J Diem Salon

If I could give a negative star, I would. I made the mistake of trying this place out because a friend got highlights done by Jenny. I went in to get caramel highlights and a trim. I have never had such unhealtthy hair in my life after my visit here, it took me about a year for my hair to go back to it’s normal state.
The «trim» consisted of a unique method called «texturizing» which basically meant thinning out my hair at the roots. I do have thick hair, and I have gotten it thinned out by adding layers and thinning the ends, however, I have never had my hair thinned from the roots.
I didn’t realize what she was doing until the end when I ran my hands through my hair and could feel a buzz cut like feeling underneath my hair. She basically cut hair out from the roots in order to lessen the thickness of my hair. After a month or two when my hair started growing, the roots that she cut would stick out and it just felt so gross to run my hands through.
It was a traumatizing experience and it took me a really long time to step back into any salon after this visit.
never never going back or recommending this place to anyone.

I went to get my eye brows and lip threaded and I was so scared because I don’t do we’ll with facial pain lol but to my surprise Jenny had such a soft hand and I didn’t feel a thing and to top it off she did such a great job. Also the same day I decided to get my hair done by her and it came out better then I would have ever imagined ! She’s great to talk to. Also when I was getting my hair washed her assistant or someone else who works there gave me a great massage and always made sure I was comfy. The price was great and I’ll defiantly be coming back. I highly recommend it!

I had the opposite experience as Reena in the sense that my pedi was non-​talkative and efficient — just the way I like it.
Like many guys I have nasty feet and toes. They did a good job with attention to detail. Not a super luxurious experience, but competent, professional and well worth the very competitive $ 30 price tag.

Although Unilocal is all about the good, the bad, and the ugly, it is after some thoughtful reflection that I have decided to review only for the good — taking up the ‘bad’ and ‘ugly’ with a given establishment directly from here on in. As someone with a significant other who owns small businesses, I want folks to do well! Raves are better than rants. And I digress… As such, I charge forth with my first review in forever!
After a 3 year hiatus from beautiful nails (no thanks to school!) I have been on the hunt for a nail tech that could even come close to the one I previously had that has gone on to bigger and better ventures too far away for me to commute. After 3 failed attempts at other nail salons (again, no business bashing!), I’ve finally settled in to what will be my new go-​to nail joint, with Kathy T at the helm.
Quick, thorough, reasonably priced and open Sundays and holidays?! Sigh. So. Very. Happy. They also take walk-​ins; perfect for my on-​call, shift-​working, disorganized ADD self. Also, I am thrilled to report that the salon is impeccably clean and modern and close to home for me. Done and done! I will be giving their hair and threading services a try in the very near future! I will upgrade this to 5 stars after one more appointment confirming my perception of its awesomeness :) *happy dance!*

J Diem Salon is terrible for hair, their products dried out my hair to straw. They also dyed it the wrong color I asked multiple times for dirty blonde they ended up giving me dark reddish brown. I had also shown two pictures of the blonde color I wanted and explained on a lot of occasions what I wanted to make sure they got I right. I have extension that also needed dying, they dyed them brown as well but a completely different shade than my reddish brown hair they gave me. When I went into to complain about the bad hair and they denied my hair ever being blonde even after multiple pictures of my natural hair color. They then said they would try and use even more toner that would lead to even dryer hair. I will never go back to this place. It’s the worse hair place I have ever been too. It’s a complete nightmareI payed a ton of money for the worse hair.

The owner of J. Diem salon, Jenny is the most amazing hair dressing that I have had the pleasure to be acquainted to. I have been seeing her for the last 4 years and I would never go to anybody else. I have moved a few times (once to Calgary for a year) and never thought twice to go to anybody else, have traveled back to BC just to see her. I can to her with a orange hair dye job another hair dresser (Jenny Nexus metrowtown-​thank God it’s gone). She corrected it to the most fabulous blonde color ever. I would recommend her without hesitation. By far she is the most talented color/​highlights/​cut dresser in the city. I haven’t done anything else with my hair from her but I am certain she will do a wonderful job. Her personality is one of a kind. She is a beautiful person all around. Very talkative and friendly. Her staff is great too. All welcoming and friendly. Every time I leave her salon I leave with a smile.

This was a different experience than what I was used to. Karen R. is right about the spa pedicures. But I am used to going to a pedicure place, getting my pedicure in peace (usually the ladies don’t talk a whole lot to the clients because they talk with each other in Vietnamese at my other place – and that’s okay with). At this place, my pedicurist was very chatty. And I can do chatty. sure. even though it was a day where I just went out of the house without putting much effort in how I look and wasn’t in a mood to socialise. But I respect efforts made to interact. However, my pedicurist went into asking me awkward questions that you don’t ask when you don’t know a person very well…
Anyway, I was debating on whether to write this review or not because I didn’t want only this experience above to be reflected. The pedicure itself was clean, I saw her pull out clean tools. And the nail polish job was nice. But I did think more effort could be made to make the experience more. like more scrubbing/​buffing… massaging. The whole experience felt quick. Just with this I was going to go for 3 stars because $ 30 wasn’t too bad for price, +$ 6 for design. In total it ended up being $ 45 with tip. Also, not even a week has passed and already the stones in the design are coming off. At my other place, it would always last 3 weeks, minimum.
I’m not too sure if I would be back for a pedicure because apparently $ 30 is just a special and normally they are $ 45. It was definitely not a $ 51 experience for me. But they also do hair, so maybe i would try them out for that. THey’re in a good location and their salon is quite clean.

How can one not treat themselves with a $ 30 pedicure special? And those two deluxe massage chairs… Foot gorgification goodness combined with mechanical manipulation. Bring it on! Only a strawberry margarita could top this relaxing inexpensive luxury voyage. Did I mention the foot/​leg massage? Oh and they offer a student discount!