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1st Impression Salon
1st Impression Salon

1st Impression Salon

Hair salon in Chicago, IL

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1st Impression Salon is a hair and braiding salon on W Irving Park Road in Chicago. Hair services are the main focus, and the salon also offers lash services.

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1st Impression Salon is a hair and braiding salon on W Irving Park Road in Chicago. Hair services are the main focus, and the salon also offers lash services.

Hair offerings include protective braids, which the salon says are long-lasting and promote growth; loc care, retwists and dreadlock extensions; weave and extension installs that add length and volume; semi-permanent color; natural hair styles; and relaxing, precision cutting and styling shaped around each client's look and lifestyle. Lash services include eyelash extensions, lash lifts with tint and lower lash tint.

The salon also carries Yatta Butta, a line of pure shea butter products that includes two body creams and a lip balm. The brand says its products are 100% pure and natural and are not tested on animals. Appointments can be booked online, with each listed service set at one hour. The salon is open Monday through Saturday, from 11am to 7pm on Mondays and 9am to 7pm Tuesday through Saturday, and is closed on Sundays.

Cuts and styling are tailored to each client's look and lifestyle.

Reviews describe the salon as a welcoming place.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Braiding, locs and dreadlock extensions, semi-permanent color, weave and extension installs, natural hair styles, and relaxing, cutting and styling.

  • Braiding Price at booking
  • Dreadlocs & Extension Price at booking
  • Hair Coloring Price at booking
  • Hair Weave & Extension Price at booking
  • Natural Hair Styles Price at booking
  • Relax, Cut & Style Price at booking

Photos

  • Glossy updo with sculpted curls
  • Short sleek styled hair in salon chair
  • Voluminous updo with rolled curls in salon
  • Long curly style with side bangs
  • Stylists working on clients in salon interior
  • Client wearing box braids with gold cuffs, shot in the salon
  • Updo styled with silver cuffs, seen from behind
  • Client with straight long hair and bangs after a salon cut
  • Updo hairstyle on a client seated in the salon
  • Dreadlocks result viewed from the side
  • Men's short cut photographed from behind in the salon
  • Smiling client with sleek straight hair in the salon

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.1stimpression.shop (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Protective braids that the salon describes as long-lasting and growth-promoting
  • Loc care, retwists and dreadlock extensions
  • Weave and extension installs for added length and volume
  • Lash lifts with tint and lower lash tint alongside eyelash extensions
  • Yatta Butta shea butter body creams and lip balm, created by founder Yatta
  • Online booking with one-hour appointments
Good for
  • protective styles
  • natural hair styles
  • loc maintenance
  • weave and extension installs
  • lash extensions and lifts
  • clients who want to book online
Treats
  • adding length
  • adding volume
  • loc maintenance
  • semi-permanent color
  • lash enhancement
  • tailored cuts and styling
Techniques
  • braiding
  • protective braids
  • retwists
  • loc care
  • weave installs
  • extension installs
  • semi-permanent color
  • precision cutting
  • relaxing
  • eyelash extensions

Products & treatments

  • Yatta Butta Original Yellow Pure Yellow Shea Body Cream
  • Yatta Butta Original White Pure White Shea Body Cream
  • Yatta Lip Balm

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