Hapjeong hair salon bright-tone gray cover + layer fix: Pieum Hair

Why I went to Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch for a dye job

I booked in a hurry on Naver the night before and went the very next day: Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch (피움헤어 합정본점), a hair salon in Hapjeong. I'd been doing perms and dye separately, so my color tone was in a muddle and gray hair was coming in. It needed sorting out.

With hair salons, the hassle is always the time before you go, and once you've been you wonder why you didn't come sooner. This time was exactly that pattern. I kept putting it off, and what finally decided it was my mom. When she says, "I really should dye my hair now," I have to go, no excuses. She normally says everything's fine, so when those words come out, it's basically a signal.

Can you keep a bright tone and still cover the gray?

At Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch, I had an all-over dye and a gray root dye together with the head stylist (실장님). It wasn't just about hiding gray; the work went in the direction of re-matching the whole color tone.

Once hair goes dark, bringing it back to bright is harder than you'd think. So again I asked for the bright tone I'd been keeping to be preserved as much as possible, with only the gray covered naturally.

Rather than forcing a color change, the approach built on my current color so it flowed on naturally, and the tone blended softly with no visible boundary. The gray was covered cleanly while the overall impression stayed bright, and the finish looked much tidier than before.

Fixing the choppy layers and hair flow

Along with the dye, Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch also reworked the cut line, where the layers looked disconnected. After a recent treatment, the hair flow didn't connect naturally, which bothered me a little personally. The layers were there, but the sections looked separate from one another.

This time they focused on that area and refined the whole line so it connected smoothly. Without spoiling my existing style, they linked up just the flow that had bugged me, and it ended up far neater.

The mood set by Mueong, the Welsh corgi mascot

Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch has a Welsh corgi mascot called Mueong (무엉이) who keeps you company from arrival to send-off. I booked on Naver in a rush the night before, and on the day my train was late, so I nearly ran there.

I ended up about a minute late, and I rushed in so fast I actually tripped on the stairs. The first one to greet me was Mueong, the corgi mascot. As if responding to the sound of my fall, he came right over to meet me. During the treatment he wandered around the shop making the atmosphere relaxed, and at the end he even came out to the entrance to see me off. He's much more than a mascot.

Why I want to go back to Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch

This visit to Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch was a case of "dye + gray cover + cut cleanup" all solved in one go. Most important, the overall tone and flow were matched together rather than handled separately.

The bright tone stayed as it was, the gray was covered naturally, and my messy layers were tidied up. I'd been putting the visit off because I couldn't be bothered, but it turned out so well that I want to come back next time.

Pieum Hair Hapjeong Main Branch: hours, closed days and parking

• Hours: 10:30 – 20:00
• Closed: Tuesdays
• Booking: Naver Reservation available
• Parking: free (the uphill, slope-like space right next to the Pieum Hair building is the private lot)