Barbara Forgione Salon

01/20/12

Amazing!

by aliciareed11 at Citysearch

I had gone to another salon to darken my blonde hair. I told him "no black, no burgandy, just med auburn". I walked out with black hair with burgandy undertones. HORRIBLE!!! I cried for 2 days straight. I was afraid to ask him to fix my hair, so I looked elsewhere. I found Vicky at this salon. She was not ony very sympathetic, she was extremely knowledgeable about hair color. Although she could not completley remove the color w/o frying it, she highlighted it in a way tht it is now a beautiful rich chocolate brown. I wish I had gone to her first, I am sure I would have gotten what I wanted to begin with. GO TO THIS SALON! I have never had this level of service, and their prices are more than reasonable.

01/14/12

Bad haircut and atmosphere!

by Taylor123 at Citysearch

I went to see Vicky for a trim and style. I had long, thick, wavy, brown hair. I left with chopped, thinned, overly curled hair. I told her that I did not want my hair so overly curly and I was unhappy with the style. She said she couldn't help me that she had to pick up her daughter. So I left with the worst hair cut and style of my life. I called the next day to see if Vicky had time to fix it then...I was told she was booked solid. But the girl who answered the phone said she could fix it. She was evidently new because my hair looked frizzy and tangled after she "styled it" AND she charged me (for a hair fix?!). It will take me a year to grow it out so it looks as good as it did before I went to this salon. Very disappointed in the service and atmosphere...especially after reading all the positive reviews.

11/17/11

From the Dark Ages to the Italian Renaissance

by Sarah Faulkner at Citysearch

I have lived in Tampa Bay for almost 14 years and have shopped around at many of the higher end salons. Most often I felt intimidated, paid a lot of money for my color & cut, and bought cupboards full of products that didn't work for my hair. I never felt especially pretty, or got much attention.

Three years ago I started going to the Barbara Forgione Salon and today I feel like a completely different person. I have a style and a confidence that I never had before. I just turned 40 years old and strangers are beginning to look at me now. Honestly it feels good.

They have transformed my appearance and taught me the "how tos" for so many things I never knew before. Like which products to use & how, simple hair tricks for the days I can't get to the shower, and how to apply my eye makeup, etc...

I often tell Vicky that I think she is a "Master" like Leonardo de Vinci, or Michaelangelo. She is seriously THAT GOOD. Every time I get my hair done I feel like I should send a thank you card. Every time is my favorite and every time gets better.

Book with Jai Wyan for a facial and you'll get amazing results and a lasting skin care education. The products he recommended radically improved my skin, and his simple brow shaping accentuated my features beyond measure.

Barbara Forgione Salon treats its customers like old friends and offers the latest & greatest services at an excellent value. Run, don't walk. You won't be sorry.

11/04/11

Professional & Experienced, Friendly & Welcoming

by hhw at Citysearch

I have been going to the Barbara Forgione Salon for about a year now. I have never had a bad experience at all. Rather, I have been very pleased. Not only is everyone friendly and laid-back, they know their stuff.

It is a quaint salon but chic and welcoming, too. It sort of mirrors south Tampa--ecclectic! Barbara corrected my color after visiting a few other salons in Tampa and not being pleased. Barbara did an amazing job. The prices are more than reasonable for being a salon in south Tampa, too. One reviewer from September mentioned it was a horrible experience and was not kind at all in her review. Maybe she was so used to her NY salon, that she did not communicate well enough during her visit. She obviously was new to the area and did not know the charm or south Tampa--where an older house can easily be next to a new, bigger house. Neighborhoods/streets in south Tampa intertwine that way. A great salon can easily be next to an older house ... that's south Tampa. I have beautiful highlights and lowlights every time.

09/22/11

Dont bother. Dont go. Save your hair.

by cityslicker1234 at Citysearch

I moved here from NY area where there are high end salons and master trained stylists and colorists. After reading the reviews on this salon and it being in Tampa, I was expecting a NY style experience and quality. What I got instead was a little hole in the wall strip mall salon out in the boondock lowend of the suburbs. I shouldve turned around then. Suffice it to say I walked in with glorious hair and walked out with chopped up fruit stripped gum looking hair after a draining five hour stay. Not to mention they made me sign a waiver before the color saying it is not an exact science and the results may not be as I hope. Ill say. They must have made those up after many people complained this is not what I wanted. I usually go to Zoku salon in NY/NJ and you can not beat it, you leave looking like a movie star like it or not. Hair as silky and bouncy and healthy as they come. Champagne is served and the colorist, cutter amd stylist are not all one and the same, everyone has there expertise. Now my hair is ruined, will take a good year to get it back to the way it was.

Just dont bother. Its just a bunch of housewive moms who have part time jobs as hairstylists