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Soody's Studio
Category: Beauty and Spas Beauty and Spas [Edit]
1610 Robson StreetVancouver, BC V6G 1C7
Neighbourhood: West End
(604) 687-0708
- Price Range:
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- By Appointment Only:
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One review for Soody's Studio
1 review in English
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Review from Jaden N.
North Vancouver, BC
7/13/2010
I've been to Soody's Studio twice in the last year. Last year I had a bad experience at a hair salon in North Vancouver and decided to venture down Robson Street close to my workplace to find a new salon to try out. It had to be cheap though! So I walked pretty far... I ended up at the Robson Public Market thinking I was out of luck. I took a look inside and noticed a sign for Soody's on the second floor of the market. I figured it had to be somewhat affordable and headed upstairs.
With no appointment made as per my usual routine I walked into the salon and was greeted by 1 of the girls who didn't have a customer at that moment. She took me in right away and offered me a place to put my jacket and backpack. I sat on the chair in front of the mirror and she asked me a few questions and managed to get an idea of what I wanted done to my hair. I'm pretty easy and I never request anything beyond the obvious shorter haircut. Her English didn't seem to be all that great so I was hoping she got what I meant.
When she began to cut my hair I noted that this salon was slightly different than the others and for only two reasons.
1. The scissors they use were these crazy long pointy things that made that quick metal grinding sound when you cut with them.
2. The stylists have obviously been trained because of the swift speed and stealth like movement they make with the scissors.
She was definitely a Scissor Ninja... Did I mention I always get scissor cuts and hate the buzz cut? This place was looking good!
The salon environment was quiet and relaxed. The other stylist working had a friend in for a haircut and they were all joking around speaking Korean. I may not have been able to understand what they were saying, but I knew when something was funny. So I started laughing with them here and there. They seemed to enjoy it but questioned if I spoke Korean. Nope...just English. So far it was a decent salon experience.
My hair stylist had finished in record time and I didn't even realize she had gotten that far. I was quite impressed with the outcome and she did all the right things in the end. Showed me the back of my head in the mirror, used the hair dryer to get rid of the hair bits, brushed off my neck, and removed the smock with ease and no hair flying everywhere.
It came out to $18 and I left her a decent tip for the great experience.
I came back a few months later but the hair stylist I had the first time wasn't there. The other girl who was there the first time took me in even though she seemed extremely busy and did an equally good job.
She was a Scissor Ninja too. I haven't been back there in while because my office moved out of Downtown, but maybe I'll check them out soon when I'm due for my next cut.
Thank you Soody's!
