Katie Price is bringing in the drama as usual!
The former glamour model is demanding compensation from a top Los Angeles hair salon after she spent $17,000 on getting her hair dyed and extensions that she claims were "botched".
Katie spent over five days in a top LA salon sying her hair from a dark brunette to a bright blonde, adding a full head of extensions in to add length and volume. But since returning to the UK her hair has began to fall out. (Well Duh dying your hair much lighter over 5 days is a bad call).
The 33-year-old is seeking a full refund plus compensation from Lea Journo, one of Hollywood’s most in-demand hairdressers, who has tended her hair three times a year since 2006.
Appointments with Parisian-born Miss Journo, who runs her own salon at the five-star Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel in LA and boasts a string of A-list Hollywood clients including Brad Pitt, start from $230 for a basic trim. A simple blow dry costs $153. Colour treatments and hair extensions start at $380.
Miss Price claims she made the 4830km journey to LA to have her hair lightened from brunette to blonde and to have hair extensions applied at the salon in December. And in keeping with her position as one of Britain’s most well-publicised stars, she made sure she was followed every step of the way by a crew from her reality TV show, Katie.
Miss Price, who says she uses the salon because it is "the best" for applying hair extensions, says she was told Miss Journo wasn’t available but was offered an appointment with another stylist instead.
But Miss Price, who spent 48 hours in the salon over five days and was worked on by a team of hairdressers, says she noticed problems after technicians began the colouring. She claims her hair became brittle and began snapping off half way through the treatment. (Once again.. DUUUH)
A source close to Katie says she knew something was wrong once she came back to the UK:
"It looked fine once it had been blow dried but Katie said it felt uncomfortable and the extensions were tugging at the roots,"
"When she got back to the UK she got a hairdresser to look at the extensions who said they had been applied unevenly. Her hair was very weak from the colouring. It was brittle and broke off easily, leaving different parts different lengths. At the front there were bits that were only a few centimetres long. The damage will take a long time to repair."
The mother-of-three was offered a 50 per cent refund and an invitation to return to have the work corrected. But she is seeking the full amount now.
Yesterday her long-time "colour technician" at the salon, Alexandra Thomas, said:
"None of us had any idea who she was when she started coming here. She’s like Britain’s answer to Pamela Anderson but not as pretty or successful, right? There was a big bust-up recently and Katie was making a stink.""I can’t really talk about it but let’s just say I don’t think she’ll be coming back. It doesn’t bother us and to be honest it’s a relief. We handle the biggest stars in Hollywood. She’s a nobody."
Sources close to Katie say that since December she has spent $70,000 trying to rectify the damage.She claims to have had her hair checked by four independent hairdressers - including one from hair extensions company Great Lengths - who are prepared to corroborate her claims that the extensions were applied incorrectly.
Do you think she is right to ask for the money back? The salon shouldn't have dyed her hair if it was going to be damaged, but at the same time I'm sure she wouldn't take no for answer.
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