Blo in Yaletown
Wash. Blow. Go. Under 30 dollars. Just over 30 minutes [BloMeDry.com]
At first I scoffed of the idea of a hair salon not doing any haircuts or colour and simply washing your hair for you how lazy can you be?. Then I clued into the fact that drying your hair also equals styling your hair. Sometimes after a hair cut my favourite part is when my hairdresser busts out the flat iron and I get to pretend I have ’skyscraper straight’ hair for the day. Since my office Christmas party is tonight, I decided it would be the perfect time to hop across the street to “Blo”.
though there’s a lump in my hair for this pic
The space is very white however hot pink beams all around; from the flat irons down to the jar of Hubba-Bubba at the waiting area. The staff is friendly and the iMac at the counter gave me a sense of comfort. It took about 35 minute to wash, blow, and flat iron my long hair, which is about 2-3 inches past my shoulders.
I would have appreciated a little more use of product to help tame some stubborn frizzy bits but all in all it was a good experience. I think I mostly paid for the convenience, as I would normally just visit my regular stylist on Denman for anything to do with my hair.
They lived up to their slogan as the bill was no more than $31 with tax, and I walked away from “Blo” pretty pleased.
I should also mention that at other salons downtown a “blow” service like this costs $40 and up - there’s no “and up” at Blo.
“Blo” is located at 1150 Hamilton. They take walk-ins but you can also call ahead for an appointment as they seemed pretty busy.
Edit: They also have a Tab where you can accumulate 8 visits/styles and get one free.
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December 21st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
sara would love this! i wonder if they have gift certificates…
December 21st, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I love Blo! My hair never holds curl when I do it myself cause it’s so thick. The miracle workers at Blo have a way of creating the “Holly Would” and making it last all night.
Yay Blo!
December 21st, 2007 at 4:57 pm
“Wash and Blow” was a common service when I was living In Singapore in the late 90s. I was certainly confused about it at first. My colleague, Jeff, would stand in the office about once a month (at about 2pm) and say, “I’m going for a wash and blow. Who’s coming?” Then 2 or 3 guys would get up with him and leave, coming back about 1 hour later - feeling refreshed and saying things like “That was NICE.”
I had my own thoughts about what was going on. A year or so after I first arrived, Jeff and I were walking back from a client meeting, and Jeff turns to me and says, “Dave, what do you say we go for a wash and blow before going back to the office?”
I turned to him and said, “Jeff, I have to tell you the truth, I’m not into this AND you’re married. This isn’t really ‘on’ in my books.”
He looked at me like I had three heads? “What the hell are you talking about?”
I said, “Dude, I know what a wash n blow is and I’m not interested. I’m not going to some hole in the wall to get a quick blow job.”
He pissed himself laughing. That story got told to everyone, whenever Jeff and I were together for at least two years.
And it was NICE and REFRESHING.
December 21st, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Hmmm…it’s tempting. But…I don’t know. Do they carry Bumble? Doubtful.
December 21st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
They don’t carry Bumble…that’s the only major down side.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:49 am
I bet they have a back room there.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:37 am
I want to have my next birthday party there! Who’s coming!
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:10 pm
[...] “Blo” style is still going strong and we didn’t much time to recover from my office’s [...]
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Does that count for hair like mine? It takes forEVER to straighten
January 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
is there a website to this place. I would love to check it out
January 17th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Yep, it’s listed above: BloMeDry.com
March 12th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
this place is ok - if you dno’t mind looking the exact same as every other woman who goes there!
i ahve a bob and asked for ferocius, edgy, tousled hair - and i got PROM / NEWS ANCHOR hair.
seemed like everyone who was in there ended up with the exact same hair: and it wasn’t cute.
cute concept - TERRIBLE execution.