Bello Salon

Emily and Joni are top notch. I have seen them both for my hair color and cuts. Lots of fun and really feel like they listen to me when I express what I’m looking for in a color or cut. They are just fun to be around and you always walk out feeling like you have made a new friend! Check them out you won’t be disappointed!

Found Emily via Groupon. I recently moved to Dayton and needed a new stylist so thought I’d give Bello Salon a shot.
I wish I could say I was thrilled with the results. Whenever I get a new do, I try to be excited, though I will say I don’t like to get my hair cut. It’s always a challenge to communicate clearly with a stylist. Sigh, again, I didn’t do well on my part.
In full disclosure, I will admit that when I’m shocked at hair results, I usually feign that I like it and always end up tipping well, one because I’m in shock and two because I want to believe that I will like it; just give it time. Time lasted until I got home.
I chose highlights, even selecting the color. Eeks… As soon as I got home, I recolored as it just looked awful on my complexion. Yes, I count on a good stylist to advise better on what will look good on my complexion and what won’t.
The cut? Sigh… I made the mistake of saying I would like to grow it out. I didn’t mean to not reshape it; especially since I’ve been guilty of chopping on it over time. She barely, and I mean barely touched it with scissors; not even a general overall ¼ inch cut; just cut it in places and texturized it. Well, a bad haircut going in is now getting a chance to grow out as a longer bad haircut. I came home and after recoloring, restyled it and it doesn’t lay nicely in the back — a good haircut would/​should have and the sad thing is it used to several cuts ago.
The entire color/​highlights/​brow wax/​cut/​style took 1.5 hours. I wish I could be happy with that but maybe it should have taken longer; it always has before, but oh, yeah… that was with a haircut in there.
Sigh… it’s back to the drawing board with the search for a stylist and how to communicate with them and what expectations to have.

Hello new love of my life!
I moved to Dayton over the summer and had not been having any luck finding someone to do my hair! After seeing the same few people from my old city for years, it was unsettling to have to find someone new… I am VERY particular about my hair. I have very long, thick, curly and often unruly hair which is difficult to manage. Also, I went from over highlighted in the summer to dark which was not going well. I went to two salons in Dayton prior to going to Bello and was sorely disappointed with both.
I found EMILY at Bello by luck, or chance, or maybe just a blessing! Emily made me feel comfortable as soon as I arrived and it felt like I was with an old friend! I hate when you go to a salon and the sytlist either doesn’t speak to you or you can tell they are faking their niceness (haha). Emily was definitely not that way and we hit it off immediately. She asked me what I wanted to do but also offered her own advice for what would work the best (color wise) — My color is PERFECT! Also, I won’t just let anyone cut my hair (because it’s so long and some people get scissor happy!) but I trusted her and she gave me an amazing cut! She also waxed my eyebrows the day of my appointment (also very happy with outcome). I cannot begin to explain how happy I am with Emily! And have received sooooo many compliments on my hair only just two days after my appointment!
I HIGHLY recommend Emily at Bello. I will not go anywhere else after finding her and I promise. if you have any sense of humor whatsoever, you will enjoy your time spent there! The owner, Joni, was there for my appointment time as well and the two of them together were a riot!
PS: You cannot, will not, beat Emily’s prices. Hands down. She should be charging more (but don’t tell her I said that! haha)