Irene Dinov Aveda Salon and Day Spa

Marlo was amazing. Freshened up my ombré and cut. I highly recommend her as a stylist.

Total rip off! My 55 quote ballooned up to 70 magically because «it depends on the cut». Apparently my very complicated bob needed a mark up.
The cut itself is nice enough… but not worth the price. Sheesh

My partner went here on Christmas vacation to get an eyebrow wax and ended having a scab and swollen from it days later. This was done on Sat and the scab was still there on Tuesday. This was the most expensive and horrible waxing job ever. The eyebrow wax was 28.00 plus tip, really? Never again! I’ll send her to the nail place here in Atlanta for $ 8.00.

I stopped by one day to ask what they would charge for a shampoo and blow dry. Their answer: «$ 75.»
Yikes!
That’s more than I pay for a haircut at my usual place ($ 45.)
I went here once when I was a kid about 30 years ago. I got a meh haircut and I thought the owner was kind of rough and tough. It seems not much has changed.

So I found myself randomly in brooklyn again. Hey, I’m getting comfortable using my borough passport. Anyway, I was super early visiting my buddy Jorge who lives in Brooklyn Heights. I was was early because I didn’t think the subways would be super on time, so I figured I’d make my time useful and get my hair cut.
This place was fine. It was kinda overpriced for the quality. $ 40 for a mens haircut, and I was in the chair for less than 15 minutes.
But I have to say it was a good looking haircut and people were relatively friendly.
The place had a deceptive sign out front that made it look like mens haircuts were $ 25, but in fact that special is only for 1 hour like 4 days a week on weekday mornings. That put a bad taste in my mouth cause it made me feel like they were doing shady stuff, especially since they said the special rate was cash only.
So I guess I had a mixed experience. I think that chick Tabatha from Bravo could really help these folks out…

I had my styled here for my wedding. I don’t remember the stylists name, but she was a redheaded Russian woman. I went in a few days before the wedding with some picture ideas and for a test run. She was able to replicate what was in the photo almost exactly! When I went in to get my hair done for the big day, she was very patient with me, asking me about my husband and our plans for the future. So sweet and personal. When she was finished, my hair looked absolutely STUNNING. The style lasted all day, and night even though there was a lot of intense dancing.

I desperately needed a haircut and my usual place was all booked up, so I decided to give this place a shot. What a mistake. Overpriced ($ 40!) and terrible quality men’s haircut. My neckline is crooked, my neck is not even cleaned up, and it’s generally a pretty bad looking haircut. The guy was bragging about being quick… I’d rather him take his time and not do a half ass job.

This was not the worst mani/​pedi that I’ve ever had, nor the worst brow wax, but neither was very good. OK, actually, I came in for a mani pedi, but they only do one at a time and I was had limited time, so I opted for toes.
The woman doing my pedi was in the middle of a dye job (yes, her head was wrapped in plastic when I sat down) and she had to take a break mid way through to ger it rinsed out. Yyp, I could not make this up. Ok, I was happy that they could take a walk in, but, really?
When she left I rested my head back, and the acoustic ceiling tiles were gross, in fact a few looked like they might fall down, and I think that a few were actually taped in place, but, again, I was on vacation and trying to relax, so chose not to stress.
My eyebrows weren’t burnt, so, again, guess I shuld be grateful, but they do have a slightly Dr. Spock-​like peak. Thank god only slightly, I can be seen tomorrow and will get them redone shortly.
Like another review, should’ve looked at Unilocal first.
If the pedi and brow had been $ 30, not $ 60 I might be more forgiving, vut that seemed a wee bit steep for all of the above.

Ughh! Why, oh why, did I not consult Unilocal first?
I was looking for an inexpensive place to get my roots colored. I happened to be in the neighborhood and their price list said $ 60 and up for single process color. Since my hair is short and not very thick, I figured $ 60 would be the price. How silly of me! After a seriously no-​frills experience (not even a blow-​dry, my hair is still damp as I type this), I got the bill for $ 75. Whence the extra $ 15 charge? The receptionist told me it depends on the length of your hair. Mine’s about 4 inches long, and they only dyed the roots.. . So, basically, they are just straight-​up lying to their customers.
Bottom line: This place is a blatant rip-​off. Avoid if at all possible.

OMG my friend just went for a eyebrow waxing and when she came back her eye lid looked burned and swollen. It may have been a mistake and will heal quickly… She is NOT going back there ever again!

Jennie is gone! She always put so much attention into the cut and was so sweet and easy going. I overlooked the rudeness of the reception guy who is there nights and weekends, since Jennie was so awesome. But she has moved away. I let someone else cut my hair, but it turned out awful. My long layers looked fine after the blowdry, but today it looks like 3 tiers of blunt-​cut. What a mess!

I’ve been working in Brooklyn and decided I’m splurge on a big city hair cut. I logged into Unilocal and did my research on 3 salons in the area. They all had negative reviews as well as a few positives. I thought, well… most happy customers wouldn’t bother to post a review. BIG mistake! While the pricing wasn’t insane ($ 60) the employees spoke very broken english and were difficult to understand. The highlight of the whole event was the shampoo. The woman gave a nice lil head massage and the shampoo smelled nice. Now the cut. The man who cut my hair didn’t listen to my, just a trim and chopped off about 3 inches. The whole time telling me how terrible my current color and haircut was. The cut process took about 5 minutes. The styling consisted of a blowdry, No products. No styling other than the blowdry and a quick tossle. As he was tossling he kept suggesting how great my hair would look if it were styled «like this» or «like this» yet failed to do either look. When he asked if I liked it I said, well… I don’t think I do. It’s so short. He just said, it looks good, much better, believe me. We all know a good stylist would play with it and find a look the client was happy with, not here. Next I paid, with my debit card. The guy rang it up and handed me the reciept only you can’t add a tip on, not that the guy deserved one. So bottom line is, if you aren’t all that picky about your hair go for it. Otherwise I’d avoid it.

I should have trusted Unilocal!I got a horrible haircut here and it was like NOBODY cared about what was going on. The front desk guy was rude and the woman who cut my hair acted like all she wanted to do was get out of there. There was an employee sitting on the chair next to me having a very loud, very personal conversation on her cell phone and the overall atmosphere of this place was just downright trashy. Will never go here again.

Jennie is great!!! I tried the barber shops and the higher priced salons, but have decided on Jennie after consistently excellent haircuts.

I’ve had relatively good experiences here so far. Unlike Sasha, I’m a repeat customer of Sandra’s and don’t have any complaints. I always really like my haircut, and the one time I got my hair dyed, I thought she did a great job with the color. This past time, she even gave me a complimentary deep conditioning treatment because she was running a bit behind and I had to wait longer than expected.
That being said… I don’t think she ever remembers me either, which isn’t the biggest deal, and the last time I went, I think they had increased their prices and I felt pressured to NOT use a credit card at all (guess they’d prefer cash so they don’t have to pay the fees). Somewhat annoying.

This place is pretty bad. I have had my hair cut here 3 time by three different people. (they have no computer and don’t keep track of who cuts your hair).
They ask you if you want something to drink and then serve you water in a Styrofoam cup. I am surprised that Aveda would put their stamp of approval on this place. I have gotten cuts at 2 other aveda’s and felt much better taken care of. That said — you get what you pay for (about 35 $ for a men’s cut) — which seems reasonable to me. So if you want to spend in the mid-​range and get a mid range hair cut with weak service Irene Dinov can hook you up.

My go-​to salon. All around good quality for nails, hair (cut and color), and waxing. Haven’t tried the facials, or the exotic laser services. I did get my hair and makeup done here for my sister’s wedding and was very pleased with the results.
They’ve always managed to squeeze me in, even though I tend to be a rather last minute patron.
Unfortunately it seems that most of the reviewers to date seem to be axe-​grinding, which is why I wanted to weigh in. There’s no way this salon deserves one star.
I don’t have a regular stylist here, so I’ve used just about everyone there at one point. While it’s true that occasionally the personal attention is not what it should be for the price, I’ve never had anyone be rude or pull an attitude. In the end, I come here for the results, not for the ultra-​princess treatment.
Salon does accept credit cards but, like all Aveda salons, tips are cash only. It’s annoying.

I’ve been to this place a few times because I really like the way they do my color do but I hesitated to make it my «go-​to» place because I didn’t like the cuts. My final visit was so bad though, I had to leave a review. My stylist, Sandra, at first did not recognize me even though I have been to her about 4 times for color and cuts in the past 18 months. She asked me «have you done color here before?» which annoyed me, even if you don’t recognize me, at least look up my card! Then she proceeded to mix my color wrong. When I asked her about it, she kept insisting that I wanted that color from my last visit (which I did but she only had my first 2 visits on the card, she was missing the later 2) and then at one point she said that I told her that my sister said it was better darker — I don’t have a sister! I was getting really fed-​up that she kept arguing with me and insisting that she was right when clearly I was upset about the mix-​up. Then the cut. OMG, ridiculous. I said I wanted to keep the length but just thin the ends a bit so that they weren’t so «pouffy» and trim my bangs. She took that to mean angled bangs, layers all around, and thinning out the ends of my hair to the point that it now looks like mushroom. Whenever I would ask her what she was doing she would claim that «this is how you wanted it». I was so angry with her, I couldn’t believe that she did not see that and she made absolutely no attempt to rectify any of her mistakes, she just kept insisting that I was wrong or that I wanted it that way. I’ll never go back there again, and if you do go, avoid Sandra.

The woman who washed my hair frickin REEKED of cigarette ash. Her fingers were stained yellow. I think she might have blown out my ear drum from yelling at the other hair washer in Russian. I can’t imagine that decibel level for someone standing right next to you.
If you wash hair for a living and your fingers still stink from cigarettes, then that’s probably a clue to cut down on the fags.
Had two people do my hair here. An Asian guy who wasn’t too bad (other than the fact that he completely ignored what I told him I wanted) and Matt.
Matt has a reputation. He’s very good. Maybe even masterful. You can read about him on other review sites; people rave about him. He can be a bit catty (if you know what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge) but he’s always fun to listen to. He’s very popular.
Unfortunately, maybe too popular. They raised Matt’s rates and kept everyone else at the same price. At $ 28 he was a bargain. Unfortunately, $ 60 for a men’s cut is just … ridonkulous. I’d rather go to SuperCuts across the street for $ 12.
I’m a hetero dude. $ 60? Puh-​leez.
If Matt can be catty then the register/​appointment guy is … is … uhhh catty². catty! e^catty He’s a little hard to take. I think he might take hair cutting a bit too seriously.
I actually like my $ 12 haircuts. I won’t be coming back. But it was nice going to a real salon for awhile.
Oh, they «don’t like» taking credit cards, although if you press them on the point, they will. But be prepared for the cashier guy to give you a fed up look.

alright guys, i seem to be on a mission. apparently i am going to try several hair places randomly until i find the one true hairstylist love of my life to completely remake my entire look.
third trial location after the first two attempts is this salon, and aveda salon nonetheless– irene dinov.
having been to two other salons since moving here in october, and being disappointed by what mess was on top of my head because of their combined mistakes, i really wanted to walk out of this place the happiest girl ever with a new head of hair. i went in with pictures and described what i hadn’t liked about what had been done to my hair in the past six months and how funky i used to have it and liked it so. but also needed a change of pace.
the guy who did my hair seemed nice enough, though he didn’t listen very well. i’m not sure if it was because he was trying to understand what i was saying or he just didn’t care. but while he was cutting my hair, he was paying more attention to people walking by than to the hairs he was cutting. after describing the different types of cuts i like and showing him the pictures (which were much different from my hair), i walked out of the salon with the same type of hair cut i’ve had and my color still not completely balanced.
for what it’s worth, because of the mess that the last two places had made my hair with highlights covered up and new ones added where they shouldn’t and all that… i really did need to just go back to one color. and the pricing couldn’t be better. with a color fix, cut, and style it came to about $ 130 some dollars. so that’s not bad. and it’s aveda products, which i LOVE.
overall, i wanted something funky and wanted the crazy ass highlights that were changing colors on my head to non-​prettiness to go away… but i pretty much walked out looking like me maybe 5 years ago.
if you’re looking for trendy stuff, this may not be the place for you. but if you’re looking for playing it safe, sticking to what you know and love, then definitely check this place out. it’s not bad. i just kinda wanted something different. but i think i will wait until i know and trust a stylist somewhere in this city before i take any big leaps in hairstyle guru-​ness.
five stars for being aveda, four stars for fixing my color, one star for the cut, and no stars for the style. i looked like i should have been doing the 6 o’clock news in ohio after that one. after all that, it comes out to about three stars.
good thing about hair– it grows back.
the end of my babbling for today.
i’m editing this a few weeks later– the cut is uneven (after styling a few times that was pretty obvious.) and the color is already fading fast. boooo. minus another star.