A Visionary Salon

Sheleen and her team are the best! I’ve been going to A Visionary Salon for over 10 yrs. and have never had a bad experience. I change my hairstyle almost every visit and often ask Sheleen for advice on the color and cut, and she’s never steered me wrong. I walk out of her Salon happy every time.
My visit this week was a perfect example of the excellent service Sheleen and her team provides her clients. I came in for my appointment without planning my hairstyle and color ahead of time and trusted Sheleen would help me to decide what would be best. Right away, I noticed her assistant Kelly’s hair and thought I would really love her style and color. To make a long story short, Sheleen and team (Katie and Kelly) came through with flying colors, and all while we had nice, friendly conversation. As I feel every time I leave a Visionary Salon… this is the hairstyle and color I’ve been looking for :-)
I highly recommend a Visionary Salon and be sure to check out their hair extension and restoration services and products!

Katie is a great stylist and so easy to talk to. She will listen to what you want and work with you on your color/​hair style. She is never pushy and doesn’t try to talk you into buying products or services that you may not need. She gives the best hair massage with her magic nails! She is a very talented young lady that I would highly recommend! She has learned from the best, her boss Sheleen, who is also very talented and personable with her customers. This Salon gets 5 stars!

So talented and caring! If there was such a thing as a hair ninja, it would be Sheleen! She’s fantastic, the whole establishment is clean, well trained, they listen, they’re highly skilled, and make you feel welcome!

Wish Unilocal would allow me to select a half star for A Visionary Salon. Before I go ahead let me tell me you guys that I have had an email exchange with Sheleen (the owner) where I informed her that I would be writing her business a Unilocal review. She took it as me trying to threaten her with a Unilocal review and offered me a settlement amount so I do not write anything on Social Media which I declined because it was against my principles. So here goes my review and my bad experience with this business:
Bad things first:
1) I was enrolled in the Micropoint program and Sheleen suddenly started charging me for haircuts from my 3^rd visit. This showed lack of consistency in their visits and not telling about additional charges upfront.
2) In one of my visits, one of their barbers (Josette), applied more Micropoint strands than she should have. They had the audacity to take the extra strands out of my Micropoint balance with them, where they should have just given it to me for free because it was their mistake to apply the additional strands. For example lets say a customer has $ 100 worth of McDonalds balance and for small fries which the customer orders, $ 5 is deduced from the balance. This takes the balance to $ 95. Now accidentally McDonalds gives you medium fries. I would not expect McDonalds to take my balance card and deduct more money out of my account for their honest mistake.
3) Sheleen and Josette have major inconsistencies in the math for Micropoint sticks. How many strands a particular colored stick has v/​s the other. Each person has their own numbers and does their own math. There is a huge lack of transparency, consistency and documentation.
4) My frank opinion about Micropoint was good to begin with. However I felt I was losing more hair while on the program and the joint areas felt like small little dots when you would run your fingers through the scalp.
5) After a few of my visits Sheleen told me about another product, Invisablend. I started researching on Invisablend and contacted the company who was ready to give me their product for a huge discount. When I told Sheleen about this, she got majorly upset and told me that if I buy it directly from the company, she would not assist me in monthly installations. Furthermore, she contacted the CEO of Invisablend (~Dino) and dont know what she said to him, but Invisablend started ignoring me from there on and asked me to deal with Sheleen if I needed their product.
6) Because I started disliking Micropoint as time progressed, I wanted a refund on the unused services which I paid for upfront. Sheleen rejected my proposal for the refund.
7) Josette is the worst men’s barber I have experienced.
I started feeling that all they care about is extracting money from me (as much as possible) without caring for my hair.
Good things:
1) Sheleen is a better than average barbers you would find in the bay area.
2) The receptionist Katie is nice and welcoming.

If you’re looking for a place for extensions, stop — you’ve come to the perfect place. Sheleen is an amazing artist with extensions and hair in general, and you will leave her salon feeling beautiful, no matter how you felt when you walked in. After a terrible first experience with (bad) extensions from another salon, Sheleen and her assistant Katie rescued my hair and gave me a head full of beautiful curly locks and I couldn’t be more pleased. When it comes to extensions, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Don’t settle for something cheaper elsewhere — I promise you’ll regret it. The place is «the place» if you want gorgeous hair and expert advice.

I had a wonderful experience at this salon and will definitely be back.
Though the services/​products are somewhat pricey, everything is extremely good quality (they have a great selection of hair pieces and styling products) and I had a fun experience that left me feeling beautiful; there’s no price I wouldn’t pay for the confidence I felt when I left.
Shaleen and her team are rock stars!
They were fun, personable and helpful when it came to my style request, plus I immediately felt like I was getting my hair done and chatting with friends; they are non-​judgmental about what your hair looks like and strive to make you feel like a celebrity when you leave.

Absolutely loved the experience. Josette did a good job with my haircut and color. I was so picky and had so many questions but she stayed calm and answered all of questions and patiently completed the whole process well.

It’s hard to find a stylist that gets me, because I love to change my look, but she’s always making sure we change it in a way that doesn’t over damage my hair. Sheleen is wonderful! I’ve been going to her salon for the past 6 years. She has helped me transform my hair so many times! I’m a natural brunette and I’ve been able to rock a platinum bob and a beautiful long bold red! I’m in love with the hair extensions that she introduce me to and I get so many compliments on my hair!

I purchased a groupon and went in last month for a hair cut and highlights by Josette. This is a cute little place — converted garage into a salon with a fun and bubbly atmosphere. Josette is AWESOME. I wanted suttle highlights with a trim and loved the end results. She’s a keeper!

I didn’t know what I wanted. But I did want a change. Josette picked a great color and cut. I love the style and color is amazing. Such a friendly salon. And great service.

Worst stylist I have ever had… and I have had some pretty bad ones but Josette is one of the worst. She is a very nice person to talk to but she is awful with hair. I found her through a groupon and I regret going because she didn’t let me finish talking when I was explaining the hair color I wanted which resulted in very ugly and streaky highlights so I had to go back. In my past experiences, if you don’t like the way your hair color turned out the salon either tones it or adds a few of the missing highlights free of charge but Jossette charged me extra.
On top of that she is horrible at cutting hair. My hair was all choppy and it looked like a kid had snipped chunks out of my hair and it was very obvious when my hair was straight. I went back again to get my hair cut fixed so overall save yourself the hassle and just don’t put your appointment with Jossette. I can’t speak on the other stylists because she was the only one that was there and that I interacted with. Every time I look at my hair I am reminded at the horrible job she did and I haven’t had time to go get it fixed at a different salon. Even when I went back to get the color fixed, when I got home and straightened it you can see the dark line of where my old highlights were and then above it where she added the highlights. She doesn’t understand how to do color but maybe she was just rushing it with me… and the way she works is obviously messy otherwise she wouldn’t have made so many mistakes with mine :(

Sheleen has been doing my hair for over 5 years now and it always looks nice and fresh. One thing that I like about this salon is that it is private. I used to sit in the lobby in a strip mall while my hair processed and anyone who walked by could see in… Not anymore. I also love the personal attention I receive and the environment is happy and relaxing. I usually go with the services and products that Sheleen recommends and my hair is the heathiest it has even been.

Update — I received a message here on Unilocal from the business owner who read my review and wanted to make things right. I made an appointment to get my hair lightened. I arrived last night and was not sure what to expect being as this is a home salon. Well I walked in the door and was so surprised at how well done the salon was. It was cozy and clean, and set up very nicely. I met Shaleen and showed her a few pictures of how I wanted my hair to look. I wanted to go from brown to dirty blond. She suggested highlights.
My hair is really long, so the service took quite a long time. After my hair being highlighted, washed, blow dried, and straightened I looked in the mirror and was blown away! It looked great!
I think I have found my new go-​to place for my hair. Shaleen and Katie were both very kind and professional and make my hair look great. I felt like a million bucks when I walked out.

Found out about this salon via a Living Social deal. Had my hair done about 3 weeks ago, but waited to cool off and really think about how I was going to write this review.
LOCATION: To all of those that are surprised to find it is a home salon, that is true, but it really is a great set up. Very well decorated with a good layout, you can easily forget while you’re in there that it’s a home salon; there are no kids running around, you don’t walk into this person’s house, you walk into the salon. It was very well done.
STYLIST: The stylist offering the deal is Josette Renee. I called to make an appointment, and left a voicemail. All communication after that was via text. I don’t mind, but it would be nice to speak with someone as an initial form of communication. When I met her in person, she was very nice and sweet. But there were some things (detailed below in «experience») that were some major character flaws.
EXPERIENCE: I got there and Josette was the only person there, so we got to talking about what I wanted done. We looked at some pictures online, she was trying to explain the difference between balayage vs ombré and we ended up going with balayage. She got to work. She was not very talkative, which is fine, but she did take quite a few personal calls during our session. At one point, a family member stopped by and was helping her out with different «chores» around the salon. She spoke with this family member quite a bit while working on my hair (at some points bickering with them), and I think it may have distracted her from paying closer attention to some of the details of my hair styling.
THE END PRODUCT: At first I was pleased. Wasn’t quite what I had expected; especially since I had gone in looking for ombré, but agreed to go with balayage instead. The cut (just a trim) was nice and the blow out looked great. After a few days, I notice that my hair just looked bland. I guess I was expecting something a little bit more drastic. I also began to notice that there were strips of hair that were bleached, that did not get any toner (leaving these strips of bright bleached hair). I think if the stylist had been a little bit more focused on what was being done (and not taking call after call on her cell phone and interacting with her family member that came in) she could have done a better job.
All in all my experience here with this stylist was just ok. I probably won’t return here; I’m already looking for another stylist to help me fix the problems. Glad I didn’t pay full price for my service, but a little bummed I paid what I did only to have to go get it redone.

I found Josette on Groupon and, wow, what a great gem! She really knows hair and fixed my long, highlighted hair up nicely when I was just about ready to cut a few inches off ‘cuz I couldn’t stand my scraggly hair any longer. Josette gave me the cut and color I want and need, in addition to making some great suggestions on toning my hair if it gets brassy (as my hair often does) in between treatments. I finally feel at peace with my hair again…

The Salon: Do not let the address fool you, from the outside, it’s a family home, but stepping in this is a salon. Your hair and beauty needs are in the right hands at this cozy place. This is defiantly a place that knows their product, color, style & cut. Clearly these ladies have a following and it shows by the great reviews they have. This place is sassy and the atmosphere is friendly. It reminds me of when beauty parlors were social headquarters, where women sat in a row of hair dryers flipping through magazines and idly chatting with their stylists.
The Stylist: I found my hair color stylist and I won’t let her go. I have curly hair and it gets frizzy. Finding someone that can cut my hair without messing up has been a challenge. I have been to a couple of salons this year and I have left very disappointed. I had the pleasure of having my color done by Josette I showed her what color I would like to achieve and looked at it once told me exactly what she was going to do which was: balayage. I was nervous at first but my hair came out amazing. Josette knows her hair color and is confident and competent in what she does. She also gave me a deep condition in my hair which smelled awesome. She gave me a blow out and styled my hair and she did it in 2 hours.
Staying an not going any where else.
Before I forget the owner does extensions. How amazing is that.

OMG!!! I am left speechless!!! This is my first Unilocal review ever. because I’m selfish and just like to use Unilocal but never take the time to actually write a review but after going to this salon, I NEED to write this review! The two ladies at this salon are truly amazing and knowledgeable about hair!!! I came in with fried, cat like curly hair ball, and i walked out with my silky shiny hair i had before i bleached it (bleached it myself that is) they are incredibly nice and really care about what they do. I normally go to high end salons, but I decided to give this place a try because, honestly, I don’t know why, I guess I had a gut feeling, and my gut was dead on right! Don’t get me wrong, this place is def high end, just not your normal commercial located salon. but i think it’s even better cause it’s like the comfort of being at home :)

I had the opportunity to work with A Visionary Salon at a few photo shoots. They were very professional, experienced, and fantastic. They do awesome work! Highly recommended!

I have been going to A visionary salon for quite some time now and I must say that Mikelle is my favorite stylist to date. I have thin-​ish hair which is a mystery to some stylists but Mikelle fixed me right up with a color, cut and style. She is very easy to talk to as a stylist and I told her how frustrating past experiences have been. One thing in particular is how much I HATE going to a stylist and they make my hair look amazing, then I wash it and have no idea how to style it again! She walked me through how to style my own hair and pointed out some products that would help with my thin hair.
Their customer service is great and they really care about their clientele. Which makes a big difference when comparing to an uppity salon with zero appreciation for the people they work with.

Just got home from a consulation with this place. Met Sheleen & her sister who are both very nice.
The reason why I give this place a 3 star is because of the price, I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone on a budget. Since I am a college student my budget was around $ 600-​$ 700 for hair extensions but this place was charging well over it.