Encounters Salon and Day Spa

My hair has never looked better than today after an appointment with Kara Everett. Thank you, I will see you again in four weeks.

I had an appointment with Kara today (first time switching salons in 6 years). Even though I kept her there late, she took the time to show me tips with my straightener and go through different products with me! She also did a great job waxing my eyebrows. And my hair looks fabulous! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I needed a new stylist and this salon was close to work and had good online reviews. I chose a stylist from their website and made an appointment. The stylist was very personable and welcoming. While I liked her very much from a personal standpoint, I have some issues with the job she did on my hair. I paid for both a cut and color work. In my opinion, when you pay close to $ 150 (not to the mention the tip on top of that) the color work should last for awhile. However, she did not go close down to the root area with the highlights so I will have to return soon to get my hair done again. I don’t know if this is the result of not knowing what she was doing or if she was attempting to get me to return sooner. Either way I will not be returning to Encounters Salon and Day Spa.

Mahsa and Shoku are the brow waxing dream team. I came to Shoku after a disastrous tweezing incident and she fixed them right up. Her daughter Mahsa is just as talented and extremely sweet and welcoming. I wouldn’t trust anyone else to wax my brows :)

Me and my hubby just moved here from Indianapolis and were looking for a new hairstylist. We were spoiled in Indy with our stylist of 3 years so I was quite nervous going to someone new. My hair has been the best it’s ever been. This place was amazing! As soon as we walked in the employees were so friendly. They really seemed so excited that we were there. The building was very homey and warm feeling. The girl that washed my hair (I think her name was Page) gave me an amazing head and neck massage while she washed my hair. I have never experienced this in my life. It was great! My stylist was Lyndsey. She was awesome! She was very friendly and knew what she was doing with my hair. I was very pleased with my hair afterwards. I have very thick long hair. She showed me how to curl my hair faster and she did it by curling her own few pieces of hair. I liked that because you could actually see how she was holding her hands instead of someone of else doing it. Also, this was the first place that got me in and out under an hour. Everyone has always taken at least an hour on my hair. She did a great and fast job. This place was great! You will feel very welcomed and pampered here.

Let me just start by saying I’m EXTREMELY picky on my hair and scared to do anything too crazy. I got a groupon before my trip out of town and was able to get squeezed in by Jennifer. She listened to what I wanted and explained to me what would work best (did I mention I’m the anti girl when it comes to hair?) She got me set up with something that would work for my hair and make me happy. The cut was great, the color looks great, I will definitely be back to see her again!

To start, I saw Jennifer and she was absolutely amazing. I have enough hair for about five people and it is wavy and prone to frizz, not even exaggerating, and she was able to give me the cut that I wanted in a way that controlled the mess that I call my hair. I love my haircut, and it even looks good when I don’t do anything with it. I don’t get my hair cut often because I have pretty much given up on it ever looking reasonable; this is, hand down, the best my hair has ever looked.
The entire experience with the stylist was a win. I also took my mother-​in-​law who had her hair done by Sarah. She also can’t say enough about how much she loves her hair cut. Sarah took the time to show her how to style her hair and it looks fantastic. If you’re looking for a stylist that can tame the most unruly hair, either of these ladies will fit the bill.
This would have easily been a 5-​star experience if it were not for a few small issues that really don’t have anything to do with the stylists; first, they do not allow you to put tips on credit/​debit cards. They only accept cash and checks for tips. Who carries cash or checks on them in 2012? For the love of all things holy, if you haven’t gone before, TAKE CASH WITH YOU.
Second, the prices on their website apparently need to be updated, because they currently list the whole cut and style shebang as pricing up to $ 65. My hair cut ended up costing more than that. Not a big deal, especially since I had a $ 15 off certificate for being a first time customer, but I like to know what to expect when I go somewhere. And lastly, they need better air filtration, when I first walked in the smell from someone having their nails painted was strong enough to give me an instant headache. Fortunately there was only one person getting their nails done while I was there so the scent dissipated after about 10 minutes and the rest of the visit was fine.
So that is that, 5 star stylists in a 3 star environment, we’ll split the difference and call it 4 stars.

I will say that the someone from the salon contacted me after my failed visit, and then again after my not so positive review. They did try to make it right. But reality is, it’s just too far south for me to take the chance. Especially with $ 4 a gallon gas.

Straight asian hair is hard to cut. I happen to know, because I’ve had to deal with it my whole life. It doesn’t style easily and has to be managed in a few styles that don’t make you look silly (as an aside, I’ve always wondered how my 50% Chinese ancestry totally owned this genetic battle. My Irish and German side must have been out drinking together when they called the alleles for hair).
I spent my first year in Kansas City wandering from salon to salon. Each time I called I would ask if they had someone who could cut Asian hair. Each time they claimed they could, and each time, I had a «one-​day stand» with a stylist.
Allison from 435 South turned me on to the deft scissors of Trevor and his amazing, attractive, and effective (the English major in me would love to spell that last word with an «a» for the alliteration but that would be the wrong form of that word) staff at Encounters.
My men’s haircut always starts out with an awesome and relaxing shampoo, and is followed by the beverage of my choice while Trevor works his magic and a bunch of black hair falls over the floor (it grows so damn fast!).
I consider myself mostly a KCMO person, but Antioch and College is not too far from my house, and with my scheduling now down to a science since I’ve been here for two years, appointments aren’t hard.
I know I wrote this Unilocal with the «straight-​haired Asian» market in mind, but you can have lots of hair or no hair, have it straight or curly, I think you’ll have same great experience that I do.

I am a black woman with slightly wavy, fine hair. Therefore, I am very picky about who touches my hair and the hair products to put on my hair. After searching the internet I came across this salon and was intrigued. I read the testimonials and looked at the before/​after photos of clients who had takeovers. Afterwards, I decided to give the salon a call because I really needed to have bad haircut fixed from a previous salon. The next day I arrived at my appointment and was greeted to a very clean and stylist salon with a friendly receptionist. The other stylist were friendly as. Well. I met my stylist, Chelsea. She was very nice and willing to take on the task.
Needless to say, I am so pleased with the results of my hair. Chelsea did a fantastic job and I told her that I would definitely return for her services. Thank you Encounters Salon for having Chelsea as one of your stylists.