Blast Blow Dry Bar

I got a blowout and style here and would not spend the money again. I told the stylist that my hair didn’t hold curl well but that stylists have been able to make it work before and she said she would take that into account when styling. My hair fell totally flat in under 2 hours. It would’ve held better had I done it myself. I also had my makeup done and that service was fine and the makeup artist was really nice. I would give the makeup 4 stars, hair zero, balancing out to two stars.

I had a great time at this place… I used a groupon and was treated like a queen. My stylist was Kyle he was a great artist and a super nice guy… I would live to go back soon because my hair looks awesome!!!

I had the best experience with Alexis! Not once but 2 days in a row! Visiting from Los Angeles I was a bit nervous I was going to get a «mid western» look but, Alexis is fantastic and made me look as glamorous as any stylist would in Los Angeles for twice the price.
On top of all that she’s great conversation and has a sparkling personality to match.
I wished she lived in Los Angeles!
Alexis is your go to girl!

Terrible Customer Service by Manager Casey. If Unilocal would allow a negative star, she would receive the winning award. She ruined our Christmas Eve. I would never recommend this place. There are so many other blow dry bars in the area that does a much better blow out and has a better staff.

Poor customer service for an ok blow out and lash application. Like other reviewers, I wanted to like this place, but I got more and more frustrated.
I have been to the salon twice and I don’t think I will go back. Both times I wanted high volume hair and the stylist appeared to not be interested in my request. My hair ended up being flat on top, even though the curls at the bottom were nice and lasted the night.
I do not recommend the lash application and refer any user to the MAC make up counter in Southdale where you get liner before and after the application. At Blast, the stylist put on the lashes with a heavy load of glue and no liner before putting it on. This made it super difficult to put liner and eye make up on when I got home.
Finally, I checked in on time, but when the stylist came out, she grabbed someone else. Twenty minutes later they realized the stylist grabbed the wrong person, and then stylists were apologizing to each other and ignored me. It seemed like it didn’t matter to them that they caused me to be behind schedule. I felt like cattle.

Blast is a BLAST! The ladies there are extremely accommodating, and fun. We were there for the start to a Bachelorette Party Day. They made us all look fantastic!

Not sure if that many people came in late or if they’re scheduling system sucks, but my friend and I were told we wouldn’t get in until 25 min after our scheduled time. They didn’t seem too concerned that they were making us wait. We ended up leaving because we had a wedding to go to. I won’t be attempting another appointment here.

I’ll try to keep this short– we were there for a bachelorette party and the décor was perfect, the staff super nice and we pretty much took up the whole beautiful shop.
The blowout was awesome. However, I found out later that I paid $ 10 more than other because mine took longer AND I found I had the «new girl». She did a really good job, but no one ever informed me it would cost more if it took longer than the scheduled time AND I had the slowest person in the shop. Kind of BS. That being said, my hair held up all night on a rainy, humid night, so I was happy with the final product.
We also had makeup done. Mine. Was. AWFUL. And even after I asked my «makeup artist» to glue the corner of my lashes and fix my eyeliner so it wasn’t so crooked, she didn’t and it looked worse. She just kept telling me how small my eyes were, as if I didn’t already know. Extremely disappointing to also find out they don’t use anyone licensed, so as soon as we were done the makeup ladies packed up their own makeup and took off. Makes you question what’s going on your face, just kind of gross.
I’d only give them one star if it weren’t for the fact that my hair held up great. EVERYONE in our group had to fix their own makeup after the fact, so I don’t think any of us will be going back.

Great location, beautiful interior, and nice accommodating stylists.
I have a whole lot of hair and i have never had a blow out… I heard of them, but never came in until now. My stylist was nice and i could tell she loved what she does (she was a bit of a perfectionist) she used moroccan oil products, which i love and she made me tea. The atmosphere was super nice, they played christmas r&b.
I walked out with smooth, controlled, wavy hair.
I will definitely be returning.

My girlfriend got a blowout from this place and I didn’t get a second to not hear her whine about how terrible of a job they
girlfriend is a beautiful girl but her hair sure looked terrible for that wedding. She even commented about the curls to the girl who did her hair expressing her concern and she was certain that the curls would fall… the curls did not fall

I booked an appointment very easily with THE nicest woman on the phone and I wish I remembered her name. I Loved her professionalism and energy. Very competent.
I walked in with super greasy dirty hair and left with gorgeously straight hair in 45 minutes. I have extremely thick, wavy curly overly dry hair that has dead ends due to heat styling and you can’t tell at all now. She blew it out well with very minimal product and paid attention to my super dry ends which needed some TLC. She didn’t overly push product on me and was super thoughtful of my neediness — I needed to leave in 45 minutes and I rushed her. Still perfect hair. I will be back for a deep conditioning treatment and another blow out!

I don’t usually write reviews on here but I felt like I had to this time.
The staff was great when it came to making the appointment. They were flexible and helpful.
My main complaint comes from the final product. I went in with three girls and each of us looked like we had greasy, limp hair within a couple hours of leaving the salon. I had so much product in my hair that my hair looked stringy and the curls did not hold. In order to get volume in my hair, my stylist teased it… quite a bit… this lead to me desperately trying to get a brush through it later that afternoon. Later that night I saw the three girls I went with and each one of us had negative things to say. My hair was in a ponytail and one had redone her hair. Another girl just ended up with straight hair after it fell so she was fine and the last girl looked great but throughout the night it got greasier and stringy.
I was hoping that my blow out would last a few days like they should but I had to wash my hair, my head was itchy from all the product, my hair was greasy and I would have looked like an absolute mess for work on Monday.
I am extremely disappointed that I spent $ 35 plus tip for someone to make my hair greasy, limp and stringy. I can do my hair sooo much better for free. I was amazed that a professional couldn’t figure out how to make my hair look good. Thank goodness I didn’t have any big plans that night or this would have been a lot meaner and I would have called the shop directly. No way would I ever trust them to do my hair for an event.
If you want your hair to look good, do it yourself or pay more to go to your normal stylist.
AND I completely forgot. When my hair was done I went to talk to one of my friends… while chatting another stylist came up to me and said my hair looked «ratty» and she needed to fix it. While she was fixing my hair, my original stylist could see it. I wish I wasn’t put in that awkward position. Maybe take that time to teach your coworker instead of embarrassing her and the client.

I have a membership to Blast West End, so I am there once a week for a blowout. Angie is my stylist, and she does a great job. They are a Kevin Murphy and Moroccanoil concept salon, and I like both of those brands of hair products.
I visit Blast because Angie does a better job making my long hair look fantastic than I ever could — my blowout lasts about five days. I usually have her style it in the «Blast» signature style, which is a voluminous top layer with some curls on the ends. Looks great, and I leave with a professional style that gets many compliments.
I’m also a fan of the décor inside this salon — chandeliers, white and gray tile, with some aquamarine touches. My understanding of the front desk staff is that they are working on improving the overall customer service level, and I’ve seen improvements in the six months I’ve been visiting this salon.
I know they are working out some kinks in the appointment system, but I’ve always been treated like a guest, and it doesn’t hurt to bring up issues directly to my stylist when I have them — of course this is done with a calm demeanor. However, the Minnesota «nice» — i.e. passive-​aggressive reviews on Unilocal after you leave the salon — doesn’t work if you want your hair to look great ;)

Clearly I should have checked Unilocal before going here, but sometimes a girl is in a pinch and just needs her hair done. That girl was me, yesterday.
Because I had a different level of experience with the front desk staff vs. my stylist, I will break them down separately.
Front desk, pre-​appointment: the person I spoke to on the phone had a hard time understanding me on the phone, which I will blame on my cell phone. However during the conversation, a few things were confirmed: that I would come in with dry hair (I had just washed mine), that I just needed my hair heat styled for the events I was attending that afternoon, and that this service would apparently only cost me $ 10.
When I stepped into blast, I waited to be greeted by the front desk staff. The looked at me, exchanged some conversation about some pending transaction, sat there for a few seconds and then finally gave me some acknowledgement. Gosh, thanks!
I arrived right on time (which is late for me) and was surprised to have to wait 5 – 10 minutes to be taken to a chair.
Hair stylist: after my wait, I was welcomed by Chantelle (?) who I was happy to have as I had been admiring her personal style as I came in. She had a keep-​it-​real approach and was patient with my indecision about exactly what I wanted. After 40 minutes I had a good heat style that transformed my frizzy mop into smooth, bouncy waves. Score!
Front desk, post-​appointment: I was feeling pretty great about my hair, but my mood quickly soured when my front desk buddy served me again. I was asked for my name and appointment time again, then she ignored me for awhile to tune into a phone conversation/​lost item recovery her coworker was having.
Then she told me my service would be $ 25.: Record scratch: She continued that after clarifying with her manager, the $ 10 service was if you came in with wet hair and they just dried it. Fine … But I explained that I was quoted $ 10 on the phone even after confirming I would come in with dry hair, needed heat style, yadda yadda yadda.
She apologized for the inconvenience as I signed. But my issue here is: Could I NOT have been told about the difference in charge when I ARRIVED? Or been offered what I was quoted just this one time?
I don’t actually care about paying $ 25 (and was in disbelief that they would only charge $ 10 for something like this in the first place) but the sloppy, spacey way in which it was handled was almost enough to make my curls fall flat.
And because of that, I won’t be returning to that location ever again. Sorry Chantelle!

I went to Blast yesterday for a blowout, and had a horrible experience and a bad hairdo. Let me start by saying I went to Blast last summer and had a great experience, so it seems things have really gone down hill.
I scheduled an appointment online with their online booking tool, for 5:20PM. I received an email confirmation saying that my appointment was for 5:20. When I arrived at 5:20, I was «greeted» by an incredibly rude woman who said she couldn’t do a full blow out because I was 20 minutes late. I told her that my appointment was for 5:20, and I was right on time, and she argued that my appointment started at 5. I showed her the email confirmation and she then said the computer and the email did not match and that it was «no body’s fault» (no, it is Blast’s fault!), and that she couldn’t help me because she had to leave by 6. I told her if she wouldn’t wash my hair, I would leave. Finally another stylist stepped in and said she could take me in a few minutes.
After this horrible person left the salon, the other girls came by and told me that she is a problem at the salon and has issues with everyone, so I shouldn’t be offended. I do not understand why Blast would continue to employ someone who is so rude to customers.
The woman who did my blow-​out was very nice, but she did not understand the concept of a blow-​out. I want a blow-​out so I have full, voluminous hair. If I wanted flat hair, I would use a hair straightener at home for free. She blew my hair out and kept brushing it down so the end result was very straight and flat hair (even though I told her I wanted big volume and some curls). I did tell her at the beginning that she wasn’t getting the volume I wanted and she said I needed to wait for the end when she would go back and add the volume. After she flattened my hair, she then went through with a curling iron and curled some pieces, but not all, so it was a flat, straight hair, with some random curls around it. I could have done much better on my own, so I told her it looked fine and I went home and fixed it myself.
I was NOT satisfied with my blow-​out, but I did not want to say that to the stylist because she was the last person working that day and it was obvious that she did not understand what a blow-​out was and how to fix it. I do not think Blast trains their employees on how to do blow-​outs properly.
I regret the $ 35 and 60 minutes of my life I wasted at this place. I would not go back even if I received a free blow-​out. It is not worth it.

My sister and I went to Blast for the first time on Sunday and I’m really pleased with what they did for us. My hair is silky and soft. The hair is fluffy and has lots of volume with actually very little hair spray.
The ladies who did our hair were very nice and easy to make small talk with.
It was a little expensive for me. But I’ll be back again!

«Not worth it.»
The woman who did my hair had a crummy attitude, didn’t blow dry completely and gave me limp curls. I called ahead of time to ask if they could do hair with extensions and they assured me that they could. I explained that I have very long hair and she said to expect 45 minutes to an hour appt. Total time in chair… 30 minutes! Clearly my stylist had much better things to do than my hair
Not only did she not use the correct brush, she didn’t even bother to comb my hair completely thru.
At the end when she asked if I was satisfied, and I told her no, she told me it was my fault, and that I didn’t have enough hair.
Positives– Beautiful interior and the rest of the staff seemed super friendly. I will go back and give them another shot, just won’t go to this stylist ever again!

I have a really bad habit of reading Unilocal reviews WHILE I’m at a store, restaurant or salon for the first time. And I was getting a little nervous reading about this place
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First off, like everyone has said already, it’s a beautiful place and it’s in a perfect location in West End.
I arrived on a late Saturday afternoon. There were two people at the front desk: a woman who was on the phone with a customer and a guy who looked at me like I was some sort of window licker. He ignored me for a little while and then went it started to get awkward, he asked what I needed. I told him I had an appointment and he said to take a seat. There were 2 customers in the store at the time.
I waited for about 10 minutes, watching the stylists talk to each other. After a pointed look from the woman on the phone, my stylist came over to me and gave me some cucumber water.
She sat me down and showed me an iPad with all of their styles. Yes, you can just get a regular blow out, but since there were some other fun options I chose one (sorry can’t remember which one but they all have kind of dipshitty names).
My stylist (Tiffany?) kind of washed my hair (I have a TON so maybe she just didn’t feel like really getting into it) and then handed me a magazine and started styling.
It took about an hour and she did a great job. My hair looked fabulous. She used an appropriate amount of product and it held for the entire night as well as the rest of the weekend.
So, I’ll probably come back because of the convenient location, but it’s certainly not the place to get warm fuzzies. Also, it’s only $ 35. I think having your hair look amazing for 3 days is worth that.

I have been waiting for BLAST all my life! What girl does not want a great blowout for a reasonable price for a night out on the town?
I for one hate doing my own hair so when I discovered BLAST I could not be more excited. I have been over 5 times now and I think it is safe to say I am addicted.
I think the salon is beautiful and I have enjoyed every stylist I have had. I tend to ask for Lisa because i have loved the way she has styled my hair the last couple of times but let me stress that I have not had a bad blowout yet.
I went this past weekend twice… Once before Glamarama and also before a wedding. I brought a friend along and originally they sat us on opposite sides of the salon. When I made a comment that I had hoped we could sit by each other they quickly apologized and moved her right next to me.
I love that they have a VIP room for large parties and that you can buy BLAST packs with savings on each blowout… GENIUS.
Every time I leave more stylish and a very satisfied customer who can’t wait for her next blowout. I highly recommend BLAST.

Like another reviewer said, I wanted to like this place, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be working out. I think with some changes, it could be good, but it’s not currently worth your time and money.
The staff that I interacted with were really nice and professional, and I have seen a couple of good results, but in general, their abilities seem to be no better than what your girlfriends could do for each other in your bathroom (or worse). I really hate to say that, but I also hate to see people lose money like I did.
I asked for a «bombshell» which is a blow out, big round curls, and volume (or a bump at the crown). I want to be fair here, and say that I have a lot of hair, and the strands are fine, so my hair is not the easiest to style. But the girl who cuts my hair at the random little salon by my house can do it just fine, and I frequently give myself this style at home fairly well (I was just hoping a professional could do the same but make it stay for the entire evening).
I also want to be fair and say that I was running about 10 minutes late to my appointment, so I felt bad that I may have created a time crunch. My appointment ran about 70 to 80 minutes, which seems really long to me, however, it would be worth it if I walked out with something great. Unfortunately, at the end of my appointment, I had some inconsistant curls and no volume (in fact, my hair felt more limp than usual based on the product that was used). By the time I got to my event (a wedding), my curls were completely gone, and I essentially had just spent $ 35 dollars on nothing. I had to do what I could with a hairbrush in my car just to make it look presentable. :(
Like I said, the staff were really great, and I definitely believe that my stylist wanted me to be happy and would have re-​done anything had I asked (she hinted at this, and I could tell that she knew it wasn’t what it was supposed to be), but I was already running late and had no time to make any changes. And I also didn’t think they would have the ability to fix it properly, based on what I’d seen of their work. I’m honestly not sure why they’re not better, and I would sincerely love to give them some pointers about how to style hair like mine (basically any hair that isn’t already pretty textured and thick), if they’d be interested. Please, Blast, stick with it and dive into improving your skills! We want to like you!