Tres Jordan Hair Designs

I went to Tres after reading a number of reviews and seeing he specializes in color. My hair was a mess when I went and needed some serious TLC. Let’s start by saying I don’t have good hair. I dream of having thick, gorgeous, long hair. So not happening. So I work with what I have. Tres doesn’t mess around. If you’re looking for someone who will BS you and tell you what you want to hear this is NOT the guy. He will tell you honestly the reality of your situation — at least your hair situation. After spending a tremendous amount of time with me talking over my options, the reality of how long my hair will ever be — or not be — and how damaging my highlights are — he got down to work. He put me at ease and I knew I’d look gorgeous by the end of that 2 hour session.
So the highlights go on. He does them on wet hair which I love because I think it is less damaging. Once the foil is off I’m truly shocked by the gorgeous golden mane infront of me. No brassiness. He then proceeds to blow dry (phenomenal blow dryer as well.) He made my stringy, thin, damaged hair look full and healthy. And he then proceeded to trim it –dry. Which I also love since my hair is curly no one can get it right when it’s wet. He didn’t cut off too much (although he wanted to but we came to an understanding!) and the result gorgeous.
I haven’t washed it yet so I’m not certain how it’ll look once I do it myself and take a good look at the color AND more importantly once it starts growing out. I will update if anything changes. But for now, I have to say he is by far the most fabulous hair stylist I’ve ever been to after many, many, many years of searching. I also think he’s very reasonable. A true gem.
Lots of XO to you Tres for changing my hair!

Tres is very good at what he does. He gave me the most beautiful blonde highlights, and I am extremely picky when it comes to my hair color. He mixed in some low lights so everything looks very natural, versus looking like a I dipped my hair into a bowl of bleach. He’s also been upfront about what typeof haircut he thinks would look best on me. I truly respect his opinion and think he’s right, but I’m just not there yet if you know what I mean. Lastly, Tres is also super cool and laid back. He’s a really fun person to talk about «real» things. None of that celebrity gossip crap, but he likes to chat about this funny thing called life. Tres is awesome and talented at what he does.

Tres is an amazing hair stylist. I have been visiting him for two consecutive years, and he has yet to disappoint me. I visited him when I first moved to NYC at his small Chelsea salon. I had long wavy hair that was doing absolutely nothing for my look. I’m a young woman just starting out in the fashion industry, so I really needed something that would make me stand out and become more high-​fashion.
Tres started off with a bob and highlights. It was a bit of a shock, but he convinced me that it would make an impact. I was thoroughly impressed and it really changed my entire demeanor. I became much more confident and it definitely made me look more grown up.
He then convinced me to go even shorter (it gradually got shorter over time), and is now a bleach-​blonde, cute pixie cut. I am absolutely in love with it and I get compliments every single day — literally — from coworkers, friends, and random strangers on the subway!
My hair has done amazing things for my confidence and is perfect for the fashion industry. I travel a lot, and it’s so easy to take care of. Tres knows exactly what I like, and often helps to take me out of my comfort zone and really suggest styles that will look good on me.
I’m so thankful to have found such a great stylist. He is so good at suggesting new things to do with my hair — I’m never bored! I’ve finally found a stylist who thinks hard about my career and suggests styles that will work for me. I’ve visited so many hair stylists in the past who don’t offer any suggestions because they’re afraid of the results. Tres takes chances and is never nervous about speaking his mind.
Go visit him in his Soho salon — you will be treated like royalty and come out with an edgy new look! Go in with an open mind and trust him — he doesn’t disappoint!

I don’t get the hype. Tres is rude, arrogant, and overpriced. The last time i was there, he barked orders at his assistant, while going on and on about how how much his precious time was worth. Was not super impressed by anything he did. It looks like he moved out of that weird nail salon, so that’s probably good.

After reading the glowing reviews of this salon, I made an appointment. I can see why some people like his personality, but we didn’t see eye to eye on much of anything. I asked him to show me the color swatches for the highlights he was mixing for me (b/​c he hadn’t shown me anything!), and he got irritated. Then, in effort to make the next 2+ hours go more smoothly, as he began, I asked him if he had his druthers what would he do with my hair, and he said, «honestly, I’d make your hair dark brown. you look horrible as a blonde» (as he begins to apply the blonde to my hair.)
Incredibly unprofessional.
In the end, I really did like how my hair turned out, but would never go back because it was incredibly uncomfortable to have someone doing your hair who is, all the while, thinking it looks «horrible».

«Meh» is about right. My haircut was not terrible but it was nothing spectacular either, and it was certainly more expensive than other, equivalent cuts I’ve had elsewhere. Tres’s personality didn’t jive all that well with me either, though I can see how other people would get along with him really well. He’s friendly but opinionated, and that’s all well and good, but I happened to not share all of his opinions and would’ve rather just read my New Yorker while he finished the job. Sometimes you’re tired and you just want to not talk, you know?
All in all there was nothing to bring me back for a second visit. If you are looking for a new stylist and have no problem dishing out $ 90 for a haircut then I’d say go ahead and give him a try, but it’s not for me.

Tres,
My highlights are gorgeous, in terms of both the shade and the perfect placement. You gave me exactly what I asked for with some bold large chunks throughout… My cut is wonderful too, balanced and fluid. You are such a talented hairstylist/​colorist and you’re consistent! I’m so happy when you do my hair I feel like doing little twirlies like Snoopy!

I’ve got a problem with my hair — when it gets too short, I resemble an adolescent (although I’m over 40). For a very long time, I’d go to the chain hair salons, expecting them to buzz me with a razor and get me out of the chair ASAP — all the while, resigning myself to the notion that I can’t get a hairstylist to address my needs with a professional-​looking haircut that’s short enough for a suit and tie but shaped in such a way as to negate the overly youthful look of short hair I’d come to expect from my apparently deaf former hair service providers.
Tres is the first and only stylist who «got it» when I explained this concept to him. I’m happy with my hair (finally) and after 4 visits to date have 100% confidence in his skills — both in the cutting arena and in the listening arena.
Tres gets my highest possible recommendation.
Pros: Great cut, great pricing, great listening.
Cons: No in-​chair espresso service while getting my haircut.

I moved to NYC 2 years ago and after finding Tres Jordan I will not go anywhere else. Tres is the most affordable and best quality hair salon I’ve seen in a long time. I was trying to decide on a color and he made a suggestion that ended up being perfect with my skin tone.
I would recommend this salon to anyone!

I’ve been going to Tres for well over a year, and love the way he cuts my hair. I always let him do whatever he wants as it results in easy to manage hair that looks good well past the standard 6 – 8 weeks. Tres gives great haircuts, I feel good, look good and am (obviously) very happy with my hair!
So I finally decide to listen to Tres and let him do a semi-​permanent color on me and it looks really good! I haven’t had my hair colored in… umm… over 7 years because I don’t like the idea of committing to going to the salon every so many weeks to have my hair recolored, cut and all that business. HOWEVER, I think I might like the commitment because I really, really, really like my hair color! Love my hair! It is so shiny and feels great. AND my hair still looks good after biking into work this morning, then brushing it out without doing anything to it after waking up this morning.
I dragged my boyfriend to Tres for his first real haircut in almost a year, Tres spent a long time on him and did a fantastic job. Boyfriend even said that he liked it and he usually doesn’t say anything.
Post haircut: got a compliment on both the cut and color on the street… I mean, who doesn’t love getting compliments about their hair?!

Tres is a perfectly nice guy who seems to really like what he does. He takes a lot of time and care on his haircuts, and he’s clearly been doing this for a long time, so he is skilled. Maybe our styles just differ, but I’ve found the haircuts he’s given me really boring.
I first went to him after reading these reviews when I wanted a big change. I had hair that was super long (belly button length) and layered, and I wanted an asymmetrical cut (longer in the front, shorter in the back) that was slightly past shoulder length. He told me up front this wasn’t possible, because having it past my shoulders would ruin the line. I believed him and settle for a short cut that was slightly layered at the bottom. Lo and behold, a few days later I saw Leigh Lezark of the Misshapes with the exact cut that I had wanted — past shoulder length and all.
I dismissed it because I liked my shorter layered cut ok. I started growing it out though and the next time I went back for an update, I asked for more layers — i.e., I wanted a different style. He basically just gave me a trim. My hair was way shorter than the last time I’d gone to him, so I didn’t expect to be charged the same price but I was — because of that I didn’t have enough cash to leave him a tip, which I still feel bad about. But not bad enough to ever go back.
Maybe he doesn’t understand Asian hair, or maybe he just likes giving really vanilla haircuts, but nowadays I only go to Hair Kuwayama. I suggest to all Asians out there — go to an Asian hairstylist. It’s the only way to get your money’s worth.

He is a funny guy. I very much enjoyed sitting on his chair having him work on my hair.
He did a slight change to my hair color he toned my highlights down a bit which made them look way more natural and made me love them that much more =]
My cut was gorgeous and the layers grew out super nice. My curls after his cut became more bouncy and not so frizzy which was an added benefit to having him cut my hair.
Tres Jordan does have this small rented area in a nail salon so do not expect anything fancy just the bare minimum, and expect to be talked to alot because he does talk which is very nice actually.

I agree with all the great reviews on here about Tres. I also found Tres Jordan on Unilocal and was pleased to see I was not misled. He is like a master at what he does.
You know when you go to a salon (half inspired) and the hairstylist is too scared and insecure to make suggestions b/​c if they mess up you only have them to blame? Well Tres is not like that at all. He knows hair and what hair works for each individual.
And normally i hate when my stylists talk to me but he’s also a really cool guy so I actually enjoyed his conversation.
I definitely recommend him.

I went to Tres Jordan after reading raving review on Unilocal and here’s my two cents.
I was pretty surprised to be charged $ 125 (before tip) for a hair cut when his website had clearly stated that a «max» cut would be $ 90. I didn’t have my hair dyed or anything and he had only cut about 3 inches off…
Then there was the lady before me who had her hair cut and dyed, and Tres was calculating the cost of her services aloud «90, 125 = 250 even» $ 250 even? How that adds up to 250 completely blows my mind. Anybody who completed the first grade would know that that doesn’t add up to $ 250.
Lastly, the cut was great for a few weeks, but after that, the cut outgrew me faster than I thought it would. Unlike my previous cuts that would grow beautifully in for months, my hair looks unbearably mangy now.
Never again, I say. Never again.

Thank you, Unilocal,for introducing me to Tres. Both my non-​stripey hair and I are incredibly happy.
Recently my boyfriend’s friend commented on my highlights. He asked me if I recently got my hair colored because it looked so stripey, «kinda like a giraffe». Yeah, so that was my moment of clarity. I had always questioned myself about my highlights… wondering if they looked like stripes but always just shrugged it off. Well, this finally did it. I immediately did a Unilocal search for the best highlights. Tres’s review was of the top ones. I figured that he must be super expensive and out of my price range. I checked out the website and it was not the case. !
I called Tres and was able to book an appointment with him for the following week. told him my main concern was the stripes in my hair and wanted those to go away. I told him that I wanted to stay light but wasn’t set on any specific colors and just to go to town. Just no more stripes. Tres worked quickly and soon I was sitting on the couch playing with his super cute dog. The atmosphere is totally laid-​back and relaxed. I chatted with both Tres and the other woman that was in the salon at the time. Definitely not pretentious at all.
I told Tres I had a haircut in Chinatown the week before on a friend’s recommendation. I wasn’t happy with it at all though. He told me that he’d cut me for free this time and just charge me for the blowout.
When the entire transformation was done, I couldn’t believe my eyes. My hair had no stripes! It was beautiful. The color was absolutely perfect for me. It was a little darker than I had expected but is so much more flattering on me. It’s been a couple days and I’m still checking myself out in the mirror every time I walk by.

Tres is a nice guy who is very modest and has many deep layers. He isn’t an in your face person, but rather someone who unfolds over time as you get to know him, which is intriguing.
I have been getting haircuts from him for more than 6 months now, and started out very nervous and suspicious about having someone other than my old hairdresser touch my hair.
Tres has proven over time to be very talented, and his haircuts wear well over time, which is, to me, the sign of a great haircut. Seems from my experience and the ones from other reviews, that it is best to go to him and submit to his best judgment. Let yourself go, be open to the possibilities, and if you hate it, he’ll fix it for you at no charge. I can’t imagine anyone has actually taken him up on it though.
His prices are extremely reasonable, almost deceptively so. You might not give him the credit he deserves, but especially in this economy, his prices are perhaps his best marketing, since anyone who has had their hair cut by him and elsewhere in the city knows you can easily drop $ 100+ for the same haircut.

This is the thing– Tres and I just did not hit it off. I really think he was thoroughly annoyed with me– we had some issues with my hair color and when he began the cut– I made some comments about my part not being in the right place and how one side was longer than the other. He totally snapped at me (not cool). Apparently, he wants to do the haircut his way (not ur way)
While he tried to play it off and act friendly– I was over it. My haircut was not what I wanted (I wanted longer in in the front, shorter in the back). To be honest, I think its longer in the back now! And when I got home I styled it on my own with a flat iron– the cut was so NOT even (he made a comment he liked chunky, uneven cuts-​apparently!). In my opinion a bob needs to be done perfectly– now I have random pieces of longer hair here and there. Guess I will have to be wearing my hair wavy to hide all the irregularities.
Oh, yeah. Don’t be surprised when his salon is a nail place. Oh and he is a quite a character himself.
I know a lot of others like him, but we just did not see eye-​to-​eye.

Can going to a hair salon make you feel cooler? I’m not 100% sure yet, but I’m almost convinced after going to Tres Jordon. I came in with a couple of blurry pictures and a tentative plan, but hoping for something a bit more interesting. So, I put it out there that I was open to anything, really.
Tres: Well, what do you think about going short?
Me: YES!
After multiple attempts to go short with my hair (usual reaction from hairdressers: «Uuuh, are you sure? Your face is kind of. .. round») this was like a message from the gods. Or, *A* god. Wielding scissors.
So in he went, cutting, razoring, and snipping. Out came a somewhat shaggy chin length cool girl hair cut. After examining my hair, I mumbled a bit about being unsure about the length, and Tres assured me that I could always come back to shorten it. Well, next day I was back in the chair, and ever graciously, Tres went to town. Out came a cool girl almost pixie length hair cut.
Needless to say, I feel very, very cool now.

A friend recommended Tres and then I saw the rave reviews on Unilocal and knew I HAD to book an appointment with Tres (also, Tres actually called me back where Glen Jason didn’t)…
First things first, I LOVE my new haircut. It was my first cut in ages and I was open to go with anything Tres suggested — he worked his magic, giving me a super cute bob.
The salon is nothing fancy, but i guess that’s why the prices are reasonable (not cheap but reasonable). Tres is super nice and easy to talk to.
I can’t rate him highly enough and I will be going back.

I went to Tres on Saturday afternoon for highlights and a cut based solely on Unilocal reviews. Having spent a lifetime never knowing what exactly to do with my curly, frizzy, very dirty blonde hair; I gladly handed over all control to him. Tres gave me fabulous, naturally looking blonde highlights and a great trim. He insisted on blowing my hair out straight, and although I hesitated at first because I only wear my hair curly, I was eventually convinced, and now I’m in love with the straight-​haired version of myself. My hair has never in my life looked so healthy and gorgeous. Unfortunately the blow out couldn’t last forever, but I’m happy to say that it looked equally as nice when I washed it and styled it curly, as Tres promised it would.
I will definitely be returning to Tres in the future. I finally feel like I found a stylist that I feel comfortable and confident with and I couldn’t be happier.