Dramatics NYC

I’ve been going to Ariel two to three times a week for almost two years now. I always leave the salon with fabulous looking hair. I get compliments on it from friends and strangers.
Ariel is so good at what she does. She takes her time and never rushes through a blow out/​cut. And she is very creative, sometimes she blows my hair out straight, sometimes its curly and sometimes she uses a curling stick for a cascade of curls. She loves her work… and it shows!
The staff in the salon is friendly and very professional. Kashmir and Dior do good jobs at the reception desk. If Lyric could come back to this location, then it would be more than perfect. I do miss her.
I wish Ariel a successful and busy 2016, but, not too busy that she can’t fit me in.
Keep up the great work Ariel and Dramatics!

Diaz is the best. Love my ombré! He’s sweet, he knows what he’s doing, and he makes sure you love what you walk out of the salon with. Next time in NYC I’m going to find you, D! :)

Freedom did a great job on my hair! I will definitely come back for my next cut and color :)

This will be first negative review. I found Dramatics NYC on Time Out NY. I read Unilocal reviews, checked them out online n their website and was sufficiently convinced that I would get a great haircut from any one of the experienced hair stylists referenced on their colorful and beautiful website. I was not.
I emailed them that I wanted a haircut and that I had wavy/​curly hair. I arrived at the location, was take right away and had a consultation before the haircut began. I told my stylist (whose name I cannot recall), that I wanted it shorter, up to my shoulders and that I had curly hair (even though you couldnt tell because of the length). Even if I didn’t tell him that I had curly hair, he ran his fingers through my hair which would have told him that I have a thick head of hair. I found out that he was very experienced (10 years of experience). I told him I wanted long layers… and I got the haircut I wanted. I walked out of there very satisfied… this is not why I am giving this place two stars.
This is the reason: That day, after going to the gym, I washed my hair and started to style it on my own. IT was then that I realized that my stylist had not taken into consideration the fact that with a shorter haircut, my curly hair would create a «pyramid» looking style (heavy on the bottom). I have had stylists with less experience deal with my hair with various methods so that it wouldn’t look like the way it does now (pyramid).
I feel like I wasted my money on a haircut that will take months to grow out.

My girl Ariel is your girl! She takes her time with listening to your needs. I went from damaged orangey-​brownish-​blackish ombré gross hair color that someone did to beautiful blonde as I wanted. She completely transformed my hair. I get compliments daily on my color. And no waiting around — she gets to the point. I don’t want to sit at the salon for hours and I didn’t have to with her. Highly recommend!

Ms. Fab is amazing. Backstory: in the past year I have been to two stylist who completely left me unhappy. I was close to never returning to a salon again because of my previous experiences. Enter Ms Fab. Our initial consultation was so in depth. Unlike my previous experiences she took the time to really listen to what I wanted. We looked at multiple pictures to make sure that we both were on the same page as to what exactly I wanted. A couple hours later I went from a brunette to the perfect blonde shade I have been attempting to get for years because of her expert knowledge of color. She has a genuine personality and it’s obvious she truly loves what she does. I have returned numerous times and every time I walk out with the perfect color. I won’t trust anyone else in this city with my hair.

DIAZ is the best and everyone is so friendly. He colored my hair back its natural color and gave me an awesome haircut. I love my hair & I’m getting so many compliments– see you in A few months!!!

Recently went in on recommendation from a friend and was very impressed. All of the staff is fun and helpful. It was clear that Dramatics’ management places a high priority on encouraging staff to provide unparalleled service from start to finish.
After several failed attempts at other places in the city, I finally got a great haircut from Gray. He made sure to communicate thoroughly what I was looking for and it was clear he gave a lot of thought into providing a personalized service that fits general style, lifestyle needs and did it all with skill, speed, and precision. Very highly recommended and will definitely be returning.

Everyone at Dramatics is great but my stylist Grafitti is the best. You come to her with any idea how you want your hair and she can pull it off, all while concerned with the health of your hair. She’s pulled off a variety of colors and styles with me and I trust her with my hair completely!

I got my haircut here and was not particularly impressed. I have long straight thick hair that is a bit slippery, but generally pretty easy to cut and style. They suggested I get layers, but I really didn’t want to go that way because I’ve done it so many times before and it makes brading my hair annoying and almost impossible. I asked for them to angle it instead and just give it a nice shape and the girl cutitng my hair acted like she had no idea what I was talking about.
I basically had to walk her through what I wanted step by step as she was cutting my hair. Then she asked me if I wanted the back cut straight across, I said no and that she should round it out a bit and give it some shape. She said ok, then she cut it straight across anyways. Why even ask? Sure, I walked out looking ok at the end of it. But I didn’t feel like I got a haircut I needed to pay for. A friend who could follow directions could probably have done the same. Overall, I’m unimpressed.

I had a great experience at Dramatics!
I started off with some seriously damaged hair — horrendously dry and completely uneven. I asked for a silver color, which I thought was impossible for my hair. I couldn’t believe how amazing my hair turned out after 2 trips to this salon. I was recommended Gray, and he did an amazing job. Everyone at the salon is very friendly and I noticed that nobody was rushing, which is very important to me. Each coloring session clearly took a lot of effort and the results are worth it.
The service here is a bit on the expensive side, but I personally think it’s a small price to pay for such a great cut and color.

Okay. So I have a friend who has come to FaB for her cut and color needs and she has had raving reviews so
I thought I’d try it! Honestly everything was perfect (atmosphere, hospitality, FaBs knowledge of color and style). My only hang up is that I literally sat in the color chair with all these chemicals soaking into my hair for about 50 minutes (which should TOTAL 30). To be fair it was a really busy day and I totally don’t hold it against them for the oversight, I just felt it was unfair to my stylist to have been over booked like she was. Other than all of that everything was perfect… FaB did the most spectacular job with my hair and she was honestly doing all she could To balance between the two customers she was scheduled against. I will come back given assurance that I will get the time I need and not be left alone for unexplained expanses of time.

It is a fabulous place! The people are awfully nice and talented. I walked in and there was somebody there to take care of me. I got the most glorious haircut from Gray. And I am definitely going back there.
Price wise it was more than reasonable.
Clean, neat, staff are attentive and communicative. All things I would find necessary for a hair salon. And they have it down to an art.
All in all, loved it, would recommend!
As a note, do bring along some cash as you can only tip in cash.

Let me start by saying I have been going to the same hairdresser since my first haircut. I recently moved and had been commuting a total of 4 hours just to get my hair done. It took a lot of courage but I finally made the decision to try somewhere new.
After countless days and soul searching I found dramatics, here on Unilocal.They seemed to have the exact vibe that I was looking for in a salon. Trendy, professional and edgy.
So, one day I impulsively called and spoke to Lyric who was immensely patient and pleasant with me despite my multiple calls and told me I could be accommodated that night.
The minute I walked in to dramatics I felt at home. Everyone was so friendly. Lyric even took time out to ask what I was having done and assured me everything would come out great.
My plan was to go red, a dream I’ve had for 10 years and never had the guts to try. Well, lucky I waited to find Dramamtics because I was placed with April, the queen of reds.
I went in to dramatics with blonde/​caramel highlights and left with a red hot color, perfectly complimenting my complexion and eyes. She even fixed my haircut!
If your looking to revamp your look you can trust Dramatics!

I came here last night for a haircut and color and I feel very upset by the results. The haircut was completely butchered and uneven and the color wasn’t what I expected. I probably did a bad job of explaining what I wanted for hair color and did not expect the color to be dull but the haircut is really awful. I’ve been growing my hair out after chemo therapy for three years and really did not want a trim but the stylist suggested it and it really looks terrible. I did not want to have to go shorter but now of course will to even the haircut.
***had to drop another $ 200 to get my hair fixed and about an inch had to be taken off of my hair. I am infuriated over this situation. The stylists where I went to get my hair corrected also mentioned how blotchy my dye job was (which was done by the assistant because fab was busy doing something else) and that she had no idea what fab was trying to do with the haircut. DO NOT EVER cheat on your salon to save money.

I walked into Dramatics NYC with pretty bad hair. I was unhappy with my previous hair color because you could really see where the highlights began & it didn’t have a nice flow to it. The color was off & not what I wanted.
I called yesterday & got an appointment today. I made an appointment to see MISS FAB. I came based on some awesome reviews about MISS FAB & they’re ALL TRUE. I came in with a pic & she recreated it beautifully!!! I was her «challenge of the day», but now I can’t stop looking at my hair!!! It’s EXACTLY what I wanted. I have ALREADY recommended her to some of my girlfriends!!! She’s my new go to for all things hair!!! THANK YOU MISS FAB!!! I WILL BE BACK!

I love these guys. Every time I’ve gone (twice) in the past year, I’ve been super pleased. Unfortunately I forgot my last two people, but today I got my hair cut by Sky.
My favorite so far! Perfect cut, perfect gloss color. And he was so kind and calming. I’m terrible at knowing exactly what I want, and I sort of gave this «I don’t know how to be a real woman» request, and he far exceeded my expectations! It’s one of my favorite hair cuts/​colors ever.
The people here are courteous and kind, and the price cannot be beat! Plus it’s two blocks from work, so win-​win-​win! GO HERE.

*****UPDATE*****
After seeing the update that the business manager Safari left, I wanted to clarify a few things. I had to go to another salon to get the rat tail of hair that was left from the chemical cut. She has offered to call corporate and explain what she did and how she saw my hair. If i was after the salon for money, I would have taken the refund that they offered. If they had offered a new cut/​color or some sort of styling that would have been better than a refund. Sending me money isn’t going to make my hair grow back. After i saw Safaris NEW update, I tried to send her a message, and she has officially blocked me from messaging her. I have asked her to call me multiple times, and her solution to the problem is to block me. I was never after a refund. This is something i’ve stressed dozens of times.
*****UPDATE*****
I gave Safari a call, she apologized for what happened and asked that I come by the salon to set up a treatment plan to get my hair back to a somewhat healthy state and assess how long it would be until she could get to work on giving me my length pre-​over bleach breakage back. I show up and she sits me in a chair, and says «oh there’s nothing I can do, call our corporate office» hands me a number to «Visual» and I leave in tears. This was on Saturday. Flash forward to Tuesday when I give Visual a ring, she offers me $ 100 dollars (the cost of the final bleaching where the stylist failed to watch the chemicals on my head, the bleaching that I pushed back on and she insisted upon) this is much different of a solution that Safari and I had discussed, getting my hair healthy enough to put extensions in. I explained what Safari and I had discusses and Visual begins yelling at me at the top of her lungs, accusing me of trying to scam the salon and blaming me for «waiting 3 months to contact them» I explained that I contacted my stylist the next day (which is documented via text message) and was offered no solution, what sane person would go back to have their hair done by someone who just ruined it anyways? This enrages her even more and she hangs up on me. Clearly no one at the Union Square salon or in their corporate office care about the health of their loyal clients hair or about making a bad situation as right as they could, and while I’m fully aware that this business is unaccredited by the BBB, that does not mean I will not be filing a compliant. This finding a solution to fixing my hair is clearly a bait and switch of shitty customer service to cover up for incompetent stylists who have NO business dealing with chemicals.
****ORIGINAL POST****
So i originally had posted a review with blazing recommendations for a hair stylist.
Unfortunately, after 5 or 6 visits, I really wish i hadn’t written that review.
So starting at the start, i was taken from a red to a bubble gum pink. I was estatic. I went back a month or so later, when the color had almost completely washed out of my hair. I expressed I wanted to try purple next. The stylist insisted that I bleach my hair again, which I was not super stoked about considering how dry and gummy the bleach made my hair previously. The stylist assured me that the bleach would only be on my head for a brief few min. Okay, cool. I don’t know better since I am NOT a hairstylist so I trusted her.
After the breakage from the purple, I waited a little longer before my next visit. I went from a silver/​purple to green. Fast forward a month or so, I wanted to take my hair back to the roots since my hair was in such bad shape. I stressed SO heavily that I was okay if the color was a little blotchy I just didn’t want bleach on my head again. She insisted, once again, that it would only be on my head for a short time. I really pushed against it. I lost. I sat there in fear while she fit me in between costumers. The bleach was on my head for 45 min. After I received this hair treatment, I went home. I woke up to find my hair was literally falling out of my head. I sent the stylist a photo of my pillow and of the blotchy brown that mostly consisted of the filler. So my hair was not even and the color wound up being SUPER inconsistent because she did not give herself enough time to assure the best color. After her response was «come in for a free treatment» i was done. ONE treatment can not reverse the damage that was caused to my hair.
When I was back home for a long weekend, I saw my stylist. I walked in sat in her chair and she gasped. It was literally the worst chemical haircut she had ever seen. She took pictures and showed her coworkers and talked about how «gnarly» it was.
The breakage was so bad that i couldn’t even put it up. I had ONE clump of hair that was long enough to fit in a bun when the rest stood up on end. I had to get a PIXIE cut.
I messaged the stylist at dramatics and was not offered any additional assistance. I was devastated.

I have been coming to Dramatics NYC for few years now and had 4 different stylists working on my head (Not at the same time)
My current stylist is Gray
Gray is a Young Very professional hair stylist, He listens to his client requests and full fill them completely —
It does t hurt that he is a nice guy too … And always make you feel that he enjoy seeing his returned clients.
While writing about Gray I must pause and give 5 stars to Lyric — the receptionist– who actually run the place.
Lyric is an Amazing person who’s making sure her job is done in the best way possible
She knows the strength of each stylist and making sure to match the right client to best matched Stylist
Love this place

If you’re looking for a talented and trustworthy colorist/​hairstylist, look no further than Dramatics. My hair has found a salon to be loyal to and a stylist I adore.
Let me first begin by stating, I walked into the salon with very dark black hair. I wanted to leave with silver hair. I made an appointment with the wonderful and talented Miss Fab. She’s absolutely gorgeous and probably the sweetest stylist I’ve come across. You will fall in love with her, trust me. I show her inspiration photos and she explains the process we would have to go through.
Warning: if attempting the almost impossible (by almost impossible, I mean lightening hair beyond 5 shades) be prepared to be there for awhile. I appreciate that Fab made sure to include Olaplex to the bleach solution to protect my hair (probably why I still have all my hair). She didn’t necessarily blast my hair under a dryer for too long. The bleaching process is not a simple feat for both stylist and for your neck (trust, your head will be really heavy with a head full of bleach). At one point, I will admit I was near tears when my roots were on their second round. Pain is beauty, ladies. Beauty is pain.
Nine painstakingly amazing hours later, I have silver hair. A double process, toner, haircut, and blowout later I am the last customer in the salon alone with Fab and another stylist. The salon had closed at 7:30pm. I left around 8:30pm. Fab took her time assuring that I was happy. She at one point says she wouldn’t be able to sleep if I didn’t leave happy. She aims to please and let me tell you, the compliments I’ve received since have been well worth it.
It’s all thanks to her… and Dramatics. I felt like after being there for nine hours I got to know enough about the salon. Everyone seems happy to be there and at your service. I can’t stress enough how attentive everyone was. Gem and Passion are so friendly and both asked me if I needed anything every hour.
I came back a week later to get my hair re-​toned after my scalp got some much needed rest. Fab and Arielle tag-​teamed my locks and now I have this amazing violet-​grey color. I’ve been getting compliments from strangers everywhere. I wish I could record every one and share them with Fab because they wouldn’t be possible without her. I’m obsessed with the color and can’t wait to see what the future holds for my hair in the hands of Miss Fab.