maggie

I drive over an hour to see Maggie and it is well worth it! She is a delightful, sweet person, but also a professional in the strictest sense of the word. I have been to many different stylists, and the vast majority can't handle my hair. She is great with both cuts and color, and REALLY cares about getting it right. I had been struggling with my hair; having children changed the texture and made it much curlier. I ended up with a wide variety of curl patterns, from Botticelli, to S-waves, Wavy and some much tighter curls underneath. That combined with having extremely thick hair makes my hair difficult to handle. I read the curly girl handbook and started following the routine- which helped tremendously. And eventually I found Maggie! I could not believe the difference that having a proper curly-girl haircut made!!! Somehow all the different curls fall in a more agreeable arrangement. It completely liberated me. My hair is more predictable and manageable, and so much more flattering. I can wear my hair down and feel good about how it looks. Maggie also knows a lot about products and how to use them, mix them etc., and I have really benefitted from that. Every time I go, I learn something new.

I called Mirror Salon to make an appointment with Maggie Page. She told me that she had an opening two weeks away from the date that I called. I needed my hair cut a lot sooner than that but I agreed to wait the two weeks and see her. Once I got to the salon, she was working on someone and took me 15 minutes after my appointment time, which wasn't too bad. Once I sat in her chair, she asked me what I didn't like about my hair and what I wanted to improve. I told her that I just wanted a trim, not too much off the length and maybe a couple layers because my hair (3B/3C) doesn't really have much volume once it gets long. She seemed like she understood what I wanted and began cutting. The process took about two hours between the hair cut, washing my hair, and defusing it. It felt like it took forever. Once she had finished, the tightness of my curls looked completely different (it looked like my hair was a natural 2C) and it looked a lot shorter. I told myself it was because of the way it was styled. I told her that I liked it and left the salon. Two days later when I styled my hair myself, it looks like she took the crown area of my hair and chopped it several inches shorter than the rest of my hair. It seems like my hair doesn't blend at all. The bottom layer of my hair isn't much shorter than when I went in, it's right past my boobs curly. The top layer doesn't even make it past my ears??? It looks like I cut my hair myself. Luckily, the cut wasn't that expensive but I now kind of hate wearing my hair down although I LOVED my hair beforehand. So sad. I made an appointment with Maggie for April (while I was there, she kind of just made the appointment and didn't really ask if I wanted to come back in two months...) and I will be cancelling. I've had two devacuts before this experience and they also didn't know how to style my hair but my layers have never been this terrible. I wish I hadn't have gone. I do have to say that Maggie was incredibly nice and made great small talk and everything. I just didn't like the final outcome of my hair cut.

I drove 2 hours to get my curly girl's hair trimmed here because they are a DevCurl Salon. Maggie Page trimmed and styled it and it looked absolutely perfect. They are great and patient with children! (My daughter is 4.) Well worth the drive in my opinion. We love DevaCurl Salons!