Studio A North Salon and Spa

Anthony is fantastic! I love this homey salon! The staff is very welcoming and accommodating! They spend the time to make sure things are just right!
My highlights and cut from Anthony looked super great! He says he will work until it looks perfect, it’s what he loves to do! If I lived here I would definitely go to Anthony every time I needed a cut and color.
I got a half updo and makeup done, as I am a bridesmaid in a wedding. They did just what I asked and altered things until they were to my satisfaction. They also chilled our champagne and accommodated our breakfast display, which looked great :)

I like this place, good haircut, easy to get an appointment, and the owner has been flexible and easy to make appointments. Docking one star for the strange music that has been playing when I have been there — it has either been easy listening or weird jazz that was difficult to listen to.

I wasn’t going to write a review, but since it has been 6 months and I’m still fighting with my hair on a daily basis, I think it is time. I did not have a good experience here. I came in with medium brown curly hair that went past my shoulders. I left with reddish-​violet hair that barely fit into a ponytail. I made an appointment with Anthony for a cut and color since they were having a special. The consultation went well. I wanted single-​process color, and Anthony asked if I wanted him to match my current color or if he could warm it up. I should have gone with matching, but I told him he could warm it up as long as it didn’t look orange. He said he was going to add more red, «but not red violet.» Unfortunately, my hair was red-​violet when he was done. I didn’t notice just how wrong it looked with my skintone until I got outside. He insisted it looked great, but I was more upset with the cut. When we talked about the cut, i asked him to make my layers match up better, as the longest layer (the longest part of my hair) tends to stick out more than the shorter layers. I said that I was fine with losing some overall length if it helped make the layers match up. For whatever reason, he cut my shortest layers instead of my longest ones and I ended up with a terrible shag/​mullet. He tried to fix it twice but he kept making it worse. I was so upset that I was practically in tears. I told him i just wanted to put my hair in a ponytail (which was difficult since he made it so short) and leave. He admitted that he didn’t understand what I wanted. He did say that he wanted me to be happy, but I told him I’ve never been so upset about a haircut in my life. I left without paying, which I have never, ever done. I thought he might follow up with me, but he never did. In addition, Anthony took two phone calls while working on my color, which I found frustrating. Had he apologized or acknowledged that there wasn’t anyone available to get the phone (even though there were two other people there who didn’t have clients), I might have been understanding. I hope things have improved in the past few months, but I can’t recommend this place.

I have been bleaching my hair for a good four years, at least. When I moved to Colorado I had to stop because no one knew how to properly do it, so I decided to go back to brunnet and grow it out. Well, no one here seems to know how to cut just like I like either. Thankfully when I went home I happened to see this salon had just opened up. I decided to go in on the hopes that theyes could take a walk-​in. Boy am I glad I did. Angel was excited to work with me. I explained to him what my situation was and that I needed something that other could easily recreated since I didn’t know when I’d be back in illinois, but I still wanted it to look somewhat edgy, edgy is totally my thing. He did an amazing job with my BOB and I still feel like it’s just a little bit different than everyone else’s. He also gave me some great pointers on how to get my hair healthy again in case I decided to go back to blonde. Whenever I go back I will make it a point to come in and get a cut, even if I don’t need it. Thank you so much Angel for doing a great job on my hair and making me laugh so much.

I did not have a good experience with a certain stylist aka my review below but I am very impressed with the owners response and I don’t feel it’s fair to completely review their business based on one stylist so definitely still give them a chance. The owner was a very nice guy and I do remember that.
I WISH I could write 0 stars… I will never purchase a living social deal for a haircut again bc of this experience. I bought this because I am about to near my due date so I have no clue when I will get a haircut again… so my expectations were honestly low in that I just wanted a nice haircut compared to the times I get it cut and styled nicely. I also felt that being in Deerfield, this would have to be a good place. So I proceed to pay $ 40 for a living social deal including a cut, style, & glaze. I called to schedule the appointment, the woman called back and I specifically asked that I get paired with someone who is used to Indian hair and that I have a lot of hair. She claims that most of her clients are indian (quite rudely but I shrugged it off). This place is tucked in a strip mall so I kept driving by it. The time was 1258, my appointment was 1pm — I called and asked to be directed. She answers «ugh, you are going to be late!» I say «actually, probably not because I am right here but can’t seem to find the sign»…she directs me vaguely and says «hurry up, I have a client after you and I respect my clients» and she hangs up the phone. I almost turned around right then but I had paid for this deal, paid for a babysitter, and really needed the haircut.
I walk in to find an older woman with stringy blond hair. I told myself to not be judgmental and continued walking in. She had me wait (after being so hurried) and then brought me in singing «I’ve just been waiting waiting waiting». It was just so strange. Then she asked that I take my dress off and wear a gown because she didn’t want any of the glaze to drop onto my dress. That is when I realized that this glaze was a dye which a) being pregnant and b) having highlights, terrified me. I asked questions and she seemed annoyed to the roof that I was asking anything and instead of assuring me that it would be fine, she said «oh, it will just make your highlights look prettier, it will be fine. My kids all survived through it!». She mixes it up and starts putting it in my hair. It smells extremely strong so I ask again about the safety. She stares at me rudely and states «You are interrupting my thought process. You have a lot of hair and I need to focus». I couldn’t believe it. This «glaze» ended up taking out all of my beautiful highlights and honestly, I still question the safety of this stuff and am a little mad at myself for not walking out at that point.
Then she starts cutting my hair and it was almost like she wasn’t even looking at it… and I found out later after it dried, that she didn’t because it was COMPLETELY uneven. I had to pay someone else to fix my layers and even now, it’s so much shorter than I wanted because it had to be to fix all her choppy errors. THEN she tells me that the style is actually just a blow dry… which is not the fancy blow dry you think of. It meant literally pointing a blow drier at my hair with a comb (number one rule to not use in indian course hair by the way). I asked her if she was going to use a round brush at all and she snaps «I was about to»…by the time she did that, my hair was already a fro… until I went home and smoothed it over, I couldn’t actually tell what it looked like.
I tipped her ten bucks because I was going based on the rules of living social to tip on the original price but now I feel disgusted that I gave this woman a dime. I am demanding a full refund now that I know that my hair is not even at all. I just couldn’t tell anything until I got home and looked at it… she probably rushed me out knowing how awful it looked… ugh, please do yourself a favor and never go there because chances are, if you have the odds of being stuck with this woman, you will leave crying like I did.