Wangsimni hair salon men's see-through dandy bangs perm: Uahan Meori

Today I visited Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch (우아한머리 왕십리센트라스점), a well-known men's hair salon in Wangsimni.

• Location: Uahan Meori, Wangsimni Centras Building H, 1st floor, Units 105 and 106, 410 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Transit: 501 m from Sangwangsimni Station Exit 1
• Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-20:00

How to get to Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch

Getting to Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch is faster by bus than by subway! I took bus Seongdong 03-1, got off, and walked into the shopping arcade of the Wangsimni Centras apartment complex.

Keep going straight like this and you'll find it on the 2nd floor.

What are the salon's atmosphere and waiting area like?

As soon as I walked into Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch I checked in, and after about 5 minutes in a chair, my designer came to show me in.

While waiting I looked around. There seem to be roughly 7-8 styling seats and about 15 waiting seats! VIP memberships come with a separate discount too, so I'd recommend one if you'll be going often.

The counter had candy you can grab on your way out. My designer put my bag and coat in a storage locker and gave me a gown.

Hair grown out for over a month: starting with the cut

It had been over a month since my last haircut, so I looked pretty messy. My hair had gotten really thick, and the short wispy hairs at the nape had grown so much they looked awful. Before the cut and down perm, the designer took photos from several angles, then went straight into the cut.

My first bangs perm, in a see-through dandy perm style with covered forehead

After the cut, I got a shampoo and moved on to the side-and-back down perm plus the bangs perm. It was my first bangs perm, so I was nervous and excited at the same time. I asked for the see-through dandy perm look that's popular these days. I've never tried pushing my bangs up and was quite worried, so I decided on the covered-forehead style!!

They also put a face cover on me for the bangs perm.

Snacks, drinks and charging while the perm sets

At Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch, once the perm solution is on and you're waiting in the waiting area, they bring you drinks and snacks. You can choose from coffee, green tea, buckwheat tea or orange juice! They gave me a cushion to get comfortable, and I got green tea, Delos (the classic salon-snack cookies, a Korean hair salon staple), and one chocolate.

I was hungry, so I wolfed it all down right away... I love salons that hand out lots of snacks. They even had a cookie I like, which was great.

While waiting I looked around and found Wi-Fi and chargers. My battery was nearly dead, so I got a good charge in.

20 minutes of heat treatment, then neutralizer, shampoo and blow-dry

After the perm solution went on, I waited about 20 minutes in front of the heat treatment machine. Then they did the neutralizing step and washed my hair.

Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch has 2 shampoo stations. An assistant stylist washed my hair there, and afterward I went back to the seat where I'd had my cut and they dried my hair.

How should you dry down-permed hair?

My hair always comes out differently when I dry it myself compared with when the designer does it, so I asked, and they gave me a drying tip.

For people who get down perms a lot, it's apparently best to dry the hair from top to bottom. After drying, they also put essence on my hair. It looks much neater than before the cut.

How did the side-and-back down perm and bangs perm turn out?

I got the side-and-back down perm plus the bangs perm, and it's way better than before the cut. It was my first bangs perm and I'm super happy with it!! For the side-and-back down perm, my natural curl is coming up so strongly that the designer said it's best to give it a rest for a while, and they shared some great hair-care tips too.

My own designer did the treatment! I plan to come back in a month. I recommend Uahan Meori Wangsimni Centras Branch~