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