Van Cleef Hair Studio

11/07/09

Don't believe in malicious words...

by Roisa B at Citysearch

this salon is probably the best in chicago. don't believe in the review done by "diana", she is a very sick person, always trying to get things for free. she is an abuser.

All the shops should be warn and don’t provide services to this person.

• Pros: Trust Van Cleef hair studio, and owner is a good pros.

10/28/09

Lack of integrity

by GoddessDiana at Citysearch

I arrived at Van Cleef hair salon in September to have hair infusion wefts removed by Mary who rents a chair at Rahni's salon. She is an independent contractor and so she only rents a chair at his salon along with Carrie another stylist who cuts and colors hair. Mary removed the wefts with a strong solution and then Carrie cut my hair into a bob to cut out most of the damage but in my personal opinion I felt she could have left my hair shoulder length. I was embarrassed to leave the salon with such short hair so Mary took me to a wig store and I purchased my own human hair for Mary to sew into my hair. She sewed my hair into tight cornrows all the way up to the crown of my head and at my hair line which really hurt a lot. When the weave was finally in I felt the look was unnatural and "wiggy" so Carrie charged me $125 to cut and style the weave so it looked more natural. This was the first time for me that another stylist needed to cut extensions. Apparently Mary does not know how to cut extensions so Carrie cuts the extensions for you after Mary weaves in the hair. After the service I was shocked to find out that Mary wanted an additional sum of $1050 so I asked if I could write her a check or pay the salon Van Cleef using my credit card but Rahni would not let me and told me Mary only rents a chair at Van Cleef so he can not accept credit card payments on her behalf. Mary drove me to an ATM machine and I gave her $950 since I had no choice. The next day I showed the work to people at Sally's Beauty Supply shop and they felt it was not done properly and said I had been charged too much money for a simple weave in. I complained to the owner but he would not help me and when I asked Mary to please make it less tight she said she'd have to charge me $100 extra for such a service. I eventually went to another salon to remove the weave because it hurt too much and I noticed Mary had used a lot of thread to make the weave stay in. I am glad I removed it one week later rather than suffer further hair breakage. While the weave was removed at another hair salon I noticed pieces of my own hair were falling out along with the thread Mary used to tie in the weave. Mary had insisted placing a weave into my own hair would help my own hair grow and "give my hair a break". When I mentioned this to the stylist who removed Mary's work he laughed at me and explained braids are much more damaging than adding in extensions using protein bonds. If you ask me Van Cleef should be able to accept credit cards if their staff rents or chair at their salon. Rahni simply told me I should have asked Mary what her price was before the service was completed. If I had known it was going to cost me a full day of work and deplete my savings I would never have stepped into this salon.

• Pros: none
• Cons: owner Rahni does not stand behind his work

05/07/08

See and B Seen! Michelle Obama! Hands off!

by uminc at Citysearch

It's the only place in town where you can get the power haircut and walk out feeling like you are amongst the stars of the world. The inside of the salon is not glitzy and glamorous, but the once you sit in Ronnie's chair----It's all magic. Escape to a place of posh and just give him very little of your ideal fantasy cut. He'll handle the rest! He'll cut your hair, curl, flat iron, and style your frock of locks until he creates the vision of ultimate pleasure! Let him just surprise you! I love him. I loved my previous hair stylist too! Until Oprah took him away. Guess who will be taking Ronnie? Can you say O-B-A-M-A! Michelle, please leave him alone! I'm a first lady in my household too!

• Pros: Fast Highly skilled stylist
• Cons: none