Salon Nouvelle

For this area, $ 37 bucks for a blow out in about 45 minutes is pretty good, especially for a head full of curly hair. I keep going back. They wax offer waxing too. But I am pretty set on the quick, lasting blowdry services.

If you want to spend $ 150 + taxes for a single process and end up with over processed hair this is the place to come! NATALIE colored my hair along with 5 other people at the same time. My head was in the sink for about ½ hour as she had someone else put two different glosses on it. I asked to have my roots done as my grey was showing and two hours and 15 minutes later, after I had a blow out that fried my hair, I was told that I owed $ 160.00 for a single process and a blowout. I asked how this could be as their price list says a single process is $ 60 to $ 80 and was told that they charge for everything separately — $ 60 single process, $ 30 for each gloss, $ 30 for a blow dry. The salon is an overcrowded hole in the wall. Do yourself a favor and go to a decent salon that does not rip you off. Sam Bracado and many other attractive well managed salons charge $ 100 for a single process including a gloss and a simple blow dry. Oh and by the way, my hair color is far to pale with no depth. I went back and showed Natalie — her response was that she liked it. Most of us would like to get the hair color we like!

It was hard to find a reasonably priced salon in this neighborhood and salon nouvelle has been consistently good, especially for quick cut or blow dry.

Have not had coloring done in over 3 years. Wanted lowlights to draw attention away from my grays, against my otherwise dark hair, but did not want to go blonde. Ingrid was excellent and very professional. She lightened my hair just the right amount and was very diligent throughout in checking to make sure the color did not become too light. Overall I am very happy with the result. One star off because they only have 2 rinsing sinks and I had to anxiously wait for someone to finish before my color could be washed out.

Have been coming here for 5+ years. My mom and I are treated like family and the blowouts and cuts are great. Julie, Natalie, Angel and Janet are the best! My favorite spot.

Gem of a hair salon! Natalie is the most amazing colorist! She takes her time and does whatever she has to do to make your hair perfect and leave you happy! Everyone who works here is amazing at what they do and so friendly! My experience was wonderful my color is fab my blowout lasted a week and everyone should go here!

I came in for a wash, cut and blowdry at 6pm on a Monday. They had one or two others clients but weren’t too busy, and I called that morning to make the appointment. I requested Angel because I had read good things about her in other Unilocal reviews, and she was great! She did exactly what I asked for, was efficient, and was friendly/​chatty in a nice way. The salon itself is pretty casual and clean – and is NOT pretentious like so many of the other salons around here.
I’m still adjusting to living in NYC (was living in DC until recently) and the prices that come with it, so I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but $ 65 for a women’s wash/​cut/​blowdry seems to be pretty inexpensive for the area!
Highly recommend both the salon and Angel!

My haircut and blowout came out great. The stylist also suggested she use a semi permanent hair color to give my hair a color boost. I obliged because I saw the other women walking out of the salon with lovely remake results, which helped me boost my confidence level in Natalie. And indeed, I was very pleased with the outcome.
It does have that slight factory feeling and its tough to figure out their system, because you will be frequently moved to other stations and be handled by other support. This was was a lengthy procedure. 3 hours. I think that if my appointment was paid more attention to, my 11:30 should have warrantied a 1:00 exit.
Will be back for sure!

I switched to Salon Nouvelle because I was looking for a good colorist without having to pay for the 5^th avenue rent and attitude. My friend who’s also a dark blonde recommended Nathalie with the warning of be prepared to spend a lot of time and wait. She wasn’t kidding. I’ve been a couple of times and the color comes out great, and it’s a good value for the money, but if you don’t want to lose half a day in a crowded salon (because they will also be working on 2 or 3 other clients simultaneously), then this isn’t the place for you.

I’ve had time to mull on this and I’m so dissatisfied with my haircut that it is beginning to affect my self image. I got my haircut several weeks ago and even after several rounds of shampooing and blow drying and some growth in the intervening weeks I’m unhappy with the way it looks. Not only did Rosa, the stylist who cut my hair not follow the style I showed her but she made some of the layers too short and uneven. As I wrote earlier, even after weeks of attending to my hair the cut and feel are decidedly asymmetric and unattractively flattened on one side where she made one layer shorter than the other side. I’m not going to this salon again. If you don’t take this message seriously at least stay away from Rosa !

I have thick wavy hair which I color blonde and had been going for years to very expensive high end salons. I live in the area and came in here one day for a blowout before a party I was going to. I can honestly say it was the best blowout I ever had and I got so many compliments, I kept coming back. I also decided to try haircut and color with Natalie and was extremely impressed with her professionalism, technique and (most importantly) the results. My color was exactly what i wanted and Actually much better than what I got when i was paying almost double the price for at a well known high end large TriBeCa salon. So now I’m a regular. Natalie is really talented but I’ve gotten blowouts from others there too and they’re all fabulous.
You also have to go in here knowing that it’s a small no frills salon with excellent stylists. I personally go to a salon so that I can walk out with awesome hair. If you’re going for other reasons like atmosphere you might be disappointed, I also recommend going at a time other than Saturday afternoon because they tend to get very busy and wait can be long. I recommend trying this place even if u don’t live in the area!

I’ve come to this salon a few times, mostly because it’s nearby my apartment and not because it’s great in any way. The women that work there are nice and friendly and some do a good job, but the last time I had such a horrible experience. They gave me one of their male hairdressers — unfortunately I didn’t catch his name, but his chair is the last one on the right-​hand side. He was hitting on me the entire time, which made me feel super uncomfortable. All I was getting was a trim, but he seemed to barely be doing anything. Every time I looked up in the mirror, he was just standing there with scissors in hand, talking to people and running a comb through my hair. I swear all he did was comb my hair. When I left, my hair was SO UNEVEN, it’s been driving me crazy. I can’t wait to go somewhere else to have them fix it so that I don’t have all these random hairs sticking out longer than others. It’s unfortunate that I dropped over $ 60 on this plus his tip. What a waste. Will try to avoid the temptation of a convenient less than 1-​minute walk to get there and will try a new place next time.

I have had both cut and color done at Salon Nouvelle, and for the money, it is just fine. The salon is very no frills and basic, and their fair prices reflect that. Although the staff is friendly, I just cannot go there any longer, as it seems as if everyone who works there smokes. It is disgusting to have a salon worker with bad breath and fingers that smell like cigarettes working on customers. So much for freshly shampooed hair if it retains the odor of the stylist’s smoke after you leave the salon. It you do not mind the stench, then you should expect to receive a decent cut or color for a decent price. Too bad for me, as I just cannot deal with it any longer.

Fabulous haircut from Angel… so pleased! Had been here before in the past when I lived in ‘hood, but only for blow outs. Angel is my new go-​to person now for a cut!

I live in the neighborhood so I was very happy when this place first opened its doors. It usually doesn’t matter which person I get as I enjoy walking in without having to make an appointment. Everyone is good. The staff is friendly and my entire family comes here for haircuts, pedicures, waxings, color and styling. We have never had a complaint about anyone. I especially like working with Angela. She did a fantastic coloring job on my hair recently that everyone has been complimenting me on. My 13 year old loves Janet and my older daughter comes regularly for waxings with Sally. Angel is wonderful with Pedicures. The prices are very reasonable especially for this neighborhood. I treat my sister occasionally to a color and blowdry and she is always very happy with the results.

I have been here 4 times, and each time has a story.
The first I did not receive enough conditioner in my shampooing process and the stylist took 15 minutes to comb out my hair, even giving me the comb to do it myself. (literally they used a quarter sized amount of conditioner, my hair is long and I tend to use an entire handful). She then proceeded to tell me I have bad hair, which I’ve never heard in my life. However, at the end I loved my cut.
I tried a second time with a different person, and was just bad. Received enough conditioner, but my cut was bad, and she was on the phone the whole time, as well as she was cutting someone else’s hair at the same time she cut mine. Yes, seriously.
Third time I went, was back to the first person, also made sure to tell the shampooer to use lots of conditioner, trip was great.
Last and final time was last month. The stylist washed my hair and was back to using no conditioner (it cannot be that expensive). Hurt while she combed it out. My cut was fine, what I like, but the kicker this time is that I basically only get my hair cut to remove split ends. When I left I still had split ends. My only requirement, and what I tell the stylist is always, «cut off whatever you need to remove all split ends, however much it may be.» After saying that and still leaving with split ends, I am just done.
On the plus side, this place is super cheap, and I dont get my hair blow dried so it comes out to $ 30. I just cannot bring myself to pay $ 20 for a blow-​dry (even though I know it is the common price).

Angel rocks! Love my haircut.

First of all this place is teriffically located, but the nickel and dime game makes their owners (who make ALL decisions) look like crackpots. Owners are disrespecitve to the good/​okay stylists. They had the gall to charge me $ 190.00, turn my head orange/​red after I relentlessly expressed my hatred of red. Had the nerve to charge be AGAIN for redo with a 30% discount. Had someone blowdry conditioner out which comes with the hair color… I am no fool. I paid, but will never go back. NEVER!

I love my stylist, Angel. She’s no-​nonsense, professional, and fast. Not big on conversation, her cuts speak for themselves. They’re also affordable, between $ 26-​$ 50 for a cut depending on whether you want it styled, etc. Last time she didn’t even charge me for styling it.

This small local beauty parlor is very basic and not very fancy. I got my hair cut here once, and was more happy with the shampoo and hair massage than with the actual hairstyle that I ended up with. But they have a great waxer on staff. She’s a friendly woman who really knows what she’s doing. And you can’t beat the prices. Yeah, the waxing room is tiny and right in the middle of the store (but it is private), but the waxes are inexpensive (about $ 26 for a bikini wax). It’s a no frills kind of place, but then again, you pay for the frills at those fancy spas. I’ll stick to Salon Nouvelle.