This is actually more of a review for Rita then for Astor Place Hair Designers. Rita is absolutely the best, and while I like Astor Place – great location and super low key – I really only go there to see Rita.
I have been going to Rita for 3 years. Previously, I had lived in NYC for one year and never found a salon that I liked. After one bad experience in particular, I started researching and found Astor Place Hair Designers on Citysearch. Thank goodness for all of the amazing reviews for Rita, because I booked an appointment with her and I was ecstatic with the results! The positive reviews you see praising Rita are 100% accurate. She is incredibly talented, and such a nice person on top of that!
More specifically, I go to Rita for highlights and trims. Rita uses a special method for highlights that I hadn’t seen anywhere else. Even with a full head of highlights, my hair remains soft, super shiny, and very strong. If you’ve ever had your hair highlighted and it felt like straw afterwards; it really doesn’t have to be that way! I also have thick, curly hair which had given other stylists trouble in the past – it takes longer to do the highlights and I’ve been told that it has to be cut in a special way to look right. If I hadn’t had bad experiences before, I would never have known that I have a difficult hair type, because Rita has it looking perfect every time I see her.
What more can I say? Rita makes Astor Place Hair Designers. She’s the only one you should ask to see.
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