Where is the Best Barber in Austin, Texas?
Pros: The setting is gorgeous. The spa sits on a river and across from a lush, green hill/mountainside and the grounds are beautifully maintained. The rooms are beautifully decorated and really, everything is picturesque. The staff is the friendliest I’ve ever seen. Mindy, the woman who helped us with the kayaks and conducted the boat tour, was wonderful. The front…
I have never written a review for citysearch, but Steve Stanford at the swank John Girard Salon is responsible for a whole new me and I need the world to know about it!I started to write a review when I got home from my whole new hair doo (this would be cut & color) because I was just glowing. Then I decided I would wait. Sure, the I looked fantastic now, but what about three days later or a month later?Alright, you can guess from the myriad of stars, my hair still looks fantastic and Steve Stanford is a bona fide bald headed, cape wielding SUPER HERO. I went in with a small, yet, standard list of hair demands: It needs to make me look thin, young, long, but not too long, and bang-less or maybe short with wispy bangs, fabulous color that looks hip, but not so hip that I get stared down at my kid?s playgroup! Oh, and I want to be able to wake up and go, or try to curl it into a semi-Texas glamour doo when I need to see my mother. Steve nodded and thought for a few minutes. The
I’ve lived in Austin for 2.5 years and have had my hair hacked, fried and miscolored at 5 other salons and have paid hundreds and hundreds of dollars for that disappointment. Then I met Laura at J. Thomas.Laura’s sweet disposition made it easy for me to express what I wanted. Not only did she listen, but made suggestions on what she could do to compliment my frame and facial features. I walked out of the salon that day looking gorgeous! My next visit, I trusted Laura with my hi/lo lights. I was pleasantly surprised when she got my color spot-on the first time (this is the first time I haven’t had to go back for a correction since I moved to Austin), then she cut and styled my hair in less than 2 hours! Once again, I walked out looking absolutely beautiful!Listening to Laura talk about how she’s done people’s hair for various events, I smiled at hearing how much joy she gets from making her clients look beautiful when she styles our hair. She has such passion that shows throu
