8 June 2011

The best haircut Ever

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I just had my first haircut experience since moving to Canberra from London and it was with Adam Ciaccia @ Axis Hairdressing.

I have to say that its the best haircut I have had in a decade. Since moving back to Canberra from London I have a struggled to find a cutter that can give me what I need. I read that Adam had spent time at Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles recently and thought i’d try him seeing as when in London I had my haircut at Vidal Sassoon.

I have to say that it was amazing, His assistant looked after my shampoo and massage. Adam then spoke about what he was about to do and gave me a cut that would be the envy of women in London.

Thanks Adam and I hope my rant sends some people your way as you are an amazing cutter of hair, a true artist.

If you have struggled to get a good cut, Adam Ciaccia is the man.

Ps.. he is cute too

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‘…gave me a cut that would be the envy of women in London.’

I think that’s called the cultural fringe.

EvanJames said :

I still want to know what “go eat 10” means.

Extensive research , google,reveals this to be a potentially new saying. Add dicks to the end and the real intention of the correspondent becomes clear.

vg said :

“p.s hes married ,though he is cute”

PPS He’s a male hairdresser…..he’s gay

No, he’s a ‘man that likes to shop’.

I still want to know what “go eat 10” means.

“p.s hes married ,though he is cute”

PPS He’s a male hairdresser…..he’s gay

BigDave said :

My wife cuts mine for free, so I’m saving myself “fifty” plus it gets done when I want it and she doesn’t say “there’s nothing for a while”.
I mean “fifty” for a bloody haircut? Jeez… What is he? Barber Of The Gods?

P.S. She’s a whole lot cuter than this Adam too. She’s also married.

Same here. [insert joke about Big Dave’s wife here]

dpm said :

kiko said :

Adam from axis is arguabley one of the best cutters in canberra

Just wondering, has he won any awards for his cutting? That would end any ‘arguments’!

kiko said :

The comments about the service is unfair. I wouldnt ring and ask a resturant what they charge for a main or entree?

I think this analogy is pretty ridiculous. I think almost anyone would want a ballpark idea of what dinner was going to cost whern they went to an expensive restaurant….? I know i’d check the menu online, in the window, or ask a friend before going to one.

kiko said :

…everytime I ahve been there I have had a great experience and yes the salon is pumping open to close.

If it is chockers, I don’t understand the thinly-veiled spruiking of this thread? Besides, looking at the comments a lot of you know he is great, so why do you want to get more people to go there and potentially have to wait longer for an appointment next time you go? Wouldn’t you want to keep him a secret? Anyway, you’re more likely to attract a bigger trend-follower audience (or at least create more hype) if you made him out to be an exclusive ‘secret’, rather than using this approach?

I believe from the article I read in the canberra times this week and the riot-act site itself, Adam Ciaccia has been named as the Winner of the AHFA(australian hair fashion awards) NSW/ACT Hairdresser of the Year for 2012, so that should satisfy your statement ” Has he won any awards”

Its great to have one of Australia’s best hairdressers in Canberra

I go there twice a week, there are a lot of beautiful hairstyles walking out. They also hire brilliant bonsai ! 😉

One doesn’t ALWAYS get what one pays for fgzk. Why not do it yourself?

Back in the day, Id fly to Sydney for hair control, Head Hunter’s, Bondi. $350 with products. You get what you pay for. Thanks for the tip, Ill give Adam a try.

mmcc said :

LSWCHP said :

mmcc said :

for the haters go eat 10 ya gronks and for the people who enjoy there hair cut at axis (like myself ) by all means go and enjoy

What does this mean? No, seriously, what does it mean to tell someone “go eat 10?”.

Uhhh…If I’m a hater, I should eat 10 of some unspecified thing, and that will see me sorted? WTF?

And what is a gronk? Is this a new term of abuse that I haven’t run across yet?

And just because I’m annoyed I’ll do something I normally wouldn’t do, and point out that the correct usage is “their hair” not “there hair”.

Jeez.

get out of the office every now and then or be creative

So, you’re telling us ‘go eat 10’ = ‘get out of the office every now and then or be creative’?
Wow, I never would have guessed that! 😉
And ‘haters’ is a bit strong. A couple of (older male?) people said they were surprised with the cost, and someone suggested they had poor phone service, but no one could be accused of ‘hate’. How could you hate someone you don’t even know? The only one that seems to be agressive and angry is you. From what I can gather, he’s a really good haircutter. Kudos to him, seriously.

For me, I was simply trying to work out why women would voluntarily tell (potentially) all other women in Canberra where to get the best haricut. I was wondering as: 1) As kiko suggested, their ‘having to wait 4 weeks for my haircut’ waiting time, would then potentially be even longer, and
2) Women are a competitive bunch when it comes to other women, and most of the vain women I know wouldn’t dare want all other women in Canberra to have the best haircut possible, potentially making them then look more ‘average’. That’s all. As I suggested earlier, I thought they’d want to keep such a stylist more of a secret.
Call me negative, but for these reasons I was wondering if the initial post was more an advertising attempt by someone associated with the business and not an actual customer. And given that the businesss is already super-busy, them advertising by such a method didn’t seem to be necessary.
I never really worked that out, but on the positive side, a lot of other people replied with good experiences, so I think it’s all worked out well for Axis, regardless of your ‘go eat 10’ anger!

Now off to do some creative oil painting (out of the office). i.e. ‘go eat 10….’

LSWCHP said :

mmcc said :

for the haters go eat 10 ya gronks and for the people who enjoy there hair cut at axis (like myself ) by all means go and enjoy

What does this mean? No, seriously, what does it mean to tell someone “go eat 10?”.

Uhhh…If I’m a hater, I should eat 10 of some unspecified thing, and that will see me sorted? WTF?

And what is a gronk? Is this a new term of abuse that I haven’t run across yet?

And just because I’m annoyed I’ll do something I normally wouldn’t do, and point out that the correct usage is “their hair” not “there hair”.

Jeez.

get out of the office every now and then or be creative

PrinceOfAles12:03 am 16 Jun 11

LSWCHP said :

mmcc said :

for the haters go eat 10 ya gronks and for the people who enjoy there hair cut at axis (like myself ) by all means go and enjoy

What does this mean? No, seriously, what does it mean to tell someone “go eat 10?”.

Uhhh…If I’m a hater, I should eat 10 of some unspecified thing, and that will see me sorted? WTF?

And what is a gronk? Is this a new term of abuse that I haven’t run across yet?

And just because I’m annoyed I’ll do something I normally wouldn’t do, and point out that the correct usage is “their hair” not “there hair”.

Jeez.

“Go eat 10” has me puzzled too.

mmcc said :

for the haters go eat 10 ya gronks and for the people who enjoy there hair cut at axis (like myself ) by all means go and enjoy

What does this mean? No, seriously, what does it mean to tell someone “go eat 10?”.

Uhhh…If I’m a hater, I should eat 10 of some unspecified thing, and that will see me sorted? WTF?

And what is a gronk? Is this a new term of abuse that I haven’t run across yet?

And just because I’m annoyed I’ll do something I normally wouldn’t do, and point out that the correct usage is “their hair” not “there hair”.

Jeez.

Pommy bastard said :

$90 for A HAIRCUT?!?!

You’re kidding me…

Jeez PB, you obviously haven’t spent a lot of time on the female haircut scene. Ten years ago my now thankfully ex wife was spending upwards of $200 per shot on her haircuts. Haircuts and other beauty treatments were more important to her than feeding our kids or paying off our mortgage, but that’s another story.

Anyway, $90 for a woman’s haircut is par for the course, if not a little below average.

kiko said :

Winning awards doesn’t mean your a good hairdresser… Me having to wait 4 weeks for my haircut means adam is in high demand which means logically speaking he is good. Call these award winning hairdressers and see how busy they are…. Ps for the record he has won awards too. Google it

uncle gianni cuts the astro household hair – he and adam are excellent craftsmen and have a great salon around them. they train hard and work hard and are both also blessed with great ‘bedside manners’, as it were. cheap at ninety squid, compared to trying to get their quality in london, or sydney or melbourne…

for the haters go eat 10 ya gronks and for the people who enjoy there hair cut at axis (like myself ) by all means go and enjoy

Winning awards doesn’t mean your a good hairdresser… Me having to wait 4 weeks for my haircut means adam is in high demand which means logically speaking he is good. Call these award winning hairdressers and see how busy they are…. Ps for the record he has won awards too. Google it

Pommy bastard10:30 am 15 Jun 11

$90 for A HAIRCUT?!?!

You’re kidding me…

kiko said :

Adam from axis is arguabley one of the best cutters in canberra

Just wondering, has he won any awards for his cutting? That would end any ‘arguments’!

kiko said :

The comments about the service is unfair. I wouldnt ring and ask a resturant what they charge for a main or entree?

I think this analogy is pretty ridiculous. I think almost anyone would want a ballpark idea of what dinner was going to cost whern they went to an expensive restaurant….? I know i’d check the menu online, in the window, or ask a friend before going to one.

kiko said :

…everytime I ahve been there I have had a great experience and yes the salon is pumping open to close.

If it is chockers, I don’t understand the thinly-veiled spruiking of this thread? Besides, looking at the comments a lot of you know he is great, so why do you want to get more people to go there and potentially have to wait longer for an appointment next time you go? Wouldn’t you want to keep him a secret? Anyway, you’re more likely to attract a bigger trend-follower audience (or at least create more hype) if you made him out to be an exclusive ‘secret’, rather than using this approach?

Adam from axis is arguabley one of the best cutters in canberra considering he is only 30 and the other big names in canberra Gianni Ciaccia(his uncle I think) Cataldos and adam noble are all into there 50’s.

The comments about the service is unfair. I wouldnt ring and ask a resturant what they charge for a main or entree? and everytime I ahve been there I have had a great experience and yes the salon is pumping open to close. Im dont think Adam does alot of mens hair? Maybe just cuts would be better for the creative canberran?

Go see Adam, $90 a cut for ladies and you will be happy with the result

My wife cuts mine for free, so I’m saving myself “fifty” plus it gets done when I want it and she doesn’t say “there’s nothing for a while”.
I mean “fifty” for a bloody haircut? Jeez… What is he? Barber Of The Gods?

P.S. She’s a whole lot cuter than this Adam too. She’s also married.

i must say, i get my hair cut from adam also and for the 5 years ive been there i cant complain staff and atmosphere in that salon are trainned professionals and dont just do it for the dollar. the salon has and keeps getting great feed back from around the block, and to creatice canberran be creative and go somewhere else no point dissin a salon after phone call when thats all ur complaining about, even better be creative open up your own and see how u go cheers..

p.s hes married ,though he is cute

creative_canberran7:49 pm 14 Jun 11

I rang up one day politely asking about mens cuts. I’d read some reviews, all agreed that the cut was great, though some said the service wasn’t too good.
Sure enough, woman on the other end sound impatient and rude. Said in a very rude tone “It’s fifty” and “there’s nothing for a while”.

So they charge $20-25 more than other places for a mens cut and are very abrupt and rude on the phone with potential customers. And before someone says they were busy and run off their feet hence the manner, despite a website which mainly pushes their hair care products, they don’t put basic details like prices online? So of course they should expect calls.

+1 for highly recommending Adam Ciaccia and the Axis crew! OP is right on the money, the crew make you feel extremely welcome in your time there, vastly different to other ‘cut and get out’ salons that exist. If you want an amazing hair cut and an amazing experience, go see Adam

How much did the cut and style cost?

“I just had my first haircut experience since moving to Canberra from London …”
and
“..Since moving back to Canberra from London I have a struggled to find a cutter that can give me what I need…”

I’m confused. I’m assuming by your words this awesome haircut was the first haircut since your return to Canberra? And the ‘struggling’ search must have been a series of interviews with hairdressers, without them actually cutting/styling your hair?
If so, I’m impressed with that level of dedication to your hair! What specific thing couldn’t the other hairdressers you interviewed do to ‘give you what you need’? Must be super-complicated?!

Chief Ten Beers8:45 pm 08 Jun 11

Why don’t you marry him if you love him so much.

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