In today’s Reader Mail:
Bunny!
When I was living in Boston I went to this awesome haircut place where I’d sit down and say, “Make me look cute!” and while they were giving me a fabulous, hip, $30 haircut they’d also give me free brownies! So now I live in Brooklyn, and I can’t find any place to get my hair done. I’m not expecting brownies, but it seems like the range out there is cheap-and-sketchy to out-of-my-price-range, and my hair isn’t getting cute on its own. As someone knowledgeable of Brooklyn and cuteness, do you have any suggestions?
C.
Here is our sad truth: We have never gotten our hair cut in Brooklyn! And by "never," we mean "never in a way we liked." We are quite lazy about getting haircuts, and wait until the absolutely shaggiest moment to get them—this is true even when we spent three months working at a hair salon in San Francisco, where we were judged on nothing so much as the appearance of our hair. (And, we add with absolute truth, our astrological sign.) Anyway! We were thinking we could make this into a group thing: If people have a great stylist and they don’t mind, they could comment or email us their location and the salon, and we’ll compile the results, all geographic-like. We’ll start by saying that no one but Rosette at Edo Salon in SF has cut our hair for the past two years—she’s particularly awesome with our fine but wavy hair—and ditto re: coloring for Jet Black at Bella on Fillmore. Who else can recommend someone, in Brooklyn or elsewhere?
That picture, by the way, is of Audrey Tatou, in one of her rare midlength-hair incarnations.
What’s the place in Boston?
I’m going to be living there.
two friends go to Woodley and Bunny (N10th and Driggs) and get AMAZING haircuts EVERY SINGLE TIME. pricing varies depending on who you go to. another friend goes to The Beehive (Lorimer and Powers for now) and also gets an excellent haircut every time, and it’s less expensive than W&B.
i would suggest where i get my hair cut, but really, i sort of hate it, because he’s totally crazy and possibly a serial killer. and it’s not in BK.
http://www.woodleyandbunny.com/
http://www.thebeehivesalon.com/
Anyone have any suggestions for salons in DC? I’ve been in Atlanta for 2 years and I finally found a great place last week and now I am moving. Argh.
Stacey at Birds Barbershop in Austin, TX cut my hair for years and sometimes I try to hold out for getting it cut while I’m visiting. I used to be able to walk in and just say “something amazing” and it would be perfect.
Right now I get my hair cut with Timiny at Barbarella in Berkeley, CA and the results are nice, but fairly expensive.
Keith Noonan, Keith Noonan Salon in Metairie, La (a suburb of New Orleans). Not cheap, but the only stylist I’ve ever had where I can sit down in his chair and tell him to have fun and do whatever he wants, and I never fail to walk away with hair that looks like a million bucks and that I can style on my own. Its miraculous, really.
Thanks, KT, for the B’klyn recommendations. I try to avoid Williamsbur (too hip for me), but will sacrifice a great deal for a great haircut! And thanks, Bunnyshop, because I also have fine, wavy hair, so maybe I’ll wait till next time I’m in SF and try your person. Meantime, despite my vast, lifelong experience with very difficult hair, and about a thousand different stylists, I have no one to recommend. Oh, except for color: Taylor at Paul Labrecque on W. 67th & Columbus Ave. http://www.paullabrecque.com — he’s great.
I like Laura at Public in Williamsburg. She’s very sweet, and the place is pretty low on attitude. Lately I’ve been sticking closer to home, in Cobble Hill, and going to Jenn at Boy Luv Girl on Atlantic. I believe cuts are about $60 and she does a good job. It’s the kind of place where moms bring their tots for quick bang trims, so it’s pretty low on the hip factor, but then again, they do play good music on their iPods. Everyone wins!
I get my hair cut at Le Chandelier on 5th in Park Slope. My current stylist who is fabulous is leaving in a couple of weeks, but I’ve always had a great cut there!
The Boston salon is called Liquid Hair, which is an awful name but the place itself is wonderful. Very friendly people and great haircuts.
Thanks for the Boston tip! I will check that place out!
For an SF recommendation:
Zack at Backstage Salon on Polk in SF.
After leaving Providence RI for the west coast, and Jamie at Hairspray on Wickenden street, I was sad about my hair. I had had the best hairdresser and the coolest haircut, and now I was in this unfamiliar city with stringy shapeless hair.
I walked into Backstage Salon on a whim, met Zack and told him to do whatever he wanted to do. He asked me if I was sure, and I told him to go nuts. Over a foot of hair was taken off and I had the most amazing bob I have ever seen. I’ve been faithfully going to Zack for over two years now, and each time I leave looking and feeling fantastic. His cuts are really artistic, so that my hair is as unique as I am.
http://www.backstagesf.com/
which stylist does your hair at Liquid Hair?
Cait where do you go in atlanta??
Lily at Lilypad, 555 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, Phone: (718) 387-9337. It’s a one woman independent salon. She’s awesome. There aren’t words. And the cut is like $40. Super-hip, easy to style, and her best cuts are when you give her some leeway to do what she always knows is cute.
Does anyone have any suggestions for Baltimore? I’ve been living here almost a year and the last salon I went to was a horrible experience. The guy was totally mean to me! That shouldn’t happen, right?!
I came from Fort Worth, Texas where I would see Beau at Goldwaves Salon. He is fantastic.
I went to Cheryl at Liquid Hair, and she was great and did the cut for about $40. But I’ve been to a couple other stylists there, and they were all great, even the newer, cheaper ones were better than any I’ve gotten in New York.