Salon Lavand

I started going to Mina about 6 or so years ago — right when she opened her salon. Even though I’ve sincemoved down to Alexandria, I refuse to go anywhere else for my hair! Mina is so talented, so nice, and I always feel relaxed when I’m there. She is very precise with her hair cuts and always checks her work carefully. Her other major talent is eyebrow shaping. She is the eyebrow master! She always makes my brows look so great. She makes sure you like your haircut when you’re done and if there’s anything you want changed, she’ll take care of it.
I’ve never had trouble parking. There’s metered street parking, or you can go and park in the Bethesda garage around the corner (that’s free on weekends).
Her pricing is great. Mina spent a number of years working at the nearby Elizabeth Arden RedDoor before she decided to open her place. Knowing that, it makes my $ 60 haircut even more of a bargain. Eyebrows are a little on the pricey side at $ 20, but she is so talented, it’s totally worth the money.
Highly recommend this little gem.

This is the worst salon I have ever been to. I have lived in Sydney, London and Tokyo. I had to wait 20 minutes for my pre booked appointment. I had a cut, and color done. Both were done terribly.
Then I was charged more than I have ever been charged at a salon for what I had done.
I seriously recommend you not go here.

I went in with shoulder length hair, with a shorter hair photo that I liked. I asked Mina if that look would work well for me. She suggested a different cut that would work much better with my wishes to have a maintenance free cut. Due to all the prior great reviews, I decided to trust her experience, and let her cut it as she had suggested. The cut was great, she listened to my request to keep my hair from falling on my face, and cut it so that it really complements my face. It was also very nice that she does not make you wait like some of the salons in Bethesda.
The next morning when I walked into work, everyone complimented me on my hair, and several people asked for Mina’s card. I highly recommend Mina and Salon Lavand!

Great salon! I, too, would not have known that this place existed (despite the fact that I live in the neighborhood) had it not been for a Groupon I bought. I love that they have online scheduling – quick and easy. I was the only customer there, but it’s a small place, and Mina runs the salon very efficiently on her own. She introduced herself and immediately got to work. She’s not very chatty (other than talking about your hair) which I like since I’m an introvert. I can’t think of anything I hate more than inane small talk, and you won’t get that here, thankfully. She did a great job on my hair and treated me respectfully the whole time, even though she knew I had a Groupon. You won’t get that same treatment from a lot of other salons once they know you’re redeeming a Groupon, sadly enough. She was very thorough and took her time to make sure that she gave me a great cut.

Mina was friendly, efficient, and gave me one of the best haircuts of my life. I used the groupon for a $ 35 cut and blowout so it was a great deal. I will absolutely be coming back to get the exact same haircut once it grows out. The place is clean with nice décor and music. I have never written a Unilocal review before, but I had to come here and say that this place is a hidden gem!

Mina is amazing!
She did my brows with such precision – they look better than ever!
Then, haircut. She clearly knows what she’s doing and has a lot of skill in this department. A wet cut, followed by dry, and THEN shaping the whole thing with a different pair of scissors. Fantastic job!
I would go back in a second, I really loved it!

I have been going to Mina at Salon Lavand on and off for a few years. Every time I try someplace else, I think, I should have gone to Mina. She really knows how to cut hair and listens to what you want. She’s a one-​woman shop and owns her business (I think another person works there occasionally.) I give her a lot of credit for that — she does it all — the business, the hair cutting, washing and coloring. I like the shop-it’s small, not noisy with loud music playing (yeah) and has lot of magazines to read! What more can you want?

I have been here twice and had Mina blow out my hair. She did a fabulous job adding some curls to my otherwise straight long hair. I am very particular about how I like my hair and both times I’ve been to Dry Bar, they just didn’t get it right. After going to Mina, I will never go anywhere else! Give her a try! Cute salon too!

Mina runs a great salaon… very talented– She is the eyebrow master– Very talented with color and blow dry.

Horrible, unprofessional salon! I got there seven minutes late for my appointment, told them I was in a rush, and the woman took a walk-​in after she told me to go sit by the sink and wait for the walk-​in to get her hair done. Totally rude and obnoxious. Of course, I wasn’t going to wait around for an additional 45 minutes after already waiting for an hour. I immediately left and told the hairdresser I was going to get my hair done elsewhere. She yelled at me out the door telling me I was late to my appointment… right, but is this an excuse to take a walk-​in while I had an appointment? NOPE! Don’t go here otherwise you will be waiting around forever with no service.

Yesterday Friday the 13^th I had an appointment for the first time going to salon Lavand to get color, high light and a haircut but I was a little worried how the work on my hair going to be since it was my first time in that salon. Mina did my hair beautifully and I left the salon so happily. The same night I had a girls night out with bunch of my girlfriends and I got a lots of compliments. Tonight I also had a gathering with my relatives, everybody noticed and compliment my hair again. Mina who I think she was the owner is so nice, sweet and very professional. I strongly recommend.

With the glowing reviews and 20% discount, I came here looking for a new place to get my brows done. Verrry small place; there were only 3 people there — a hair stylist (using 1 of the 2 stations there), the receptionist/​owner/​waxer (Mina), and a customer getting her hair did.
Cute place, but I was a bit turned off with the waxing room. It’s also teeny, just space for a table to lie on with a little standing room for Mina. That’s fine, but it just wasn’t super clean. When the old paper on the table was pulled off, I saw stains and general wear & tear before new paper was pulled over it. (Note to management: this can be solved by just keeping a clean white sheet draped over the table so customers never see it. Just pull the paper over the sheet.) The bookcase holding waxing materials looked like it hadn’t been given a deep cleaning in some time, which made me glad that Mina did my brows via plucking instead of waxing (better, she says, because waxing eventually causes wrinkles?).
Mina was nice, and her work on my brows was quality and lasted a week before needing maintenance-​plucking at home. Because of that, I may go back, though I’m gonna try to find somewhere a little cheaper, $ 24 for brows is a bit much for me.

Mina is wonderful!

I have kept coming back for the eyebrow wax, but judging by the cute hairstyles of the women walking out, I should also get my hair done here. As usual, Mina tamed my eyebrows and being that I could hardly stand to look in the mirror before with my Frida brows, I felt a hundred times better when she was done.