Spalon

I went in for a blow out on a Saturday afternoon. I arrived 10 mins early and had to wait a good 15 mins past my appointment time.
The salon looked nice and a bit slow. Over the course of the hour my stylist did a lot of complaining, couldn’t seem to find any of her supplies, and literally yelled at a ringing phone to «shut up!»
I have wavy hair and the few blow outs I have had always hold the body and waves really well. With this one, even though she said she put some product in had flattened within an hour. The front looked decent for most of the night, but the back just went limp and frizzy.
I probably won’t go back if I am ever back in town.

Worst Brazilian I’ve ever had! She mutilated my labia. She had no idea how to use the wax– it was a sticky mess & she had to re-​wax the same spots over and over again– very painful – all the while claiming that it was my fault the wax «wasn’t working,» because I hadn’t been waxing every 4 –6 weeks. I never wax that frequently, and have not once had a problem before. Having long hair may make it hurt more, but there certainly isn’t some mystical property of long hair that prevents wax from working! Then, to try to fix the problem, she made the wax even hotter, so my skin could get a little preliminary burn before being peeled off! The session lasted over 30 minutes, and she didn’t even get all of the hair. On top of that, the tuft at the top was uneven! I have had a better brazilian for $ 30. Do not pay $ 60 for this bullshit.

This is with regard to facials & hair only. I’ve never been happy with my hair. It’s cut wrong & colored wrong. Whatever they did transformed my hair. The Aveda color helped my horse hair texture normalize & the auburn color that matches my natural covers my grey. And it was cheap. I’ve had 2 facials there. It feels so good. this is a real esthetician who relaxes you & gets oxygen flowing. Both times my skin has glowed for a week out. I’m 39 with a lot of sun damage big pores & lines. My husband asked «did you have work done?» Why do you look 10 years younger all of a sudden? This the day of my facial there.

I feel that I have gotten ripped off after spending $ 45 on their awful service. The eyebrow wax was uneven. The girl could not for the life of her make my eyebrows even. Then the $ 35 pedicure! The girl didn’t get my old nail polish off. After leaving my soles were still rough and my nails still didn’t look nice.

Not what I asked for, but a good cut nonetheless. Be triply/​quadruply clear about what you want.

Nice, friendly and very knowledgable in their Aveda products. Love their new location bigger and very bright, the staff always tries to make you feel comfortable with conversation and beverages.

Terrible amateurish (non) service in Aug 2012. I wanted to befriend a local salon but after 2 terrible experiences with incompetence in the mani/​pedi department I would not trust my hair to them — even just to wash it let alone cut or color! Beware!
First time they had no hot water for my pedicure. Rather than straight out telling me that so I could reschedule, they said they were taking care of it, and I later learned were fetching pitchers of hot water from across the street. This of course took forever to get hot water into the pedicure tub.
They were so amateurish I would not return (after two tries) for a manicure or pedicure. And because of my bad experiences, I would not let them get near me with a scissors and god forbid hair color!

Last weekend I got married in Hudson, NY, and hired Emmie from Spalon to do my hair. She came to us, right on time and ready to go. She had a great energy about her, and she made us feel very comfortable from the start. I was amazed at how quickly and carefully she did my hair, and when I say quick, I do NOT mean she rushed. Not once did I get the feeling that she was trying to get out of there, and she did a wonderful job on my mother-​in-​law and sister-in-law’s hair as well. Emmie did a great job of realizing and creating the updos we were going for, and when I was done I couldn’t stop looking in the mirror. For the first time ever upon getting my hair done, it actually still felt like my hair, and I still felt like me. It was perfect. Thank you Emmie and Spalon!

Went in for a mani-​pedi. It was $ 50. The woman who did them is really nice. Everything was very clean and sanitary. But the polish started peeling off the day after I got them done.

I was up at Hudson, NY for a family wedding and needed my hair blown out. I have very curly hair but Erica did a great job! The salon was spacious and clean. The staff was very nice and I was in and out in half and hour. If your up in Huson for the weekend, I would recommend this place!

I was in Hudson temporarily this spring and, at a certain point, needed to get my roots done. I’ve had some bad, bad experiences with hair color — some at supposedly great salons in Manhattan — so I was weirdly nervous to veer from my usual place, but a friend had gone to Spalon and her color had turned out beautiful (and is, I think, a harder color to match than my own; a strawberry blonde rather than my own plain medium brown), and they use Aveda products, which seem great, so I thought, I’ll give it a try. Also, it’s crazy cheap, compared to New York prices — $ 50 for single process. Half of what I pay usually.
I made an appointment with the person suggested by my friend, Natasha, and was reassured to see that she had shiny, glossy, long medium-​brown hair — much like my own. She assured me that it would be no problem to match my color and though I was nervous it would turn out too dark, as often happens with me, she was right — it was great. Natasha herself is very quiet, which I liked (was happy to sit and read a magazine), and very nice. The salon was very busy — it was a Friday — and everyone around me was having something great done: The woman next to me had blond highlights put in, which looked gorgeous (and also a sleek, pretty blow-​out). The girl across from me had her long hair turned into a sophisticated layered cut, with bangs, which looked amazing. I’d definitely come back and could definitely recommend it.
My only difficulties: At my normal salon, they do my roots, then put a gloss on the rest of my hair to tone down the brassiness that develops (typical with brunettes). At other salons I’ve been to they’ve either done the gloss thing or pulled the color through a bit or just put some demi-​permanent color on the rest of my head. I told Natasha that I thought the rest of my hair was getting too light and brassy and she just shrugged and said, «Yeah, that happens.» Kind of strange. (But fine, as I’ll just go back to my normal salon and fix it.) Also, I have curly hair and she asked if I wanted a blow-​out. I said no, as it was very humid and I knew it would be a mess in an hour, and she seemed flummoxed. It turns out she didn’t really know how to style curly hair. I left with somewhat frizzy hair that I couldn’t wait to rinse and style myself. So I’d say, if you have curls, either let them do a blow-​out or go elsewhere. (I was the only curly-​haired customer there…)
All in all, a small, sweet, charming place. Good for basic stuff and maybe more (if you have straight hair).