Hair Studio If

Going to keep it short because I just finished my haircut and now off to work but I couldn’t leave without a review
Was recommended here by my sister who gets her perm done by Helen. So I made an appointment this morning for a few hours later. My hair grows extremely slow and I’m pretty reluctant to try anything too different or new. I was helped quite quickly and my session with Helen begun. I didn’t know quite what I was looking for but I told her what I didn’t like about my current hairstyle… Or lack thereof style. We went with some layering and thinning and what to do with my old grown out bangs. I asked for as little change as possible to start off and we went from there
I have NEVER BEEN HAPPIER after a haircut. Yes there were times I’ve cried in the car in the past. I am practically grinning while I write this. I love my new haircut and I’ll gladly come back to Helen again!
Don’t forget to work with your stylist and describe what you want or don’t want. I think some direction will help the both people happy in the end.

I have been going to Ms. Suh for over 13 years now. Her and her staff are the best people to do my hair. I have a very special kind of hair and so she is the only one I can trust with my hair. I can’t belive one of the review said her and her staff do not have licenses. That person used wrong spelling of her name and accusing her and her staff not having proper licenses. The first day I went to her until today, she displayed her license on the mirror and for the giggle, I looked her name up on the cosmology website and her name was there for the longest time LOL! I hope whoever is accusing her on the website should get ready to defend herself just in case she sues her for false accusation on website.

Been coming here for 5 years now and so far my favorite place to get my hair done the way I want it. Language is a barrier. They do try to communicate with you no matter what tho. Just show them a photo of any hairstyles and they will do exactly what’s on the picture. For $ 30 they shampoo and conditioned, cut and style your hair. That’s pretty good to me! And I’m always pleased with the results. I recommend Jun if you’re looking for a great hairstylist. But if shes not around, I think everyone else is very competent with their job. Love this place!

I don’t know why I didn’t read these reviews sooner. Just, no.
My son barely squirmed and the cut came out badly. The (older) lady kept asking if it was fine. And yes, it was fine, because I did not want her to cut it anymore to make it worse than it already was.
You can pretty much judge a salon and the stylists by their own personal hairstyle.
So, no.

Jung hee is the best! Beautiful women’s haircut for $ 30 and friendly fast service! So glad to have found this hair salon and stylist. Will be coming back regularly.

I have been coming to this place for more 5 years now. I always get my hair cut by a hair designer name Suh. She is super fast and knows how style.
I don’t go to random places… Will keep coming to this place unless I move out of state.

This was my first time to this salon. I only came here because my mother in law had made appointments (for both hair and makeup) for myself, her, my sister-​in-​law and my daughter for a family photo shoot.
Some of the workers were friendly and did a good enough job on my daughter’s hair and our makeup…
BUT the girl who worked on my hair (Hye Young? I am actually unsure if she is even licensed… she has shoulder length straight black hair and wears black square rim glasses… very quiet and not very friendly) BURNT my face. First of all, I feel like it really requires a HIGH level of incompetence to burn someone’s face while curling their hair for a very simple hairdo… Secondly, once she burnt my face — as in the hot iron touched the side of my face — she did not immediately apologize. In fact, after I Unilocaled out in pain, she continued to curl my hair as if nothing had happened. At which point, I started telling her that her response was absolutely inadequate and that she better hope my face does not turn into a blister. She then apologized meekly and I had a hoard of other workers coming to spray aloe vera on my face… but I now have a purple mark on my face and have been looking online to even see if this salon is certified.
If you check on the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology site (
) IF Hair Salon does not even come up. Scarily enough, neither does the owner of the salon (YaeWon Suh). If the owner isn’t even licensed, I already know that the incompetent girl in the glasses who worked on my hair is CLEARLY not licensed… and clearly not competent enough to curl someone’s hair without touching their face with the curling iron.
I am trying to see how else I can make a formal complaint against this salon. I would say that the girl who worked on my hair should have her license revoked… except that she’s not even licensed!!! In fact, I am not even sure how IF Hair Salon is legal and open with unlicensed workers when the California Department of Consumer Affairs (
) states that:
Anyone who provides hairdressing and styling, haircutting, shaving, manicuring, removing unwanted hair, skin care, and the application of cosmetics for a fee must be licensed by the Board. To become licensed, individuals must complete an approved amount of coursework and practical training and pass a national written and hands-​on exam.
After years of going to hair salons, never in a million years would I ever even have fathomed that I would get my face burnt while getting my hair curled. I couldn’t even fathom that level of incompetence.
So this is my warning to all of you… DO NOT SET FOOT in this unlicensed incompetent salon. It’s not just about hair preference or customers dissatisfaction… clearly, the level of incompetence at this salon is so high that it is a safety hazard.
If you don’t heed this warning, then RUN the other way when you see the girl with the black rim glasses. Unless of course, you want an unfriendly unlicensed incompetent workers to burn your face with a curling iron!

My sister recommended this place to me years ago and I’ve been going ever since.
They wash your hair and the girls usually take their time cutting your hair. I also love how they are able to thin out my hair but not to a point that it looks layered.
The language barrier might be tricky but as long as you show them a picture of what you want — they seem to be always on point for me. They get busy on the weekends, but I came in on a weekday an hour earlier than my appointment and they were able to take me in.

I’ve been coming to If for over two years now, and i’m always happy with my cuts and perms. I always have Helen do my hair and my brother has the lady with the super short blond hair do his. He’s always happy with the results too. He REALLY cares about how his hair looks, so it’s great to have someone who knows what’s best for him. All of the stylists seem very detailed and skilled. My perms don’t exactly come out the way I want at first. But after I wash and style my hair on my own, it looks great! Plus, they hired a new assistant, Yolanda, with about 18 years of working at Korean hair salons. She’s great too!

$ 30 for a simple trim by Mrs.Suh.
Came here on a Saturday morning and they seemed pretty busy. Made appointment for 11:30 but waited more than 30 min after my hair was washed for her to get to me
The lady who washed my hair was awful… felt like she was just watering my head and not washing my hair .and she barely even touched my scalp the entire time. very mindless and got water into both my ears few times
Trim was ok, decent and nothing spectacular, no different than a $ 20 trim at fantastic Sam’s
She didn’t really know how to handle or blow dry my hair that was previously digitally permed
But for if price it was ok, don’t think I’ll be coming back. The place is filthy. dust everywhere and trash on the floor
Next time will go back to my usual stylist who charges $ 45 for trim but does an amazing job

I’ve been coming here for about 8 years now and have been getting cut by Mrs. Suh each time. She does exactly what I want and I always come out a happy customer. I’m very particular about my hair and have been trying to grow it out the past few years and she gives me micro-​trims every now and then to cut off the dead hair. You know how some Korean ladies actually cut 3 inches off when you ask for a trim and you come out angry? She doesn’t do that at all!
She’s so nice and really takes care of my hair! Thanks mrs Suh!

I’ve been going to IF hair studio for 3years now. I love my hair stylist, Helen, who always knows what I want. If you want to get your hair done from here, go to Helen!

The WORST Place EVER!
The old lady Gina had color&cut my hair. I showed her picture of what I wanted. Long story short… the result was… She totally messed up my hair with too many layers. I hate what they had done w/​my hair it looks like a ‘mushroom’ totally different look from the picture that I showed her. I was very mad & about to cry.
Next day, I called the manager to file a complaint.
YaeWon Suh (She said she is the manager.)answered & listened my story about yesterday. She NEVER apologized, defended her employee and said,“You don’t know how to file a complaint right.” She showed temper,“if u want, we’ll fix it for u, just come anytime!” I asked her“when?”,“can I make an appt.?“
She said“I said ANYTIME!” – ;;
I asked her again, «What if it gets worse?»
She answered,“well, then there is nothing we can do.” I didn’t want her to retouch my hair so I asked for refund, but she said, «we can’t give u refund.» and just hung up on me.
I wasted my valuable time and money.
Customer service is just UNACCEPTABLE!!!

This is coming from a girl that hasn’t had a good haircut since 2000. With a massive amount of effort from my end, usually I can at least get the hair dresser to get to 75% of what I’m asking for. So, I give another hairdresser Chrisine a 3.5 stars.
But the older woman that is wearing an outdated 70s rock star haircut, OMG. Usually, just growing out the hair makes the cut better. I let it grow out. It just kept getting worse. She does something unnatural with hair. It looks like a mess no matter what I do. I asked her to do something. Surprise, surprise, she gave me the haircut she was wearing. Which wouldn’t be bad if she was’n’t stuck back in the 70s and loved bad hair. You know what I mean, the short bowl hair cut with a long tail in the back. Kind of like a mullet.
This rivals the bad hair I had to live with as a young child. Same bad hair cut from the same old ladies that refuse to get out of the 70s.
Its just hair. But still, hair takes forever to grow out. Too bad mullets are no longer in otherwise I’d be pretty happy.

Despite the review by Ji Y., my perm by Jung Hee gets excellent feedbacks from people. And I love it, too.

It was my fault for just walking into a random place to get a cut. My baby kept pulling on the hair so I decided to go drastic at some random place near the in-​laws house. The first time, the haircut was fine and after two weeks it needed maintaining but never returned until several months later after Jung Hee said she would give me a good deal for the straight perm. I normally don’t go anywhere to get my perm done by anyone but my usual hair dresser in ktown but it was a bit hard to make it out there with a young baby and a toddler around. I made the appointment with Jung hee and hoped for the best. At first, she was busy with different clients while I was there. Her style of doing the perm was different than what I was used to. It was literally a five hour ordeal for me to get magic perm done but it was only three hours. She only straightened it once and in my previous experience it was done twice. It came out nice but after few days it was fading and hair started becoming brittle and wavy. I was told that she might have done a keratin treatment instead of a magic perm.
Anyways, not happy with the results even though I got it done cheaper but if it didn’t come out right I didn’t really get a deal. Will not stray from my stylist again to get my magic perm done. Also, this place is so dusty! There is seriously layers and clumps of dust bunnies every where.

A quick haircut for my then 14 mo old son. It was busy and I walked in without an appt. everyone was busy and no one really greeted me, but that’s ok. I waited about 10 min, then 10 min later it was done!
I didn’t mind his hair getting all over me, or that his scalp was a little irritated from the hair clipper. I’m reasonable… it can happen. Maybe it’s bc I was happy with the haircut. It’s hard to cut little boys’ hair bc they move so much. I will come back with the other son. maybe even for myself.

When I first came here I got a hair cut by Helen. Usually I get very nervous when it comes to getting my hair cut. Helen speaks little English and I speak very little Korean. But if you use basic hair vocabulary like «trim, shoulder length, bang trim» they do understand after all, they do this for a living. I loved my hair cut. She cut it exactly how I told her too (past the shoulder) and gave me a bang trim which I was very much satisfied with. Usually, I have to fix and re-​cut my bangs after I get home.
The second time I went, I got a loose curl perm and straight permed my bangs– again by Helen. She listens to what you want while doing what she thinks is best. I’ve been to some salons that ignore what you want and just do what they want to do and in the end, you hate the final product. The whole process took about 2 hours which was a lot shorter than I thought. I love the way my hair turned out. Perm will last for about 4 months? We’ll see…
She didn’t style my hair in the end but left it natural with the curls. Final product came out to about $ 100 (I can’t recall exactly).

This place is an average-​sized, quaint lil’ hair salon spot that’s right next to Barnes n Noble and some restaurants. I came here for a perm twice – and no, not those OG perms we all had when we were little, but more of the lighter, wavy type curls (ask them to curl from a little below the top of your head if you want that look).
The first time, it only took 1.5 hours on an early weekday. Now, don’t expect to get treated like a princess or anything. There’s tea and hot cocoa which you can make on your own, and grab some magazines yourself. I got my hair layered and then permed for $ 120, which isn’t bad. I really liked the look, and it lasted for about 6 months! (She said it would for about 3 – 4 months). WADDUP.
I was so happy with my hair (the added volume too since my hair is so thin), I came back after a few more months had passed. This time, I was about 10 min late and I suffered for it-​the process was 2 hours long. I felt like I was just waiting for awhile, even though it was a weekday and again, in the morning. No one really talked to me either, I know it’s just because of the language barrier (so no, these ladies did not get to hear any of my gossip!). I also felt like it wasn’t as curly for the first couple of weeks. But whether it was lagging or because I was spritzing my hair and rubbing in curling crème-it’s back to being as wavy as it was the first time.
Will I come back? Sure, since I only have to come twice a year. Am I going to feel like a little princess while getting my hair done? Nah, but oh well… the result will last awhile, at least!

Jung was the young lady who magically turned my haystack into something society would deem as acceptably fashionable.
I brought a friend who speaks Korean so that I didn’t feel like I going to request a cut and end up looking like some mangled show-​poodle.
I had about 16 inches cut off. Reason for this is that I got tired of the impossible tangling caused from riding. Sure I could have tucked my hair into my jacket. Sure I could have added two more hair ties along the length. Sure I could not have been a lazy bastard.
But you know what?
I *am* a lazy bastard so cutting it all off was the easiest solution.
Walked in and the woman told me to go into a back dressing room and put on a robe.
What?
I think it needs to be said at this point that I have been going to the same hair cutting place since high school. It’s a hole with chairs and some mirrors. Simple. None of this robe nonsense. You get a drape. That’s it. $ 13 wash, cut, dry, style, tip. They didn’t speak English either but it didn’t matter because my instructions were always the same — Cut off whatever. Just keep it long.
No joke.
Anywho, I came in, put on the robe, and had a seat. The studio itself is pretty nice. Open, clean, seemingly new though they’ve been here for years and years.
After a wash, the woman plopped me down in a comfortable chair in front of a very large wall of mirrors and started combing… or at least tried to comb out my hair.
The look on her face transcended all language barriers. It read, «What the F???»
I laughed and told her, «Just cut it off and then start again.»
She did just that. Scissors came out and in a very undiscriminating fashion, she sliced off about thirteen inches of shredded wheat and then went about her business in salvaging what was left.
My translator did a great job in expressing my nervousness to cut my hair short. I have had the same hair length (can’t really use the term «style» to be honest) my entire life. Cutting it above the shoulders was a big move for me.
(I feel guilty when I change my brand of deodorant… as if I were cheating on my old brand or something.)
My instructions were, «Make it fit under my helmet… and as least retarded-​looking as possible.»
What I got in the end was what they called an A-​line Bob. ???
It looked… good.
I never thought that I would look not-​stupid with short hair. In my mind, I had always pictured a Mario-​type mushroom character sort of look… or some Japanese animé tentacle rape school girl character sort of look.
*shrug*
In all honesty, I look pretty freaking Asian which is odd since I’m one of the whitest yellow girls you’ll ever meet.
At any rate, Jung took great care of me and she had a great smile the entire time. She even complimented me on the shape of my head, which was strange but I suppose it would have been stranger if it came from someone not in the business of making your skull appear decently pruned.
The remnants of the day looked like some dead hairy alien on the floor, like an over-​grown tribble. I felt as though I should have taken it as a souvenir, but I decided instead to not start a collection of useless crap.
$ 30 before tip and though it’s more than double what I’m used to paying, I’ll happily return and do it all over again. The place is clean. The women are friendly. The quality of service is good and the attention they give to what you want is high. Jung didn’t rush the job at all and she was very careful to make sure that my decision to go short was not something I would come to regret.
Thanks, If Hair Studio. I’ll be seeing you soon.