Charmed Hair Salon

I’ve been going here for YEARS. I always see Reda, but I think the other stylists have loyal followings also. I went in yesterday and had a cut/​color that has made me feel fantastic. Reda is a lovely person, and I always feel great after spending time chatting while getting my hair done. I’m hard to please — I recommend you give this place a shot if you’re looking for a new stylist.

tufan is tops. i think he’s moving away soon so go get after it. nothing but excellent cuts with the guy.
i’ve converted a coworker who brings her whole family in from alexandria for cuts now with selim too.

I went in last minute for a blowout because my regular guy was busy at another salon. It was the worst one I’ve ever had. How hard can it be? I hate to do this around Christmas, but Reda had no idea what he was doing. I think he actually washed my hair with the cheapest shampoo and conditioner. My hair feels like straw!!!
The other stylist were looking at me and actually feeling sorry. What a waste of my money at $ 45. I felt robbed and disturbed.

I have been going to see Selim at Charmed for 3 years now. I have very thick, curly, blond hair, and when I wanted to chop all of it off, he knew exactly what to do. When I wanted to start growing it out again, he knew exactly what to do. I still go see him for maintenance cuts. He knows my hair and he sure knows hot to cut it.
The only «con» I will mention is that even if I’m only in his chair for 10 minutes (for a trim), I’m still charged the full $ 60. I never get color or anything special, and he literally spends 10 – 12 minutes on my hair and then we are done. I’ve also referred several appointments to him and I’ve not received any offer of discount or otherwise for all of the referred business. I figure that since I am a loyal customer and that I also regularly tell people how good he is, maybe just once he could give me a discount?

Hands down, Selim is the best. He is truly an artist when it comes to hairstyle. I have pretty short hair, a very unique haircut, and I trust Selim completely. I don’t have to tell him to do anything. He just does it and it ALWAYS looks great. Selim is extremely skillful and talented. Really, I can’t say enough great things about him. I’ve been going to this salon for 6 years or so, ever since Selim and Reda opened it and I will continue to frequent this place for ever and ever (until I have to move and when that day comes, I will cry). My husband also gets his hair cut by Selim and would echo my satisfaction. He didn’t understand what a nice haircut was until he visited Selim. Now there is no going back to the $ 5 haircuts.
The cost is competitive to other salons in the DC area. Everyone is the salon is friendly. I enjoy seeing Selim, Reda, and Tufan when I come in.

I have been coming to Selim for about ten years now and I have never left unhappy. I have coarse, wavy, big-​in-​the-​humidity hair and he always knows how to cut it just right so I can wear it straight and replicate the look at home. Selim will be honest with you and tell you if your idea for a cut will work with your hair or not. He does not push products each and every time but if there is a new style I am trying, he tells me what stuff I need to be able to pull off the look myself. He has never kept me waiting for an appointment. I can’t say enough good things about him!
So the salon itself isn’t the fanciest, but I am ok without elevator techno blasting away or judge-​y employees in platform heels. This is a charming little spot and I love it.
I don’t want the secret to get out but if you are ready for your «forever» stylist, this is your guy.

I bought a Groupon for this place a while back.
I’m a bit of a salon hopper and hadn’t been having good luck salons and my hair.
I got lucky and ended up getting services by the owner Reda. This one was empty so I got a lot of attention. Reda was very honest with me and didn’t try and push product or extra service. He was also very funny. I felt extremely comfortable with him. As he worked he was very energetic a real ball of energy. He multitasked quite a bit. I was amazed at how much he could do at once.
When he finished… my hair looked great! I left the salon a very happy girl. If I’m ever in the area again I would definitely go back to Charmed and see Reda.

I called over a week ago to make an appt with Salem. It’s my bday this weekend, so wanted to get my hair cut and colored. The salon cancels on me an hour before my appt, the guy had a fax machine running in the background — said he would call me back, never did. So, I was left scrambling to figure out what to do — ended up luckily getting an appt with another recommended stylist at *another* salon. So… I think I’m going to give Charmed a pass. No thank you.

I regret going to this salon. I got the Groupon for a cut and highlight. The cut is very bad and the highlights are brassy. It all looks bad. And I had beautiful, curly, light brown hair.
After reading the other reviews, I will not try to go back and have this situation fixed at Charmed. I will have to go elsewhere. Or, I guess I could keep a hat on for the next 2 months.

I am brand new in town and was in need of a coloring and cut. I got the Groupon deal but was a little nervous AFTER reading some of the negative reviews. I am so glad I came. Selim cut my hair and did an excellent job. He made sure the cut was perfect going over everything to make sure I looked great.
Tufan did my coloring. He was also excellent. He was friendly and chatted me up throughout the entire visit. After the blow drying, my hair looked healthy and shinning.
You get a high quality cut, great customer service and a clean salon for a very reasonable price. Added bonus was it was a short walk from the Metro.

Great vibe. Expert style.
Noted stylist Tufan Baytok has that rare mastery where flawless technique carries on with delightful ease.

I got the deal for highlights and a haircut. I had a HORRIBLE experience and regret coming here. The stylist was Reda and he refused to bleach my hair prior to getting hilights (and I know that I have to get my hair bleached to get the right color). I told him not to make my hair brassy or orange and that is EXACTLY what he did. I had to back to him to get my hair fixed and he could not resolve the problem and he still refused to bleach my hair to get the desired color. The second time around, he just added more color to my hair that made it look even brassier. He insisted that the lights in the salon made my hair look orange. I know brassy when I see brassy hair. To top it off, he rushed through the hilights both times and ended up doing a sloppy job.
I realized there was no point in arguing with this man. I ended up going elsewhere and got my hair fixed. So at the end of this ordeal, my hair was damaged as it had been processed 3 times. I would not recommend going and getting your hair done here unless you want to deal with someone who doesn’t know anything about customer service and if you want your hair ruined.

Success! I got my haircut and some nice highlights and saved a boat-​load of money with the Groupon deal. Overall I had a great experience with Funda, and my hair looks great. However, I would not say that this is a particularly «upscale» salon — which doesn’t bother me any, but is worth noting in case that is what you are looking for.
About my cut and color: I came in wanting full color, changing my reddish brown hair to blonde. At first I was disappointed because Funda told me that it was not possible. Because I had died my hair previously, a single-​process color would result in different shades at my roots and my ends. So, she suggested starting with partial highlights, and explained that I can add more highlights as the summer goes on for a blonder effect. She explained the technique she recommended using for this visit, and techniques I could explore later. She did not rush this discussion, and the result is that I really love my hair, even though it is not as blonde as I originally had wanted.
Conversely, earlier in the day I stopped into a different salon that is just across the street from my workplace, and the colorist had said it would be no problem to do a single-​process dye job to turn my hair blonde. As it turns out, that place has absolutely terrible reviews on Unilocal!The point: I appreciated that Funda was willing to NOT give me what I wanted because she knew it wouldn’t work, and instead she gave me some better options.
[Note: If Funda had wanted to rush the job, a single-​process color would have been much quicker! So I really think she had my hair’s interest in mind!]
Despite my great experience with Funda, I am knocking a star off of the review for two reasons: As I mentioned above, it is not a particularly upscale salon. Do not expect lots of space and fancy décor. Secondly, I really did not enjoy the shampoo! The woman was way too rough — and I know that sounds like an incredibly high-​maintenance thing to say, but seriously! She seemed angry at my head! It was really startling!
One last thing: Some other reviewers said that they felt rushed when they used a coupon. I scheduled my appointment for noon, and it was quite slow when I arrived. Funda was able to spend a whole 1 hour and 45 minutes with me. So perhaps good timing is the trick!

I bought a groupon for this salon $ 92 and Reda did my highlights. He didn’t get the color I told him I wanted at the begining (he insisted he could do a blond higlighting without bleaching) and at the end he had to do it again bacause the change was not even noticeable. So my hair was treated twice on the same day… And a good damage comes with that.
To top things up, at the end he told me that he would do my color again at half price… Which means, the Groupon deal was not actually a deal, because that is the regular price they charge for highlingting…
Short of ethics.

I used the 75 $ groupon.
I got highlights, but I came in with the intention of having a full color. Reda recommended I got highlights to save my hair damage, but I also believe it was for the sake of his time.
They were nice, however I feel like they rushed on me. They were working on multiple customers simultaneously, so the time on me was off. They kept me under the heater too long, so my highlights came out too white. The color is also uneven and my hair is still dry. The haircut took about 4 minutes.
Like I said, the whole process was rushed.

I showed up to Charmed for my appointment to get my hair done up nice for an event without any pictures and no real idea of what I wanted other than I wanted it took look glamorous.
The stylist, Funda, was very nice and tried hard to please me, but she didn’t seem to have any creative ideas so I suggested waves or curls. She tried to do something for about an hour an a half, lamenting the fact that my hair was too short (it’s a little under chin-​length).
In the end I spent $ 50 for a hairdo that looked not-​so-​glamorous (more like what I could have done in 20 minutes with a hot curler and a lot of hairspray) and I ended up taking it out pretty much an hour later.
Perhaps if I’d shown up with pictures it would have come out better.

I’ve lived in the DC area off and on for six years and this is the first salon in the area that cut according to my preferences. Coming in, I was riding a streak of something like eight straight terrible haircuts in the Arlington circuit. I finally decided enough was enough, and took action.
Thanks to the first-​timer Unilocal discount and the rave reviews of fellow Unilocalers, I found Charmed. Funda, my stylist, did a wonderful job. Funda asked me followup questions, where she got a sense of my style and we discussed what framed my face best. Her work was right on par with the look we discussed beforehand. As a result I got the best cut of my life and Funda is getting a happy new customer. Horrific haircut streak over!
Regular haircuts are $ 60 + tip, which is steep for most areas, but a solid deal for DC. With the Unilocal discount, I got the cut for $ 42 + tip.

I love Reda for his talent and personality. He is understanding, attentive, charming, a great listener and advisor. He took time to discuss with me about my hair texture, my haircare habits to give honest advices on what’s best for me. Reda appeared to be passionate for his profession which translate into amazing work he delivered to his client.
Highly recommend Reda and Charmed for any one … from budget conscious to budget careless … It’s not the money that makes you look great …

Things I look for in a salon: Clean, brightly lit (sheesh, so I can see my hair!), nice stylists. Accepting walk-​ins is a plus!
Lucky for me, Charmed was all of the above. I should add that while this wasn’t the haircut of my dreams, it has grown out quite nicely and I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it. The salon itself is clean, and the haircut was very reasonably priced.
The only semi-​downer was my hair didn’t stay bouncy and shiny all day like it usually does when I get it cut. It was nice for a few hours, and then fell flat. Not a huge deal though. So I won’t look like a Pantene commercial — I’ll live.
Overall, a thumbs up!

Midway through a week long business meeting, I’ve gotten many compliments on my hair color. Reda is a master colorist, with a great editorial eye. Whereas I suggested purple, knowing that I am a business professional, Reda went with a bright red, auburn, and strawberry blonde. The toning is amazing. It doesn’t look chunky, and everything blends together perfectly. The asymmetrical cut compliments my fine hair.
Reda texturized my hair in a way that fits my face, and gives me maximum volume. Reda gives you plenty of time so he doesn’t have to rush. When a client was running 30 minutes late, he turned him away because he had another client and was finalizing my highlights. He’s really committed to his craft, and it definitely shows in his work.