Zhen Zhen Unisex Hair Salon

One of the worse hair salon experiences ever. went here with hubby and I’ll never come back here again! yeah a haircut is $ 6 for men and $ 12 for women but it’s totally not worth the potential damage you could get out of that. Went in for a shampoo and haircut and the lady applied so much pressure on my scalp while putting on the shampoo and massaging it. I told her about that but had a hard time communicating with her since my Chinese isn’t as fluent as that of the native speakers. But she eventually got what I was trying to tell her that the way she massaged my scalp hurt (horrible, feels like her fingernails are scratching my head). next one, was the haircut done by the other staff. It was one of the worse ever. I regret not returning to Ready Hair and Beauty Salon, where i did my haircut last time where they did a great job. Like all the other reviews here, my experience was pretty much the same — Horrible. And lastly, let me tell you, it is even so disappointing on my part for leaving some stuffs there that afternoon. I called them to see if I left something and that I’ll just pick it up the following morning since I already got home by the time I realized I left something. Low and behold, the next morning when I picked up the stuff (some goodies I bought from the bakery), someone already took a bite out of one of the breads plus one of the tarts was already missing. Too bad I didn’t check the bag right away and just realized about that when I was already almost home. I called them to tell them about that and asked them why they didn’t even tell me. I wouldn’t even bother driving all the way back to flushing if i only knew about that. That is so unprofessional! it is totally disgusting as well. The lady on the phone denied the fact that someone have bitten on the goodies i bought. they could have just warned me someone had already touched the food, and i would just have told them to finish it instead of denying it. Oh what can i say, it’s just all BS. Just wanted to warn future patrons esp. those who fear for their hair getting damaged. GO somewhere else!!! BAD HAIR DAY!!!

Arrived and the place was crowded. I sat down on an open chair and waited just a few minutes as the barbers got through their customers pretty quickly. Cut was pretty average and basic. Not much to say about it. The lady offered a shampoo but I opted to not get it. The main problem I have with this place is the tipping. The time before I gave $ 2 for tip which is a 33% tip. Ok, it’s just a couple bucks but I just wanted to see what the usual tip is. So this time I observed other customers giving just $ 1 for a tip. So I’m thinking, ok, that makes some sense. It’s only a $ 6 cut after all. So I gave a $ 1 tip and the lady (who seemed like the boss there) tells me in Chinese that it’s a minimum $ 2 tip. If they wanted more, they should just raise their price instead of asking customers for more of a tip. Maybe it’s because I got the boss that she expects more of tip? Or was she targeting me because I’m not a regular and had limited Chinese language skill? In any case, it’s just an awkward business practice to ask customers for more of a tip. Won’t be repeating…

I think this is a good place for men because a cut is $ 6.00 (no tip included yet). That is dirt cheap. But, please note that I’m giving it a 2 star review for men hair cut… and I mean a men hair cut suitable for those men who do not care too much for style or fluff but only care for value and basic needs. Because a $ 6.00 hair cut here is going to give you a $ 6.00 or less result. One of my female relatives went here, and it was disastrous. She got suckered in by the price but ended up disliking the haircut. Even the stylist herself admitted to the cut being bad and tried to fix it. What made it the worst was not the hair cut but when the shampoo lady asked for a tip as we were getting ready to leave. I’m like «no you do not openly ask for a tip verbally as it is a gesture of appreciation (not professional),» and second how can you expect a tip when a hair cut ends up so terrible. My grandmother went here as well to test it out as she doesn’t care for style, and she didn’t like it either. Overall, I’m giving this a 2 star only because I think it will work for guys that want a VERY basic, quick, non stylish hair do. In that case, this might work. If you are a lady or guy who wants any kind style or requests for anything higher than a VERY VERY basic blunt cut, then this place is most likely not it.

Here is the breakdown:
FOUR Stars for Price. Men, this is a great six dollar hair cut. Women, this is a twelve dollar hair cut.
FOUR Stars for the People. These were such good hearted, salt of the earth type people working here. They speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English all at different levels but understandable. They try hard and my barber actually saw the disappointment I had in my eyes about my hair and she really felt bad about it.
two stars for cleanliness
and sadly, one stars for the actual hair cut.
First, I have to preface this with the fact that I have thick and dense hair. Their techniques and expertise is not up to snuff for my hair. She didn’t really know how to layer hair. Instead, she used these shears that had teeth to it and just chomped into my hair at different areas. She would take large thick handfuls of my hair and just use force to tear into the hair and crush/​cut the hair down and thin it out a little. There were no actual long layers. She didn’t know how to put it in without chomping the hair a little. The sheering force of her efforts made new split ends where I did not have before and I came to get a hair cut to reduce these split ends. After the cut, she washed my hair with one shampooing and only one conditioning. She topped it off with HIGH HEAT blow drying and aimed the diffuser end as close to the root as possible. This likely ensured future damage as the hair grew out.
You get what you pay for and luckily for me, my hair actually grows a centimeter per month. This I know by observing the white as it comes back after coloring. After three months, my hair will recover mostly the damage done as long as I take care to condition it well.