I complete my transformation into a French schoolgirl: Bang Salon

by Katie

I got another haircut last weekend, this time at the reputable Bang Salon on U Street. Let me sum up my review for you: Go there!

Here are some reasons Bang is rad:

1. Electric chairs. After hours, they double as a capital punishment center. Only joking! But rather than the old-school hydraulic chairs, you get floated up to appropriate hair-cutting height instead of jolted like someone in need of the Heimlich.

2. Roxy. My stylist had her dog in the salon! I don’t know much about dogs, but I think she was a boxer, and she was so cute and well-behaved. And she had a heart trimmed into her fur! My face almost fell off, it was so cute.

3. A la carte pricing! Their site says a woman’s haircut costs, like, $45. But they knocked ten bucks off of mine because they didn’t shampoo or blow-dry mine. And we all know I love savings!

4. Good haircuts. Finally, finally, after years of trying to look like Buttercup from the Powerpuff girls, I can confidently say: I DO.

Me! Artist's rendition.

5. $6 bang trims!!!!!!!! This is undoubtedly the best salon idea I’ve ever heard. For when you just can’t fight the urge to hack the fringe out of your face, however uneven or unflattering the results may be. I feel you on that one! Ask my college roommates; if I’m bored, and you leave me alone for too long, I end up hacking my hair off.

$6. For realsies.

Allow me to reiterate: go there!