Novita Salon & Spa

I was my best friend braidmaid so I went to Novita for hair styling with Susan and I got something I didn’t like but I don’t complain about it cause I had no idea what I wanted to do with my hair so I just let her do whatever she wanted. I went to get my hair done at 10 am cause I had to be at the wedding place at 1pm. The only thing I asked for was that I wanted my hair to last at least half a day, with spray, magic or whatever she wanted to use. Unfortunately, my «amazing hair style» didnt make it not even to 1pm, A friend of mine had to go to get bobby pins to CVS to try to put my hair back on its place. The thing is that I ended up with something different in my hair and I payed $ 85 for what this friend of mine could have done since the beginning. I was so disappointed before the wedding so I texted someone from the salon and they asked me to call Susan but I didn’t. I was too frustrated and a phone call would not fix anything by that moment.
So. my advice? Do not go there to get your hair done.

strangely aggressive and mean about my hair. wish i had read previous reviews as they also said similar things. left before she even picked up a pair of scissors. have never walked out of a salon before but i’m glad i did. traumatized.

No comment… I will go at an other place but i have to wait a long time my hair grow now. It was ok just after the cut with the brushing, but when i washed my hair iI saw my cut is awful.

To all the Unilocalers who recommended, Anna, THANK YOU! I have been looking for a hair stylist, who actually knows how to cut and style curly hair for awhile. Anna worked magic with my hair. I get nonstop compliments on it. And a month later, the style is still working. Curly haired peeps look no further.

It is pretty hard to find someone who is good– really good– at cutting short hair, but I have found this in Anna. I followed her to Novita when she moved from another local salon, and she is hands-​down the best stylist I’ve had in Boston. She listens to what you want, actually enjoys creating fun and flattering short styles, and is a really nice person to boot. I highly recommend her!

I had a wonderful blow dry here. Relaxing environment and the owner was lovely. My hairstyle lasted for the next day’s important event. I will be back!:)

Being new to Cambridge I knew it would be hard to find someone I trust. My boyfriend gets his hair cut by Susan and she was so awesome when I first met her. She wanted to do my hair and I figured why not. They are fun but professional. She blended the shorter front parts of my hair without taking off length and found the perfect cool blonde color for me. Thanks!

I usually cut my own hair, but I had a gift certificate to this place, plus my hair is getting longer so I really needed a professional cut. Upon first impressions, the salon was clean & the lighting was appropriate. (I really don’t trust a salon with too much florescent lighting; the lighting at the salon is supposed to flatter me the most!) Jennifer did a good consult; I really wasn’t sure what I wanted exactly, but I knew I wanted the stylist to take my face shape & bone structure into consideration and just do what they do best. I was glad I took a chance on trusting someone else to cut my hair because she did a great job!

My 16 year old son and I both got great haircuts from Susan. She was ready to take us right on time and gave us both just what we wanted– short and conservative for me, long and asymmetric for him. The shop atmosphere was pleasantly low key and we were both comfortable there. Given how different our tastes are, the fact that we were both very happy with the experience is impressive. We’ll definitely go back!

Don’t go here. The owner cut my hair. She spent more time talking to her boyfriend than cutting my hair. She went on about her experience but didn’t know how to straighten my hair (which is easily blown out with a hair dryer — white girl fine hair but has some curl to it). I was in the shop much longer than I’ve been in any other shop for a simple cut and color. The hair cut (once dried properly) wasn’t very good and was very over priced considering the poor quality.

It’s always traumatic to move to a new area & trying to find a new hair salon. Laura was referred to me by someone & I was pleasantly pleased. She was very accommodating with my schedule & was able to get me right in. She totally picked right up from where my previous hairdresser left off. I love the color & cut. I have found my new salon. The only negative was trying to find on street parking.

Anna cut my hair about three weeks ago. I was happy then and I am happy now. I have thick, very curly hair. Not only does Anna know how to cut it, but she had some tricks for how I could style it myself to soften the look of some of its wildness. She is talented, resourceful, and pleasant. I think I found my haircutter!
(I have spent a lot more at other places. They were special «curly hair» salons in town. I got good haircuts there, but was treated like I didn’t have the «right» curly hair. They have a one-​size-​fits-​all haircutting style. I think those places are better for women with wavy hair that want full curls and not women with very curly hair that want it more shaped and softer.)

I have got my hair cut by Susan twice now, and have come out happy. Over the summer I had a traumatic experience with my hair being butchered by my aunt– hair cuts are definitely not my favorite. Poor Susan probably thinks I am grumpy but, in reality, I just don’t enjoy hair cuts. But– she listens to you, tells you what she thinks will be best based on what you tell her, and does not over step her boundaries. Frankly, she knows what she is doing. If you are trying to grow your hair out, she is a great person to go to for a nice clean up and keeping the length. Also– will mention products but does not push if you aren’t interested.

I have followed Anna through several salons and love her!!! She does amazing work on hair cuts, colors, and styling and love working with her at Novita, as well. I have also started going to BZ at the salon for my waxing needs, and she is doing a great job! Love the ladies at this salon!!!

Everyone is super nice and it has a nice laid back feel however it’s a been of a downer to go there and have them tell you’ve been doing everything wrong with your hair. They also push produrcts there way too much.

I have only had one individual cut my hair at this salon and that would be Tarley — who to say is amazing — would be an understatement. My sister found her first, then me, followed by my mum while she still worked at Judy Jetsons. We followed her here and have been going to see her for the past 7 years! I will not let anyone touch my hair but her. She 100% listens to what you would like to do, but is the best about giving feedback on what WILL and WILL NOT work for your hair type and life style. She is efficient with her time, super friendly, and amazing at hair color — and the fact that she can handle me for an hour plus when I get my hair colored… basically makes her a saint! Hands down best stylist out there! I would highly recommend giving her a try.

This review is for Anna.
Anna has cut my hair for years, and I followed her when she moved salons, because when you have curly hair, you don’t want to mess with a good thing! I’ve always been happy with Anna, but I owe her a new review because of her help with my wedding hair.
I am a kind of do-​it-​yourself person, so I wanted to do my own hair for the wedding. I knew I wanted it to look like my regular hairstyle, but kicked up a notch. Anna was amazing. I brought in one of my friends, and Anna showed us, step by step, how to create my wedding styling. She even let my friend participate so that she would really know how to do it! It all came out fantastically, and I really appreciate that Anna took the time to help make it happen.

My more recent experience here was definitely a 180 from my last one.
Problems:
1) I wasn’t looking for any radical changes, just had a teensy desire to reduce volume a tad (wanted something lighter since it was spring), and out came the straight razor on my dry hair and chop chop chop. Good lord, what carnage! I suppose it looked semi-​reasonable when straightened, but I’m a low maintenance girl and so normally it just went straight up into a high bun to avoid the frizz monster. Why oh why couldn’t Susan have just given me the tiniest variation on what I had before…
2) It’s an expensive haircut already (around $ 60), and they pushed this smoothing product on me. I was simply curious what the smoothing serum was that they were using, and they took my curiosity to mean that I actually wanted to buy the $ 20 bottle. It was too heavily scented for me, but I thought what the heck I’d try it, and now because they were pushy and I didn’t speak up I ended up with another product I’ll shove into the back of my closet forever. Partially my fault, I know, but not appreciated.

I’ve had countless bad experiences getting my hair cut, and I’m so happy to have finally found Susan at Novita. As another user said, she is totally ‘Boston’, and I love it. She’s very frank about what will and will not work with your hair. I had come in to have a hair cut fixed after a really horrible experience at another North Cambridge Salon and she was really informative about why it was such a bad cut. Some people may take this personally, but I really don’t care if at the end of the day I walk out of Novita looking and feeling good.
I’ve also found it’s easy to get in with Susan herself, where as other salons you tend to get someone less experienced than the owner for the same price.
I’d say this is one of Cambridge’s best kept secrets for hair. Hands down.

Susan at Novita is a hair goddess. And she is about the nicest person on the planet. Novita has been my salon of choice since 2007. I strayed once and got a quickly color and cut elsewhere — never again! It’s only Susan for me and my hair. She is amazingly talented at matching your hair (one-​color and/​or multi-​toned foils) to your coloring to really brighten-​up your face and bring attention to your best features.
In addition, she takes the time to cut your hair and really pays attention to the details. Susan is phenomenal, and I would strongly recommend you try Novita (ask for Susan).