Gene Juarez Salons & Spas

11/15/09

I love GJ!

by vienz at Citysearch

so..i went to GJ for my facial. I used to get my facial done at Northgate Seattle with Leslie (she is awesome!) but currently im not in north seattle anymore because I move to kirkland area, so I went to downtown seattle which is nearer and booked Shaida for my facial! it was lovellllyy!!! she knows my skin very well!!! I love shaida! she is amazing!!! :) and oh I got my brow waxing with her too... I love my brow!!!

and I got my brow waxing with Maria at GJ downtown too! these girls are awesome!

09/26/09

WORST BLONDE BALAYAGE - ORANGE AND FRIED HAIR

by KAPTIVA at Citysearch

How unfortunate for me to find the Gene Juarez Salon.

While it is modeled after "Frederic Fekkai" Salons, it is just a "wannabe", inexperienced version of it.

The Balayage Colorists are the worst. They are totally faking it....with all the right words....but cannot deliver.

They each have the same story...you can hear them tell every single client, "Don't expect to see great results for a few months". You can go for a year and never see great results....simply because they are not capable of pulling it off.

After being ruined with orange hair, by their Color Director/Instructor, Tony Kim, their Customer Service Director invited me to come back so that their "Top Colorist" Alania, could fix it.

I met with her and their Top Hair Designer to review photos, and consult on what had to be done. She seemed to understand.

Alania created Another TOTAL HAIR DISASTER....this time my hair was WHITE, WHITE, WHITE....as in "Bride of Frankenstein".

I was Shocked, the Director Designer was Shocked, but Alania just didn't get it...."What Problem?"

Back to the bleach for another "fix". The final result was awful, but by this time my hair was fried and broken.

IT WILL TAKE MONTHS FOR MY HAIR TEXTURE AND COLOR TO RECOVER FROM THESE IRRESPONSIBLE MISTAKES.

If you are looking for beautiful blond, "RUN, DON'T WALK FROM THIS SALON".

TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE OTHER REVIEWS...THERE DEFINITELY IS A PATTERN HERE.

• Pros: VERY INEXPERIENCED COLORISTS
• Cons: THE COLORISTS ARE FAKING IT....RUN, FROM THIS SALON

08/19/09

I asked someone on the stree who cut there hair, and did' go

by mymakenabeach at Citysearch

The Salon looks nice and dressed up, and eveyone is in black like hairdressers. I gace the girl my vision. I spoke slowly, and wasn't sure if she goy what i was saying. I should have left. that was my intution. Anyway it was un even, which I don't mind if that is what I wanted, but it was no where near the caliber of what i wanted. I think this used to actually be a good place to get hair done, but it has really slipped.

07/23/09

Don't ever train at their Advanced Training Salon!!

by smileyriley at Citysearch

When you learn at their Advanced Training Salon, they make it sound like you are sooo priveleged. The propaganda they feed you as to how great it will be once you start working for them is outrages!! I know, I've been there!! I also have made friends with others at various GJ's and they feel the same way. They are sooooo sorry that they fell for it and are stuck in their bogus contract. Gene Juarez doesn't even own it anymore! And the various salon management is mostly young inexperienced grunts just begging for a title.

• Pros: NONE
• Cons: The Contract they force you to sign

02/10/09

Love 'em!

by SeattleLibrarian at Citysearch

I've been going to Gene Juarez for about 9 years and I've had pretty much every kind of service they offer. I usually get Cuts & Facials but I've done nails, massages, color, make-up and body treatments. My favorite location is the Downtown Salon. A lot of the hottest new people and the best experienced people work at there because it is the flagship location. Which is not to say that other locations don't have amazing people but I love downtown.

I have turned into a GJ snob for haircuts. I won't get my hair cut any where else. I have tried other places both here in Seattle (and in other states - AZ & HI) and no other cutting style is better (in my opinion) - a combo of French & British styles so it's not to harsh or soft but a nice place in the middle.

I actually used to work for them so I may be a little biased but I see it as being similar to someone who has worked in restaurants having an opinion about a restaurant they worked at.

Lance at downtown is amazing at color. He took my black hair and turned me blonde! It took nearly six months but he got it there and my hair wasn't damaged - it was still soft and it wasn't brassy. He is amazing and I highly recommend him. He is very honest about what your hair will & won't do and how long it will take to get you there. I wanted blonde like Gwen Stefani but that wasn't possible without a lot of damage so I became blonde like Nicole Richie.

I see a bunch of different people for cuts downtown since I pretty trust them all to do a good job. Ian & Emily are the two I see most often for cuts - I used to see Michelle but she's gone :o(

I've had to wait for people running late but I don't get frustrated because they are usually running late because the person that was before me was let getting to their appointment!

• Pros: Great people - highly skilled
• Cons: Prices