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.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Twice I have been to Blo on Granville and Twice I left disappointed. I only went because my own stylist was out of town and I needed quick service. After the first time I vowed never to return. I thought might as well pay an extra $10 and go to regular salon for this but I thought lets give them another chance. Never again. The problem is no one there has been trained properly on the classic blowdry, I mean both times the girls did not even know how to section the hair appropriately and blow dry for volume and straightening. The last one took 30 minutes just to do a quarter of my head! I might as well have gone to Supercuts. My style is a bob. Does not take that long. Max, one hour blo and straighten everywhere else in town. Perhaps they are more experienced in the Yaletown location. To the owners of this establishment, I implore you to just train your stylists properly on the techniques of a proper blowdry. Even I would have done a better job if you paid me.