Last weekend the newest Blo Blow Dry Bar location opened up in Bayview Village and I was there for the opening weekend celebrations!
You won’t find scissors or dye at the Blo Blow Dry Bar – so when you visit this cool and posh salon you’re technically NOT cheating on your hair dresser!
myself and the lovely pink haired Suzanne on the PINK carpet
Opening up its first location in Vancouver in 2007 this fast growing franchise is now all over Toronto and boasts several locations in the US – 2 opening soon in Miami Florida.
Another “before” picture – we were joined by Van Anh Nguyen
The yummy white chocolate strawberry filled truffles – to die for!
Cotton Candy was being served too! (I did get some, and I ate it…and forgot to take a picture…oops)
The salon at Bayview Village is so girly and sleek – I feel like I’m walking into my own movie star dressing room. In fact, if I ever get blessed with my own dressing room, this is how I’d want it to look like.
The lovely hair washing area where the pampering begins
I even love the front desk area! Check out that light fixture! I wonder if I could convince my husband to decorate our room like this….
Isn’t this awesome, a hair menu!!! GENIUS!
Check out the services they offer here
My stylist Cristina asked what I had in mind – I told her to be creative – I totally trusted her 🙂
While Cristina was doing her thing I was having a great chat with Navaz who owns the Bayview Village location with his wife Sharmina. I am in awe of this husband wife team who also run the Vaughan location, other business ventures AND have 3 kids…ummm…seriously?!? It was such a blast talking to Navaz who is definitely a proud owner and has such great respect for his team.
Some fun facts about Blo:
- Just $35 dollar for a blo out – all hair types and lengths!!
- All Bloers (Session Stylists) must attend Blo U (university) where they learn to perfect all the styles offered.
- You can get your blo on the go (BOTG) and the Blo team will come to your work or home
- They recently worked the MMVA’s
- Guys can get in on the action too with a “Blo Bro”
I know I’m TOTALLY loving this service. Being a curly haired girl it takes WORK to get swingy, bouncy hair or sleek straight hair so to get pampered for about 30 minutes and leave like I’m ready for the red pink carpet, this is definitely meant for me!
Cristina and me striking a pose
I couldn’t stop shaking my hair around and I will need to find out exactly which products were used on me because my hair was still great the next day and even the day after (ack I know, I went 2 days without washing my hair – it still looked great – don’t judge 😛 )
Another person who I really have to thank is Hillary. She was kind enough to extend the invite to me and we had been emailing each other back and forth. We didn’t get to speak with each other for very long since she was super busy making sure everything was going smoothly but I managed to get her and Navaz to take a (blurry) picture with me:
Thank you so much to Hilary, Navaz, Cristina and the entire Blo team at Bayview Village! Check out the Blo Blow Dry Bar at their website, on twitter and on their facebook page.
They may need a staff meeting on how to treat customers! lol. I won’t be going back, way too uncomfortable for me 🙁 I am moving soon and there is one in my new neighborhood… hopefully the staff there want to make customers comfortable and happy! 🙂
Oh no!!! I’m so sorry you had a bad experience there 🙁 Perhaps email the management. I’ll see if I can contact them too. The owners seemed really passionate about the business and their employees so I’m sure they will want to improve and not let this happen again. But that’s for letting me know!!
I went there on a friday evening for a 5:30 appointment. They close at 6. I was on time… So I ask for waves and a french braid through my bangs… I felt like these girls just wanted to get out of there. It made me feel as though I was keeping them! two of them had blow dryers to my head (one burning me) and the blonde says to the brunette, “I can’t wait to be done so we can go shopping!” Ohhh k. Then it comes to doing the braid and the blonde can’t do it!! She announces to the other 2 girls and the receptionist, “I cant do these braids! Do you guys know how?” They all answer, “No.” Then a brunnette decides to give it a try. She completes the braid which has this big lump sticking out of it and just left it on my head like that! As she is doing this the receptionist is standing at the cash with her jacket and purse on asking the other girl to get me to pay… As I am getting my service done!! wow rude. They were soooooo unprofessional. I could not believe this. I was really excited about this place. What a HUGE let down. I do not recommend going to this location. Perhaps stronger management and training is needed. What an uncomfortable experience… If I wasn’t made to feel like an inconvience… and they did the braid nicely I probably would have gone there a couple times a month to treat myself!
Your hair looks absolutely amazing!!
We totally loved having you Elaine! We can’t wait to blo you away again!
Oh, I have always wanted to try a blo dry bar. There are 3 right near my house! It’s so hard to re-create the blow dry job my hair dresser does! They did a great job, your hair looks so thick and voluminous!
@A Fine BalanceHopefully one will open up in Ottawa I really do think it’s an amazing idea…and as for the words of inspiration, no need for thanks! It’s all you girl!
@TaraThey seem to be opening up everywhere so you just never know, there could be one opening near you soon!
@Jill-OThanks Jill, yeah after this I ended up at Shops on Don Mills 😛 (remember my tweets!). Ummm…yes the cotton candy was distracting 😛
@StephThanks for stopping by! YES it was so fun it was like I stepped into another world and I was getting pampered and fed chocolate – what more could I ask for? LOL!
@Make Mommy Chicoooh it’s near you?!? you should DEFINITELY go! Your hair is already amazing so they will have fun with you!
@SewPetiteGalI definitely hope so, I really like the attitude of the company too 🙂
@CallandraThanks 🙂 I cross my fingers for a huge expansion so you can experience it too 🙂
@aki!Speaking of, I wish I had somewhere special to go after this but it was just an early dinner and a visit to my grandma 😉 next time I go I hope I will have an occasion to attend after!
@Janella Thanks Janella – I know it’s such a pretty salon!
@questforfashionsenseAwww thanks! I do like my curls but they can sometimes have a life of their own so it’s nice to have someone else tame them for me 😉 I know aren’t the illustrations just so gorgeous! I just love the whole vibe of Blo!
@The Little Dust Princess Thanks Jessy, I would love to see how your hair would turn out – it’s so nice and long – a lot to work with!
@OlyviaThe truffles were seriously amazing!
@CynthiaCI’ve actually only been to Bayview Village twice! So i have no clue what was there before.
This place looks great! Especially for special events!
Totally amazing Elaine! I’m so jealous ….sure hope they open up a location aound here soon 😉
Your hair looks absolutely lovely! What a fun time – I hope they are successful so they can open more locations in the US 🙂
How Awesome, bayview village is like a 5 minute drive from me and and am so excited to give Blo a try. Your hair looks fantastic, i can see why you wouldn’t want to stop bouncing your hair around! Thanks so much for the post!
Everything about the Blo Bar is super cute !
It must have been like living in fantasy land with the chic design and pink integrated everywhere !
Your hair looks so cute. What a great idea and a location not too far from me.
I love that there is a menu…so cute.
I bet that cotton candy was really yummy if you got that distracted that you forgot to take a pic,
Neat and i really love your hair style =)
This is so, so awesome! I wish we had one here in NJ….my hair is crazy, so I would love to have a place like this! I also love the chic, girly vibe of the bar!
My cousin was telling me about Blo Bars in Toronto. I think they are SUCH A GREAT IDEA!
I love the fact they exist. another reason for me to move my butt back : )
and the fact that there were cupcakes there? SOLD haha
PS I just want to thank you for your words of inspiration I dont care what other people think (i.e nutritionist) I have come a long way from where I was so am going to do it!
xoxo
I haven’t been to Bayview Village in a while. I’m curious what they took over. Are there THREE hair places now, or did the one across from the LCBO shut down?
I’m drooling over those white chocolate truffles! What fun! and your blowout looks so glamorous!
Wow that looks fun! Your hair looks amazing!
SO COOL. I actually like both the before and the after shots; your hair has so much bounce in the after shot and I like the curls. Your necklace in the before shot is also very eye catching.
I like the Brook Hagel illustrations and the names of the blowouts are so witty. I think I would try either the Executive Sweet or Hugs, Sex, and Rock & Roll. Hopefully, a BLO location will open up near me!
very nice hair do and I love the ambiance at the salon too tres chic!