Hair Mates Hair Salon

11/30/09

Great affordable cuts

by Hugh531

I'm sure that everyones experience at a hair salon is different depending on their hairdresser. I had Theresa, who was a new trainee. Not only was her cut and conversation great but it only cost $25! I'm glad to say that I now have a regular hairdresser =)

A number of the hairdressers are Japanese so it can be a good place for people with 'Asian' hair who are looking for hairdressers who understand how to cut their hair. Also, its good for people who are just after an interesting cut.

04/04/09

what happened to Yuki?

by RoganParvin

I went to Hair Mates regularly when I first moved to New York in 1997. Back then, a quiet and older japanese hairstylist named Yuki cut my hair. It was the best haircut ever. Noone I met later in my life cut hair like Yuki. I have lost touch with him and would like a haircut from him. Back then he wore a marijuana-leaf pendant around his neck and was a smoker. He was very quiet and at first did not speak English well (now he does). His was a small-medium built and he was thin. After HM he started working at a salon on Lafayette street for a while. He even made house calls, and then we lost touch after I went to buzz cuts and did not really need him anymore. Now, my hair is long and I need Yuki. Please help me find him.

02/10/09

Hairmates is the best salon in ny

by tw25

i just got back from hair mates (midtown area). Lucy cut my hair and it came out great! i will definatley go back and if you are looking for a hairstylist that knows what they are doing, i highly recommend Lucy.

• Pros: great service, friendly, expierenced,
• Cons: hard to find parking

09/13/08

Used to be good now it's bad, oh so bad

by TeaRosie

I used to love this salon because it was cheap ($40), good and cool with hip Japanese hair stylists. Not anymore. They raised their prices and I got the least hip person on the planet to do my hair. I have dark hair and previously tried to dye my bangs white but they just turned blonde. I told this to my stylist and said I wanted them white white white and could she do it? Yes, no problem. Well, I left there with blonde bangs and my eye burning from chemicals being dripped in to it. When I told the assistant doing my bangs that the solution had dripped into my eye and it was burning and I needed to rinse it out NOW, she said, "OK, let me just finish this." This place is bad. Unprofessional, clueless. I'm never returning. Go to Supercuts. Or the Aveda Academy.

• Pros: None.
• Cons: Worse than Supercuts

09/08/08

Low key salon with a great outcome

by premier

Checked this place out after getting a few recommendations. Stylist asked me how I wanted and he delivered. Doesn't talk much but neither do I so that was fine. A couple of things that might deter some, the stylist only cuts your hair while someone else dries it & styles it, Men's haircut that is. 2 different girls washed my hair, one was an attractive number, so I didn't know who to tip.