Elite Event at Salon Sessions

This was amazing, and I’m happy to say introduced me to my new regular stylist, Andrea. What a great space, it has a cute waiting area, and is huge. The staff was very friendly, and the ambiance of the salon was upscale but not snobby.
Andrea was polite, she specializes in curls and she had some great tips for me to use. My eventual blowout was beautiful, with just the right amount of body and not so full of product that my hair felt heavy and crusty. I left feeling beautiful and like I had a great head of hair.

Having just moved to Pasadena less than 2-​months ago, I was very lucky to have been selected for one of the time slots at Salon Sessions. In my 30-​minutes with Lauren Jones, I had 3 different hair dos and plenty of tips on how to style my hair from work day-​professional look to night time quick up to. I promptly made an appoint with Lauren and an super excited to rock a stylish hair do. Thank you Unilocal,Salon Sessions and Lauren!
PS: got hollered at a block from the salon, so you know she did a great job ;-)

This review is loooong over due. My bad.
I was lucky enough to score an appointment for this elite event and I’m glad I did. Free hair styling? Heck yes!
I arrived at the salon approximately five minutes early and was greeted immediately by some pretty, young lady. She showed me where the free champagne and food was. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to try anything because I had to pee really bad and after paying the water bills, Danielle, my hair stylist for the night, was already waiting for me at a chair.
Danielle was sweet and very helpful. She not only curled my hair beautifully, she also showed me how to style it! And the co-​owner of the salon came over to introduce himself which was a nice touch.
The hair salon is a great location in Pasadena. Not on that horrible Colorado street… THANK GOD. It looks great inside. I love the exposed brick wall. I can’t describe the style well. Is it chic? stylish? unique? Salon Sessions is definitely not trying too hard. They don’t even have to try, they’re just cool.
Thanks Katie B. for hooking it up!

Stylist: Marissa
I had a session at 8pm.
AMBIANCE:
The studio is gorgeous! I love the way the place looked. It had a San Francisco hip feel to it. Kinda hip hop style :)
STYLIST:
Marissa is ADORABLE. She looks like a dancer you see in those cute music videos (not the inappropriate booty shaking ones — but the fun old school Chris Brown (when he was innocent) kind of videos). She dressed so well! haha… yes, I notice these things.
Her and I had a great conversation. We talked about my wedding and her life and also about the studio.
She put my naturally super straight hair into curls that lasted for two days. Yes… TWO days. I loved it. My fiancé took me out so she made my hair wavey curls (not ANNIE style).
I loved it! She was really fun and quick. She went over what stuff she used on me and it went by fast. :D May need to come back for events.
SET UP:
They set up champagne/​wine, crackers, snacks and a goody bag for us! It was great. The swag they gave us were sample products. :D
OVERALL:
Loved it!
Shout out to Margaret L! Loved seeing you!
Also saw Joyce!

This is my second Elite event and I’m loving them more and more, they’re absolutely fabulous!!!
I had my appointment originally at 8:30pm told Katie that I could go at 9 since she asked if people who had an earlier time would mind going then; the way things were going that day I knew I couldn’t make that time either haha so I called the salon and spoke with a lovely woman who had no problem changing my appointment to the latest one which was 9:30pm.
I had washed my hair and let it air dry (I have curly hair) and thought this would make it super easy for the stylist to do whatever they want to do with it, I had made it as easy as anyone could have for her because she didn’t do a thing. Not in a mean way haha, she said my hair was perfect and there was nothing for her to do. She redefined some of my curls with a curling iron and that was it. She gave me some good advice on what I should do to keep my curls at their tip top shape and I was done. I got a goodie bag which I was totally excited about and will be using those products really soon.

Wheeeee! I had so much fun at this Elite Event! My stylist Vanessa did a great job of saving my hair (I got a pretty funky haircut the afternoon before the event and was feeling kind of frumpy). She was also super informative and taught me how I could style my hair on my own (major plu

How AWESOME was my ‘do from my stylist Kennie? So awesome and gorgeous that I went to work the next morning with my ‘do still intact and was complimented by several people. Yes, the same ‘do that I threw into a bun later that night and slept on was still tumbling down my shoulders in soft waves with a whole lotta OOMPH when I took it out the next day.
I asked Kennie if he could do my hair everyday. Because seriously, I forgot how amazing hair could make you feel like a million bucks. If I ever win the lottery, I may just need to hire him on as my full-​time hair stylist. ;) Thanks Kennie for the awesome ‘do and thanks Katie for making it happen. And THIS is why I love being Elite. =)

Michelangelo, you handsome man, (damn you) you beat me to it! I too had my hair did by the wonderful Ms. Annabel as well. She totally rocked my do.
After some fresh fruit, champagne, and conversation with my fellow elite, Ms. Annabel called my name. She lead me to a room full of freshly washed smocks. Then, she lead me down a corridor of 30 stations and photo/​studio set up.
Afterward, she lead me to her station and began asking me what I have always wanted to learn how to do. With that, she divulged her artillery of knowledge. She provided me with the most amazing tips, I can’t even begin to tell you how long I’ve been wondering to myself «how do they do that.» Not only did she tell me how they did it, she gave me a hands on tutorial. She put the tools in my incapable hands and let me do the driving (twice!), and tweaking all the little odds and ends that I had gone astray before. Annabele explained each step, each tool, and each product.
Thank you, Katie B., Anabelle, and the fabulous staff of Salon Sessions. I couldn’t have looked better and I couldn’t have felt better knowing that I could really do it myself.

My first Unilocal Elite event! I was scheduled for an appointment at 8:30, but was running late and called in to hopefully be able to push back my appointment to an hour later. Luck was on my side and the girl who answered the phone was super sweet and assured me that it would be okay.
I arrived at around 9:20 for my 9:30 appointment and was feeling a little nervous, but excited. The moment I walked in the door, I was warmly greeted by the ladies at the front who told me to have a seat in the waiting area where a stylist would be with me soon. I really liked the layout of the salon. It just felt very inviting and relaxing and chic. I’ve watched a lot of episodes of Tabitha’s Salon Takeovers to know how a salon generally looks, and this was a very good one.
So the waiting area was actually made up to look like a small café. Some high tables and some low ones. All very modern and classy looking. There were tables of food and one table with champagne on it. Fruit, cheese and crackers, vegetables and dips! It all looked very scrumptious. Not sure who was supposed to do my hair, but when I was called, I actually had to step out to give the bf some change to feed the meter. So when I went back in, I was helped by another stylist, Elizabeth.
She was super nice as she led me to a closet filled with smocks. I was thinking … wow, a salon that has smocks for the customers to use while they get their hair done? How classy! And when I walked through the salon, I was surprised at how big it was. There were so many rows of gigantic mirrors with chairs in front of them — wow! And the mirrors are huge, like from the ceiling to the ground, which really helped to make the salon look even bigger.
Anyway, I wasn’t sure what to do with my hair, but Elizabeth suggested some romantic curls, which sounded awesome. She gave me a few tips on how to curl my hair and then completed the look with a half down, half up with a braid. I liked it, especially how she combed out the bangs and all that. Another stylist even complimented my hair :) hehe it was an incredibly fun event, and I really enjoyed every minute of it. And the goody bag from Salon Sessions was an extra bonus on a great night!
Everybody was super nice and made me feel very welcome. Will definitely have to come here one day for a hair cut!
A special thanks to Katie B. who set up this awesome event! It was something out of my comfort zone, but I had lots of fun!

Awesome Hairstyle Session!
SITREP
The last thing when I come down to L.A. for work is thinking about «getting my hair done.» But what do you know — my friend Katie B. (the Unilocal Community Manager for L.A. East) dialed me into a salon experience at Salon Sessions in Pasadena at the last minute.
THE SETUP
First let me just say what a cutting-​edge (no pun intended… wait wait, go ahead, take the pun!). what a cutting-​edge establishment this is, both in the customer service level and the physical layout of the salon.
The staff are super friendly & professional from when you first enter, and getting you set-​up with our styling professional. The physical plant of the venue is amazing. The giant mirrors at each station hang on INDUSTRIAL METAL LINKS from the ceiling and give it a dynamic feel.
ANABELLE!
When I was livening up with the gratuitous champagne in the lobby, Anabelle came and introduced herself to me and we had a great convo about what I was looking for in my style. She rinsed my hair, cleaned my ears, head & neck area up, and styled my hair in ways I had not been bold enough to try myself.
I have to give Anabelle major kudos for helping me explore better ways to style my hair.
YEEPS
Props to the wonderful Unilocal staff for managing this event, and to Katie B. for setting me up with it!
THE LOWDOWN
I can give a hearty recommendation to Salon Sessions, Anabelle, and the rest of the staff for giving me a dynamic cutting-​edge hair experience! :)