POLICIES
Policies and procedures in a business are like boundaries in any successful relationship: They outline expectations and leave no room for doubt. This is how we ensure a win:win relationship to better serve our clients. If you’re offended by the policies and boundaries, then you’re encouraged not to engage any further.
— Ayanna Durity
Important
This is the stuff that makes an in-salon experience exceptional, and creates better results. It’s also the part that the people who don’t care about a better experience or result don’t want to hear. If you’re the latter, we might not be the best fit. But if you're as excited as I am about achieving excellence, keep reading!
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To make life easier for us all, payments are due upon booking. No need to stress about charging your phone to pay later – it's all set upfront.
Additional in-salon costs will be charged immediately before extra services, keeping things transparent.
Want to spread your payments? You can use Klarna, or Zip (Get $10 off your first order when you sign-up to Zip and use my referral code: 5CJ0N8) to split in 4 payments.
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Deposits are 100% non-refundable under all circumstances.
Your deposit is transferrable up to three times within a 90-day period if you need to reschedule your appointment. This provides you with more opportunities to find a suitable time for your visit.
To initiate a deposit transfer, simply reschedule your appointment, or send and email if you want to change the service.
After the third transfer or if the 90-day period expires, your deposit will no longer be eligible for transfer, and a new deposit will be required to secure a future appointment.
If you cancel an appointment instead of rescheduling, the deposit will not be refunded, but you can easily reschedule online, ensuring your deposit is transferred to your new appointment.
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We understand that plans may change. If you need to reschedule, you can do so by going to your confirmation email and clicking "Change/Cancel" or "Reschedule."
Cancellations within 24 hours are non-refundable and not transferrable.
Do not cancel if you plan on returning. Simply reschedule.
Things happen, and sometimes changes need to be made. Only if you are within 24 hours of the appointment time may you email me about your rescheduling or cancellation for dire situations.
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There are no refunds for services received in the salon, deposits, or policy offenses. If you're unsatisfied with your service, we're committed to finding solutions within a week. Email us within 3 days to initiate the process. Appointment cancellations do not qualify for refunds; we encourage you to reschedule to transfer your deposit. Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds on product purchases due to the inability to manage product safety once it leaves our site. Make an executive decision to choose wisely.
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This is a business. This means this is an exchange of time, money, and energy with all parties involved.
At Tight Curl Therapy, we spend a lot of time, money, and energy to prioritize your hair care at a high standard. The same level of time, financial, and energetic commitment is expected.
In most cases, the condition of the hair requires more of a budget of time, resources, and energy. For instance, a client that has not committed to a healthy hair lifestyle, has not prepped, or is coming out of a protective style WILL require more effort, time, and products. If this is the case, your appointment may be rescheduled or you will incur a cost of $2 per minute after 20 minutes of detangling. Detangling typically takes a trained specialist 10 minutes to detangle the densest hair. View Prep Instructions.
The additional charges will be assessed based on the condition of the hair, discussed upfront, and will be charged prior to service, or we may have to reschedule if our schedules are unable to accommodate. If this is the case, we will only perform services, within the time and price budget for the appointment.
Real Life Example:
You have not prepped for your service or your hair is in chronic conditions. It takes 20 minutes to detangle before we can begin to shampoo, because your hair is in web-like tangles, and will get worse if cleansed in this condition. The detox uses more than one application (meaning, an additional packet has to be used, which also costs more time, and labor). It takes 35 minutes to apply and brush Olaplex through the hair, and another 25 minutes to detangle with conditioner. Hair in this condition takes more time to set and style. Although, hair in this condition will never completely dry, it will have to be at least 85% dry before we cut. So, you dry for 90 minutes (who wants to do that? 💁🏾♀️). Due to your density with the condition of your hair, it takes almost 30 minutes to shape without getting it frizzy because it didn’t dry enough. We’ve just spent 2.5 hours only on detoxing and rehabbing the curls, another 2 hours and 45 minutes to set, dry, and cut. That’s about 5 hours. At some point before, or during this process, if the hair seems like it will require this much time, labor, and product usage, we must reconsider this appointment and come to an agreement on whether we are able to proceed or reschedule.
Using the real life example above, If we reschedule, you will have to make a new appointment, with a new payment. The payment you made was well spent, therefore, there will be no transferring of funds/credits/refunds. If we decide to go through with the service, we will enter an hourly agreement of $125/hr. In the example above, that’s 5 hours x $125 = $625. This amount will be agreed upon and charged before we continue with service.
Situations like the example above has caused a domino effect of other scheduled appointments being interrupted, causing clients and I to leave hours later than scheduled, a deficit in profits, physical and mental stress. This cuts into personal time, and is irresponsible use of energy that may need to be used for guests in the next morning, as this is extremely labor intensive, it will disrupt sleeping patterns that cause oversleeping because the body and mind will take the rest it needs somehow. So, be mindful and care enough to come prepped for your appointment.
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I know things happen. If I don’t hear from you, within the first 10 minutes of your appointment, I am to believe you are not coming. You know when you are running late. Just send a text to 202-TEXTURE (202-839-8873) at least 30 minutes prior to inform that you’re going to be late; rather than 10 minutes later.
If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, the Tesla of treatments will be added to your service to speed up your service, and you will be charged for the treatment (no more than $30). If I am arriving late (more than 15 minutes) to your appointment, breakfast and coffee on me, AND I will add the Tesla of treatments to your service to speed up your service free of charge.
If you are more than 20 minutes late, you will have to accept a truncated service, or reschedule. If we reschedule, your payment is non-transferrable.
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Entourage Policy: Due to limited spacing, only guests that are being serviced are allowed in the service area. Children are not allowed in the service area- That's a liability issue. Please do not bring additional guests who are not being serviced.
Only children of clients who have taken our trainings are eligible to book appointments for their children. Please refer to FAQ page.
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Wash your hands as soon as you arrive. Even if you just came from home to your car to the salon; you just came from OUTSIDE.
Every guest must wear a mask that firmly covers the nose and mouth. No cloth masks.
Since masks are required, you are not allowed to eat or drink while you are receiving services in the chair. Only when we are feet apart. Such as when you’re under the dryer.
Please reschedule your appointment if you have a cough and bad allergies. Clients get really concerned when they see others sniffling and wiping their nose with their hands.
YOU ARE A NEW CLIENT IF YOU HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN 5 MONTHS
All new clients (and clients who have not been seen in 5 months) must schedule a new client experience. Scheduling an appointment intended for existing clients will lead to it’s cancellation. Deposits disappear when appointments are canceled. Refer to the Deposit and Refund Policies.
Thanks for understanding that doing business any other way is not sustainable for the business, the clients, and the people who operate it.
FAQs
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By clicking the button below that says, “By Booking An Appointment You Agree To the Policies Above Click Here To Book”. There you would find Prep Instructions and categories of services. If you haven’t been here in 5 months, book under “New CurlFriend”.
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You can either go to the scheduling page and log in to your account, and reschedule, or you can click on the Change/Cancel or the Reschedule button in your confirmation email. It really is that simple.
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Does this mean you plan on never coming for an appointment? If not, your payment held the space when someone could have booked. You can reschedule to a later date and give your appointment to someone els. Email Ayanna@ayannaduritycoaching.com to change the name.
If you plan on visiting at a future date, just reschedule. Your payment will transfer with your rescheduled appointment.
On the technology end, when you cancel, your payment disappears with your appointment. Just reschedule.
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