Question 1

Where is Arc Hair Studio?

Accepted Answer

7151 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC V5P 3Y9 — about a 6-minute drive from River District, or an 8-minute ride along the walking path. Guests also travel from Metrotown, Brentwood, Burnaby and Richmond.

Question 2

Is there parking?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Parking in front of the studio, plus free street parking nearby.

Question 3

What are your hours?

Accepted Answer

Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30am to 6:00pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Question 4

Do I need an appointment?

Accepted Answer

We work by appointment rather than walk-in, so every guest has the chair for as long as the service needs. Same-day appointments are possible whenever a slot is still open — the booking page shows live availability.

Question 5

What services do you offer?

Accepted Answer

Cuts, all-over colour, highlights, balayage and ombré, bleaching and toning, Korean perms (digital and cold), straightening perms, down perms, hair treatments and scalp care.

Question 6

What is a K-Perm?

Accepted Answer

A Korean perm built around looking natural rather than curled. Wet, it falls like a beach wave; dry, it springs back with the bounce of hair you ironed that morning. A K-Perm uses one technique — a digital perm, a setting perm (the Korean name for the heated-rod machine perm), or a texture perm done cold. Digital and setting are both heat perms, two routes to the same result rather than two tiers of it, and which one suits you is the stylist's call from the wave you want and the condition of your hair.

Question 7

What is a design perm, and how is it different from a K-Perm?

Accepted Answer

A K-Perm uses one technique. A design perm combines two in a single service — a root volume perm with a digital perm, say, or a magic straight with a setting perm. The usual case is curly hair that wants a wave: a single wave perm often reads frizzier or adds unwanted volume, so the root is straightened and a natural wave is left below. It runs the other way too, adding volume at flat roots under a straight or C-curl.