Hello Beautiful Salon

Justin and Kristina completely stole Rebecca Faye’s (who started Hello Beautiful) email client list, salon name and business model. I know Justin can do good work as he used to cut my sons hair when he WORKED FOR REBECCA but he is a piece of human garbage

My friend recommend this place to me because I wanna get a purple gray color for my hair. I set an appointment with Kristina. Get there & the place is pretty cool. They have unique decorations. Kristina is very friendly. Unfortunately I didn’t get the purple gray color instead I did a green highlights because my hair is so dark & I never really did some weird colors before so Its gonna be hard to make it so gray. Thank you to kristina for explaining everything to me & I’m really happy with the result of my hair :)

I’ve been here for cuts and a bit of coloring. And I’ve been happy with a result.
Kristina did a great job on my hair. I will say she is probably the best hair stylist I’ve ever had. The stuff at the salon is very friendly and most importantly, they want you leave loving your hair.

When I initially moved to NYC, one of my main concerns was finding a hair-​stylist who could maintain my «unique» (for lack of a better term) hair preferences. Not only does Kristina provide that, but she’s managed to enhance my look seemingly with ease. The staff has always been very polite, courteous, professional, and very accommodating towards me and my wife’s «last minute» schedule as well. Best place in town!

Really wanted to like this place because it’s close by and had good reviews. Got one of the worst haircuts I’ve gotten in years– I asked for a LITTLE trim and a LITTLE layering and they straight up gave me a mullet mixed with terrible early 2000s scene-​kid hair with the choppiest (and most uneven) layers I’ve ever seen. they also cut off at least 3 more inches than I asked (my hair was pretty short to begin with). Throughout the cut I also tried to tell my hairdresser to cut less off and remind him what I wanted, and he was pretty rude and impatient about it. He seemed to be offended that I didn’t trust him to listen to my instructions… Which I had every right to feel because he didn’t. Keeping my hair up from now on until it grows out enough to look ok. Done with this place.

I came to get a messy braid done for a friends wedding and Kristina did an amazing job! Super fun atmosphere and will be back for highlights ASAP.

OMG JUSTIN SAVED MY HAIR!!! I came in from a situation where I got pink into my hair and the hairstylist had put WAY too much pink in. What had once been beautiful blonde locks was now funky faded pink funk. I called Hello Beautiful in a panic, spoke with Justin and he saved my blonde pink locks. Now I’m good as new. LOVE LOVE LOVE this spot

Faith absolutely killed it. She gave me the best cut with my face structure in mind and completely transformed my look. Best cut yet.

I get my hair colored monthly here, with Kristina. Love this place, I started coming here because a few of my friends all got their hair colored here! Everyone is super friendly and sometimes the owners dog is here and likes to sit on your lap while you’re getting your hair done. They do amazing coloring here, if your looking for a color or a cut that’s not so basic and more adventurous, this is the place! I think this place is fairly priced compared to a lot of hair salons! I’ve had my hair colored by Kristina for 2 years now, she always does an amazing job. I swear to god, every single day at least one person compliments my hair color or asks where I get my hair done. I most definitely recommend this place if your looking for a fun and unique place to go to.

I have been going to Justin for color, cuts, and make up, for 6 or 7 years! He is amazing, and I am not exaggerating. He took me from dark brown almost black, unhealthy, medium length hair to a gorgeous long blond! He took his time and every stage was absolutely picture worthy. He has styled me for stage and my wedding! Everything he does exhibits his skill and creative eye beautifully. He is especially skilled with unique and perfect color! He has made me my perfect shade of pink over and over! People tell me I was born to have pink hair! I have sent my friends and family to him with complete confidence and the are always happy. I can’t wait to have him cut my daughters hair! If you want one of a kind perfect style go to Justin!!!

Yay for Hello Beautiful, and special YAY for Justin! When it comes to my hair, I’m a stylist’s worst nightmare – I’m totally nervous, generally unadventurous, pretty paranoid… In college, I’d make a good friend of mine go with me (yep, was that bad, you’d think I didn’t know that hair grows back…) So it’s a HUGE deal for me when I find someone and a place that I feel like I can come back to again and again. I’ve been going to Justin for almost FOUR years now (…where does the time go). He’s a magician at layering my hair — no feared Asian mullet, no weird step-​like clumps, just the right amount of choppy, gets some texture and volume back into my really flat hair. (Full disclosure: before Justin, I would try to get my hair cut only by Asian stylists because I thought – and historically in my experience – they understood better how to handle my hair. Not the case anymore!) He also introduced bangs/​side-​bangs into my hairstyle, which I can’t be without anymore. AND even bigger deal for this coiffeur conservative, I trust Justin so much that I FINALLY decided to dye my hair in the Fall. Got purple/​magenta highlights, and the compliments have not stopped since! Justin’s approach is very straightforward – no frills, just skills. He’s super nice (but also very sassy, with acerbic, dry humor – not to be misinterpreted as frostiness) but when he cuts my hair, I’ve noticed that he does seem to want to focus (unless I insist on being chatty, which sometimes I do, in which case he is totally receptive). In any case, go to Hello Beautiful and definitely go to Justin!

I have been going to Hello Beautiful for over a year now, and I’ve never been more happy with my hair and look! The atmosphere is spunky and inviting, and the whole staff are friendly and funny people who make you feel right at home.
Kristina has always taken great care of me, and did an amazing job when I decided to make the jump to pink hair. I’d never done an unnatural color before so I was a little nervous, but I’m so glad I chose to trust her and do it! Now whenever I go back to get my color or roots redone, I just tell her to mix me up any shade of pink because it ALWAYS comes out looking amazing! I always look forward to going back.

I’ve been getting my hair cut with Kristina for years and she is the first suggestion I make to anyone with any cut and color, styling, and hair care needs. She is all about customer satisfaction, and she is so attentive to listening to what you want. I have had everything done with her from cuts and coloring to deep conditioning treatments and keratin treatments, and I always leave her feeling amazing about my hair. Brooklyn is a bit of a ways for me but for kristina to do my hair, it’s completely worth it every time. She is the only person I trust with my hair and I even refer to her as my hair doctor! Even when I don’t know what I want, she always delivers with a fresh new idea that turns out beautifully. I highly recommend going to Kristina, I guarantee you’ll be stuck with her for years like I am!

I’ve been doing my hair at Hello Beautiful for the last 3 years and I wouldn’t go anywhere else. I have gone from brunette, red, ombré, blonde and have had highlights, low lights, keratin treatments and my hair still feels healthy as ever. I’ve never left disappointed thanks to Kristina. Spending hours at the salon doing my hair has never been boring either to say the least! My lastest color venture was trying to get to a nice strawberry blonde from being brunette. We did highlights, a red gloss and a keratin treatment.

Kristina has been my hair stylist for a few years now and I’m always in love with her work. She has made me feel like such a valued client and friend. The salon’s atmosphere is also extremely welcoming! Everyone who works there is very sweet, and it’s always a blast to come in. They also have a great selection of clothing and accessories to shop through! And to top it all off they have exceptionally talented nail artists! I’d highly recommend coming in for any of your beauty needs :)

Beware. Sure the staff is nice but seeing as I got the exact opposite of what I wanted /​asked for, paid a hefty amount for something I didn’t like (and now have to go elsewhere and pay a lot to have it fixed for color correction), and still have sore bleach burns on my head… it’s safe to say I will not be returning and honestly wish I had not come here for anything color related. Cuts are fine but seriously beware of getting your color done here. I really wish these reviews had been honest about that.

I really wanted to like Hello Beautiful. A friend of mine had her hair cut/​colored here and recommended them to me. Since her hair looked great, I took the leap. Bad idea. I wanted to have a dark strawberry blonde color and instead left with just bleached hair and a terrible hair cut. If you could have given a name to my hair color after he did it, you would just name it Bleached. Because that’s what it looked like. He over processed my hair and now I’m left with hay. I should have known when I asked him what shade of red would look best against my skin color and he told me turquoise. I didn’t even bother having him try and fix it because he completely lost my trust. I had my hair color corrected elsewhere and was told the bleaching was unnecessary, my natural hair color would have taken the dark strawberry blonde fine. Not only did my hair color/​cut suck but I too was received with sarcastic comments. I believe my friend used a girl named Kristen or Kristina. My advice, avoid Justin.

Chris did my hair and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. After my previous stylist moved to LA, I had a hard time finding someone who knew how to deal with my hair. I have a lot of very thick, dark, and coarse hair (I’m Indian), so many places refuse to color it since it’s a long, multi step process. That’s not the case here! From emails, to consultation, to the appointment, everyone I spoke to had a great attitude, seemed knowledgeable, and didn’t drag their feet or complain about my hair. Chris went above and beyond, spent 5 hours on a Friday night taming my unruly hair, making sure my cut and color were perfect. I went from a mess of tangles to a sleek deep purple. I’ve found my new salon and stylist, and am so happy!!!

A bit hard to find, as it is INSIDE the mini-​mall, but I honestly I got the BEST, bounciest, shiniest blowout of my life from Kristina who is so talented and professional. Really lovely, let me charge my dying phone, and was able to do something with my hair that no other stylist in NY/​NJ has done — make it sexy, and bouncey and get compliments from random strangers all day. Yup.

My hair turned out ok, but my experience here was *not* good. The stylist barely said 2 words to me and didn’t listen at all to what I wanted. I went in for a color refresh and a cut. She did my color, blow-​dried it, then said, «ok, you’re all done.» I said, «um, I actually wanted a haircut, too.» She said «oh, oops.»
I don’t need a lot of small talk when I get my hair cut, but I do want someone who listens and pays attention to me. She spent the whole time gossiping with a coworker. Not a professional experience at all.

I had a weird experience when I got my hair cut recently. The stylist I saw didn’t seem AT ALL interested in my cut/​styling. Or with talking to me. Everything I said was required to be an extra sarcastic remark — including my request to have the back of my hair cut a bit shorter so the cut would last longer?
At the end of my cut (which was shorter than I asked, with bangs WAY more blunt than I requested), he asked if I wanted it shampooed. I assumed I didn’t properly book my cut and said not to worry about washing it.
However, when a friend went to the salon yesterday (she was desperate), she told me we paid the same amount — I got a dry cut, no offer for styling, and an unpleasant, annoyed demeanor for the same price as her pleasant stylist, shampoo, and style.
Also, I think it should be noted that the Unilocal check-​in promo isn’t exactly a promotional (either that, or I am just completely confused about pricing there). You check in on Unilocal,and your haircut will cost $ 50. It is not a $ 50 coupon towards a haircut. My haircut WITHOUT shampoo or styling was $ 50 + tax; my friend with the shampoo and styling used the Unilocal promo and paid $ 50 + tax.