of the time he miss the spot and rubbed on my bones. and my thumb is sprained.
Next time, I’m driving to Garden Grove. Oh wait, there won’t be a next time.,

I came here to get a haircut and they wasted my time. I waited 30 minutes, in which time I was skipped twice for no apparent reason. I would never know what exactly the reason was, as no one spoke anything besides broken English and didn’t bother to explain. Maybe they called ahead, who knows. F this place for wasting my time.

Hey girls, ask for Tina if you need a new haircut! She is great! I just got my haircut and hair dyed. As promised, I post my pic and review if I like it! Yea. I love it! The color is exactly what I want and looks so shining!! Thanks Tina!

After a not so nice haircut from a salon I went to in Costa Mesa, I came to this place because it was close by home and cheap. I didn’t want to spend more money on a haircut that I already paid for! So glad I came here. I called in about 15min before coming in to ask how much a haircut costs and asked if they could take me today. My haircut was $ 25 and they took me in without a reservation!
Initially I was hesitant to come to an asian place because I’ve been to my share of asian salons where they don’t listen to you at all. You ask for them to trim off maybe 2inches or so, but end up leaving with 5in gone. I have many horror stories, but this one ends happily.
Jenny, my stylist was really nice. I showed her how I wanted my hair to be hoping she could fix it. I wanted an a-​line bob and she was able to recreate what I wanted. She explained every step of the way and showed me the process of what she was doing. She grabbed the mirror throughout the haircut to show me how she was cutting it and how it would look towards the end of it. She made some suggestions about how to cut it to make it look better and I took her advice which resulted in a better outcome.
The haircut was $ 25, like I mentioned earlier, but they charge $ 1 for using a credit card. Not that big of a deal, but if you want to avoid that extra cost, bring cash.

I have been coming here since March 2012 and I love it so much!
Im not much for nail art, but I they helped me grow my thin, weak nails out using gel and I now have long pretty nails. They do any design I want and are sooooo nice. The shop is very clean and everything is sterile. My gels last at lease a month, sometimes longer depending on the design.

This review is only for the nail side with sylvia/​hsin hsin! :)
OK, well as many of you may or may not know, i happen to have a list of japanese nail salons that i’ve been to in the LA/​OC area. (ok, she’s not japanese, but the style she does nails is!)
i’ve been to some bad as well as some GREAT ones and i cannot say enough nice things about Hsin Hsin!!!
first of all, she is an absolute doll! she is a great conversationalist, gives great advice, and is the most patient and forgiving person ever! (im pretty sure i’ve been 5 – 15 mins late to every appointment… sorry!)
ok.lets get to the nails.
now, i guess i have been known to have these wild and crazy nails with giant cakes/​flowers/​bows hanging off of them… well as it so happens, i’ve grown up. :) i no longer desire wearing cakes and lollipops on my fingertips. minnie mouse, duffy, and bunnies? no thanks.
i’ve gone simpler, meaning i mainly want things like… one or two colors, some glitter, and maybe some rhinestones. i want flashy but im no longer desiring «OMG-​HOW-​DO-​YOU-​DO-​ANYTHING» nails. in other words, the flatter, the better.
i was still going to my old haunt, Atlas, but they were starting to rush and get careless. the gel peeled off almost every time. i was losing crystals after a couple days; nails were breaking more often then they should have been.
i had been going there for 3 years, and i knew it was time for a new salon.
ENTER HSIN HSIN:
a coworker asked me how much i paid at atlas and when i told her, she was APPALLED! she recommended that i give Hsin Hsin a call and try her at least once. i gave in. :)
I made my appointment and went. The first thing i noticed was that she was working by herself, renting a station at a salon. GREAT!
she went through the process of filing down my nails and shaping them and then when i went to pick a color, i noticed that she used PRESTO gel… THE SAME PRODUCTS as atlas!!!
after she applied my usual «baby pink» (#51) color, she asked me if i wanted glitter. OF COURSE! she got out all these different glitter powders and mixed it into the gel! i asked her why she just didnt buy premade glitter gel and she told me, «if I did that, everyone’s nails would look the same!» OMG, i’m falling in love.
i got one white bow on each hand with my new set of glittery pink nails. It cost a grand total of $ 35. OMG OMG OMG I’M IN FREAKING LOVE
…
At my old salon, atlas, this would have cost at least $ 62($ 50 for a new set, $ 6 for each bow. sometimes they charge for glitter, sometimes they dont. XD)
anyways, i am SO glad that i found her!!! :) i even told her i’d be so upset if she stopped working or decided to leave and have kids because i’m selfish and want her to do my nails and listen to my ridiculous stories forever.
ok…im done fangirling over her… i’ve been back 3 times since my first visit and she never ceases to amaze me with her talent and skill!
just go to her.
ps, cash only. i found that out the embarrassing way. XD