The Salon 16 West

Perfect upscale friendly accommodating reasonable and just trendy enough.
Did I say, comfortable? I think the prices are in line with the rest. Reception is professional scheduling is easy because a decent sized staff. All are good and nice. Hair, brows, makeup for weddings, I guess they have it all. tanya is my to go person.

Very expensive but very professional and quality care. Definitely a splurge!
I used to go to Tanya, and she was more than wonderful. I wish I could still go but I moved out of the area!

I think Salon 18 West is great. I have been going there for several years. I go to Tania for my hair and Tara (for skin and nails) or Dana for nails and they are all terrific. Melanie who co-​owns the shop and manages the reception is always professional & accommodating.
I like the energy of the salon because everyone on the staff is friendly and helpful. Sometimes I give short notice for a needed appointment yet Amanda, Sasha or Diane (who are also wonderful) have been able to accommodate me if Tania was booked. Many salons have a lot of competition among their staff and participate in negative energy, gossip and pressure to purchase products. From what I have witnessed Salon 16 staff are a talented, friendly and positive team who deliver great service
and genuinely care about their clients.

I have never really gotten my hair done at salons– usually I’ll pop into the places that cost 11.95 $ and youre in & out pretty quick, but decided to finally give a nice salon a try. Paid nearly $ 40 + tip for a wash cut & blow dry. The cut was nice, although it only involved cleaning up the layers I already had, but the stylist insisted my bangs were too short to cut which was most of the reason I came in to begin with. Now– at first I thought maybe I heard her wrong, since at that point they were literally down to the tip of my nose, but nope, she would not cut them. The salon is beautiful inside but I don’t think I’ll be returning since I had to go back to my cheapo place 2 days later, where they happily cut my bangs for $ 5. VERY hard upsell on other services/​appointments as well. Not sure if its just because I don’t look like the typical wealthy Orleans client, or if the stylist was having a bad day, but I don’t have any interest in giving this place another shot.

I would recommend Salon 16 West for up-​dos and wedding hair. Amanda was wonderful and she did a FANTASTIC job with my hair. My bridesmaids and mother, mother-​in-​law were very pleased with their hair as well. Seemed pricey compared to other times I’ve had up-​dos, but def. did a good job.
I had also gone to the salon for a pre-​wedding makeup trial and I was very disappointed. I looked horrendous. Face makeup was caked on. The eye liner was all over the place. She didn’t listen to any feedback I gave her. So needless to say I got my makeup done somewhere else on the big day.
Bottom line: Check them out for hair– but not for makeup.

I went there with my bridesmaids, mother and mother-​in-​law on my wedding day and we had a great experience with all of the stylists and the make up artist. They were INCREDIBLE! My hair and make up were perfect. Tanya did the best job– better than I could have imagined.
However, I was extremely disappointed with the way we were treated by the management. We were 15 minutes late because of traffic and it was made to seem like the end of the world. (I find it hard to believe that we were the first bridal party to ever be late.) I was also told that I had to choose between getting my nails done and getting my make up done because there were more appointments for the day, even though we had already paid for 3 make up sessions and only had 2 people get their make up done. (And it took all of 10 minutes to get my nails done.) I could hear them getting upset about the fact that I was getting my make up done, only to come around the corner and tell me how great I looked. I realize we were a bit disorganized, but we also paid them a lot of money.
It just seemed very fake and I didn’t appreciate hearing them be upset on my wedding day, which is too bad because the staff was great and we were really happy with the results. I would give five stars for the stylist and make up artist.

Went here for the first time last week after having driven by the salon for several years, and I was pleasantly surprised! The receptionist was really nice, Sonya did exactly what I asked of her and my hair came out great, and the atmosphere was totally relaxed and friendly. I believe it was $ 37 for a cut and blow dry, which I suppose isn’t bad (although I’m used to paying $ 21 at school, I guess I’m spoiled there), but I will definitely be returning here in the future!