Portland, OR.

Blades Hair Studio LTD

User Reviews of Blades Hair Studio LTD

Best Salon and worth a drive!

I have gone to Blades Hair Studio for approximately 6 years now. I live in Gresham but it SO worth the drive. I will not go anywhere else! David is my stylist and I know that when he is done cutting and...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/21/2008
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Best colorist in town

david has been cutting & coloring my hair for years and he is a master! A neighbor ,who is also a hair stylist commented that she couldn't believe my hair was colored. ( i am completely gray when au natural)...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/16/2008
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Feel and look great!

I have been going to David for over 16 years and that speaks for itself! Even my mother comes in from California to see him. I give David creative rein and have never been dissatisfied. I used to think I had...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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Dahling, it's simply FABULOUS!

In keeping with the many other 5-star reviewers, I LOVE THIS PLACE! Six years ago I looked at a woman and asked, "Where do you get your hair done?" She gave me a card and, as the saying goes, the rest is...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Marty B.

4.0 of 5 stars. In or out of the box. If you've got locks, it'll knock off your socks! Short hair, long hair, red hair, blue hair;
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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Blades is the best!

Not sure what the previous reviewer is referring to... sounds like sour grapes. Whatever. Here's what you need to know and what's important: Blades is an amazing salon. David is a master at cutting hair, with...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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Love my hair stylist

Ivy was my hair stylist and she is great!!!!! Where did she go?? What is happening at the salon that so many people are leaving??? Is there a management problem?
citysearch.com - user review - 08/25/2008
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Trust David!

Blades is an amazing salon, I started going there several years ago after reading reviews on Citysearch. The team, lead by David, helped me to grow my haircolor out to my natural gray through some great...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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David at Blades is the best in town

David has been cutting my hair for 12 years and I will never let anyone else near me with a pair of scissors. I love the casual, edgy atmosphere, the location, and the no-tipping policy. This is hands-down the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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Best Hair Experience in Portland

Blades has the whole package. Not only are the people who work in the salon very cool, they are seriously talented with scissors and color. Honestly, I'm nearing 40 and my hair has never looked better....
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2008
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best salon in Portland

I moved to Portland 9 years ago and looked for a salon. I had three unacceptable haircuts at high-priced, highly recommended salons before finding Blades. One day walking down the street I saw someone working...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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amazingly artistic, miracle workers, hair makeover genious

David at Blades hair studio and all of his stylists are truely amazing artistic people. They transformed me and my daughter in one appointment. I had fine thin lifeless hair with no body, with a hair cut and...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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asked for a trim, but hair was butchered

I received such a terrible hair cut I cried for days. I asked for a trim but was given a new style that turned out to be choppy and �butch�. During my cut, my stylist suddenly went over to a co-worker and...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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Best platinum haircolor in the city

Where else can one get fabulous hair from eclectic, cool people and get served wine, with a FREE parking lot in NW? The entire crew are extremely gifted in colors and cuts, using a high end German color line....
citysearch.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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True Artistry

I have been going to Blades for 15 plus years. I started out because I liked the idea of the No Tip - always been a bit awkward for me. I have had very difficult hair to work with - due to the curly nature and...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/26/2007
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Blades lives up to the Hype!!!

I had fallen into a hair rut...and although my hair was "pretty" (read: long, straight), I was extremely bored with it and in dire need of a change. I did a search for "hip" & "edgy" salons in Portland, and...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/13/2007
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Awesome! Friendly staff who really listens.

I will admit that I was a tad apprehensive about getting my hair cut at Blades after viewing the photos on their website. Although the styles were cool, I'm not and I was afraid that I might end up with blue...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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Best haircut EVER

After months of agonizing about how/where to get my hair cut, I decided to give Blades a try. To be honest, I wasn't very optimistic because I had tried all kinds of salons in the past and had never been...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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Very hip salon, best haircut and color EVER!!!

I just got back from my first-ever visit to Portland, OR. I live in CT and love my stylist here. However, I was growing out my hair for a summer wedding but decided I couldn't stand it anymore. Being a guest...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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Best salon experience I've ever had

A very long winded account of my wonderful experience at Blades: A couple of weeks ago I decided to cut my hair off. Being relatively new to the city I googled and citysearched until I found Blades, and...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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I wouldn't go anywhere else

I've never been big on spending money on haircuts. I always thought it was a waste of money and spent most of my life cutting my own hair. Occasionally I'd go to a low-end hip place like Rudy's. But those...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/10/2007
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The Salon of My Dreams

PROBLEM:I asked for highlights in my brown hair at a salon in another city. Disaster ensued and I ended up with dark gray/greenish, over-tonered frizzy hair just as we were heading off to spend a Thanksgiving...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/18/2006
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Best Hair Salon

I thought the personnel at Blades handled their computer crisis with a great deal of professionalism. The salon coordinator, Courtney, worked 12 hour days to try and fix the problem. When I saw her at my...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/12/2006
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No Tipping Salon!!

We wish to apologize to May2006. Our worst nightmare happened and our entire software system crashed!!! All of our appointment log vanished for an entire year. We literally had 2 weeks of confusion and utter...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/04/2006
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Worst Salon in NW Portland

Upon recently moving to the area I have been looking for a new salon, so I decided based on the reviews to try Blades Hair Studio. So I called to make a appointment, the day I needed they had avaliable so I...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/20/2006
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Best Salon in Portland!

I have been a Blade's customer since 1997. I had moved to Portland and was searching for a good salon. I was referred to two other salon's downtown. I tried them both and my experience at both was a sylist who...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/13/2006
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Brought me back from black!

I meant to write this review some time ago. For a year I had shoulder-length black hair. When I tired of it, I was very nervous about the color removal process having heard so many horror stories of orange...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/26/2006
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Simply the best ever!!

You will never find a salon more outstanding than Blades! The atmosphere can't be beat, the staff is awesome, and you are treated like a close friend. I enjoy every second I spend there. I have only had...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/23/2006
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Absolutely, amazingly beautiful work!

Haley did the most awesome up-do ever. It was in preparation for a coctail party I was throwing that evening. Haley really took a lot of individualized care and real interest in creating an absolutely...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/11/2005
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Always Great

I've had horror shows of haircuts before. Even places that cut it great once mess it up the next tim...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/23/2005
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Excellent

I got butchered at a cheap mall salon (asked for a trim, got an overgrown mullet) and made an appointment with Ivy after she was recommended to me. She is fantastic! I love my new cut. She also showed me some...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/27/2005
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Great service, no attitude, no tipping!

The best haircuts I've ever had have been at this unassuming salon on a quiet strip of NW 21st. The...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/06/2005
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Simply the best

Blades is by far the best salon I have ever been to. I have been a client for nearly a year now, and ever since I starting going to Blades my hair has been better than its ever been. Ivy's skill and precision...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/27/2005
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Feeling comfortable

It's a bit spending, but they really get to know you and your hair, your likes and dislikes. They also give suggestions of what to do or not to do. After a few cuts, I decided to get my hair hightlighted. It...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/03/2005
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Excellent Customer Service

Just needed some hair advice from them! Talking to them: Excellent Customer Service, friendly, positive energy. Wish I'd gone there first before my hair got fried at another salon.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/09/2005
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WOW IVY!

I was so nervous, changing my hairstyle--i just moved in town and finding a new stylist had proved a challenge. However the whole experience at Blades was so awesome. The whole staff was so wonderful and...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/09/2004
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Lives up to the hype

I visited Blades after reading about in on Citysearch...I am wary of other people's ideas of a "good" haircut but the commentary seemed reliable. I made an appointment with Ivy and was impressed with her...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/17/2004
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Cool place!

I went to Blades my first time after reading the reviews on Citysearch. When I made my appointment Luke who handles the front desk was VERY VERY nice. My appointment was a week later but Luke called me three...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/18/2004
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Amazing salon

I have been going to Blades for the past year and have always been very happy with the results. Steve does an amazing job with haircolor and really listens to what you want. The service at this salon is...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/07/2004
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The Ultimate in Customer Service!

Ok, I don't gush - I'm not a gusher - but after nearly ten years of addiction to an upscale salon chain who shall remain nameless (aveda), I've acquired a new addiction....one word, sounds like, BLADES. Ivy,...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/17/2004
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Simply the Best!

I found Blades on City Search and I love the service here. I refer all of my friends to get their cut and coloring done at Blades. They take their time to provide the best service!!
citysearch.com - user review - 05/11/2004
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Outstanding!

I have been going to Blades Hair Studio for approx. 9 years. Prior to Blades Salon I was a client of another local salon for 5 years & the owner was my stylist (who utimately ruined my hair!)Scarely thought...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/10/2004
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Blades

To me, hair is one of the more important things that determines whether or not I am going to be in a great mood or a bad one. Thanks to Rachel, I will now wake up in a great mood every day. I visited Blades...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/04/2004
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This place rocks!

I went to Blades yesterday for a full color correction. I have naturally blonde hair that I've been dying dark red for a while and I wanted to go back to blonde. Not only did they get me back to blonde, but I...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/26/2004
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Great salon!

I visited Blades today for the first time, after reading the reviews here on Citysearch. I have to add my own glowing review. Luke, who mans the front desk, is friendly and polite, greeting me by name when I...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/17/2004
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Wonderful People!!

Hi, I was just visiting the Blades site when I saw this. I have to give kudos to Blades. I discovered them at the Northwest Women's Show last month in Portland. They had several stylists set up and they...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/17/2003
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Thankful and Impressed!!!

My little sister was starting her senior school year and I wanted to do something special for her so I treated her out to getting her hair cut and colored since she never had it done before. I set her up with...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/17/2003
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Great!

Rachel at Blades was wonderful. I went from having long blonde hair to short black hair and have never felt more myself. It looks great and is easy to style.
citysearch.com - user review - 09/06/2003
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Perfect!

I've been to every notable salon in Salem, and a few in Portland, but they were all my mom's salons so I decided to venture out and find my own. I'd read all of the great reviews about this place so I made an...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/12/2003
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Refreshing!

I have so much to say! Luke is absolutely awesome. He worked with me to get me in, and was so friendly! Ivy did my hair, and she was so honest and very skilled. David even put in his two cents and even though...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/23/2003
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Cute Hair!

Been going to Blades for about 8 years, Judy is my stylist. David is my mom's stylist. They are family to us. I get compliments on my hair and am often asked where I get it cut. I always tell them "Judy at...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/12/2003
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Just What I Needed!

I found Blades through citysearch and called them to give them a try. Right away I got in with an appointment and off I went to go get a haircut. As soon as I arrived I was greeted and offered something to...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/16/2003
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An experience you have to try!

My mother and I walked into Blades for the first time and before we even had a chance to sit down we were offered drinks and the owner stopped what he was doing to introduce himself! Being so picky, I was...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/14/2003
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true artists

I can't say enough good things about this wonderful salon. When you arrive, they greet you with a smile and immediately take your coat and offer you a drink. My stylist knew exactly what type of hair I had and...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/16/2002
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