Comments on: Are salon products in regular stores the same as those in salons

By: PK

PK — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:26:18 +0000

All these hairstylists are really biased. How can huge companies sell hundreds of products from salon bran names that are so called “fake” and not be caught/sued by the actual owners of the company. Paul Mitchell and his salon brand friends do NOT have an emotional bond with you hairstylists so that he only wants you and your stores to benefit from products. He want’s money and he is making waaay more money by selling his products are reputable places like Walmart/Target compared to your salons.

Seriously? You guys are being ignorant. Anger is taking over your common sense. It’s the same damn products.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:44:26 +0000

I’ve read through all of these comments and other sites regarding the Walmart, Target, etc. selling products like Bumble and Bumble for slightly more money than my salon. And I agree it has been cheaper to just go to the salon; however, sometimes convenience of a big-box store wins out.

My question for the Beauty Brains is this – What about the stuff on Amazon – does that fall into the ruputable stores or the Ebay catgeory? I see some items are stocked and shipped by Amazon, whereas others are sold by third party stores – please provide your thoughts, as Amazon prices do come out cheaper than the salons (They even off a deal for automatic shipments, etc. which cuts the price of a $22 down to $17 – obviously a decent savings).

Thanks for the info!

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:19:06 +0000

This whole debate reminds me of beer in a bottle vs. beer on tap..

I didn’t realize this was such a big deal either. I guess I can understand where concerns come from in regards to safety (i.e., a reeeally old bottle of hair goop with bacteria in it, ect) but I really don’t think that Target is out to sell me a bottle of shampoo that will make me blind or even wreck my hair. Nonetheless, I’ll still buy products from my stylist if/when I need them, because I’d rather support her commission than Target…

By: Ruth Walker

Ruth Walker — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:14:43 +0000

I have a serious problem. I do not like any shampoo & conditioner. I am paticular about my hair. It’s healthy, down my back. My hair is everything to me. I am not satisfied with Salon, shampoo’s & Conditioner’s, nor for that matter any. Years ago I used someone else’s Salon Shampoo & Conditioner, once. That was remarkable. Im 51 yrs old. Healthy hair is in my gene’s. I treat it as carefully as I possibly can. All I remember is the bottles were tall and thin kind of (not too thin) and the color of the bottle’s were either Tan,YellowOrange, or yellow. Id pay $ lots for that shampoo & conditioner if I could just find it. I think if I was to see the bottle’s (which I’ve searched for since 2006) everywhere I go. Can you help me?

By: Aubrianna

Aubrianna — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:42:54 +0000

Besides, we get commission for educating you. How many times have you gone the the grocery store and not known what the heck you were looking at? Well you pay the extra to be pointed in the right direction, because we have been educated and we do know what we are talking about. So what kind of slap in the face would that be if I were to spend five minutes with you helping you find out what you need and desire, then you go and give some other company the commission. That would be like going to a shoe store and having some employee listen to what you want in a shoe and your size, then when he gives you exactly what you want, you turn around and buy it at goodwill even though it was HIS knowledge that you needed, and he didn’t get a cent for helping you.