Beautiful Cuts

I’ve been to this place many times, and have constantly been a fan.
Hana is an amazing hair stylist. Whenever I set my hair appointments, I try to set an appointment with her because she styles my hair the best out of anyone I’ve had.
Also, their prices are affordable, even for someone who can’t afford to pay over $ 90 for a haircut. Sure, I’ve had my hair butchered here a couple times here and there, but that was all because I was trying to see which hairstylist can cut my hair the best.

If there are more stars, I would do that. My friends and I have been to many Japanese salon around Boston and have had good ones but not what we were looking for.
Stumble upon this salon, through Unilocal,my friend and I again, decided to give this place a try (since the ratings are so high). Made a Saturday appointment a week ahead of time. Was going to do Bitty and Fumiko for each of us but they were so busy only Bitty had time for 2.
Got to the salon that day and I was first. Was a little nervous. Showed Bitty the picture I liked and she gave me a few suggestions but also listened to what I wanted. She did my hear so perfectly, just what I wanted.
My friend had long hair but wanted to go short this time. She also showed Bitty the picture and she did a really good job on her hair.
Speaking of fate, I saw Fumiko and thought she looked familiar. After I got my haircut, I went up to her and asked if she used to work in Mie on Newbury Street. She was my previous stylist there before she left for Japan about 4 years ago and when I stopped going because she wasn’t there anymore.
I am so so happy to have found this place. It’s not only reasonable priced but also closer and better.

Very satisfied and happy with my haircut! Layers are neat and my hair is very easy to control! Found this place online while I was searching for japanese hair salons. And don’t be surprised cause they have 2 websites. The first one that comes up in google search is their old website. Scroll down and you’ll find their current one.
I called right away and ask for appointment with Bitty because in the website it looks like the 2 pros are either Bitty (Nakyong) or Fumiko.
I was not sure of the place at first and there wasn’t much pictures posted so I’m not sure if their cuts are good.
When I arrived there, I was greeted very nicely with Bitty. Then we started discussing about how short I want to cut my hair. I told her I have frizzy big hair. It’s hard to control especially with a bad hair cut. She totally understand that frizzy hair should not have too much layers and she knew exactly how to cut my hair. I would recommend this to all my friends and I would definitely come again!

Let’s start off the review by telling you what life decided I was going to be comprised of: Japanese/​Italian. My hair has been a thick, difficult dark mess since I was about five. I stopped going to regular salons when I found Hair Salon Korea in Allston run by Mr. Lee, but unfortunately he has been so busy lately that I haven’t been able to get an appointment.
I found this place on Unilocal this morning and it was my very last chance to get my hair trimmed back to the way I had it done by Lee. I was able to get an appointment for 1pm, thankfully, and the stylist did an amazing job on my hair. I’m very happy with the results and the price wasn’t at all steep.

5 months ago, I had an unhappy experience with my hair cut from a place in revere, ma. I have no choice but to patiently let it grow. My hair is very thin, still short up to my shoulders, and usually I can’t do much to my hair since I don’t have that much hair on my scalp. However, I had Hana as my hair stylist. She made me feel less embarrassed by having a very thin hair. She even made my hair look ten times better even though it’s already short as it is. She understands what I want, gives an advice on what I should or shouldn’t do to my hair, have good sense of humor, and very friendly. She is now my favorite hair stylist and I guarantee that I’ll see her again on the month of September before my wedding. Almost forgot to mention that the place at Beautiful Cuts have a very positive vibe. The staffs are friendly and nice. Their shampoo and conditioner smells amazingly good. Definitely kept my hair feels silky and smooth.

This place is reasonably priced. Judy, who also used to own this place, is an amazing person. I accidentally lost my credit card in the salon today. She walked for ten minutes to the restaurant to give it back to me!!!

Judy and the staff at Beautiful Cuts are amazing! The staff is very friendly, flexible, multilingual (Cantonese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese) and experts at their craft. Judy is the best; very meticulous, up to date with the newest trends and very friendly. This will be my spot as long as I live in Boston.

What a find! Fumiko gave me one of the best cuts I’ve ever had. She knew exactly what I wanted. The scalp massage was a bonus. If you value hair styling over conversation, this is the place for you.

I have been a customer of Beautiful Cuts for almost one and a half years. Most of the time Judy help give me a haircut. She is very experienced and pays lots of attention to details. I am almost always happy with my haircut. And the price is not high at all.
I might be biased because I get the same simple haircut every time. But it’s not a bad idea to have a try.

Beautiful Cut will be the my new go-​to place in Allston. Not only the price is decent but the hair stylist is equally good and it’s next to my mom’s house. Linda Yept (I think that’s her last name) is amazing. I love the way she washes and blow dry my hair. I only went for a trim because I couldn’t make it to my original salon, and came out looking like a brand new person. The layers she did is comparable to Newbury St but so much cheaper. Can’t beat that… right! I will continue to go to this salon. Give it a try! You won’t be di. sappointed!!!

3 reasons why I love this place: they know what it means to layer my hair, chit chat is cut to a minimum between me and the hair stylist, and the staff is very friendly.
The old grandpa in charge is really sweet, greets, and smiles all the time.
They have Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Japanese etc. speaking hair stylists so it’s very much internationalized for people who prefer speaking to a stylist in their home language.
I love their magazines available… abundant in hairstyles fit for straight, Asian hair and they’re modern. Managed to find a picture of a cut I like while waiting. Beats having to be vague.
Although the shop has a retro look and isn’t very fancy, it’s enough for me as long as they can get the cut I like done. ~30−35 for hair wash, cut, and blowdry is a great deal. This place definitely knows the correct way to layer hair vs. hair cuttery who just chopped my hair straight into 2 – 3 layers without the jaggedy end effect I like!
I love to support small, homey places like this!

I have been going there for years. The owner, Judi always gives me great service and a great haircut for a great price!

I don’t care about ambiance, and I don’t have the hair for a designer haircut. I care about one thing in a hair salon: how much money I put in, and how professional I look afterwards. I went here for a clean haircut, and walked out with a simple, sharp men’s haircut.
I was served immediately by a friendly staff that, despite difficulty speaking and understanding English, anticipated and adjusted to what I wanted via hand gestures and keywords. I arrived in jeans and a t-​shirt and initially got sort of a clean hipster wild kid look. Then I made the hand symbol for «shorter» and said the word «interview,» and she transformed me into something more respectable, with perfectionist finishing touches. While my haircut is not a $ 65 opus, it is what it is, and, for my particular hair, I probably look just as ready for business as I would if I had gone to a designer salon and spent two or three times the $ 14 + $ 2 tip I did here. They gave me a «buy eight, get the ninth free» value card, and I have to say, now that I know how to get something I like here, I’ll probably fill up the card. Bonus points for being a local joint and anticipating that I didn’t want expensive «product.»

The staff is very friendly and welcoming here, but I appreciate that I don’t have to fake conversation once I am there. I have never been one to be very chatty in the chair, and Annie just gets right down to business. I always have Annie when I go to BC– despite a language barrier she always knows just what I want. She is really quite talented. However– I have never gotten more than a few inches off my already long hair– nothing drastic.
I also LOVE her head massages (that sounds very dirty, but I assure you, it is quite the opposite! my scalp is squeaky clean when I leave). It is like another spa service in itself!
Lastly you can’t go wrong with the prices! I think the most I have paid is $ 35 which includes a blow dry.

After today’s experience I am definitely not going back here. I came in with a picture of a super-​short pixie cut and the stylist, (Bitty? Betty?) looked at for a while, asked a few questions, and started cutting. She finished the back of my head, then told me she didn’t know how to do the front. WTF???
Let me say that again for emphasis– she got halfway through before telling me should couldn’t give me the cut I asked for. I would understand if I asked for a haircut and didn’t like it, or if I didn’t give her much guidance and then didn’t like the result. BUT SHE CUT HALF MY HAIR OFF BEFORE TELLING ME SHE COULDN’T DO THE CUT I WANTED. At that point my hair was already super short, and none of the other haircuts I’d considered would work, so I just let her finish. It turned out decent– not really what I was going for, but I can definitely live with it.
I’ve gotten some good haircuts here, from both Annie and Judy, and would probably come back here if I knew I’d get one of them as a stylist. Like other people have said, this is a really friendly, family kind of place, but I can’t forgive them for this. It’s okay for a stylist not to know how to do a certain cut, but there’s no excuse for starting a haircut without knowing how to finish it.

Okay, after 3 trips here I’m now taking away a star. I still love the friendliness of the staff, convenience, and price. Annie remembers me every time, even though I only stop in every 4 – 6 months. My past two cuts were not as great as the first, but the last time I dropped by, Annie decided to shake things up a little bit by leaving a little extra length in the back. I told her I’d like it shorter, so she took a little off, but still left it longer than my usual style. I didn’t really like it, but I figured that she’s had good intuition before, so maybe after a day or two I’d see that it was an improvement over my old cut.
Well, a month passed, and one day I looked in the mirror and realized I’d been unknowingly rocking an asian rockstar mini-​mullet. Annie, why? Why, why, why? No, no, no!
I still like this place, and one mullet isn’t going to keep me from coming back… but not until I’ve tried out a few other places first.

Alright, I am giving it two stars cuz the haircut was good. This chick there cut my hair. It was cheap and the cut was decent (although my usual stylist said that she sort of damaged my hair — the way she cut it). Anyway — they also said they would give me a discount on highlights, partial. It was my birthday, I needed a pick me up.
Anyway, she highlighted MY ENTIRE HEAD!!! WTF! The highlights were the color of what I call «cheap honey/​caramel» attempting to immitate that nice caramel hue of chicer salons, but it comes out very old metal rust-​looking, not too terrible, but def not good! And um, SHE COVERED MY ENTIRE HEAD WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS! EVEN (drumroll) underneath the hair, yes, it was LAYERED, I could not escape these things!
Alright, I am taking away a star cuz I am now remembering the traumatic experience when I told her «I hate this, this is ugly» and she tried to convince me it was pretty.
Thaaaaaaaaaat’s right, I looked like a cheap ho’. Awesome … my birthday… yea… Hello, law school, my name is «high school hairdo». Awesome.

I hate to be a negative Nelly here, but I’ve been to this place twice and still haven’t been pleased with my cut. Each time, they’ve really botched my bangs. I got my bangs cut there 3 weeks ago, they still won’t lay flat — even with a hair iron!
Keep in mind, I have had bangs for months, and they’ve always laid flat.
Again, I hate to bring their rating down — it’s a really nice group of people who work here! But, yeah, my bangs are awful.

I was inspired to finally set up a Unilocal account based on my final experience with Beautiful Cuts today. It’s my final visit only because I’m moving out of state soon and I had to get in one last quality haircut before leaving town.
The folks who run the shop are extremely friendly and always have been since I started going there back in 1999. The first time I went was based on close proximity and low price. My expectations were low considering the price of the haircut, but I got a great (and fast) cut in exactly the style I asked for. I think it’s funny that someone else here mentioned that they can barely understand a word they say. It’s totally true, but it’s also part of the adventure. The language barrier is there, but I always manage to cut through it and get some good laughs in with the staff.
My last appointment with them was 5 minutes before closing and though I felt guilty for showing up so late and unannounced, they greeted me warmly and gave me a friendly sendoff. This is the kind of hidden gem I’m very sad to be leaving behind in Allston.

Love love love this place! I went for the first time today to get my hair cut, because of all the great reviews Beautiful Cuts had on Unilocal.They gave me two books of hair styles to look at and then made some modifications to the cut I had picked based on the shape of my face.
John (which I’m sure isn’t his real name) cut my hair and did a great job maintaining the length that I desired. I don’t think that my hair has ever looked this good! Plus, after an awesome shampoo that included a divine scalp massage, the haircut, and blowdry/​styling everything only came out to 35 dollars. Shazamm!