Jennifer A.
Yelp
I followed Gabriella here from her last salon, Christiano Cora. I first found her through a friend's referral last Spring, and am so happy with her cuts, and ESPECIALLY color! I had been coloring my own hair with professional products (roots, balayage) for a few years, but with my % of grey increasing, I wasn't able to lift my dark brown hair anymore the same way, and was very unhappy with my too dark, flat color..which used to be really pretty! I needed a FULL color correct/overhaul, which involved many steps. Before we began Gabriella carefully listened and understood my vision (I am an Artist, and VERY particular), and it came out better than I could have imagined! She recommended a new, lighter root touch up color that works so much better for my skin tone. She cleaned up my ends/shaped my long layers back to the style I had before a few hairdressers cut them in ways which did not work for my hair texture.
Since then, I have seen her 2x, once for a trim and a few highlights to brighten around my face (LOVED it, again!), and more recently for the first time at Le Mino-which is a cute little salon in a great location in the West Village. I was terrified to make a change for years, had long hair since High School (20+ years), and decided to go for a "Lob"- the long bob. That's about 7" off the back, and about 4" off the front! I was so nervous I actually got sick on the way there!! Gabriella immediately calmed me down and I felt confident I would be happy with the results-and again-she knocked it out of the park! Also, my much lighter color, perfection! She's excellent at placing the appropriate highlights to flatter the style, and the tones are so warm, and varied. I also did a one of their Japanese hair treatments (Milbon, Nigelle HY or Inphenome), I forget which..but it really changed my dry dull hair texture and they send you off with 4 treatments to take home.
Affordable (for NYC), and excellent, thank you Gabriella and Le Mino!