Tracey Boggs

Review of Studio 285 Ltd.

I have been going to Studio 285 for at least 8 yea...

I have been going to Studio 285 for at least 8 years now. Not only was Brittany my hairstylist, she was someone I considered my friend. I am a huge Boho Britt fan. She is kind, family is her top priority, and she is very talented. Things have slowly started to change over the past year or two as she has been flying to New York, LA, and Miami, and has now opened a salon in Atlanta doing hair for high profile clients and celebrities. It is harder to get an appointment and she has become less and less hands on, with many assistants doing most of the work. I still continue to make appointments because I like Brittany as a person and a hairstylist. However, my heart was completely broken a couple of weekends ago when I walked into her salon in Atlanta and was told that she had gone to New York and she sent someone else to Atlanta to do my hair. This was not just a routine cut and color mind you. Brittany had told me months prior SHE would plan on being in Atlanta to do my hair for my 30th year class reunion. When I walked into the Atlanta location on the day of my reunion, everyone acted like they had no idea that I didn t know and that someone should have told me that she wasn t going to be there. I had even texted Brittany the Tuesday before just checking in to make sure we were still on for Atlanta with no response (which Dalton confirmed was still her work cellphone). I received a text from the salon the day after I sent the text, confirming my appt and to bring cash as the card machine was down so I just assumed she got busy and couldn t respond. How could someone I have trusted for so long do something like this to me on such a special day (4 hours before my reunion). Also, her prices in Atlanta are A LOT more when I could have just had my hair done in Augusta if I knew she was going cancel me and go to New York to do one of her high profile clients instead (the reason I know this is because I saw it posted on Facebook). I was told by Dalton that Amber, her sister/salon manager, or someone would be contacting me. As of yet, almost three weeks later, I have heard nothing. Obviously, my continued business is not important. I have learned that many stylists, including her own sister-in-law and close friends, have recently left the salon. That speaks volumes. I usually don t write things up like this because I am not someone to publicly try to talk bad about people but it has completely crushed me that Brittany would ever do anything like this. There is a quote that was on her work station before she moved into her new building. Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. Don t forget your hometown people that helped get you to where you are today.