Schardein & Co. OKC

I was given an opportunity by "Campbell Company's" advertising Guru Robyn Healy, to visit Oklahoma City's Premier Full Service Salon, Schardein & Company located at 9401 N May. Once for Mer on Saturday, then for myself yesterday.

The first thing you notice upon entering, is the ambiance. Uber cool aesthetics only embellish the warmth of the human beings greeting you at the door. Your senses are gently taken over by all the right colours, music, and lack of noisy tools of the trade.

You sign a guest card, and are immediately announced over a (quiet) loud speaker to your hair muse. Our hair muse this weekend was an accomplished young man named Sean Eckart.

The owner Steve Schardein spares no expense when it comes to his hair muses.
Hand picking his "Family Members", to create the legend Schardein & Co. is fast becoming in across the Midwest as well as Oklahoma City.

Once a week on Tuesday's the salon shuts down between 1:00 and 3:00. No appointments will be set during this time. It's a time of education, demonstration, growth and learning for his muses. From "Life Coaches" coming in from California, to specialized colour technicians. Each week Schardein & Co. gets bigger and better, leaving the competition in the Oklahoma dust.

My muse Sean, did things to my hair no one has ever done before. Using a European coloring system called Goldwell, Sean stained my bleached out chunks a deep husky red. The Goldwell system is unique to any other coloring system used stateside, and due to it's distribution being metric...many colourists shy away from Goldwell's state of the art system. This is what I mean when I say Steve Schardein spares no expense in training his muses. You'll find no label, over-marketed products used in this salon.

Schardein & Co. is like stepping into a New York salon, or better yet, slipping off a hot Parisian street into a Euro salon of utter decadence...brilliant!

Your muse will block out enough time for consultation, get to know your lifestyle, what you like and don't like about your hair (and your life for that matter) with the most positive attitudes you'll ever hear in a salon. No gossip, no back stabbing, no "Talking trash" on other salons or colourists...it's akin to a therapy session, and before your done your thinking about your next visit...

The rinse "room" is a long section of wall, otherwise the salon is one big open space that would bring tears to a Feng Shui masters eyes, where each month the wall is adorned with a different local artists work. Each rinse chair is positioned in direct sight of the wall as your eyes make contact with the artisan's breath of life.

This months featured artist is Amber Malaska Redden, who goes by the name "The Creative Native". Her work is bright, happy, and full of joy, just like Schardein & Co..

Even with back problems, my muse Sean was able to rinse me, massage my neck and scalp, without getting one drop of water in my face...This may not seem like a big deal to you, but with this mop of mine, getting my hair done has always left me feeling as if I'd had the crap beat out of me, then baptized by a Southern Baptist church in Bowlegs Ok.

As we shift from rinse "Room" to styling section, each "Booth" which "Still-floats" in the openness of Schardein's, is distinguishable by individual blow dyers hanging pendulum style from the jet black ceiling. Enabling your muse to pluck it from mid air as needed.

One final thought on Schardein & Co.

I've never felt comfortable enough with a stylist muse, as to give them complete creative control over my crowning glory. I did in this salon.

Sean has found his niche and wouldn't live his life anywhere but Schardein's. He love's what he does and you can tell it by the way he wears those "c-boy" boots. I can't recall hearing one negative word spoken by Sean during the two hours I was in his care. You lose all sense of the outside world, forget any "problems" you thought you had, and simply enjoy being in the moment.

Sean gives all credit to Steve Schardein, and a little lady named Shirley who saw a star and helped it burn bright.

Schardein & Company is fast becoming the salon.

Steve Schardein wants more. More from his crew of stylists, colourists, greeters, and of course clientele.

Bookings are taken two weeks in advance at this point, so treat yourself like you deserve and make an appointment of new beginnings...at Schardein & Co.

You wont be left unsatisfied.

Comments

[Apostol Apostolopoulos]

Dearest CF

After receiving your comment, I contacted Steve Schardein directly. I was informed his girl did in fact make a mistake, and owned it immediately.
I was also informed Scardein & Co. offered to do your hair at no cost for ONE YEAR, provide products at no cost, do whatever it took to amend the young lady's mistake.

I know of no other Salon in the major metropolitan area who would offer such extreme measures at correcting a human error. The fact you left this information out of your comment on my site, tells me a great deal.

Thank you for reading.

[Apostol Apostolopoulos]

Dearest C F

Why are you telling me and not Schardein & Co.? I'm sure if you TOLD them, would make your hair right.

A word of advice...sometimes a bit of change is good for the soul. It sounds better than what you had honey...try and have a little fun in life, it is after all HAIR :-D

[c f]

I went to this salon specifically because it offered a consultation with the stylist before the actual appointment.

My hair was light brown with quite a bit of gray.

The stylist told me that she would use a clear glaze to give me texture and shine. I made it very clear to her I did not want to change the color in any way. No roots!

She guaranteed me this would not change the color in any way.

I made the appointment went in for the glaze.

My hair is now blonde with red streaks and feels like it could fall out. The texture is like cotton candy.

I've never been no humiliated.

This will take months to correct.

I would not recommend this salon for any type of service.

[Larry]

Lisa,how about posting a PIC with your new hairdo?