Hair Connection

Been going to see Dana for probably over ten years now – he listens to what I want and gives good advice. The place is hopping with good Motown and cookies from the North End on a Saturday morning…;)

I love Hair Connections! I think Angela can actually understand what I want without me knowing what it is! She does fantastic job every time I go there. The atmosphere is relaxed and fun, Peter is in charge of that. Time spent in there flies by very quickly and I’m always satisfied with the result.

I have been getting my hair styled by Dana for several years. Before that, I had been traveling from salon to salon, up and down Newbury street, trying to find someone who «gets“curly hair. I have extremely curly hair that frizzes when there is a hint of humidity.
Dana GETS curly hair. Before he washes/​cuts your hair he sits you in a chair and really looks at your hair. He asks you questions about hair products that you have been using. He LISTENS to you, he makes sure you can replicate your cut at home. He recommends products for you to try. This man truly knows what he is doing.
The Hair Connection is a great place. Everyone is super nice. The owners are friendly and make you feel like you are part of their family.

This is a review for Dana! I love my curly hair and wear it curly as often as I can (pretty much everything except winter).
Dana educated me about what different cut types are, why some might work better & helped me figure out what I like (simplicity in cuts). He helped me take a major hair risk cutting my hair ear length short (shorter actually) from mid-​back length and I didn’t hate it. I actually kind of loved it, but I like it longer better (and it is easier to maintain that way).
I’ve been loyal to Dana because of his way with curly hair, but then also because who he is & how is is that way! I never hesitate to tell him the truth if something didn’t work (on occasion in has happened slightly) and he remembers & adjusts & has a conversation. Highly highly recommend!

Ha. Just left this place. What a joke. I went in for a mens haircut. Dana just took a buzzer to the sides and called it a day. 15 min tops and he had the audacity to charge $ 50. This place is embarrassing.

I love Hair Connection. I always go to Lindsay who is very gentle and always gives me an amazing hair cut.

Love Angela. Love the familial banter. Called at the last minute because I was having a «if I have to live with this head of hair one more day I will cut it myself» moment. As I live 30 minutes away and Angela had a cancellation, serendipity took hold and I hurried off to my first haircut of spring.
She knows my hair by now, so she got right to it. I wanted it short, and it can get curly so I want it short enough that some of the curl is cut off, and I can tame it with product.
45 minutes and $ 50 later I was one happy mama. My whole day got brighter, it was that kind of haircut.
I’ve been here probably a close to a dozen times over the last 4 years or so, and I’m never disappointed with my cut. Angela’s great. She takes the time to get to know you and your hair. And there’s never any pressure to buy any of the products they’re selling. They just want you to be happy with your hair.

So I have not changed hair salons in like 6 years because I have super curly hair and am always afraid that someone is going to mess it up. And believe I did not believe I was gonna find a place in Boston, Porter Sq no less! But Dana is awesome! He knew exactly how to cut my hair and just used one product on it and let it air dry because he knows that that’s the way I am gonna wear it and my hair came out amazing! All night people were telling me how much they loved my hair and it was the first time that I left a salon feeling like I could do what he did, there was no fancy stuff, he just gets curly hair. Also the entire staff there is so welcoming and funny, if I end up staying in Boston I am definitely going back here, what a great place =)

I have been going to Lindsay for the past few haircuts and I love what she does! I had a short bob that I have been growing out, and she always gives me a cut that lasts a long time as the hair grows through different stages.
The owners are very talkative, and some people may not like this (hence the 4-​star), but overall I find the atmosphere to be enjoyable.

This place has been my refuge for the past two years. I’m a college student in the area, and Hair Connection is just a few blocks away from my dorm. I wandered in, got an appointment for later that day, came back, and got the best hair cut of my life. I haven’t been to another hair dresser since I found Peter, and hopefully he will be in the area for a long time to come!
Last time, he managed to get rid of my frizzy split ends (five months was way too long to go between cuts for me…) without making a noticeable dent in the length. That’s magic.
They offer a discount to students, give free bang trims, and have awesome music playing all day long. Peter will even sing to you! He really gets to know his customers, and that’s rare nowadays. He always asks about school and my family, introduces me to other customers, and offers me cookies/​candy when he has them around. What more can you ask for?

Like so many before me, I decided to try Hair Connection based on the Unilocal reviews. SO glad I did!
Lindsay cut and colored my hair, and she is awesome — my hair is super-​cute.
Peter is a riot. He made sure to introduce himself and Angela to me, and inquired as to my background. I lost count of how many times I was offered coffee, tea, water, and even pizza. :)
A reasonably-​priced, highly-​entertaining, non-​pretentious, quality salon that is near my apartment? I’m sold!

Yesterday, I cut off 10 inches of my hair. And I want to extoll the glorious work of Lindsey. She is friendly, and took her TIME — I went in at 10:30 and didn’t get out until 12:30! At one point she apologized for taking so long — but that was exactly the precise and careful haircut that I needed.
She also helped me to figure out exactly what I wanted, and was all around both supportive enough to make me be secure that I was doing the right thing in cutting off (almost) all of my hair — as well as provide great suggestions. Like the previous writer, I also couldn’t decide with bangs, and she offered the same «free-​bangs-​if-​i-​want-​them»… which I don’t, so I’m glad that I didn’t get them in the first place.
I got a long bob, but we avoided the word bob (because Lindsey was trying her hardest to make sure I didn’t turn into a soccer-​mom with my new hairstyle). It’s SUPER cute, layered, short in back, longer in front.
Peter is a hilarious presence around the salon. Jumping around, singing to the radio — he really made the time fly by. Overall, the space that the salon creates is the LEAST pretentious and stuffy salon I’ve ever been — not only is every friendly, i.e. Peter knows the name of every customer in there — but I felt completely comfortable being there for over 2 hours! There was never a moment of awkward small-​talk, as the employees clearly preferred working in silence instead of distractedly trying to converse. Which I really appreciated. :)
I walked out of that salon feeling like a million dollars. I haven’t felt this great about my hair in a long time — thanks Lindsey!
JUST A WARNING: They don’t accept credit cards for tip. So bring cash for tip!

I signed up to Unilocal just so that I could write a negative review about Hair Connection.
I guess they are nice people, and they were on time, but thats about it. I had an AWFUL experience there.
— the place is quite old, ugly, and dusty. You’re not going to a nice salon!
— the owner will pretend to be your friend, while really he is just annoying you with inappropriate an loud comments;
— the young lady who cut my hair spilled a gallon of water on me while washing my hair (‘oh shit,’ she grumbled — lovely);
— she did a terrible job – WAY, way shorter than what I had asked. And I had brought a picture with me.
— no, a man’s haircut should not take more than 1h10min; I was late to my next appointment!
— errrr… $ 45 *WITH* the student discount? There is NO WAY this is worth it.
Bottom line: i hate my hair and have told my friends to never go there.

I went to Hair Connection on the basis of the reviews I found on Unilocal,and I wasn’t disappointed! I tried to book an appointment with Angela, but she was unavailable, so I went with Mona instead. Mona did an awesome job listening to what I wanted done (I hated my color and cut and had some ideas of how I wanted it fixed). I ended up with blond highlights and a cut I actually *like* for once! I’m definitely going back!
I’d pick this cut and color over Pyara any day…

I don’t think the stylist (Mona) and I were on the same wavelength. Or even close. She told me multiple times that, based on the vibe she was getting from me, I wasn’t ready to go too short. This is despite the fact that I repeatedly asked her to make it shorter.
When I went to another hairdresser 2 days later, she asked me how many months (!) it had been since my last haircut. The sides were layered but the back was not, and the back wasn’t even straight. It seems as though part of the haircut was just forgotten and left unfinished.
I guess I’m lucky that Mona didn’t cut too short, because it gave me room to fix the haircut later.
My haircut made me cringe whenever I looked in the mirror, so I was tempted to give 1 star. I gave two stars because the atmosphere seemed to be generally comfortable. As other reviews have noted, Peter is very friendly and sings while he cuts hair. People were having conversations with stylists that they seemed to use regularly and be very happy with.

Peter gave me the best haircut of my life.

It was a snowy Sunday morning and I was sick of my long lame a@@ hair. I went on Unilocal and searched a few places. I thought about Pyara and decided not to spend a ridiculous amount of money for a haircut.
I called Hair Connections thinking it was actually another salon and to my surprise they were open on Sunday. I booked an appointment the same day. I told them I wanted some layers and that was that.
I walked in and the salon itself is pretty small and clean. I was meeting Gracie, I don’t think we hit it off at first. She wanted to know what I wanted and since i was not even that sure I expected her to help me out a bit. She brought a hair magazine and told me look through it for any ideas.
She picked a cut that was okay, not exactly what I wanted but def better than what I had going on at the moment. Gracie took her time, I was there for over an hour not really knowing what she was doing to my hair. I just kept seeing hair falling onto the salon floor.
So she finally finishes the cut, dries it and I look at it and think oh this is okay. I dont think it was what I wanted, but I thought I can fix it at home. It had been snowing all day and I was having a bad hair day. I went home washed my hair blow dried and flat ironed it and I have to say that I love it. It was exactly what I wanted. I am sorry to have underestimated you Gracie, you did a great job. 50 bucks and and hour later voila! This place is open on Sundays which is great and it is T accessible.

I’m in constant search for a great place to get my haircut. I went to the Connection because of all the great reviews I read on Unilocal.Grace cut my hair and while she was extremely sweet she seemed unsure. My cut took about an hour and a half while another girl just sat and waiting for her appointment. In the end it wasn’t exactly what I wanted, but it wasn’t a horrible cut. It just seemed that she took a particularly long time on not doing much. (I have thick, long and really straight hair. All I wanted was a trim to get the dead stuff off and even out my layers).
Don’t get me wrong — I wasn’t anxious to get out of the seat. Peter and Carmella are unbelievably charming and hilarious. They made me feel like part of the family as they did with all of the clients in the place (even the girl who was waiting). They all clearly enjoyed their work and the company they kept.
Price-​wise, Hair Connection is definitely on the cheaper end of things. At the end of my cut, they gave me a student discount (even though I told them I was no longer a student) and my cut came to $ 45 w/​o tip.
While the Connection was a good time, I’m still in search of a great cut.

I just got the worst haircut here I have *ever* had in my entire life. I feel let down by Unilocal!I cannot understand all the good reviews here.
I’m not exagerating even a little bit. Carmella cut my hair and while her and Peter were both very nice, the haircut was horrible! I’m not a picky person and I do not say this lightly.
She kept saying that if I don’t like it to give her a call and she would fix it. I didn’t say anything because that’s exactly what I was afraid of. She would try and fix it and mangle my hair even more! I couldn’t wait to get out of there and now I’m searching for someone who can fix my hair.
I can’t stress enough how bad my haircut was. I could have gotten a better haircut pretty much anywhere I think. It looks like a little kid cut my hair.
I’m just hiding out now like a leper that noone wants to see looking for someone to come save my hair.
I felt compelled to write this review to save others from having the same experience. I will never go back to this place. ever.

i went to hair connection because of Unilocal!
Carmella and Peter were great and fun. They were good hair stylists with a loyal clientele.
there’s a student discount!
my haircut was simple — i didn’t ask for much — and definitely one of the cheaper cuts i’ve gotten in a long time.