Blo Blow Dry Bar

Kim did an amazing job on my makeup. I came in needing makeup for my corporate headshot. She gave me the exact look I asked for and checked in with me multiple times to make sure I was happy with my look. I felt amazing when I left, which doesn't always happen when getting my makeup done professionally.

Gloria did my hair and I was happy with it as well. I wasn't sure what treatment I would need to make my hair look nice after just having a baby and not taking good care of it. She assessed my hair condition and gave me a recommendation. I did what she recommended and am happy with the result.

Thanks ladies!

I came here a few days before the holiday weekend for a blow dry and curls. The stylist was so nice and helpful. I let her know that I was looking for something to last a few days (through Christmas) but for a loose curl look. She made suggestions on how we can achieve that and keep the style to last the next couple days. The service itself was good. It did however feel that their stylists are rushed through appointments.

My service started maybe 5 minutes later than my official appointment time, which was no problem for me. But once it was hitting the 45 minute mark, she quickly wrapped up the service. The styling was good but within two to three hours my hair lost all the curls. I ended up redoing my hair myself the next day. My impression is stylists may be pressured to push people out every 45 minutes and maybe offering a little buffer time would enhance the experience for customers.

Awful! $70 for someone to take 2 minutes to wash my hair, no conditioner, no hair product and the beach wave fell out before I was even home. When my hair stylist does a wave it stays in for several days. My hair looked like a rats nets of half curled hair, half straight limp curls.

I was having a difficult time finding a salon that will do a blow out last minute on a Sunday. But luckily found Blo from searching on google and was able to make an appointment online right away.

I made and appt with Elizabeth 12 pm on a Sunday of a long weekend. I was taken care of on time. She asked me what I was looking for and showed her a picture.
She asked if I was okay with hair products and got right to it. I was done in 1 hour. My hair stayed through out the wedding in the humidity and from dancing. The blow out is $55. Now that I found this place, I would definitely use their service in the future again.

Update as of June 15, 2023: The number of stars is for Issa, NOT Rene, fyi.

Rene, one of the managers, offered to redo my hair and she was absolutley AMAZING! I am normally not interested in chit chat AT ALL, but she was so much fun to talk to it was ME talking to her for quite a bit. She was so relatable and knew how to do 4C hair. I've honestly never seen my curls straighten out this long before. Rene truly put in the effort. I was so grateful for her competence and social skills that even though the service was supposed to be complimentary, I went ahead and paid full price (by my own free will) at the end. I just might go back. Thank you!!!!





Just got home. This is how Issa left me. She BARELY shampoo'd my hair. I had to ask her several times to please shampoo my hair because it needed a clean before straightening. She just let the shampoo sit in my hair, NO WASH and NO effort what so ever until I asked! When I asked for a fresh towel to wipe the water running into my eyes, she gave me a towel with with strings of blonde hairs stuck in it....which isn't her fault, its the business for not carefully inspecting their towels after each wash, but it was still gross.

Then, she used ZERO protectant on my 4C hair, but instead tried to pass the "shine spray" off as heat protectant. She kept saying "Oh, I forgot" when I would ask her why she wasn't using the "heat protectant". I had to brush out my own ends in her chair because she had absolutely NO idea what she was doing and was letting balls of my hair knot up.

She kept saying "If you are uncomfortable, I totally understand. You can leave at any point and we wont charge you." There was so much smoke coming off my hair, I eventually took her up on her offer and politely asked to leave.

I've had my hair done by white women, South American women, Hispanic women, Egyptians, you name it. They have all done a FABULOUS job. Ethnicity plays no role in how well a stylist does. I honestly believe Issa just did not feel like doing 4C hair today because it takes effort, something she didn't feel like putting up, and did everything in her power to get me to leave. This place is truly a horror!

What have I been missing out on my whole life!!!!! I had my first blow out yesterday!!! It was AMAZING. My stylist was Liz! Great customer service and my hair has never looked better! 10 out of 10 recommend making an appointment with Liz!!!!

I had high expectations for this place. I've been looking for a place for all my blowout needs I just moved from Orange County and I'm starting to think there's a reason why I can't find a simple blow out bar
I just left. First they tell me they don't have time to do my hair when I made an appointment online lastnight with full availability open for today.Leave time gaps for your clients so you're not rushing and trying to make an excuse for me to come another day or giving a crap blowout ; weather that be because they're lazy here or because there seems to be no staff or their system is just completely messed up.
It's a knock off dry bar but when I say knock off i mean it's really ghetto. They use products that you can pick up at target nothing against that but what's the purpose of using low end when you get your hair done you're paying a good amount in this place. My hair is still wet !!!!! I could of stayed home and did this myself !!!!!! Instead I end up arguing with "management" Sandy about how crappy my hair came out she didn't care at all. No one in here dose. I would steer clear their brushes are disgusting everything is horrible. I'm not sure who owns this establishment but I definitely think that everyone needs a refreshment on customer service skills and maybe the health department needs to come and check this place out.

A friend recommended Blo because she visted the Carlsbad location, and had a good experience. First let me start off by saying - this review isn't for the stylist that did my hair, but more so for management. I booked a regular blow out for my birthday that recently passed. My appointment was for 915am, and I was taken to the chair around 930am. My hair was shampooed once, and I inquired about a deep condition but was told I needed to book another blow out that included the deep condition - ok no problem - now I know for next time as this was my first time visiting Blo. My stylist Gloria did a nice job, and was very polite & pleasant. After my blow out was complete I went to the front desk, and was told my blow out would be $70. I was confused, because when I booked it said $55. I inquired about the $15 upcharge, and was told that because my blow out took longer than 45mins I was required to pay more. As I was inquiring about the charge a manager approached and begin telling me about the 45min policy, and essentially demanded I pay the $15 extra charge. I was also told that it was my fault that I booked the wrong service, because I should have booked a blow out with extended time. Again - this was my first time at this establishment and I was unaware that a stylist would take longer than 45mins to blow my hair out. The manager even begin to tell me about my textured hair, and how she's one of the fastest stylists in the shop and how there was no way she would have been able to complete my hair in 45mins. She then asked me has anyone have been able to blow dry my hair in 45mins. I felt completely insulted. I tried my best to keep my cool, but there were so many things said that were completely inappropriate.
Just for people reading this review - I'm Black & Puerto Rican and my hair is a little past my shoulders as I recently cut it. My hair is VERY soft & super manageable for any ethnicity to do my hair.
Suggestions to the owner of this establishment-
Please work on customer service training for your managers, and front desk staff.
If a service is going to take longer than expected - inform the customer & explain the price difference prior to them checking out. Because at the end of the day - I had the $70 to pay, but it was the principal. Being told that it was my fault for booking the wrong service is completely unacceptable. And expecting to pay one price when walking in, and being told another price at checkout is unacceptable. What if I only walked in there with $55? Maybe when a client is taken back for a wash - explain to them if the blowout takes longer than 45mins they will be charged additional, and ask if that's ok with them.
Unfortunately, I don't plan on visiting this establishment in the future or recommending it to anyone I know because I believe $70 for a blowout is absurd. And the customer service at checkout put the icing on the cake for me.

This place is sketch. My hair looked ok and I got what I asked for but I was super uncomfortable the whole time. If their prices were lower, I'd likely give a better review.

Blow dry was great. About 1 hour & came out with clean shiny beach waves. My girl was so nice & experienced