HoneyHand

Nine months and four hair appointments later, I need to write an update! I’ll just hit the highlights:
July 2013: I came to the salon to get waist-​long senegalese twist for the summer. I was writing my dissertation and I couldn’t be bothered with doing my hair everyday. Rita (I believe that’s her name), came in especially do my twists. They looked AHHH-​mazing! Not to sound conceited, but I received compliments everywhere I went. My total came to £90, which is more expensive that other London braiding salons. However, the quality definitely made it worth it.
September 2013: My hair is natural, and I’ve come to the point where I’m no longer interested in wearing straight or wavy weaves. As someone told me, «you can’t be Indian in the front and African in the back!» But I still like weave/​extensions. So, I started wearing afro kinky weave. I asked Hannah, the owner of Honey Hand, if she had ever installed a weave like that. She hadn’t, but she was confident that she would be able to install it as a versatile weave so that I could wear ponytails. Versatile weaves cost £70.
I went in for my appointment, but the salon was overbooked and understaffed. After waiting for TWO hours, I walked out pissed (hence the star rating decrease). I rebooked my appointment for later in the week, and luckily Hannah was able to complete my sew-​in. However, she (nor anyone else at the salon) is not familiar with natural hair care. I’m not entirely sure how one can manages a black/​afro hair salon and not know how to treat our hair in its natural state! This lack of knowledge also contributed to the 4-​star rating. Anyways, I simply asked her to comb the weave out into an afro and I did a twist-​out when I got home. It looks amazing! Two months later, and I’m still getting showered with compliments from people I know and complete strangers (I promise I’m not vain!). You can find a picture in my profile.

Similar to the first comment I had three people do my hair. One did the cornrows, another the sew in and then finally the main stylist did the cut and style. All that work for an ok finish. I was hoping I would get Hannah to do my short weave from start to finish. She did the style on the YouTube advertisement of it and it was great. It is a shame that they were unable to reproduce it on the day. The style wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. I hate having the feeling when you leave a salon that they haven’t done their best job for you.
On a positive note the staff are friendly and very welcoming and the salon is well presented.