Manewaves Salon in Fayetteville, NC

Manewaves isn't my typical favorite type of salon - they don't serve wine as you wait or offer various spa services. However, they do exude an irresistible sort of southern charm - kind of like Truvey's from Steel Magnolias.

I never would've found this place if I hadn't been desperate to secure an appointment with Ramsey (who was my stylist for YEARS before I moved to Wilmington). I've never been so distraught about leaving behind a stylist before. I bounced from salon to salon in Wilmington before finding someone who was suitable, but it still wasn't the same.

I was thrilled when I moved back to Fayetteville and Ramsey could do my hair again. She is ah-maze-balls! She's never given me a bad cut or color - and she's always reasonably priced. My appointment was right on time and I loved how laid back the salon is - my kids made themselves right at home.

I would definitely suggest Manewaves to those looking for a reasonably priced style in a laidback atmosphere.

If you value your hair and nails, do NOT go here.
I got the worst manicure of my life done here. The woman was very friendly right up until I tipped her, and then she ignored me like I had the plague when I talked about getting my hair done too. Worse, she only painted the center of my nail, and the sides of it were completely untouched. My nails were uneven and ragged, so they actually looked worse than they did before I went in. But the real horror story was what they did to my hair.
I ended up getting my hair done from a youngish blonde lady, whose name I no longer recall. As a plus; she was really friendly. As a minus; she was an awful hairdresser. Here's my disclaimer: I was trying to get my hair blonde after having dyed it black. This is an incredibly difficult task, and you cannot get it done in only one process. I was aware of this, and I had accepted that all we could do was get it lighter. She told me she would bleach my entire head, which would result in a weird color, so we would dye a brown color over it so that it was a uniform color and lighter than what I had. I could do that.
What I was not prepared for was that after having my hair worked on for over three hours, I would end up with hair that was a patchwork of different colors. I wish I were exaggerating. My poor head had horizontal stripes of color and splashes of discoloration. Moreover, it wasn't the pleasant shade of light brown the hairdresser had pointed out, it was a hideous mixture of bronze, orange, and yellow, like the lighter spectrum of the Crayola family had vomited in my hair. This abomination didn't stop my hairdresser from telling me what a good shade it was, and how it came out even better than she was hoping. Now, the lighting in this place is pretty deceptive, so when I looked at my hair there, I was unhappy with it, but I was willing to accept that maybe it was the best she could do. So I paid up (over $100) and headed home. When I looked at my hair there, in both natural and fluorescent light, I was HORRIFIED. I'm not proud to admit it, but I cried at how hideous it was. So I called the woman and told her there was a problem. We argued for a long time, but after I was pretty assertive about her needing to make this right, she finally agreed to come in the next day (even though she had it off) and fix my hair. Kudos to her.
On round two, she just dyed my hair a darker shade of brown, which still failed to really cover the bronze/orange madness, but at least made it more tolerable. Hilariously, she tooted her own horn about how she wasn't going to charge me to fix my hair, even though another woman who worked there had told her she should. (Excuse me? You want me to pay for you to fix the hair that YOU messed up?)
So ultimately I escaped with hair that didn't make me want to cry every time I looked into a mirror, although not by much. I was later told by a better stylist that we never should've bleached my entire head, because there was no way it was going to lift color evenly. This new stylist gave me extensive highlights and foils, which gradually lightened my hair without making it look too bronzy or unnatural. (If you look at my profile pic now you can see the results we got after about 3 sessions.)
So yeah, moral of the story: don't go here. EVER.

I recently went in to have my hair cut and I recieved absolutely fabulous service. This is a great place to get your hair done.