BEAUTIFICATION BY ALYSSA in Monterey, CA

The most impressive hair stylist who I know around Monterey and Carmel. I highly recommend Alyssa for everyone. She has great taste and an excellent sense of style. She is rock!!!

Fellas you won't understand this, but we gals count on our hairstylist to make us feel even better about ourselves! What's hard is when you have a stylist and then they move away so now it's finding somebody new. Men, you will never go through this anxiety. What are you do you call your friends you ask for recommendations you look at Yelp do you go on Facebook. In the end I just called a woman who always looks great and works with brides. Without hesitation she recommended Beautification By Alyssa. I was skeptical because I couldn't reach her on the phone immediately and and I looked like my finger was put in a wet socket. I admit I was also skeptical when I walked in and saw someone getting their hair dyed blue and Alyssa was this purple violet red color! Well I decided to just trust the process. I didn't give her much input showed her a few pictures and she started working her magic. I am happy with the results and made another appointment.

I would give Alyssa 0 stars if I could. My last hair appointment with her was absolutely traumatizing. It was about 6 months ago now and my hair is still fried and breaking constantly. I have since seen 2 top hair professionals in Carmel and they have done all they could but had to chop off the majority of my hair (which was more than halfway down my back when I first went to Alyssa) given the extensive damage. The day that I came in for an appointment, I had come in wanting ombré, which she had done about a year prior to my hair. She ended up putting doing full head highlight. When I asked why she was starting from the top of my head she said it would look better. I told her I didn't want it streaky, I just wanted the Ombré. She assured me it would look nicer and continued. She then put me under a red light and let it sit for about 45 minutes while she sat on her computer. When she came back to check on my hair she instantly pulled me over to the sink to wash it out. She told me she was giving me a treatment that would normally cost $10 extra but would be free that day. When I sat back down in the chair I ran my fingers through my hair and clumps of WHITE hair started coming out. It was literally stringy and soft and just falling out. All I had to do was lightly pull and it would break apart. It was horrible. A living nightmare, to be honest. When I asked her what she was going to do, she ended up giving me a quick hair cut and blow dried my curly hair. She then charged me $165! I was shocked. My young daughter was with me so I just paid and left. I regret that now given the amount of money I have had to dish out to save my hair. I hope people read this and find another stylist that's more qualified and professional in order to avoid this kind of experience.

Alyssa gave me the best set of highlights I have ever gotten!!! It's always hard to move and have to find a new stylist, and I am so glad that I trusted Alyssa with my hair. She was so kind, friendly, and educated about hair. She was also super accommodating (I had to bring my daughter to the appointment.) I will highly recommend her to anyone and everyone.

Alyssa is awesome! I found her because my mom has been going to her for a while and is always raving about her so I decided to give her a try. She gives an amazing cut and color and is down to earth and easy to talk to. I love that she has a "kids room" that my two toddlers love playing in when I'm getting my hair done. It's also a bonus when her daughter's are there because my kids get to play with them. I would definitely recommend Alyssa for cut, color, and highlights!