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Shear Envy
Shear Envy

Shear Envy

Hair salon in Western Springs, IL

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Shear Envy is a hair salon at 1140 Hillgrove Ave in Western Springs. According to the salon, a mother-daughter team started the business at this location about 20 years ago. The salon is open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday.

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About

Shear Envy is a hair salon at 1140 Hillgrove Ave in Western Springs. According to the salon, a mother-daughter team started the business at this location about 20 years ago. The salon is open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday.

The salon describes its atmosphere as intimate, saying it lets the staff get to know their clients over time. It says it cares about the people it serves and that it has the experience and skills to meet a range of hair needs.

Services are grouped into color, cutting and styling. Color ranges from monthly touch-ups for new growth and refreshes for existing highlights to foil work for a first visit or longer hair, and double-process coloring, which the salon describes as a two-step service. Extra product or time can raise the price of double process. Cutting covers men's and women's haircuts with styling. Styling includes blow-drying for shorter hair, blow-drying with flat iron or waving, which is priced by time, and formal styling on clean, dry hair.

The owner holds Redken Color and Redken Design and Finished certifications and has many years of experience as a traveling educator. Appointments can be booked online, while cancellations must be made by phone. If a self-booked appointment does not work out, the salon may reschedule or adjust the request.

The salon says it uses quality products and focuses on caring for its customers in an intimate setting.

The salon describes its setting as intimate, where staff can get to know their clients.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Color services include monthly touch-ups for new growth, a touch-up with refreshed ends, foil refreshes for existing highlights, foil with length for first visits or longer hair, and a two-step double process.

  • Color Touch Up $80
  • Touch Up $80
  • Touch Up /Pull $95
  • Double Process $105
  • Foil Touch Up $115
  • Foil / Length $145

Men's and women's haircuts, each including styling.

  • Haircut/ Style Men $35
  • Haircut /Style Women $45

Blow-drying for short hair, blow-drying with flat iron or waving, and formal styling on clean, dry hair.

  • Blowdrying $30
  • Blowdrying With Flat Iron / Waving $35
  • Formal Ware $60

Photos

  • Salon styling stations with mirrors and chairs by the windows
  • Long wavy balayage hair result from behind
  • Storefront of the salon with black awning and Shear Envy signage

Meet the team

Their website doesn't list the team, so we don't either.

Highlights
  • Owner holds Redken Color and Redken Design and Finished certifications
  • Monthly color touch-ups for new growth, including a touch-up with refreshed ends
  • Foil with length for a first visit or longer hair
  • Formal styling on clean, dry hair
  • Appointments booked online; cancellations by phone
  • Family-run salon, started about 20 years ago by a mother and daughter
Good for
  • Monthly color maintenance
  • First-time foil highlights
  • Men's haircuts
  • Women's haircuts and styling
  • Blowouts for short hair
  • Formal occasions
  • Clients who want to build a relationship with their stylist
Treats
  • New growth
  • Highlight refresh
  • Full color changes
  • Haircuts and styling
  • Formal styling
Techniques
  • Foil highlights
  • Foil touch-up
  • Double process color
  • Flat iron waving
  • Blow-drying
  • Formal styling
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