Salon 300 West

Absolutely mind blown at how amazing Corri Hill was at doing my hair and makeup for my wedding event. I had a traditional Indian ceremony with full on Indian clothing and hair pieces, all of which she figured out how to work and put into my hair by doing independent research for me. She is incredibly receptive to feedback and will not stop until you’re totally happy. My makeup was perfection and she uses an airbrush and color matches your features perfectly, she made my very stubborn hair look perfect (and I was being very picky). The photos look amazing, I will never go to anyone else for special events and will refer her to anyone who needs a hair and makeup professional. She spent three hours with me to do a trial and came totally prepared to the event venue with all the colors we decided on. More than anything she is very sweet and kind and overall a genuinely good person, I needed someone like that with me in such a high stress situation. If you need someone for hair and makeup look no further, Corri is the absolute best there is!

I got a hair cut here with Claudia (there are two stylists named Claudia at Salon 300 West, this particular Claudia is fairly young).
I found her when searching on the website StyleSeat, where she has a profile. I also found her Instagram while searching Salon 300 West on the app. I was impressed by the pictures she had of past hair she has done and, so, I gave the salon a call.
First, I am really pleased that she took my friend and I for hair cuts the evening right before Christmas Eve on such short notice. I called about 4 hours before the appointment time. Then, we get there and we learn she is one of two stylists that are still there. That shows dedication to her profession. True commitment to getting her name out there and building a strong client base.
I really love my hair cut. We took off about four inches or so and she also cleaned up my growing-​out undershave. She was a wonderful listener about what I wanted and what I disliked (like not using razor shears on my hair, which is a request that so many stylists have completely ignored and used them anyway). She was also very helpful in fine-​tuning the details to make this cut something that worked well with my natural wavy texture. That really took my experience to the next level. My friend’s cut was equally wonderful.
As for the salon itself, it is well decorated with cute (and cheesy) quotes on the walls. But I love the style of the place. I can’t speak for how loud/​busy/​organized it may be during peak times, but I know that when it was just us and Claudia, it seemed like a neat place with a lovely atmosphere.
Oh, and when we were leaving, a walk-​in had come in and asked if she could get a trim. Claudia even took her! I think she’s a really hard-​working lady and you’d be amiss not to give her a shot!

Claudia has been my stylist for the past 4 years and always does a great job. I usually get a shampoo, cut and style and always walk out very happy with my new ‘do. I’ve referred many friends to her who love her work as well.

If I could put zero stars, I would. I got my haircut here a couple years ago on my birthday and it was the worst haircut I’ve ever gotten in my life. It looked good while I was there and then I went home and took a shower and did my normal styling. The back wasn’t a straight cut at all. It looked like you could roll a ball down a hill, that’s how lopsided it was. There was a huge chunk of bangs that weren’t cut at all and it was the owner who cut my hair! I ended up crying hysterically because it was my birthday and my hair looked atrocious. I went to the mall to have it fixed and the lady felt so bad for me that she did it for free. That’s how bad it was. To top it off, the people that work there (or at least when I was there) were snotty and had attitudes. I usually only post good reviews to places but I don’t want people to have the same thing happen to them!

I came in for an updo for the ball and saw Monica. She was awesome. Nice, friendly and did a great job on my hair. The place is so cute inside with awesome furniture and décor. If I lived here, I would definitely be back.

On November 1^st I scheduled with Danyel Bennett to get my hair and makeup done for the Marine Corp Ball. I have rather long hair (base of my back) and she worked a miracle getting it all pulled up and pinned securely. The airbrush makeup application was beautiful and lasted through the entire day and well into the next, even with dancing all evening. I can’t remember the exact name of the mascara she uses, but i think it’s younique (sp?), it naturally curled, lifted and elongated my eyelashes, but still washed off relatively easy! I have fairly sensitive skin and I had zero irritation or breakouts from her makeup. Danyel was very cognizant of keeping her makeup clean and using disposable applicators when applying her makeup… a HUGE plus. Thanks a bunch for your AMAZING work, and for getting me done so quickly… you were a Blessing!

April just gave me an awesome haircut for the fall! Her new location at Salon 300 West has a great open floor plan. I felt like I was on HG TV walking in there. The decorations and furniture is classy and bright. You feel like you are in an urban, hip city looking around. Great conversation about happenings around town. Things are looking up G’ville with more businesses like this!

Danyel just cut my hair recently and did a FANTASTIC job. Seriously, it was perfect. I donated 10 inches and was nervous about the new look but she made it look exactly like the pictures I brought in. She was friendly but didn’t ask me a million questions which I appreciated. Not all stylists here take credit/​debit cards and she does which was a bonus. And at $ 35 I’m even happier! GO SEE DANYEL.

I know that there’s more than one way to skin a cat… it appears that one of those ways is hot wax. OUCHY!
I really wanted to give this place a high rating, and the gal who did the waxing was nice and friendly. I don’t think she has much experience with what I was asking for… it’s a small town, conservative, you know. Anyway, I think she should have been straight up with me about the lack of experience rather than just experimenting on me. She did a lot of things wrong, but I tried to just trust her because she’s supposed to have studied this sort of thing and I know people sometimes just do things different ways. In the end, she really hurt me, drew blood, and the final result was unfixable. I thought that I’d at least be able to rely on her for a good leg wax, but then she totally skipped the knees.
Anyway, I felt a little bad for her, she started to get really nervous and embarrassed as she kept messing up and then had to admit that she really didn’t know what she was doing. She did knock $ 30 off the price, but to be totally honest, I think she should have dropped it far more than that — when it comes to a wax, a bad job is worse than no job at all.
I know this place is good for some things, but I just can’t recommend it for waxing. +1 star because the gal has a nice personality.