Randomly, we went to get a scalp treatment at EcoJardin's branch at Aeogae station. E didn't bother with a scalp treatment. She got a hair cut and a color, and was super pleased with her stylist. S and I got a scalp treatment. I think the reservations system at EcoJardin is super messy. Zzzzzz. Only S has the patience to sort that out. The service at the salon is efficient enough; I have nothing to complain about it. But the staff can be inexperienced and their touch, tentative, nothing that makes you go wow. It's not very warm or welcoming, most of that likely has to do with the language barrier.
No I didn't do any color analysis thing because I don't give a shit about what color suits me. I wear the colors that make me feel at ease, in the same way I do not sleep in floral bedsheets. I like plain monotones. The fewer flowers the better. Black, grey, white, and beige, and an occasional red or blue form the color staples in my wardrobe. I'm NOT changing this color chart.
So I did a 15-step scalp treatment for ₩180,000. I'm not impressed by the microscopic scalp analysis. Hello, I know, that's why I'm here. Dohhhhh. I can't say the attention and treatment is anywhere near luxurious or pampering. It's simply, functional. It cleared sebum build-up, soothed the sensitive spots, and delivered a clean-enough scalp. And they gave me a halfway decent hot green tea. I liked the random gadgets used to massage the scalp, and I really didn't mind the massage chair's attention on my aching back muscles and butt as I laid down to rinse the hair under the automated water curtain.
After all that, I really don't know what's the fuss about hair treatments in Seoul. The products are similar, if not the same. The treatments and the services cost the same as salons in Singapore, service isn't better, and massage chairs exist in salons that choose to have them. I don't really care about hair or skincare that much, so I don't drill down into whether salons in Seoul or Singapore are better. It just has to fit my schedule.
The up side, this visit to EcoJardin matched the timing of a scheduled scalp cleansing thing that I would have done at my go-to salon at home. Any sort of basic scalp cleansing treatment would help to keep the scalp balanced. The lower humidity in Seoul is NICE, and that's the best reason to rave about how your hair looks after walking out of the salon and even the day after. The tons of perspiration in Singapore humidity contribute to a mad crazy pace of sebum produced. At least when they blew dry my hair and curled the ends, the ends stayed curled. Heh.
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