Head Spa

The worst blowout I’ve ever gotten. I have extremely curly hair, so when I straighten it, it’s for a special occasion; in this case Halloween. I showed Christine the picture of the character and in the end she didn’t even remember what I had asked for. She didn’t want to shampoo my hair at first, and when she started to blow it out, it was as though she’s never done it before. Instead of blowdrying it straight, she made it a big poofy mess and then proceeded to straight iron it. She touched the straightener to my scalp and when I reacted, she explained that she needed to get really close to the root to make it straight. There’s a difference between getting really close and burning me. She was a complete mess and kept dropping things left and right. She made it stick straight when I wanted to to have more volume and curl at the ends. When I asked for this, her response was «I guess I’ll use the curling iron.» It seemed like she didn’t want to do my hair or even be there. Awful experience. The only reason I’m not giving one star is that the manager Samantha was very nice and welcoming.

Went here while visiting from Colorado, and it was such a great experience! The woman who did my hair was so friendly and definitely knew what she was doing. I wish I remembered her name! I will definitely return when I visit again. I got the classic blowout and she pinned my hair up. It looked beautiful and lasted for two days.

Looking at the other reviews, it is my sense that things are a lot different at the Head Spa Polk Street location since McKenzie took over management about a year ago. She is a dream — incredibly talented, personable, fun, and customer service-​oriented. It is always a good sign when someone has the vision and ability to make your hair do lots of different things well — from the classic blowout to super straight to a wave from the Hollywood glamour period. Heaven is also amazing — great technique and super sweet.
The individuals working there seem to sincerely enjoy their jobs and spending time together. The products they use are high quality. It feels more like a true salon experience than a blowout factory.

We booked three services last minute on a Saturday for a corporate black tie event we were attending that night. They were pretty accommodating with having three of us wanting to come around the same time. They having online booking too but we just called in the day of.
I had a blast getting my hair done and one of the girls was especially fun. I really wish I remembered her name. But we came for one updo, one blowout and one express styling (hot iron only, no wash). The updo came out amazingly. My express curls were cute and I got a side braid to go with it which I was pretty excited about.
A couple downfalls, my curls pretty much all fell out by the end of the night. Should have also asked for a heat protectant. One of us who got the blowout felt her stylist wasn’t as up to par as the other girls. She got the feeling that she was somewhat scared to wash her hair and wasn’t really washing it as thoroughly as you’d expect.
This location is a dry bar only while the Chestnut Street location is full service. I wish I was still living in SF because they are adding make up services soon. I imagine I’d be there often if I was local.

What a saving grace this little boutique was for me! Out a hand full of dry bars that I had called for same day appointments and didn’t charge $ 55+ for a simple wash+style this place came through and worked with my schedule!
After session at the pool, attempting to use a low powered blow dryer on already frizzy hair, and then heading over to do some crabbing by the Golden Gate bridge in it’s misty breezy weather my hair ended up looking like Nick Nolte’s drunk mug shot. BAD!!!
Samantha is the studio manager and I just about found her to be the sweetest gal in getting me in and primped back to myself. My stylist was fantastic! She listened to what I wanted and embraced the conversation while I got my hair did done all right! I left with bouncy soft waves and a new lease for more selfies.

Go see McKenzie. You won’t regret it. I don’t often write Unilocal reviews unless I really want to share awesomeness with the world. This one is overdue. I admittedly am quite experienced with blow outs. 8 months ago I saw Mckenzie and got the best blow out of my life. I haven’t let anyone else touch my hair since.

I normally don’t write reviews at all! Never, ever! I mostly use it for finding. But on this particular review I just had too! So I have never thought about going to place where I just get a shampoo and style blowout. Without a cut, but since of my co workers said she does it all the time. I decided to search out places to get one. After much searching I decided on Head Spa! The girl that did and that tamed the beast (known as my hair) was Tobi O. OMG! she did an amazing job! She did as i asked which was just volume and flip out!!! it turned out great only if I get a haircut like am supposed to every 3 months. But other than that it was GREAT!!! The products that they use are AMAZING! The blowout lasted the whole week to my surprise! My hair is known to get oily REAL quick! Tobi O. also gave me good hair advice to lessen the oily hair! She was just a doll, our conversations seem like we been friends for a LONG while! All i can say is that she knows hair real good! LOL!!! Definitely gonna ask her for my next blowout!!!

I got an awesome blowout here! The staff Is super sweet and I got the big sexy Victoria’s Secret hair I was looking for thank you Andrea and Tobi you guys made my day also the website just got revamped so online booking is much easier

This place is awesome! I have extremely curly hair, which would intimidate most, but they did an amazing job blowing it out and smoothing it to my liking! Great customer service, and I love how clean and well kept the location is!!! Parking is hard to find though, so keep that in mind when you’re booking here. I’ll definitely be back :)

I had a fantastic experience here in December getting a blow-​out. I was worried initially because of the Unilocal reviews, but nothing in them was true about my experience at all. Great people, great blow-​out, will definitely be going back!

My hair dresser was very nice but very bad. She was 20 min late, put conditioner all over my scalp making my hair totally oily and just didn’t know what she was doing. I had to go home and take a shower to wash all of the conditioner out. Also when she was washing my hair the water kept going from hot to cold. She told me the temp of water in the shampoo bowls was «temperamental».
Total waste of time and money.

I finally decided to colour my hair for the first time… Looking for a place near me, I ended up giving it a try. As soon as I walking in the girls greeted me and were super friendly. I told the lady how I wanted my hair to be done. So, she washed my hair with amazing products leaving my hair extremely soft. When it got the the part of my hair colour they gave me a rope to protect all my clothing the girls were patient and helpful because I had not fully decided on the colour. Once the colour was set the lady washed my hair and massaged my scalp which I totally enjoyed. She then began to blow dry my hair and gave it amazing look that I love … It is a bit pricy but it’s totally worth it because there service goes beyond. Not to mention the lady’s make up skills are amazing. I’m defiantly coming back again… Thanks you Mabel for been so patient and taking the time to blow out my hair !

I was actually serviced by Leigh while she was still in school and was sad to know when she graduated. I recently found out where she worked and couldn’t wait to see her again. I highly recommend her to anyone if you have a special occasion to attend or would just love to be pampered. She is also an incredible make-​up artist! She is very well educated with different techniques and knows which products to recommend just for you. I used to be one of her regulars and I can’t wait to book with her again soon! Definitely see Leigh! She will take good care of you!

I bought a gilt city voucher to Head Spa and got a really good deal which was approximately $ 40 for 3 blow outs. The ladies here are very friendly and I love that you can make your appointment online. I had a couple different stylists work on my hair and one of the stylists was great! I loved my blow out. However during my second visit I ended up with another stylist and she wasn’t very good. My hair was greasy and looked like I did it myself (which isn’t a good thing). I scheduled my third blow out with the second stylist because she was the only one available and she still did a so-​so blow out. She was nice but definitely needs more experience.
Overall the ladies here are very nice but I probably won’t be back. It’s a bit out of the way for me and finding parking isn’t always a breeze plus the blow outs aren’t to die for. 3 stars for A-​OK but not fabulous. Hopefully they hire more experienced stylists in the future.

This was absolutely the WORST blowout experience I have ever had. The girl barely washed my hair. She barely touched my scalp. The underside of my head was left completely greasy and unwashed. I told her I was going to a wedding and that I was in a rush but she took over an hour for something that can take 40 minutes easily. My hair looked horrible, greasy and like I did it myself in 2 minutes. It was frizzy, not even dry and dirty. There was no volume or shape what so ever. I left in a hurry completely dissatisfied and angry. Do not go here, they have no idea what they’re doing.

My experience at Head Spa was HORRIBLE!!! It started off with my stylist asking me what we were doing. I told her I like wavy curls and a lot of volume. She takes me to the shampoo bowl where she proceeded to wash half of my hair. I asked her if she was going to wash the whole thing, and she said «ooops» having realized that ½ of my head was literally still dry. she proceeded washed the underside of my head, but she didn’t rinse the shampoo out and attempted to take me back to the chair with a head full of suds. I asked her to please rinse my hair out and condition it. Who doesn’t condition your hair? right!!! So I ask her about it and she says «oooops, I forgot». Thats more or less when I realized that this girl had no idea what she was doing. As previously mentioned, I had asked for waves and volume. After an hour, I asked to use her blow dryer and brush and finished the blowout myself. She left me with stick straight hair with frizzy ends. I asked her if she could please smooth out the ends. All she did was cover it on oil. My 14 year old sister can do a better blow out than I received at Head Spa. I would NEVER recommend this to anyone. GO to DRYBAR (one on Fillmore or one on Kearny) or Blow (on union) if you want a professional blow out!

My experience at Head Spa was absolutely horrific. The worst part about it? I called to speak to a manager to give them a full run down of what happened and over two weeks has gone by without a call back.
I called to make an appointment and said very clearly that I had tape extensions in. No problem I was told.
I walk into the Salon and they have my reservation — Again, I repeat that I have tape extensions and I’m told again — no problem, we are all trained.
(Please note — I am a DryBar regular and have NEVER had issues at DryBar with these extensions.)
First sign something was wrong? The girl started brushing my wet hair against my scalp. Rule #1 for tape extensions, you can’t brush against someone’s scalp because you’ll rip at the extensions.
I said something right off the bat and her response was «Oh Sorry.»
Then the worst part. I’ll call this the attempt to blow dry. The girl was shaky and lacked any confidence. She slowly pulled sections of my hair and because she didn’t really brush out my hair, yanked at my head and hair for about 10 minutes.
I commented a few times asking if she was using the correct brush since it was painful and she had absolutely no idea what she was doing.
I could tell she was in over her head (Mind you — yes, I have extensions but I also have VERY easy hair. It’s not super thick or curly or anything — just middle length slightly wavy hair) so I asked if someone else could help me. She panicked because it was clear that I was unhappy with the experience and just said I could go. She wouldn’t charge me.
So I walked out of Head Spa with about ¼ of my hair stick straight and full of product (I asked for a blow out with big waves) and ¾ wet.
I called DryBar to explain why I needed to come in and they were able to make space for me.
Moral of the story? Don’t go to Head Spa. DryBar is the place to go.
My tip to Head Spa? I get blow outs 2−3x a week. The fact that you couldn’t even call me back to apologize for the terrible experience shows how little you care about your customers.

Very nice. Clean and efficient. I liked what Devon did for my head of hair. Easy appointments on line and well priced.

I had a good blowout from Katie on Friday, here it is Tuesday and it’s still looking nice. The current rate is $ 35, and if they use a curling iron there is a surcharge, of: ??? not sure what.
There is a frequent visitors card type thingy you can purchase in advance which would bring the price down to $ 30 per blowout.
I like DryBar on Fillmore, although it’s more expensive ($ 40, no xtra charge for curling iron usage), and nearly impossible to get into without making an appointment several days in advance. Many of us can’t plan that far ahead!
Head Spa is convenient so I’ll probably be back. I wish a few things — that they opened earlier, so that swinging by en route to work was an option, and that their online reservation system worked — I’ve tried a few times with different browsers and can’t get it to function.

I got a blowout from Peaches. We talked about everything from conspiracy theories to our favorite music. The spot is still new, so it might seem a little empty, but I was pleased with everything she did. I would definitely go back!