Planet Curls

I was super excited that I found a salon in houston that specializes in «curly hair». I went to planet curls expecting a total different experience then I got. I have very kinky natural hair by the way and I feel my stylist Charles had no idea what to do with this type of texture. I arrived at the salon with my hair prepped (hair divided into four sections and my natural kinks some what combed out).He asked what I wanted and I said over and over that I just want my ends clipped. (an overall trim something very simple to understand). And if he didn’t understand that I wish he would have simply said that. Side note this is my first time there and I’m watching other stylist cut other curly hair dry first and then wash it. Why on earth was I washed first and then cut. The washing experience pissed me off too. The girl that washed my hair did not properly detangle it. This is where shit went wrong. You can’t half ass detangle my type of hair. And that’s my fault for not speaking up. So I leave the wash area and Charles puts me immediately under the dryer. I should have just gotten up and left that place right then. So my hair is a tangled mess and you want to dry in in that state??? When It come time to cut my hair my hair is this knotted tangled mess. How do you expect an accurate cut. Again at this point I should have gotten up and left. Because this is red flag number 2. I came to y’all trusting that you guys would lead me in the right direction and y’all knew what the hell tall where doing being «curly experts» and all. What also pissed me off was that Charles started asking me questions like how long have been growing your hair? How long do you want it to be? And me saying from the beginning that I ONLY WANTED MY ENDS CUT! And dude cuts off like 3 in of hair. Bottom line is that he didn’t listen to what I wanted, he kept wanting to shape my when that’s not at all what I wanted. O and I am not done. Let’s talk about his professionalism so he takes his ridiculously large scissors and starts sharping my hair for 2 min leaves comes back cuts a lil more leaves. And I don’t see Charles for the rest of the time I’m sitting there. Were you done Charles? Where did you go? Why did you think it was appropriate to just up and leave me sitting there? Then the owner comes over and is like I’m just checking on your hair. Wtf is up with that and I’m asking her questions and she’s giving me response that I know are bull and she send me on my way telling me to come back if I don’t like the cut. I rush home pissed I just spent 85 dollars on fucking what? because I had to rewash my hair spend forever detangling it. And then the tears start flowing because at this point I really see the crap job he did. I’ve been growing my hair for 5 years and he has fucked that up. (I’ve tried hard to hold back the cussing. But fuck that I’m pissed) Overall I’m not only beyond disappointed with my experience i will never trust anybody to do my hair again. I appreciate the owner for fitting me in to somewhat fix it. But at the end of the day I’m fucking livid and I’m still waiting on my email about my full refund. My 4b-​z sistas please avoid this place!

Just went today, and they are seriously so knowledgeable about every curl type and pattern and how to take care of your specific curls.

I have been two times there and Gerri had done a great job. I have type 2B hair (wavy hair, with curls with «s». Since my hear is so thin, my hairstyle is pretty much one layer and that is it. Gerri taught me how to naturally style my curls. My curls are more defined now that she recommended me to use the deva curl products.
I recommended Gerri to my sister, that has 3A type curls and has very long thick hair up to the waist.
My sister has always had layers, but Gerri cut her so many layers, and so short on the top, that now she looks like a mushroom! Her layers are so short and uneven that she looks like she has over the shoulder short hair with layers on top, and put a long hair length hair extension!
So now, she has to wait for the layers to grow to try to fix her hair!
Other thing that really upset me is when my sister showed her a picture of the type of haircut and look she wanted based on her curl pattern. Gerri didn’t believe her. My sister had her hair up and her curls where all flat for that reason. Gerri told her that there was no way she could have the curls showed in the picture, and started to believe her after she cut my sister’s hair, washed it and styled it.
I know many of us don’t know our hair very well, and the hair stylist need to guide us, but why do we lie to a stylist! We are dealing with our hair!
Since Gerri cuts the hair before she washes it, she thought my sister’s hair was not as curly as my sister said it was. That is why the layers were so short.
If you have very curly hair, I think Planet Curls is the place for you.
Otherwise is a hit and miss.

I went in here with the wrong frame of my mind. I have some notorious trouble areas in the front and top of my head which will not curl. I expected that by coming here the stylist would be able to dust some major on hair and curls would appear out of nowhere because I was doing it wrong.
Not many people can handle my hair because it is super thick and voluminous. So I have to give props to the stylist for being able to comb my hair out without making me scream because I am very tender headed.
My cousin gave me the book they sell at their front desk and I don’t think they really follow it. For my type of hair, a lot of product should be left in the hair and not too much rinsed out. Then add on some products like gel afterwards. I don’t think enough product was put in my hair in the first place and it felt like a good amount of it was rinsed off.
After my hair dried, I did not like what I saw in the mirror. The top and front were frizzy. I put my hair in a bun when I got in the car. I changed my mind once I got home and decided to do 2 braids in the front of my hair and tie them in the back to look like a head band and let my hair free. I got a lot of compliments.
Day 2 I wore it down again, but I didn’t know how to maintain it so it’s back in a bun.
To be honest, I think I can easily do this myself instead of paying $ 35. All I would need to do is purchase a dryer and watch the plenty of YouTube videos on how to style and maintain naturally curly hair.

This place is so hit or miss for me. I’ve been several times. For my first haircut, I took off a LOT of length and was very clear that I wear my hair straight often and it needed to look good both ways. Charlie did my hair the first time. It came out well. My second time there, Gerri cut my hair and she shamed me when I told her that I also wear it straight. I’m like, ok yeah I get that you guys embrace the curl, but my hair happens to look good both curly and straight so why should I feel bad about wearing it straight? Anyway, Gerri also did highlights on my hair. I scheduled Pintura highlights and was really excited since my highlights tend to disappear into my curls when done the traditional foil way. So I tell Gerri I want Pintura highlights and she either said I didn’t need them or that they don’t do them, I forget which one. She did foils. Truth be told though, they looked fantastic. She is great with color. The cut was ok. Just a trim, really so can’t really say much about it.
The last time I went though… different story all around. For starters, the receptionist called me right before I was leaving. I missed the call and she didn’t leave a message (I don’t have the # stored so I didn’t know it was them). I get to the salon and she goes, ‘I called you to tell you Gerri is running behind.’ I was just like O_​_​_​_​O you called me like 5 minutes ago. So I waited 45 minutes and was not happy about it. That is the norm for this salon. Be prepared to wait way past your appointment time and no apologies are offered for the wait.
Aside from that though, Charlie cut my hair again and it was a complete hack job. I did forget to mention that I also wear my hair straight this time, but this was like my 4^th time there I think so it slipped my mind. He gave me the most erratic, choppy, short layers. My shortest layer was 2 inches long. I’m not even exaggerating. He thinned it so much in one area that it looked like I was missing an entire section of hair. The layers were so bad that I couldn’t wear my hair straight for months. I got my haircut in April and spent the next 6 months growing it out in order to get it evened out.
One great thing about this salon though is that they really teach you how to properly care for and style your curls. That knowledge is priceless and I couldn’t believe I spent so many years doing so many things wrong!
At this point I’m torn about whether I’ll go back. It’s such a unique salon that caters to a group of people that tend to have bad results at other salons, which is great… but there are also a lot of people who leave this salon unhappy.

The staff was amazing and they are all so knowledgeable about curly hair! They did an amazing job on my daughters hair, I am so glad they taught us the proper way to really condition her hair! I won’t be taking my daughter anywhere else to do her hair! Gerri is awesome! Thank y’all so much!!! 10 stars!

I’d grown my hair out after 2 bad haircuts and succeeded in getting yet another bad one that resulted in two discernable layers in my hair. To top it all off, I’m embarrassed to say I knew of planet curls a while ago (and had seen Gerri in 2011) and only was able to make time to return this year. Fooey on me. Will this place work for everyone? No, maybe not. If you’re anything like me and you’ve gotten a terrible haircut that has hacked your long hair to death, chances are that your hair will probably end up shorter if you come to planet curls. Unfortunately, there was no other way to fix it. I was pretty pleased with the end result despite the significantly shorter length. Disclaimer: This is not your place if you’re short on time. I was aware of how detail oriented they could be so I was totally ok with that because the result has been great. The only thing I wish were different is the hair dryer aspect. One star off because I don’t like old school «sit in a chair» type of dryers but that’s no fault of the stylist– just the way things go there. In any case it does save some time and allow people next in line to begin their haircut and not wait forever for yours to be done.

After 7 years of flying back and forth to New York I’ve finally found someone to cut and color my hair. Stephanie is amazing and really knows how to care for tightly curly hair.

Stephanie is wonderful. She cut my hair (which is thick and curly) and my four year old daughter’s hair (which is coarse and super curly). She was knowledgeable and listened intently to what we told her. She gave me great information and told knock knock jokes to my kiddo. We walked out with amazing haircuts and tons of knowledge, and we will be back someday soon!

Charlie did a great job on my hair! I like how the salon also shows you how to properly take care of your curly hair.

I had Charlie today for my first devacut after hesitating to let anyone cut my hair besides myself for the 5 years since I’ve been natural. He cut off at least a foot of hair and it was styled into a neat little bob that i absolutely love.
Everyone was so nice and I felt very comfortable throughout the entire process. No one tried to push products on me like they do at just about every other salon. Everyone has great information to share and will explain everything they’re doing.
It was the most positive hair experience I’ve ever had and I’m so happy to know there’s a salon of awesome, professional people in houston that are so passionate about curly hair.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR $ going here!!! I just received worst hair cut ever!
I got there and told the young man I wanted to add volume but retaining length was important to me. He said «Ok» but managed to chop 8 inches off my hair. I ended up with a very hacked layered cut.
The worse part of my horrible experience is when I overheard a stylish pressuring a 3^rd grader to get a short cut in order to make it more «manageable». WHAT THE HECK!!! This is salon is suppose to embrace all curl type!!!
I can’t say this any other way. If you like your curls, DONT GO HERE.

Such a great salon! I was incredibly impressed by everything. Even thought my appointment got pushed back about 45 mins, i didnt mind at all. Stephanie was great. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

I take my daughter to Planet Curls, and I’ve now learned not to trust any other salon with her naturally curly hair. She’s seen both Charlie and Stephanie and received fantastic (and adorable) haircuts each time. They are great with kids and she enjoys her time there.

I went to Planet Curls yesterday. It is an extremely cute place. Everyone was extremely nice from the time I checked in to the time I paid.
Charlie was my Deva Inspired Curl Stylist. He is GREAT! I must admit, I am not the best when it comes to my hair. I am African American and transitioned to being natural for a year before I cut my own relaxed hair off. My hair was all over the place. I felt like Simba from the lion king.
Charlie properly shaped my curls to my face, tamed my curls AND taught me a few things about cleansing, conditioning and styling my African American tendrils. I’ll definitely be back!
The price is super reasonable and I like the fact that I could make an appointment online (strongly recommend making an appt early).

Oh, their strawberry infused water is AMAZING!

You know you have a fantastic stylist when months later your hair still looks great. I have been to Planet Curls twice to have my thick, curly hair cut. Both times were a wonderful experience. During my first visit, I got an excellent tutorial on how to keep my curls looking fantastic from Stephanie. Gerri, the owner, cut my hair beautifully that day.
The second visit was just as positive as the first, only this time Stephanie cut my hair beautifully. It’s such a great feeling to know that there is a salon out there that understands and cares about what it’s like to have curly hair. I have never had anyone cut my hair as well as Planet Curls.
What prompted me months later to finally write this review? I woke up this morning, and because I plunked the day before, (ask Stephanie if you don’t know what this is) my curls were amazingly intact! My hair looked so good that I had to take a selfie and write this review.
If you have curly hair, this is the only place you’ll ever need to go for a haircut. I live in Spring, and the long drive to the Heights is well worth it. :)

Gerri is absolutely amazing! I have super curly hair so in the past I’ve avoided from getting too many layers because it causes my hair to become an afro. But Gerri managed to accomplish exactly the look I’ve been wanting all 25 years of my life! Everyone there is welcoming and I’m pleased with their service :)
PS. Gerri is a bit pricey ($ 80) but I believe it’s worth it

This place has a nice homey feeling. The staff is very friendly and welcoming. Their process of cutting curly hair is completely different than what I have ever experienced. The cut your hair dry and kind of eyeball it as they go. I initially came in for a trim and some layers expecting my hair to keep most of the length I had but my hair was cut much shorter than I had wanted. It’s still long but not the length I wanted.
I’ve never been one to go to salons for haircuts so the hour and 45 minute time it took to cut, wash and dry my hair was a bit excessive for me when I expected to be there for 45 minutes max. The staff is very knowledgable about curly hair, products, styling, etc., but for what I prefer, I don’t think I’ll return. I’d recommend this place for anyone to try. It may be the place for you.

I’m so thankful I found Planet Curls. I did my big chop almost a year and a half ago and have been hesitant about letting any stylist trim my ends. I’ve feared the «scissor happy» stylist going a-​wall on my strands. I had an appointment with Stephanie. Amazing woman. So friendly and knowledgable, and keen on what my goals were for my trim/​shaping. This is the only place I will come. I will be referring others! Can’t wait until it’s time for another trim. I guess I won’t have to wait soooo long for the next one.

Holla!!! My experience was enjoyable today, from the drive to North Main from NW Harris County (It took me about 30 mins) to Planet Curls. It’s a cute, funky house in The Heights, around N. Main and 610. I’m a sucker for 1930s style homes and businesses so this was great.
I was immediately offered coffee, water (spiked with strawberries) or wine. I chose coffee (Keurig) with cream. it was delicious and such a pleasant treat.
I was hesitant at first — just because as y’all know it’s hard to get someone to properly cut curly hair. My hair was cut dry — and I was a little nervous that I would have to explain to my husband why I paid $ 65 for what I hoped wasn’t going to be an ordinary cut. I was worried because as she cut, my hair seemed to get wider and wider (y’all curly heads know what I’m talking about) but I said, hold on, she’s not done yet.
Stephanie and I discussed for the longest time what my routine is, what I use, how I dry it, how to shampoo, what to dry it with, etc. We went to wash my hair, and she was still instructing me and educating me. After washing, she sat me under the dryer for about 15 mins. When I looked at my self for the first time, I was delighted. My hair takes a long time to dry, and it was still somewhat damp but that’s okay, I am used to never, ever letting a blow dryer near my head and walking out of salons with hair wetter than this. But sitting under a hair dryer is different.
My hair is curlier than it’s ever been thanks to the cut and the product used. Every time I look at my hair, I enjoy it more and more. My husband loves it. I have yet to wash it and style it myself, so if there’s something going on, I’ll be sure to update.
Stephanie was knowledgeable and very pleasant. I trusted her from the get-​go and I have high hopes for the endurance of my cut.
I’m pretty much a wash and go girl, and Planet Curls suits me perfectly. Everything from the location, to the laid back atmosphere, to the staff including the girl at the counter, was right on with me. I’ll be back.