Snip N Shape

Being new to the City I have been looking for a reasonably priced but talented hair stylist for quite a while. Today I found that in Sean at Snip and Shape. I’d not have known the salon was there had they not had signs of Grenfell St, but I am so glad I found this little treasure. For $ 65 I got a shampoo, trim, blowwave, straighten, both pre and post styling treatments and an eye brow wax (included as this weeks special). I also received a VIP card which entitles me to 15% off future visits and 10% discount on all products. I have already booked my next appointment and Sean and I are working together so that I can have the hair style I desperately want. He is brilliant and my hair looks gorgeous.

I find this place one of the few well priced salons in the CBD. The staff are always friendly and welcoming.
My first time here was great, my colour was perfect as was my cut, but my second experience left me leaving disappointed and I felt like I’d been tricked into paying for more services than I thought I was agreeing to.
Turns out I had the head stylist on my second visit and she is very pushy. While she does a great job at my colour, she always offers her opinions in a way that makes you feel inferior. Plus she is very good at sneaking in extra charges. I went in with a booking for a whole head of foils, I get 2 blonde to 1 dark brown. As I was telling her this, she jumps in saying who about instead of the dark brown, we go with a caramel? This sounded good and I agreed to it.
When I got to the register the total was well over $ 230! The whole head plus cut and blow dry is only $ 185. It turns out she did a whole head of foils blonde and coloured the rest of my hair caramel. Two different treatments!
After this experience I was hesitant to go back, but I did and this time I made sure I was very specific with what I wanted and it worked. I managed to tune out her advice (thinly veiled comments about hair damage to get you to buy products) and I got what wanted.
They have good prices and a good service, just be prepared to be very specific if you want to stick to a budget.