L’Mage Studios

I am writing this review late as I have been going to my Stylist here now about for 3 years, which I am posting in a different review because each Studio here is its own business. This review is on L’mage Studios. I think its ridiculous, to see another review on the condition of the bathroom on a particular day and reflect that on the owner. I come here frequently to retouch my very blond hair and for blow outs. This place is decorated like a high end spa and looks beautiful from the inside and out. AS with anywhere else you can go in a bathroom and find the person before has left an odor or mess, but I have never had an offensive bathroom experience. I enjoy my visit here every time. As a business owner myself I, I am impressed with the appearance of Lmage Studios and a loyal patron to my stylist there.

Today I went to the Temple location of this salon where both front doors clearly say, «WALK INS WELCOME» so I walk in with a smile hoping to find a new salon here because I just moved. Well when I walked in there was no one to welcome me, and the girl in the first booth to the right comes out and says, «Who are you waiting for?» not «hello … Welcome… blah blah blah». So I explain to her that I wanted my eyebrows waxed or threaded (what ever they do) and she rudely replies «We only take appointments here, but I can see if someone has a minute for you»… Um, really ??? So I turn around to make sure I read correctly «WALK INS WELCOME» and said «No thanks, I think I will take my business elsewhere» L’Rude is a more fitting name.

Been here a couple times to see my favorite male hair stylist Eric Hoang, I like him though. However, I have to give this place 3 stars because the bathroom stinks and lack of attentive care. Other than that, the décor looks pretty awesome and each cubics has its own privacy which I loved.

I am writing this specifically about the facility (’cause I love, love my hair stylist). I have been coming here about every 3 weeks for the past year and it is clear that the owners spend as little as possible on maintaining this place.
The bathroom is constantly out of paper towels, toilet seat covers and/​or TP. When they do have the paper products, they are sitting on the counter/​toilet vs. being in their holder. Today they have a roll of TP on the counter as they are out of paper towels. The toilet needs cleaning and I will save the description of the nasty toilet brush near by.
They say they offer wireless but that has only worked a couple of times in the past year that I have been there. I understand they finally got a new router but since I am writing this from the Salon and the internet has been down more than up, I don’t think they’ve done anything. So much for that.
Since I now know what they charge the hairdressers… good grief! They surely can provide better maintenance for their customers.

This place should seriously get more coverage.
Maybe its because its a euro style salon complex with about 25 mini salons?
Either way I’m surprised that this place and Lea Lee my stylist was kept a secret for so long.
A friend referred me to Lea and she got me a pretty awesome cut for $ 15 (+$ 5 tip)
I’m very very happy to finally have found that someone in the vicinity of Phoenix can cut asian hair.
Talking with Lea apparently there’s a lot of Korean and Chinese hair stylists in the area but when I looked them up they didn’t seem to be on Unilocal or Google :’(
Guess I can start a trend and find these peeps