It’s exactly been one week since I had my hair rebonded last Saturday at Tony and Jackey Salon in Festival Mall, Alabang.
My sister saw that they were having a summer long promo, with rebond prices for as low as P1,500 for any length! Considering that Tony and Jackey is a reputable salon, that deal looked really good. (Or so we thought)
They didn’t put the P1,500 Aqua Rebond package on this poster, but it’s printed on the flyer in their salon.
When we got there, however, we weren’t allowed to get the P1,500 Aqua Rebond promo. HARUMPH!
They saw that my hair had recently undergone coloring and Aqua Rebond might damage my already damaged hair (Yes, they said that). They suggested I should get the L’Oreal Extenso Rebond instead for P3,000. (Hmm, sige na nga.) They also suggested (strongly) that I get the P1,000 Keratin Treatment with Haircut since my hair is SO dry. (Ma’am, ang dry talaga ng hair nyo!)
(At this point, I couldn’t help raising my eyebrows already. Come on, my hair isn’t THAT BAD!)
My sister’s hair, on the other hand, is all natural (virgin, untouched hair) but she also wasn’t allowed to get the P1,500 rebond because her hair strands were too thin. (Sige na nga, ulit…)
Fine, so much for the P1,500 promo. But since my sister and I would prefer to pay more than have our hair ruined, we just went ahead with the L’Oreal Extenso Rebond for P3,000. Wahaha, cheapo!
How my hair turned out
When I think about it, I don’t really need to rebond my hair since I have naturally straight hair. But rebonding helps me with growing out my hair especially during the awkward length. I also hate getting the frizzies and I’m too lazy to use anti-frizz hair products. So rebonding is the convenient way for lazy ol’ me to grow out my hair.
With flash. Sorry, some people hate it but I really like the ‘walis’ look, hehe.
If I don’t rebond, I get really annoyed with bad hair days and end up chopping my hair. So much for growing it out.
Will I go back to Tony and Jackey?
To be honest, I’m not that pleased with my Tony and Jackey experience for the following reasons:
- They’re too hard sell, bordering on pushy. It’s like they’re all over your face suggesting this and that treatment, it’s actually quite overwhelming and intimidating. I went there for the P1,500 promo, obviously I’m trying to be frugal. And then they suggested that I go get the Volumizing Rebond package for P6,000? Uhhhhm.
- I found the stylists working there a bit tactless. Instead of saying “damaged hair”, they could have said something like, “chemically treated.” They didn’t have to say over and over that my hair was soooooooooooooooooo dry. After the rebond and cut, my stylist actually “Tsk!”-ed, shook her head and said something like, “Sayang, you should have had the Volumizing Rebond done.” Thanks ha, you just made me feel ugly.
- I felt like the people there were money hungry. I had 4 people attending me! Two stylists and two assistants. That meant a whole lot of tips. I wish they informed me first that they would assign extra people. I had a budget, you know.
I didn’t know if it was because I was hungry, but I was pretty cranky by the time they were done. I just wanted to pay and leave.
HOWEVER. I would want to go back again to try their hair cut. Since I was their for almost 4 hours, I saw a lot of people come and go. And every person who left, left with a really good hair cut! Or maybe for a digital perm. Oh, and my rebond turned out okay, anyway.
So maybe, just maybe, I’ll go back there sometime in the future.
But for now, I’m sticking with my regular stylist, Jenny of Jay Feliciano Salon for my hair pampering and needs.
Jay Feliciano Salon
G/F Tia Maria Building
103 Cv Starr Avenue
Philamlife Village
Las Pinas, Metro Manila.
(632) 8725919
Tony and Jackey Salon
Festival Mall, Alabang
2nd Level, Festival Mall,
Alabang, Muntinlupa City
(632) 659-1875
Link: Tony and Jackey Salon
Hi Lia! accidentally stumbled on your blog as I was googling the prices of rebond and digiperm. You left me awed as I read your experience at Tony & Jackey anyways, just so you know I have a Salon at Daang Hari right after Verdana Subd. it’s the only Salon/Spa there (Bella Naturale) and you might wanna try our services it’s a newly opened Salon and just like you I was a client myself before, looking for a quality and affordable (not cheap) services. I would be happy to serve you and read after the good feedback here at your blog.
It’s my pleasure if you would consider my invite. Thank’s dear.
Best Regards
pls do visit @Bella Naturale Co. Fb page.
Hi Geli, thank you for passing by my blog. I’ll definitely try your Salon as it is just near our area :) I went to your FB page and I saw that you use natural ingredients. Interesting! Thanks!
I passed by tony and jackey (festival mall) this afternoon and yeah, they were giving out flyers for their promo.
Like you, I was interested with the aqua rebond for P1500 and I wanted to try it because this salon really has a good reputation when it comes to quality and services.
Thanks for your blog, very helpful. I changed my mind, I will not have my hair done there tomorrow. It’s good that I googled some feedback first, thanks again!
Hi Lia,
Good Day! How are you? Reading your blog makes me realize that I’m really not the only one who experienced having a bad day at Tony and Jackey Festival Mall. Those two “Chismosa” ladies were the one’s who attended to me last December 2011. The Korean guy whom I can say was really polite and I felt satisfied with my haircut. I have long hair, not curly but it’s kinda wavy. That’s the real score why I need to have my hair rebonded. For the first time, I spent 6k thinking that I would be satisfied and happy with the outcome. I saw that same promotions on their salon. I had a budget but they really insisted for me to get the 5k package, plus 1k because my hair, as they say was “Super Damaged, Curly and Wavy.” I said, “Ate, my hair is not curly, it’s just makapal and long.” They insisted, they said, even so, if I really want to have my hair at it’s best, I should hang on with the 6k package. My husband agreed, deep inside, I did not want to spend that much because I felt I can be more satisfied if I would go to other salon’s. Well, 13th month naman… gorabells! It took long for the process but I’m aware because it’s not my first time to have my hair rebonded. But in Tony and Jackey Festival, it’s indeed my first time and I know deep inside it would be my last as well. I regret spending that much because literally, I can say that my hair was still wavy. Just a small difference was made and take note, I really exerted effort to not have it washed for 3 days because it was their instruction. After I had it washed, I really felt bad, I went back to their salon and they repeated everything, as in the whole process. They asked me to pay 1k more because of the “Special” ingredient that they will apply to my hair. I said No! I just told them to fix the mess they did and I won’t pay even a cent because I’m indeed upset and going back for the second time is really a waste of time. I have work and I have a family. The Korean guy said sorry and he endorsed me to the two chismosa girls on the picture you posted. He instructed them to fix my hair. But the two girls still did not do their job. Tinipid nila yung gamot and when everything was done, I just talked to the Korean guy and said thanks for his consideration but I’m sorry, if he will see the outcome, super konti lang yung changes sa hair ko. Naawa kasi ako sakanya and super bait nya. Before I left the two girls told me to have a hair manicure every month and it’s only 2,500 – 3,000. I said hell no, and I won’t recommend them to any of my friends.
I’m over it. It was really not a good experience. We were willing to spend much as long as we get what was expected but if you see that nothing much has changed, it feels bad. Lesson learned – never go back to Tony & Jackey Festival Mall. I have other friends who told me that other branches of Tony & Jackey were not like that. I just said I won’t take the risk and besides, there are other salon’s who are not money hungry and less quality.
I’ll try the salon you posted. Thanks for taking time to read about my Tony & Jackey Experience and thanks too for sharing yours.
Take Care,
Ruby
Hi Lia! :)
I was just googling about the services of Tony and Jackey and I accidentally got to your blog. I want to have my hair permed and as I know, it was of the same price as the rebond that you’ve had. I prefer that salon because I know that their services are high-quality and my brother got a hair cut from there once and it turned out really fine. My brother also mentioned about the promo and that’s the reason why I really got interested on tony and jackey. But after I’ve read your blog post, I hesitated if I will still go for there services or not anymore. Hmm. Can I ask the exact price that you’ve paid? Was it the 3000php promo? Thank you. Great blog, by the way :)) I would really appreciate it if you’ll get to answer my question. Thank youuu :))
Hi lia, i had my hair permed last apr 27 at T&J Festival also. And I can say i really dont like the result of the perm. My experience is also not so good. When i am asking if they can perm my hair bec i had it rebonded 2 years ago, the korean stylist said that the tip of my hair is dry so he recommended i get haircut, so I said that I will have their promo of perming woth haircut, he told me that it was ok. But when the assistant is washing my hair, i heard lots of comments like “super dry and damged ng hair mo” she was suggesting this herbal something treatment which costs 7k. I told her that the korean stylist only siggested haircut for the tip, she keeps on insisting that i’ll have this herbal treatment. Mura na daw yun dahil yung iba 10-12k ang binabayad sa kanila. Trying to stop her i said “kulang pera ko eh” she even told me, “pwde naman mag withdraw eh” (hmmm ok lang xa? Bigay niya sakin atm niya magwiwithdraw ako ng kulang) she’s also PUSHING me to buy this leave on product for 1,500 para ma-maintain daw yung curl. I already told her that i can get that product for free because my cousin is working at loreal and they have monthly free products. Or if not for free at least for a very low price, but she keeps on insisting that i need to buy that product. She even told me “basta dapat bilin mo to” i was already annoyed that time but i cannot walk out bec my hair is already wet, and it took me months to convince my self to have digi perm. And since I am thinking they are going to touch my hair (baka ano pa gawin) So i agreed to buy the product so i said “ok ill buy it mukang kelangan dapat bilin sanyo yan”.. And so now its been 2 weeks but i really dont like my hair na. Even the first day na dapat galing salon super ok, never ko pa nagustuhan., There are parts na curl in the middle but straight yung dulo, ano yun? Parang bewang lang pag inipitan? I am planning to go back there and have it fixed or give me refund if they can not fix it. I just dont know if how are they going to receive it? Kung may mga complaints cla.
Hi Kristine. Wow, sorry to hear about your experience. Nakakainis naman when said you can withdraw. Parang hello lang. I do hope they fix your hair!
Hi Pia, it’s been ages since I last when to Tony and Jackey… but I remember paying 4k for my hair… 3k for the rebond, and additional pa for treatment and trim :) Thanks for passing by my blog!
This blog is so informative!I thought that Tony and Jackey is worth spend the money, because the dj from love radio kristindera if i am not mistaken, is endorsing the salon. I even asked one of my friend who undergo rebonding session with them, said that it is quite good.but after reading all these comments, I was happy to realize that id rather go to jing monis salon, because i havent heard any negative feedbacks aside from the price, but I think its worth paying…thank u so much.i wrote this just o let you knownthatbyou are helping curious people like me.and another thing is do you have any idea about any good place to visit in the phils?like bar, or a place to go?:) thanksin advance
Hi IamBerna :) Glad to be of help. In fairness to Tony and Jackey, the other branches seem to have better customer service compared to the one in Festi. As for places in the Philippines, which area do you have in mind? So many nice bars and clubs to hang out in here in Manila! :) Do you like to go dancing, or you like places where you can sit down, talk and drink? :)