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Since i moved to the city, I have tried 3 hair salon in NYC with great reviews in the internet. Highly recommended by Allure magazine and Yelp. 3 of the hair salon were very expensive but the results arent great.
I have very long fine hair... I need someone who understands this type of hair. Most of the stylist do the same hair cut to all women whitout taking in consideration different factors the type of hair, lifestyle, age, personality etc.
Remember if someone is advertised in a magazine, it's usually because they PAID for the advertising - not because they're well recommended. Same thing with paid ads on Yelp.
You should ask based on what location you want a salon in.
I've had good success for things like this using Yelp and actually looking at the reviews (versus the recommendations from Yelp).
Its like an expensive handbag/clothing, its the brand you're paying for not the actual thing.
With that said as was mentioned above magazine ads or suggestions are paid for. I use to work in the salon/spa industry for about 15yrs. How much are you looking to spend? A haircut from a high end $500 salon can be the same quality or even better as a hair cut from a $50-$75 place. It all depends on the stylist.
Ask family, friends, co-workers, etc where they get their hair done. Also, if you have a certain type of hair texture sometimes it's better to venture off and find salons that specialize in that type of hair.
Yelp is useless, but I'm surprised that you didn't do well with the Allure recommendation. What salon was it? Sorry, but it's never seemed to me that fine hair is so unusual that it merits special expertise. It's not the stylist's job to consider your personality or lifestyle. If you don't come in with some definite guidelines for what you want, I'm not sure you should be blaming the stylist. Have you ever asked people with similar hair for recommendations?
It occurs to me that you could try calling Arrojo and Bumble & Bumble, because they train a lot of people.
Ask family, friends, co-workers, etc where they get their hair done. Also, if you have a certain type of hair texture sometimes it's better to venture off and find salons that specialize in that type of hair.
I would add to the above to ask your neighbors where they get their hair cut.
Its like an expensive handbag/clothing, its the brand you're paying for not the actual thing.
With that said as was mentioned above magazine ads or suggestions are paid for. I use to work in the salon/spa industry for about 15yrs. How much are you looking to spend? A haircut from a high end $500 salon can be the same quality or even better as a hair cut from a $50-$75 place. It all depends on the stylist.
Exactly. It's not the salon necessarily but the stylist. I don't have the energy but many of my friends make it a point to follow a certain stylist (unfortunately the good ones tend to move around from salon to salon if not set up shop themselves) instead of the salon. That said, the better salons will have a higher percentage of good stylists on staff than the lesser ones. If you don't know a stylist off hand, ask your co-workers, friends, neighbors etc. if they can recommend a salon/stylist. Also, read the reviews on Yelp. Often the reviewers mention which stylist they liked. I tried that with pretty good results.
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