Hair Salon Mint — Attraction in New York

I was recommended Nikki by a relative and unfortunately left very disappointed. I’m still crying about this bad haircut.

Although she was nice- I was not able to grab my phone to show her the photo of what I wanted before she went straight into cutting. She also misunderstood what I meant when I try to convey that I did not like volume at the top as she kept trying to poof up the top and curve the bottom for framing. This made my face look much rounder than it should be and gave weird proportions.

She also cut very fragmented and short blunts for layers which she advised to just wash and let the waves do the work. However as you can see from below after a wash- it doesn’t look good at all and you can clearly see how blunt the layer edges are. The overall shape and how wavy my hair natural is does not work together at all.

Not all wavy hair is the same and unfortunately it’s worse because of how short the layer ends are so I will have to straighten my hair everyday now or tie it up in a ponytail until I can grow it back out which will take a while.

I also tried to get this fixed elsewhere but they could not save it for what I wanted as it was too short and too fragmented between the front and back. So I am very sad about this as I was attending an event soon and will have to wait a long time to get my hair properly done somewhere else and not at Hair Salon Mint anymore. I suggest next time that Nikki ask more about the person’s hair preference before going in and cutting straight. Or go with someone else to...

I had a digital perm, root touch up, trim, and hydrating treatment done here.

The professionalism and quality of work you get here are phenomenal. Cost for digital perms are much more reasonable than anywhere else I've looked in Queens and Midtown. They start at 280 and increase depending on hair density, hair length, or other add-ons.

My stylist was Erica and she is as skilled as she is generous. I absolutely loved her work. She added such dimension to my hair with the perm using both S and C curls. My hair was so dry from using the wrong products and her hydrating treatment left it silky smooth. She also offered to trim my hair on-the-house (because my hair was that dry and she said she felt pity for me hahaha).

I actually ended up coming here twice because my root touch up didn't take at first. Erica was incredibly professional and lovely, I was able to return to have it redone at no extra cost. At this second appointment, she showed her expertise by being able to color match my hair pretty well despite the odd transitions throughout due to heat styling.

Erica was also very accommodating with my schedule. I told her that I work a very busy schedule as a resident physician and wouldn't be able to come in right away - she was able to fit me in, even when it was 3 weeks after my first session and I called last minute when I found out I could get out of work early.

The atmosphere here is calming, clean, and relaxing. An overall wonderful experience and I highly...

Came here as a queens resident after reading the reviews thinking that this would be a nice place to get my hair done. Walked in for a consultation and was greeted by odd stares like I had landed from the moon because I was south asian and not east asian. They did not seem comfortable in english and though each of them had their hair in all arrays of colors and balayage with dark bases, they were horrified that I had asked get my black base lifted for some summer color and balayage. They were very resilient and kept touching my hair and saying "mmmm.....it'll be hard..and there will be damage....not sure if you wanna do it?" which is not at all how you attract clients. So it was clear to me as I sit there in their perfectly kept salon with what is likely a capable staff that they were too lazy and unwilling to give me a straight forward answer and just say- no we cant do it/no we wont do it/no we dont want to do / no were too lazy to do it/ but they want to charge what top notch salons charge. I am willing to pay and put in the time but this type of discouragement and hair shaming based on a lack of business savvy and people management skills is a shame. wouldn't come here unless if your hair type is anything other than korean, theyre not comfortable and not subtle about their lack of desire to serve...