Jean Claude Biguine

This is for the Madison Ave location NY — Rima styled my hair & did full makeup. Fabulous! Loved the massage chairs they have while getting my hair shampooed! Salon is in great location. Just hit the street level button on the elevator at the Roosevelt Hotel & they’re right there!

Located next to Hunter College they have a convenient selection of products for every taste.

I went once, and now I’m hooked. Yann has consistently given me the best haircuts I’ve ever had. He understands how to balance an edgy look with the conservative style my job requires. I constantly get compliments at work and on the street. Highly recommend giving them a try!
Making an appointment was a breeze and he was ready for me as soon as I got there. The salon itself is very clean and has a roomy, modern feel to it. The shampoo girls are wonderful and they use very high quality products (Kérastase). I really wasn’t expecting such good service for such an affordable price, especially in the Manhattan.

I am trying to locate Minka, the aesthetician who recently worked there. If anyone has her phone number, please send me a message. She was the best eyebrow person I’ve ever had!

I must say I never had such a bad a haircut by Celine, I wanted a tapered bob, obviously she didn’t know how!!! so she shaved my head and didn’t say anything but that I will love it a few weeks. How could you!! I don’t recommend this place to know one. When I went to get it fixed, they have never seen anything like this.

I’ve only had my hair shampoo’ed and blow dried here, and it was nice, reasonably priced. Place is super-​clean, and service was nice enough.

I am very picky regarding who touches my hair and took weeks in selecting who to go to before I picked this salon. I walked in and was immediately seated with Rada for my color. She spoke with me about how often I color and what I wanted to do with my color as well as my cut. She had me also discuss my cut with Celine before we began the color, which I appreciated. Rada was very meticulous during her color process. During the washout, she gave very specific instruction since I have a dual color and didn’t want the colors to bleed into one another. The shampoo was awesome. Celine then went to work on my cut and took her time and made my cut look amazing. She was able to style me easily, I loved it. I would highly recommend both Celine and Rada and Jena Claude Biguine!

The salon is quite clean and nice. However my experience was less than stellar. My hairdresser barely spoke english and asked me to stand while he cut my hair. He proceeded to cut off an inch more than I asked. The biggest surprise was the bill: $ 77.30 for a wash and cut.
Wayyy too expensive in my book.

I’ve been coming here for years and had great experiences. I’ve always had a good haircut that I’ve received many compliments on.
The receptionist that the first poster is referring to is no longer employed there. The staff in general has been welcoming and pleasant in all aspects of checking me in, putting away my coat, washing my hair, and the actual haircut.

I don’t know why these other folks don’t like the salon. I do. Been happy since 2 years, and a fan of Nadia.
There! That should lift the average reviews! ;-)

I’ve been going here for a few years, always got my hair cut and styled by Cecilia. She was wonderful, plus it’s in my neighborhood. I called today to see what her schedule was (they don’t take appointments) and they told me she is no longer there. I saw her there a few weeks ago so her change couldn’t have been too long ago, but the salon won’t give me her new contact info, which I think is really messed up. No last name… no idea what I’ll do. I wouldn’t mind getting my hair cut here otherwise, but the fact that they were so opaque about her leaving makes me never want to go back here again.

OK, first I want to point out this review is for highlights and an updo, no hair cutting involved!
Why I ended up here:
I got a last minute invite to go to the School of American Ballet Winter Ball on March 14, and I literally, in panic, called around to the hair salons close to where I live to get my highlights touched up as well as getting an updo, since it was a black-​tie event!
After 30 min of calling salons, and having no luck getting an appointment (this was the same day) I finally got to Jean-​Claude, and was told I could come by in an hour… swooooosh (wiping sweat drops from my forehead)
After an hour and a half I walked out with gorgeous highlights (by colorist Rada), and a fabulous updo (by stylist Cecilia), which may I ad, stayed put the entire night full of dancing like crazy (yeah I know it doesn’t sound like a black-​tie type of dancing, and it wasn’t, people were going crazy :))
Also, I really like the new, modern thinking in terms of how their stations are set up with oval tables instead of the regular boring stations like they have in most salons, love it!!!
Summary: Super happy with everything from service to finished hair! Will definitely be back!

After reading some of the reviews for this location on Unilocal,I was real nervous about having my hair cut at the salon. I had also bought a Groupon for the Keratase treatment, haircut, and blow dry.
I arrived a little early and had a chance to check out the salon. There were the tables that most of the Unilocalers were talking about. I must admit if I didn’t read about that off the reviews, I would have panicked.
There was only one hair stylist working that afternoon along with the colorist. They were both very sweet and attentive. I had Cecilia and she was AWESOME! She asked me what I wanted to do with my hair, and then went straight to work on it. There was not much conversation going on between us, but that is fine with me.
Overall I love my hair cut!

Wilson is great! My friend recommended him to me, as he gave her a lot of tips on how to care for her hair, and what hair cut fits for the shape of her face. He did a lot of the same for me — so I have a lot of information I can take with me throughout my life. He’s also really sweet — he got whatever magazines I wanted during a Kerastase treatment — and during my haircut we ended up talking about food the whole time!
My haircut looked really cute when it was cut, and it fits my face really well. However I don’t do much with styling my hair and it looks rather flat and plain when I just let it air dry. Also as an afterthought, its rather plain — I have a square face, so he gave me layers, kept it shoulder length as I mentioned I’m thinking about growing it out, and subtle bangs. I guess my last few haircuts I got a bob with a really sharp angle so it was always really drastic and obvious I’d just gotten a haircut. With this one most people didnt notice =(, and isn’t that one of the best parts about getting your hair cut?
The layout is interesting — you get your hair cut at tables with mirrors, rather than along the wall. I saw a lot of reviews with complaints about that — no idea why, as it really makes no difference on your hair cut. I don’t mind either way. But it does have nice flow, is modern, and is something different. Also good service. I got offered a drink immediately after I walked in, and only had to wait a few minutes. I came with the $ 40 groupon for a wash/​treatment/​blowdry, good deal as all that I think is normally over $ 100. The cut is a little steep at full price ($ 70), still undecided if I’ll come back…

I went here two months ago, and got a strange attitude and a bad haircut from, sorry can’t recall his name, an Asian guy. It never worked. The bangs were supposed to sweep to the side, but never looked right. He blew it out pretty straight and when I asked if I could put a little curve in it, he said «yes if you want to look like it’s the ‘80s». Uh, OK.
The stylist who fixed me up with my new cut showed me how the layers were totally uneven because he had cut it with a middle part, even though i always part it on the side. You know how research shows that the least competent people have the highest confidence levels? That was my stylist here.

I also bought a Groupon for this salon and was a little nervous to come here after reading the reviews. But I was pleasantly surprised. The salon’s atmosphere is nice, very modern and clean. As others have said, instead of being set up like stations, there are tables that everyone sits at. This didn’t really bother me though. I saw Keyssa, who was friendly and nice. The shampoo was pretty no-​frills, no massage like I often get at other salons. But not bad. Keyssa asked me what kind of cut I was going for and I picked out a few pictures in her stylist book. She actually listened to what I wanted and picked one out of the three pictures that she thought was best for my hair type. I love my haircut! She totally got what I was saying and did exactly what I wanted. A haircut and blowdry here is a little more steep than what I’m used to paying– it’s $ 70– but I will definitely consider going back to Keyssa to get a great cut.

I went there after I bought the Groupon and was very satisfied about it. I mean, where else in Manhattan can you get a kerastase treatment, a haircut and a blow dry for only $ 45. Plus the team of stylist is very charming. The setting with the tables in the middle is very modern. At first I didn’t realize it but then I thought it was interesting. You can chat with other customers. The place is very bright and neat.
I actually went back a second time for another promotion on highlights. I am very picky with highlights because I like to have very thin highlights otherwise it looks gross and not natural at all. The stylist did a great job, she was very precise and I am very satisfied of the result. She was also very nice and offered me a coffee as I was waiting for the color.
I will definitely go back there.

Like the other reviewers, I bought the Groupon and that’s why I ended up here. To me, this was a bit of a splurge because the Groupon for a cut and Keratase treatment was $ 45, and I usually get my hair cut in Chinatown for around $ 20.
I didn’t like this place at all! The whole experience was uncomfortable and awkward. The girl that cut my hair didn’t tell me what was going on, so there were a lot of moments where I was just sitting there and then thought, «Oh, I guess if she’s blow-​drying her own hair now, I’m sitting here with the treatment on my head? I guess I should get myself a magazine? But I wonder how long this takes?» or the times when suddenly she was trying to rip the robe out from under my butt and I didn’t know why so I kept moving the wrong way, and finally I just asked, «What are you trying to do?» and she said she’s covering me with the robe. Oh…
My hair doesn’t look bad, but this is definitely not the best it’s looked either. There are things I said I don’t like — blunt ends, blunt and thick bangs, bangs that go straight across. And now I basically have more of those things than when I came in. She sort of cut side bangs, but she didn’t ask me how much I wanted to cut off before she started cutting, and the short side is too short. It’s also straight across for a few inches before making an angle. She also didn’t cut some of the hair in my bangs that’s further back on my head (if that makes sense) and said that part of hair should go to the side. I pointed out that it doesn’t go to the side, it always falls forward, and asked if she would cut it. She protested, then said ok and cut something, but it was not that piece because I had to cut that part at home by myself. I also hated how she kept poking her fingers on my face when she was grabbing the hair on the side of my head. She got my eye once.
To be clear, my hair does not look bad. But the whole thing was so unpleasant that I wanted to cry! The table set up is weird, the place was empty, no one spoke to me. I tipped maybe 10% on the full cost but I wish I had just left. When I was leaving and giving my Groupon number, the guy (owner? receptionist?) complimented me and said it looked good, but I just felt angry that he felt he had to say that to make me feel better! Why not just listen to me and give a good cut instead o insisting you’ve done what I wanted when I know you haven’t? That would make me feel great!

Went here with my groupon like the other reviewers. My experience was definitely better than those experienced by fellow-​yelpers! I was not asking for any major work done, just a simple trim and some work done on my growing-​out bangs, which was why I felt a groupon would be OK for me to try out a new place. The salon is nice and clean; the table thing is a bit awkward. My stylist was still with a client when I arrived for my appt, so another girl did my shampoo and the kerastase treatment, and then my stylist came over to discuss my ideas and work on the cut. She did a good job, nothing exceptional, but again, that wasn’t what I was going for. Overall, I am happy with my experience, but I would not have paid full price for what I got.

The place is… odd. Instead of stations, it’s set up like tables. I felt more like I was sitting next to a person at a trendy restaurant (minus food, of course) and they were snipping away at my locks and less like I was at a hair salon. Anyway, snip away that girl did (I don’t remember her name). I asked her to make sure my bangs were side-​bangs and not straight-​bangs, she said she understood. Then I asked her to cut the part of my bangs that were poking me in the eye a bit shorter, so that they wouldn’t do that. She said «OK» and with a big snip, managed to cut off the opposite end. So now my bangs look mangled, ridiculous, and nothing at all like I asked her. I probably could have done a better job myself, overall, really. I came here because I had a Groupon. I tipped on the full value, but I do not feel like it was worth it at all. Like the other reviewer said, unfortunately, you get what you pay for.
Also, I feel like I should note that the only other customers I saw in the salon were, uh, older. The salon looks like it tries to have this young, hip image, but the women there were at least in their 50s. Kinda weird.