Getting blonde highlights in Korea with the fabulous Michelle at The Green Turtle

Michelle and I after my appointment!

Michelle is amazing and truly has a passion for doing hair!

    Getting blonde hair color in Korea is a huge deal. Koreans have much thicker hair then foreigners so they use harsher products, and almost no one has experience with light colors. There are plenty of horror stories of blondes getting their hair done in Korea. Therefore, I strongly recommend calling many places and interviewing them about their past experience and checking on prices. There is a really great hair salon near Ewha Women's University that specializes with foreigners and they speak English well. EUNHA BNC has a great website and a posh store, but after calling and adding up the total price my hair would have cost 200,000 won! I would never spend that much on hair back home, and there is just no reason to here.

Michelle's assistants will help him throughout the appointment.

    So I called about 5 different places in Seoul, and I finally settled on The Green Turtle with the fabulous Michelle. When I asked him if he could do two colors of blonde he by far had the best answer and the lowest price. "No problem sweetie, I can do high and low lights starting at 75,000 won and a hair cut for 25,000 won" he said in his cute girly voice. The total price for my half head of highlights and a hair cut was only 85,000 won, just what I pay back home! Now that I'm back in my apartment staring in the mirror at my beautiful hair, all that I have ringing through my head is a bad version of The Beatles "Michelle my gay hairdresser, he is so amazing, my Michelle, my Michelle!"
    Michelle did two colors of blonde highligts on my hair, and he gave me an amazing hair cut. He is totally in "lala land" singing the day away and truly enjoying himself. He has two female assistants that also help him throughout your appointment. At one point I had all three of them working on my hair, it just doesn't get any more fabulous than that. The salon located in Itaewon, isn't all that flashy. But Michelle definitely knows what he is doing. Towards the end he will give you a great blow dry and style. According to Michelle, he gave me the "Victoria's Secret Sexy Hair Look!"

    I'm not sure why The Green Turtle has its own name, but it is part of Nogku Total Beauty & Massage Salon. They are the same place, and Michelle works there, so don't get confused by the website which is called Nogku Massage. Michelle simply works in the back of the salon and does everyone's hair, so you don't have to worry about getting another hairdresser the day of your visit. He owns the hair section of the salon. The beauty portion of the salon offers great prices for massages 50,000 won, manicures 15,000 won, and even Brazilian waxes 60,000 won. This is the only place I have seen that offers a Brazilian wax in Seoul. (Most Koreans don't tame their bush!)

   To get to the salon simply exit Itaewon Station any exit. Directly across the street from the Hamilton Hotel there is a Quiznos and a Cold Stone. The salon is in the same building on the third floor. 

Me waiting nervously as my highlights set!

TGT is located on the third floor.

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Nogku Massage Center is The Green Turtle.