Faron Salon

Such a positive experience. I’ve been looking for a good hairdresser that I can count on, and I have finally found her.

I was pretty excited about this salon offering privacy to Muslim women. So I called to make an appointment. THEIR PRICES WERE UNBELIEVABLY HIGH! Are you kidding me??? Not all Muslim women are from Saudi royal family!

Faron has been cutting my hair for at least a decade, and this is despite my living in multiple cities across the country. I am fiercely loyal because she makes my hair look amazing. I have straight hair, and she does layered bangs and then layers all around to make it wavy without any effort. It’s not infrequent that people ask me where I get my hair cut which says a lot since I refuse to learn how to use a hair drier or styling products.
At $ 85 for a cut it’s not cheap (but on par with Newbury street), and hair is an outfit you wear every single day, and so it’s totally worth it! And cheap hair cuts look like cheap hair cuts… so do yourself a favor and splurge a bit and get an amazing cut.
I have sent friends here and their feedback is always the same — «she gave me the hair cut I have always wanted!»

I’m amazed that there are no reviews on here for Faron herself. She was recommended to me by two of my friends after my previously favorite (but hard-​won) stylist disappeared.
I have hair that is difficult because it’s thick and kinda wavy, but not reliably so. It’s short/​ear-​chin length and mostly straight with frizz and several cowlick-​like chunks. Oh, and I don’t use «product» and I do air dry – zero patience for all that. Sometimes I even sleep on wet hair.
In the hands of many stylists, it’s a disaster: heavy superslide-​like waves in the back of my head, cowlicks peeking up over the top, bangs in every direction. I got one such cut when I was desperate because my other stylist disappeared and a really needed a cut. I went to Faron afterwards, and not only did she fix it, but she gave me the best cut of my life and then two weeks went by and the cut got even better, and then still good/​awesome weeks later until my bangs got too long and I went back in for another.
That’s the key – the really good stylists can give you a cut that looks good weeks after.
She’s also the most effortlessly cool person I know – not in that posed way, but in the way of someone who is just comfortable with herself and people and loves to make connections and make others feel as beautiful as she feels!
She’s expensive, but I believe that there’s a first timer’s discount. And an upside of the cost is that you can usually get an appointment when you need one.
Also, the salon is hijab friendly – not that that’s anything that I need, but I do appreciate the fact that she’s ready to do whatever she can to make people feel comfortable in her salon.
So as much as I want to keep Faron my hidden secret, it only seemed right to talk her up!

Tracey and I agreed that I have difficult hair: fine, limp, and fly-​away. I asked if she could do anything at all to make it look stylish, urban, edgy (I was up for anything). She said she could. She trimmed it here and there. When I got home, I asked my husband what he thought of my new hairstyle. He said it looked like I was wearing a helmet. It did.

Despite being a cleaner-​cut guy, I still hit the same moment we all do: you look in the mirror and realize there’s an unidentified dead animal on top of your head that you call «my hairstyle.»
When I get that feeling, I need immediate resolution in the form of a haircut. The equation is this: if it stays this way for over an hour, I’m going to buzz my head (which will likely give my Jewish mother a heart attack).
The kicker is that I’m picky. Screw up my hair and you’re dead to me as a business.
All that said, I’m willing to compromise on price for a great haircut as soon as I realize I need one.
All this background adds up to a wonderful experience at Faron. I walked in, was immediately paired with Shea who’s a bubbly fun and detail-​oriented stylist. I have some rogue curls that she subdued while paying attention to my cowlicks without me having to remind her to do so.
All in all I had a good time there and will return.
Two notes on why 4 instead of 5 stars:
1. I’m cool with paying for an experience, but anything over $ 50 for a basic haircut better be a pampering experience. Being offered a cup of water is a good start, but the price point should definitely include washing hair before and after + some style tips as a kicker.
2. The seats aren’t quite comfortable and aren’t nice enough to be there and not comfortable.
Don’t drop in here unless your finicky and risk averse with your style, but definitely do if you are and you’re comfortable with the price point.