Amour de Hair

Came here on a whim on a week night. They had a sign for walk in hair cuts for $ 29.99. I didn’t have to wait too long and was seated within 10 minutes. The hair dresser was great, gave me the style I wanted, but still gave advice on what would look best.
I made sure to turn down the blow dry so I wasn’t secretly charged. All in all, would come again. Pretty solid deal and haircut.

This place needs a revamp. Cannot speak for other locations, but the quality of stylists at this location is below satisfactory with a majority of their stylists (with the exception of Giovanni) lacking crucial hair cutting skills. I’m genuinely surprised they are still in business as they have no knowledge on how to run a business. My boyfriend went in last week for a cut and one of their stylists completely botched his head. It looks like she took a razor and just randomly started moving it around with no concept of styling or proper cutting techniques. This resulted in him having to return to the location to be fixed by another stylist, and THEN forcing him to go to an entirely different salon to fix what little hair he had left to look like a proper haircut. We had to reschedule our engagement photos because of this.
When we called the salon to explain the situation and speak to a manager regarding a reimbursement, the owner simply dismissed us. She didn’t even care to find out about what happened having a completely unprofessional reaction and tone. It wasn’t even the money for us, it was the point. As a business, especially in Manhattan, customer service is a vital part of your success. And sadly neither skill nor customer service exists here.

I just left Amour de hair after being told they would not trim my grand daughter’s hair because I was not their customer. My grand daughter is 4 and has had her hair trimmed at many salons in nyc. Needless to say I was shocked and my grand daughter felt rejected. We simply walked down the street and are now getting a trim at another place that neither of us had been to before. I am disappointed at this and if the policy is no children, this should be clearly posted.

Natalie is the absolute best. She’s been styling my 2 boys for years! She’s also been keeping me blonde for the past two years. I used to pay double at fancier salons, and Natalie achieves the same results! She’s a real find!

I’ll start by saying my stylist (I didn’t catch her name) gave me a good cut but she kept saying negative things about my hair to try to get me to do the salons treatments. After she washed my hair she proceeded to attempt to brush my long, curly hair with a brush rather than a comb starting at the top. She didn’t seem to care that she was ripping my hair or tangling it in to one big knot. It wasn’t until I said ow and yanked my head away that she bothered to put any kind of conditioner or be careful with my hair.
I came in for the $ 29 cut and wash deal that was advertised in huge letters on a sign. I said that is what I wanted when I walked in. After cutting my hair the stylist started blow drying it & said that it needed to be dry for her to finish cutting.
I go to pay and they tell me it’s $ 68. I say no outside it says $ 29. The lady turns says that since my stylist dried it it now costs 68 & tells me it says it on the sign. I look on the sign & in size 4 point font, that I can only see up close by squinting, it says no blow dry.
My stylist started drying it without asking me saying she had to to finish the cut. She didn’t tell me that it changed the price.
Obviously, the sign is a bait and switch tactic to get people in the door but I think it is pretty poor taste and scam like behavior. They knew I was coming in for the $ 29 deal & did everything they could do to be able to charge me more money without telling me.
Needless to say I won’t be going back and have told all my friends that live in the area that they run a shady practice.

Elizabeth is an amazing hairstylist. She does my hair and by husband’s hair, really high-​style looks. This girl has skills!

Julie is an incredible hair stylist. She is professional and very talented. She always makes you feel comfortable, listens to what you are looking to do and offers helpful suggestions.

Julie is the greatest! She does the highlights and/​or lowlights, and a haircut so fabulous that I get tons of compliments!
Boo Grace

There are hair salons on every block in Manhattan– walk another block! Made an appointment, which costs 50% more than when you walk in. I wanted to come at a certain time and have a female stylist so I made the appt. I waited around for 15 minutes and had a male stylist who was also styling another client at the same time. He was short and distracted. I asked about the back being straight and he said of course… I just said if I had any issues when I got home I would come back. He did not like that. The place was dirty and could use a deep clean. They offered me a chair covered in hair, no thanks. I told the receptionist I didn’t feel like I had an appt as my request for a female stylist wasn’t honored, I was sat late and the stylist was back and forth between me and someone else. She said she didn’t work yesterday and the person who took the appt didn’t indicate female — how is that my problem? She charged me the walk in rate but offered no empathy. As I said, there are tons of other salons with friendly stylists and staff!

I went to Amour de hair before interview. My hair was scruffy and dry. I recommend Aida. She gave me incredible stylised cut and oil treatment. I was complemented profusely at work for looking so sharp so 5 stars. Best cut ever!

Those reviews are so old to give this place such low stars!
I walked in to get my fiancé a cut and I saw how beautiful the color of this woman’s hair was. I asked who did it and it was Mario. Since then he’s been making my hair a beautiful natural looking shade of red and my hair is longer. It’s always easy with the help it Dita washing my hair and applying the cream so the dye doesn’t stain my skin. I’ve referred my 2 blond BFFs. They’ve been going ever since.
This place is always busy too with what seems like regulars.

Returning to this salon after consultation 2 months ago for hair straightening. Made appointment with receptionist to have hair line touched up, which is what Stylist JULIE RECOMMENDED. When I arrived I was told to wait as Julie hadn’t arrived yet.
When Julie got to the salon she immediately went to do a touch up on a customer who had been waiting. I continued to wait. Then Julie went to do a blow out on another customer. Finally she told Tita to wash my hair. I told Tita that I only wanted my hair line re straightened & she said she had to wash it thoroughly. Now Julie told Tota to apply the treatment to my hair. Once again I said I only wanted the hair line done. She replied that she wasn’t pulling it all the way through my hair. I sat under the dryer then 45 minutes later she washed out the treatment.
Now Julie proceeded to flat iron my hair. I requested that she curl my bangs and again mentioned that I only wanted the hair line done. She stopped doing my hair and referred me to receptionist who said she’d call the police if I didn’t pay the $ 295. I was appalled and paid the bill WITH COMPLAINTS. I told them that I specified that I only wanted my hairline straightened when I made the appt. & she said she didn’t remember.
This experience was totally unethical and unpleasant and I WOULD NEVER RETURN TO A SHOP that didn’t respect it’s customers. BUYERS BEWARE!!!

I will never go here again. Anna cut my hair and one side is longer than the other.

I should have gone to Unilocal first!
The people in the place are rude and generally try to sell you more services. The guy who cut my hair didn’t want to listen to me and now my hair is longer on the left side.
Anyways, many people have said don’t bother with this place, so read their warnings and go elsewhere.

I went into Amour de Hair after receiving a recommendation from a friend that Giovanni, a stylist at Amour de Hair, is great. I asked the receptionist if I could speak with Giovanni for a minute after he finished his current client. She seemed appalled by my request, she then started asking me, «Why don’t I book an appointment with Giovanni now and come into the salon later?» and «Why don’t I get my hair cut my anyone else in the salon instead?» I explained to her that I was in the neighborhood now running errands and didn’t have the time to get my hair cut now and didn’t have my planner on me to make an apt for later.
After I told the receptionist this, her attitude become even more unfriendly, curt, and downright arrogant. She hastily told me to «Sit in the chair over there for 15 minutes until Giovanni is done to talk to you».
Then another stylist tried to cajole me to getting my hair cut by her instead of waiting for Giovanni at all! It was completely awkward and felt like poaching of clients inside the same salon. Finally, I got to Giovanni for a consultation! He was nice but kind of forced nice. He didn’t seem enthusiastic about cutting my hair and I felt like I was just another client he could make money off of.
After leaving the salon with a bad taste in my mouth, I decided to call the manager a few days later to complain. The manager I spoke with listened to me and apologized for the treatment I received. She said she would speak with the receptionist about her behavior. I appreciate that; however, she did not offer any incentive for me to come back into the salon, etc. The apology seemed force by the manager.
Rarely do I post reviews on Unilocal and when I do they are praising a business. However, my experience at Amour de Salon was so unpleasant I felt the rest of the Unilocal community should be aware to stay away from this salon. On a positive note, I highly recommend Ion Studio on Wooster Street as a great salon, same prices as Amour but twenty times better.

I WISH I could upload before and after pictures. I don’t know why this is such a hard concept to grasp but if your client says no more than 3 inches off the bottom 6 or more is not a shoulder shrugging oopsie. I went in with hair to my lower back and now it stops about an inch above my boobs. Fucking horrible. A simple simple haircut is ruined and now i have to get extensions because this idiot cut off 7 inches of my hair. My income is based primarily on my looks, I can’t afford to look like a frumpy college student which is what I look like now. How does a trim become oops half your hair is gone. THEN she says «My cuts always grow fast» What the fuck does that even mean?! Your magical fucking scissors will stimulate my hair follicles? No. Don’t go here, it’s not worth the risk.
ALSO, The water cut out in the middle of shampooing the chemicals out of my hair and they had to finish with a Brita water filter pitcher and the top fell off and hit me in the face.
My hairdresser spent the entire time gossiping about other people who worked there instead of keeping the lid from smacking me in the eye.
Completely unprofessional and too dim to grasp the difference between 3 inches and 7 inches. If you risk going here bring a ruler.

Some of the stylists have given me GREAT cuts, and others were mediocre to terrible. When I came back after a terrible cut, they didn’t offer to give me any money back. They offered to have the SAME guy re-​do the cut (no way!!) or to give me a deep conditioning treatment, which I didn’t appreciate at all since when I go there they always tell me I don’t need to bother conditioning my hair due to its fine texture.
The management is absolutely terrible and they are losing my service because of it.

Horrible!!! Unprofessional rip off. I sent my 12 year old niece to get trim amd blowdry– stylist asked if she wanted «good conditioner» and ended up charging $ 55 for just conditioner treatment. They would not accept the fact that they asked a 12 year old — they made me pay!!! Rude staff! Bad haircut! With $ 55 conditioner and cut could have gone to real salon such as Frederic Fekkai.
Plus kept trying to sell $ 300 keratin treatment to my 12 year old!!!
Go somewhere else.

What’s good: For a bang trim, I was in and out in 5 minutes for $ 10 (plus tip)
What’s bad: They don’t take Amex, and in the 5 minutes in the chair, my (russian?) stylist gave me a no-​frills trim and aggressively told me I needed highlights around my crown to make my hair less «flat» — to which I explained she just saw me take it out of a ponytail so it is clearly not bouncy. She then picked at my hair to only conclude I also, «shouldn’t have layers, no no, shouldn’t have layers.»
Result: I’ll go back if I’m a bind, for a bang trim, since this is near my apartment, but if I’m continually harassed for nonsensical upsells, I’ll take my business elsewhere.

I have now gotten my hair cut in a place called «Amour de Hair.» So mark today as the day the last vestiges of my heterosexuality went mincing off into the sunset. My younger, less open-​minded, repressed self must be spinning in his closet. But that’s okay, because I look GREAT.
Despite the name, which sounds both fruity AND lazy in a casual junior-​high racism kinda way – it’s not far beyond randomly adding O’s to the ends of English words to make them sound «foreign» in Spanish 101 – I was very pleased with my visit here. I had my reservations, as my taste in barbers generally runs toward people related to me wielding scissors, or else the slightly less frou-​frou, but Martina, my stylist, spun my shitty unhelpful instructions («Make it as short as you can but not dumb») into shiny hair-​gold. She of course couldn’t help but smear a glob of pomade into my finished ‘do and try to sell me a tin of it, despite my making my disinterest clear from the start, but that kinda thing is to be expected and is basically harmless excepting a day’s worth of helmet hair.
But while I was pretty happy with the destination, there were some minor but notable bumps along the way. For one thing, I could still hear some soap crackling in my ears when they pulled me out of the lone functioning shampoo chair, and when I left I took along slightly more souvenir hair clippings on my clothes than I’m accustomed to. I’m a pretty easygoing guy so I don’t consider any of this a big deal, but for a place that’s clearly striving for fanciness, it strikes me as a curious lack of attention to detail.
I see that my fellow reviewers have totally shellacked the shit out of ol’ Amour de Hair. And given the lack of attention to detail cited above – which leads to a general feel of unprofessionalism – I can certainly understand being wary of getting a more complex procedure done here. Still, they did quite right by me for a simple men’s cut, and the whole of my experience with them thus far (even if it’s all of one visit) has been very satisfactory, so that’s all I can judge them by.