Lock Nest

I love Jackie! She’s very sweet and friendly, and delivers a great cut for a really great price. I really feel she understands my hair.

I kinda wondered why this place didn’t have more reviews before I went here. It’s close to campus and seems like it would have a lot of foot traffic. Also, it’s about $ 10 cheaper than other salons. Being that I have very little money, that was a big deal to me.
So I went there and discovered why there’s so few comments: it’s average. I got a very average haircut that was nothing to write home about. In fact, I got a decidedly nineties haircut. I don’t say this because I’ve been watching a lot of 90’s sitcoms on netflix (though I have), but because I had this EXACT haircut when I was about 8 in 1995ish. Luckily, I have a straightening iron now, which I did not in the mid-​nineties.
There was nothing «wrong» with my visit here. I went to a pleasant shop, did not wait very long, and had a pleasant lady cut my hair. I got quite a few inches of my thick, curly hair chopped off and asked for it to be thinned (but not layered because that adds poof to my hair). I got cursory thinning, but only on the top layer and no where near what it needed. I basically cannot wear my hair naturally curly right now because it’s still too thick and heavy. I got an average straight cut that does not work on curly hair.
I realize that it can take several cuts for a stylist to understand a curly client’s hair, but I have had much better first cuts.

She did an AMAZING job on my husbands hair! We will be back! She has so much experience and is super friendly, makes you feel at ease. Lovely lady who does superb work!

I was visiting from out of town and decided to get a haircut. First I went to a fancy salon that a friend recommended, but when her stylist wasn’t available, and the salon wanted $ 50 bucks for a cut with a 20 minute wait, I decided to go elsewhere. I spotted Locks Nest and walked out 30 minutes later not just with clean hair, but with a fabulous trim, and she fixed my layers (including a pretty big mistake my regular stylist made). The stylist really knows her stuff, is completely non-​snooty, friendly, and gave me the best haircut I’ve had in probably three years… I wish I could find a stylist like her in Portland!