Innu Hair Salon

Innu Hair Salon is the former Allure Salon owner's new independent business. I recently switched over to Innu Hair Salon to follow my stylist, Jennifer. I love that she is on her own now, as it used to be so hard to get an appointment with her at Allure because there was always a wait to book her. I discovered her two years ago at Allure Salon after moving here from Chicago. I was really worried I wouldn't be able to find someone who was skilled at cutting Asian hair, but after my first cut with her, I was enthralled that there was someone out here who could do an incredible job with my hair at a reasonable price. Her work is so noticeably good, that since going to her, I've had strangers compliment me on my hair and ask where I got it done.

What sets Jennifer apart from other stylists I've had is that she is very evidently an artist as well. I feel like when she cuts my hair, she's creating a work of art, not just giving me a hair cut. She is so great at having a vision of what will look good on you and doing an incredible job with it. Half the time, I don't even come in with an idea of what I want because I know she'll have a great one. I've made my boyfriend and best friend start coming to her, and it's been a real improvement for both of them.

Lastly, Jennifer is super sweet and personable. It took me a long time to feel comfortable going to hair salons because it always felt so awkward and I never knew what to talk about. But with her, it's really laid back and fun. I'd highly recommend her to anyone.

I love Jennifer! She is highly skilled and passionate about what she does. I am pretty particular about my hair, and Jennifer puts me at ease! She is truly an artist. Such reasonably priced, precise and flawless haircuts, I personally believe she could charge much more than she does. My cuts always last forever, and style so easily. Before I found Jennifer my hair was a wreck, and so was I because of it. I have very fine hair and haven't met anyone capable of bringing out its full potential like Jennifer can. Always a pleasure to sit in her seat, I look forward to it....which is awesome considering that impending haircuts used to stress me out big-time! I get lots of compliments on my hair all the time, and I couldn't be a happier customer!

I've been going to Jennifer for nearly 10 years. I completely trust her recommendations on style and color and have never been disappointed. She is extremely talented, and I wouldn't trust my hair with anyone else. She has styled my hair for homecoming/prom and even my wedding day. I would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for a great style from a skilled and talented professional. Visit Innu Salon today!

Jennifer is an amazing stylist; I have been going to her for years and would never go to anyone else. She is the only person that has ever been able to not only cut and style my crazy curly hair, but also always give me the fun/edgy cuts I've wanted. She's the best!

Jennifer does a beautiful job with my hair. I travel extensively and everywhere I've been I receive endless compliments. I've been going to Jennifer for 7 years and her work is consistently above and beyond my expectations. She gives suggestions and informs me about hair style trends every season. I highly recommend Jennifer at Innu Hair Salon.

I am in two business environments: I am a style consultant with J. Hilburn Men's Clothier; and I am vocalist who works on an international scale. Both areas are self-explanatory when it comes to needing to look your best. Jennifer is an incredible stylist. She is perhaps the only person in town who can provide a razor cut, which I would have to go to Chicago, or another larger city, to obtain prior to finding INNU. Her salon is the perfect blend between professional and personable, and I consider it one of Champaign-Urbana's best resources for hair care.

Jennifer is highly skilled, a selfless listener, and just a good person! I highly recommend INNU Salon to all my J. Hilburn clients. I sell custom and luxury men's wear at a remarkably affordable price. It only makes sense that they have the same experience with their hair care!

She is excellent in figuring out what hair style goes on you and cuts it perfectly!

My experience at Innu was awful. She cut my hair MUCH shorter than I had wanted, and the "layers" she made look ridiculous - they are COMPLETELY uneven, especially around the front. If she hadn't rushed me to get out of there I would have had her keep fixing it. In addition, the highlights I asked for were not very noticeable to begin with and it has only been 5 days (I have only washed my hair twice since the appointment) and the highlights are almost completely gone. To top everything off she charged me $40 dollars extra because I "have a lot of hair" - which is RIDICULOUS. I would most certainly NOT recommend Innu hair salon to ANYONE.

I am extremely disappointed with Jennifer after an experience yesterday. I was a returning customer. I went to her once before. Although she did a wonderful job on my hair, she was running over an hour behind schedule this first time. But I did ultimately have a good experience even in spite of this once she got to my hair. I thought that she deserved the benefit of the doubt when I pulled into the parking lot and called her and she told me she needed to reschedule because she was running behind. But my experience with her today was completely avoidable and unacceptable on her part.

I scheduled an appointment for Dec 15 2015 for my mom and I. This was going to be my Christmas gift to my mother. I raved about Jennifer and her salon after my initial outcome with her, and wanted her to have a great first experience with Jennifer.

So my mom and I get to her new location and go to the door for our 11am appt. It is locked. I call Jennifer. No answer. I call again. No answer. It is now 5 minutes after 11. I text and say we are here, but the door is locked. And then she finally responds over text message (after ignoring my calls, most likely to avoid confrontation) and says that she needs to reschedule because there was a plumbing issue. And then I asked her why she didn't inform us of this earlier and that we drove 30 minutes to be there. She comes back with a whole slue of excuses that she was in the salon until 2 last night, then had to take her son to school at 8 and then she fell asleep before she could send us a message to let us know she needed to reschedule because she was so tired.

This is unprofessional. So the second time in a row, she has had to reschedule and has failed to inform me before I made the 30 min drive to her salon. There is no excuse for this. It would have taken 20 seconds for her to send a quick email or text to let us know that she needed to reschedule. And when I expressed this disappointment to her in a text message (since she kept ignoring my phone calls), I also failed to get any sort of response or action on her part. Although I'll admit my msg was a bit short (I told her exactly what I am saying here, and I did apologize after the fact if I hurt her feelings), but this is a VALID reason to be angry with her. Her text message was full of typos and looked as if it had been thrown together with very little care as to how she was coming across. If she would have given the time of day to make a phone call and explain everything in person and apologize, this outcome could have been different and I would not be writing this negative review. She did not even ANSWER my calls to explain in person. She let it go to voicemail even though she was sitting right by her phone because she was responding to every text. You just don't do this to clients when you run a business.

She did offer 30% discount for this, which was a kind gesture (and she offered a free gift the time before to make up for the first time too), but saving $40 isn't what I cared about. What would have been much appreciated would have been for her to NOT ignore my calls––maybe even call me––and take the time to explain everything in person and apologize for her mistake.

Jennifer may be talented. And she is a perfectionist, which is evident from her wonderful job on my hair. But she lacks professionalism. What this experience told me as a client was that I am not important and that she does not respect my time.

This salon does not exist anymore and the website and email service should be shut down. I scheduled an appointment online and received 3 email confirmations. When I arrived for my appointment I had to search through the building looking for the salon, the name was not on any signs or directories. I called 6 times and no one picked up and the voicemail was full. This was a frustrating experience and a waste of time and parking.