Loft 26 Salon

I really like this space! Carol Bowden, who has been cutting my curly hair for MANY years now, has made her home there. She has a lovely private sun filled room. She’s fantastic and the space is so welcoming, and easy to get to, it’s a pleasure! Oh, I love little Penny, the Loft 26 salon mascot.

I’ve been seeing Devon Nola for over 2 years now for hair extensions with styling/​cut and she is amazing. My biggest fears used to be having my hair all chopped off or sitting for hours with awkward small talk and awkward pauses/​silences. Devon is very easy to talk to and sit with and she wont butcher your hair. :) Plus she does an AMAZING job with matching the extensions with your hair color, placing, and blending them. She also does colored extensions — an easy way to put some color into your hair without damaging it. The best part is you treat them just like your own hair!

Love the Loft and all it’s staff! I’m so glad I found a hair haven in NYC. All the staff is friendly, the atmosphere is great, and everyone walks out gorgeous. It’s been almost 2 years that I regularly go to Kayleen for Pravana straightening, and Leo for hair color. They are both magicians at what they do.
— Always available and so accommodating when I text them for an appt.
— Both so professional and knowledgable.
— Super patient, even when i’m ridiculously indecisive about what treatment to do.
— Fun and friendly, I look forward to seeing them and catching up.
The Pravana with Kayleen has come out great every time, and it’s nice to have a more natural solution to the Keratin. You can’t smell any chemical sent like with the Keratin.
My hair color with Leo has always been amazing! It comes out the most gorgeous brown, with shine, and complements for the next few months. He even suggested I go a little brown-red…which I was hesitant about at first, but I knew he works magic, and was so glad I tried. He was right, and the color was great. (but he assured me he would do whatever I want, and happily fix it if I didn’t like it.)
I would highly recommend this salon, and both Kayleen and Leo. Thank you guys!

Loft 26 is a hidden gem! Emily was my stylist and was great. Efficient, friendly and knowledgable. I had pictures because I have hard time articulating in cutting terms what I want. She was intuitive and got it. They use the delicious smelling Oribe products and have an airy setting with a cute little dog denizen. Great cut, nice salon!

One of my favorite spots! The stylists and staff are all so talented and friendly! I was referred to this place by my colleague and I am so happy I found it!

So, I originally came here because I bought a deal on Gilt City for highlights because my original colorist at Serge Normant by John Frieda moved, so I needed a new place, & I’ve had plenty of horrible color jobs, so I was surprised to get such good color with Loren. Loren lightens my hair, & I am really happy with the job she does, plus I leave without having my hair damaged. She’s also friendly, & that is a major plus!

Wanted to go brown. Over a period of 2 days and 8 hours Leo turned me blonde and then black again. I was in tears by the end of the entire ordeal having felt like I was held hostage there only to leave with absolutely NOTHING DONE! Leo then catches the only diva attitude and barks at me «I don’t do tears. I tried my best okay?! Sorry!» And walks away from me.
Completely unprofessional and embarrassing that you’re a 40yr old stylist/​colorist and it took you 2 days and 8 hrs and u still couldn’t get black to brown!!? I could’ve bought a box at Duane Reade and had better results.
Truly traumatizing experience since my hair is now thoroughly damaged and streaky with… I don’t even know how to describe this color. DONT GO SEE LEO!

Tried this place out for the first time… AMAZING!!! ABSOLUTELY couldn’t be HAPPIER! This is the first time I’ve ever felt compelled to write about an experience at a salon because Angela at Loft 26 Salon was incredible. The salon itself has a super trendy vibe with a comfy and lovely ambiance.
Angela is an incredibly talented and almost organic hairstylist. I went to her to chop my hair about 6 inches. I showed her pictures and she counseled me through what would be the best suited hair cut for me. She really gave me a haircut that makes me feel confident and shine! She listened to my needs AND gave me her professional eye that brought the BEST hairstyle out of my type of sometimes-​unmanageable-​curly hair. She was sweet-​natured, very easy to talk to, and a confident and uplifting hairdresser. I don’t usually spend as much money to get my hair cut, but I had to remind myself that a GREAT hair cut goes a LOONNNGG way! Thank you Angela, I’ll be back! –M :)))

An NYC first for me: Going to the same colorist more than once or twice. I just booked my fourth appointment with Loren.
Somehow, my hair has actually been growing since I’ve been seeing her — geez I’ve only been trying to grow it out for 6 or 7 years. Maybe she’s not frying my hair like all of the others were?!? My hair is blonder than it’s ever been (was scared to go too blonde before because of damage) and somehow healthier than it’s ever been as well. Maybe it’s the organic hair color? Maybe it’s Loren’s precise methods? She doesn’t pull the color to the bottom of your hair unless it needs it and also painstakingly follows her previous pattern of weaving.
Added bonus — the appointment only takes around 1.5−2 hours for my long (er now!) hair. I’ve been through some whopping 3 – 4 hour appointments. UGH!
And by the way, blowouts are included in the color service. WORD!!!
(Never heard of paying extra for blowouts until I moved here. What a ripoff!)
Anyway, GO SEE LOREN FOR COLOR!!!

Lifebooker appointment attempt number two…
Enter Loft 26. A $ 150 Keratin treatment during lunchtime (1:30) on a Tuesday? Sure! That works…
I made the appointment at 9:30am but got a call at noon informing me they’d scheduled someone for the time I reserved on the site. They were able to squeeze me in at 4:15 the same day so I took it. Inconvenience? Slight, yes, but not a total disappointment.
The treatment itself was great… Only 90min and included shampoo, blow dry, keratin application, sit/​soak-​in time, blow dry, and flatiron. No muss, no fuss, and my hair looks great. The staff was helpful and friendly. Aside from a scheduling snafu here, I’ve got no complaints.

The staff is horrible, even the front desk attendant thinks she is doing you a favor for being there. They certainly don’t make up for the terrible service through their work. Not worth your money.

I went to Loft 26 for a Pravana Smoothing Treatment and am very satisfied with the results. Kaylene was pleasant to work with and now my hair is smoother and easier to manage. The studio is clean and modern in a down-​at-​the-​heels building on a commercial block.

So I got a deal on lifebooker for extensions. Everytime I called to make a appointment no one ever answered the phone and there was no voicemail for over a week. Then I got in touch with lifebooker who contacted the salon. The salon got in touch with me and apologized, I made a appointment for a consult. I had recently been ill and due to my treatment my hair had started to fall out rapidly. Angie was my stylist matched my hair to the pieces they had and said since my hair is black they would have to order it in. She was very sweet. One week went by no call, a second week … Nothing then finally on the third week I gave them a call they said oh the hair will come in by the end of the week. They called when it did arrive and we booked a appointment. I went in for my appointment and while Angie was very sweet I noticed the extensions were a dark golden brown, I voiced my concern she said don’t worry it will blend in. After two hours my hair was done and it looked great, just the way it used to be, I was thrilled. But I noticed in the mirror that day I noticed the dark brown and I work in broadcast media and we were shooting something and the girl who did my make up noticed it as well. So I called the salon, they said to come back in. Did I mention at this point 2 pieces of the extensions had already fallen out. By the time I went in for my appointment 4 pieces had already fallen out… In less than one week. Angie tried using a tonic on my hair, but the extensions didn’t really darken. She told me to come back in on Sunday so she could fix the extensions that had begun falling (mind you this was Friday). I went in on Sunday, another two pieces had already fallen out. She put in 8 more pieces and was extra careful to make the bonds tighter. Yes it was nice of her to redo them but if she had done them right the first time I would not have to keep coming in. Then the receptionist made a comment basically referring to my complaint about the hair color not being the same first by asking: do you color your hair? I said no never, then well it’s more of a soft jet black… At this point I’m thinking yes but that color is still very different from dark brown, my complaint is valid.
Two months later I to have them removed because thankfully my hair has started growing back in very fast. Angie had to put in a lot of the oil to remove the extensions. She then proceeded to wash and blow dry my hair then said I needed a trim it had grown a lot. After I was ready to go, she said she would get me a discount. I go to pay, my haircut was $ 80 and I was surprised because it was a quick trim and bangs and I thought I was getting a discount. Apparently the discount was not to charge me for removing the extensions they had put in two months prior. She charged me for the wash (keep in mind my hair was already washed when I went in) to remove the oil from the product to remove the extensions and the cut. I paid it but was not happy. I spoke to a stylist friend of mine who said it was industry standard to remove the extensions for free if they put it in and I should not have gotten charged for the wash since they made my hair oily. Only for the cut.
So overall with the problem for getting a appointment, waiting three weeks for my extensions to come in which were the wrong color /​extensions falling out and overcharging me at the end, I will never be going back here or recommending this place. It is a great location and the loft is beautiful though. It really is too bad all this because I really thought they would have become my go to salon and would have recommended them for my upcoming shoots.

I bought a deal on lifebooker for hair extensions at Loft 26. They were really great, and the girl who did my extensions even came in earlier to do them because of my schedule.
I hate long reviews but I will say everyone was great and the place is really nice but if you’re going there for hair extensions… READ MY REVIEW!
The experience has not been great. First, the girl had left over hair and said that another person probably left extra hair but when I searched online, it said a full head of extensions called for 100 pieces of hair, which is half of what she put in my hair. At first, she said I could keep the hair and then she changed her mind and said they would call me to let me know what had happened. I waited 2 weeks until I finally called because no one contacted me. When it comes to something as expensive as extensions, I feel like its important to let the customer know what is going on.
Also, I’m not crazy about the hair and within 2 weeks, the extensions were literally falling off. Almost every time I brush my hair some strands are longer than the others because the extensions are sliding off my hair. And, I have only had them for a month. My manicure lasted longer than the extensions. It may only be my experience but if you’re going to pay regular price or even the discounted $ 400, be careful!

This is a great salon and I loved my stylist John Gerard! The moment he touched my hair, he said that he needed to cut it dry. He knew exactly what he was talking about — always confident, but also sensitive to my requests. (Kind of like the ideal boyfriend, eh?) I trusted him, and the result was great. I got my hair trimmed a bit and more layers were put in. It helped that I was one of only two customers in the bright, sunny and airy room on a Saturday morning, which made the experience very stress-​free.

I I purchased a groupon last summer, with Loft 26 for a Keratin Hair Treatment. They are nearly impossible to deal with. When you call they immediately ask if you have a groupon, what’s funny is that when I said I wanted to book an appointment for Thursday they were so nice until they asked if I had a groupon – then it was ‘WELLLLL, we only do those on Tuesday, Friday nights and Saturdays’…then were completed booked up for several weeks. This was NOT explained when I purchased the groupon and I told them that, and they said, ‘well, it wouldn’t be because we changed the rules’.
That doesn’t work for me – do what you promised and don’t change the rules after the fact. I’d much rather spend my money elsewhere.

First off, let me say that I purcahsed a Phyto deep conditioning treatment from Groupon (please do another deal like that soon!!)
The acutal building the salon is in is kind of old and ugly looking in the lobby but when you get off the elevator and go up to the salon area its really lovely, a genuine loft space, open, airy and the décor is really ecofriendly. The receptionist was really friendly and showed me to the coat closet. I sat down and only waited about 3 mins unitl (Ron — I think that was his name) came to get me to start me treatment. Well, let me tell you this guy knew his Phyto prodcuts inside and out (I had been to phyto universe so I know!). He proceeded to give me the best deep conditioning treatment I ever had and was so great and we had a great convo too. The staff was exteremely accomadating, asking me a few times if I wanted anything while I waited. The floors were clean, no hair, like another reviewer had stated.
While I was under the dryer, Shane the colorist next to my station was finishing up a client and she ended up with the most beautiful blonde hair, the kind I always wanted but could never achieve, sigh. I will def be making an appt with him soon.
I also got the best blowout too, lasted almost a week, which for me is alot!!! Lucky me I got two groupons, so get to go here again! Their price menu is a bit pricey but at least you know you are getting good service.
Oh! Also, just have to mention, their sinks are to die for, I would go for those alone, its like a sink bed, so comfy, I have never seen them before. And the girl who washed my hair, she literally gave me the best head massage. so good… would def recommend this place!
EDT: edited to note that the guy who helped me was John, not Ron and he was great!

First off, I am suspicious of the reviews on here — if you look at the profiles of the reviewers, most have only a few reviews… makes me wonder if the owner at Loft 26 paid his friends /​family to start Unilocal accounts and write this place a bunch of 5 star reviews.
As a legit customer with a Lifebooker deal, let me give this place an honest review.
The space is nice and decorated well, but they don’t have the staff to keep it clean. There was hair ALL over the wooden floors, and I actually asked to have it cleaned off the floor before I stepped in it — the stylist was sitting me down in a chair where the floor was covered in hair. She didn’t wash her hands from the last customer to me, which I politely had to remind her to do.
The shampoo was mediocre, and they had me just lying with my head in the sink for about 15 min before someone got to me — very uncomfortable to just be waiting there like that. Again, the shampoo girl apologized and said she was the only one washing hair that day — maybe they are understaffed? Things were overall disorganized, running late, and there were only a handful of customers in the salon (on a Sat afternoon).
The cut and style itself was mediocre — not horrifying, but after drying, I noticed one side was longer than the other, so to make everything even, she had to cut off another ½ inch — I was not happy :(.
My stylist was nice enough and trying to do a good job, but overall, this place disappointed big time. Definitely will not be back, especially with all the other choices in this City!

I followed my lovely stylist, Chloe, here from another salon. This is a gorgeous space, all light and airy and calm and Chloe is still the best hairdresser I have found in NYC, she makes you feel part of the process as if you are co-​conspirators in your haircut. I highly recommend Chloe and I am sure that all the stylists here are good, everyone leaving looked delighted with their hair.
Just wanted to update as Chloe recently gave me a really short cut and I have since had people stop me on the subway to ask who cuts my hair and I also had a straight man stop me and tell me what a beautiful haircut I had! Chloe… the best, most beautiful and baddest hairstylist in town, bar none!

I came here recently for a Phyto deep conditioning treatment, which I would highly recommend. It made my hair a thousand times shinier and glossy-​looking. The staff is also really wonderful and will make you feel pampered!