Swing Hair Salon

11/09/09

AVOID

by nycattorney at Citysearch

I requested highlights. Luis insisted that my roots needed to be bleached so that the highlights would blend. Needless to say, the final product was really lousy highlights (looked like single process) with really white/orangey roots!!! It was a nightmare, and I was in tears before court the next day. Luis spent 4 hours the next day trying to fix the disaster and could not fix the roots. He would not refund the $200 (I think my credit card company will), and I will have to go to a new salon to fix the mess. This is my first time on Citysearch. Please DO NOT GO TO SWING!! I would give no stars but the minimum is 1.

• Pros: No pros
• Cons: All cons!!

11/03/09

Swing Salon

by lilbludragon at Citysearch

I've been going to Swing Salon for almost 3 years. It's by far, the best salon I've ever gone to.

I actually recommended Swing Salon to my wife who loved it so much, she switched over from Bumble & Bumble. Now THAT's a big deal!

The atmosphere is relaxing, the cost is more than reasonable, and everything is eco / animal - friendly!

Luis is an exquisite artist.

• Pros: Excellent service, eco-friendly, reasonable price!
• Cons: NONE

10/16/09

Fantastic atmosphere, color, and cuts

by threemoons at Citysearch

Luis the owner has been cutting my hair for over 11 years now, and I'm thrilled that he has such a nice salon of his own now! In addition to doing great cuts for both men and women (and doing the perfect, elusive, "short cut for girls"), he does some serious magic with hair color.

I have seen him do amazing color and color correction jobs, even when all hope seemed lost. I'll never forget the day that I came in for a cut at the same time as a very attractive lady with very long, red hair..except that her root ends were orange and the rest of her hair was purple. A few hours and two processes later, she left the shop with gorgeous, silky golden-red locks, which is probably what she wanted before she reached for the Drug Store Red. He's also given me full color jobs and highlights in the past.

Add to this the shop's great atmosphere (if you're lucky, Luis' wife, Caroline, will be working the desk) and use of incredibly high-quality products coupled with a price list that's half that of the competition, and you can see why they're usually packed on the weekends.

While these guys do take walk-ins, if it's a weekend you should probably call ahead if you need something major done.

• Pros: Expert color correction, amazing cuts
• Cons: Be sure to call ahead if you can, this place gets busy!