Jeffrey Boyes

Just had my very first curly haircut with Jeff! AMAZING!!! He really takes the time to explain the process and shows you how to care for your hair. Will recommend products according to your curls. I have very unmanageable hair and I arrived to see Jeff with an already pretty bad trim. Jeff did wonders! I am very pleased and well worth the $$$. Will schedule again!

First, let me say I almost have a panic attack before I go to a new hairstylist. The last one I went to used a razor and it had disastrous results. It has taken me over a year to get another cut and I got extensions in the meantime. I have curly hair and Jeff was recommended by someone I trust. He was AMAZING! Not only has he given me the best haircut of my entire life, but the education alone was worth the price of the cut. I was using all the wrong products and my hair was frizzy. Now, it has life, volume, shine and bounce. You do not have to think twice about going to Jeff. He is charming, intelligent, calm and an all around good guy — not to mention a phenomenal hairdresser. Just go and see for yourself.

If you are a curly girl (or simply wavy-​ish) you have to go to Jeff, I can’t say enough good things. He not only does a detailed dry cut (the right kind for curly hair, not like all those hairdressers that cut your hair as if you are going to blowdry your hair stick straight every day), but he also educates all his clients about hair product ingredients and teaches them a special system for washing your hair so that you’ll get the maximum out of your curls.
I first heard about him because my friend’s hair was suddenly looking AMAZING, and you couldn’t help but comment. She has always had large, thick ringlets but now they were just so luscious and shiny, without a hint of frizz. She told me she had found this really cool hairdresser and couldn’t stop raving, so I gave him a try. My hair isn’t as far on the curly spectrum as her’s — it’s more wavy and tangly — but he is able to work with all textures and I loved the results and have been going to him ever since.
Every time I have a fresh haircut I get so many people complimenting my hair and send MORE people his way, who come back very satisfied, getting their own compliments. I’m very sensitive about my hair because it’s so unpredictable and I’ve always felt nervous when I go to a hairdresser since it’s really hard to get my cut right, with the maximum amount of swingi-​ness, volume, and layers for it to look good — and I never even know how to describe what I’m trying to get, so I just feel powerless! Sometimes a hairdresser will do a good job with one cut, and the next time I visit, something is off, so over the years I’ve just felt so frustrated and resigned that my hair will just choose when to look normal and other times be a complete disaster — c’est la vie, I guess! But now that I have started going to Jeff I feel so much more relaxed — no more trying out a million salons, hoping someone can get things right. I’ve finally found someone I can trust — Never leave New York Jeff!

My first cut with jeff was in self salon and I was going to follow him to ruby 6 where he is now. I made an appointment with him online and never got a confirmation email and on my profile there were no upcoming reservations with him. I then made a different appointment the following sunday.
A couple days later I was hit with such a rude and self righteous email from him! Saying that I no called no showed and that I need to learn respect and that he does not want to work with me and he cancelled my appointment.
«And now you have the audacity to rebook, still without an apology or explanation. Who does that!?!» «I just hope that you learn from this and show them some respect».
Now, The last time I checked respect works two ways and If he was truly worried about my well being (as he claimed in the email) he would have tried to contact me to see why I was not there. Had he done that he would have known I wasn’t aware that my attempt to make an appointment with him did go through.
After I emailed him back and explained politely, he didn’t even apologize! I am so glad I didn’t waste my money on his services!

I am moving my review of Jeff over from where I originally wrote it under Self Salon, since he is no longer there. I still visit him constantly — getting trims, more volume, fixing my face framing layers. I’ve gotta remember to check into Unilocal while I am there. I have referred 3 other fellow curlies to him, and they all rave about him as well.
He ah-​mazing!
Here is my original review from ³⁄₁₃:
I really thought I left a review for this place last year, but better late than never, I guess.
I visited again today and saw Jeff for the second time. He is known as the «curl whisperer» on
, and since the very first time I saw him I know why. He is so friendly, down to earth, and most importantly — knowledgeable!
The very first time I saw Jeff in 8/​12, it was because I was a dumb ass, who used a super hot blow dryer on my hair everyday. The result — hair that was bone straight in some places, ugh!!!
He spent 2 hours with me dry cutting each individual curl. He educates you all along the way, suggest products, and shows you how to style it in the end. The final result was the best haircut I have ever had. I have movement, volume, my curl pattern is back. Seriously, strangers have complimented my hair, and that has never happened to me.
The 2 hours fly by because he is such a sweetheart, and you talk to him the entire time. He is definitely my stylist for life. His prices are amazing for the job he does. Curly girls, do not hesitate, go see Jeff ASAP. If I could give him 10 stars, I would.

I adore the Devachan stylist I see but she’s been out of commission for a long while and the situation became desperate when my husband told me I was starting to look like the Jewish first cousin of Zoot, the saxophonist from the Muppet Show (which is unarguably a great look but just not what I thought I was going for). I promptly did my research via forums and Unilocal and found that this guy Jeffrey from Beehive and then Self Salon was repeatedly referred to as the «curl whisperer» and that he is to a bad hair day what Arthur Kegel was to incontinence. He’s also a Devachan certified stylist and his rate is incredibly reasonable given how gifted he is and how generous he is with his time ($ 85 for a cut). I had a f*ck of time tracking this genius down as he recently hung out a shingle in the East Village, but I am so glad I finally did.
Babbling aside, I LOVE the cut he gave me. He obviously listened very attentively when I told him what I wanted and he read my gist perfectly because this haircut is everything I could ask for. At the risk of seeming like I’m aping Revlon ad copy, I need to say that I can’t believe how attractive I feel. This haircut is a liberation from the collective mire of my self-​doubt and my chi flat iron; there’s a direct correlation between how often I press my hair and how poorly cultivated my curls are and I haven’t had to strain out my cultural identity via ironing since visiting Jeff. I have an angular face and he softened me slightly, made me look less enraged, less ax-​murderish. People let me hold their babies now. I let him know that I can’t be bothered with a long styling ritual because I’m a filthy manson-​family-​type hippie and I’m happy to say that this haircut takes me less than two minutes to cultivate. He’s also extremely interesting, smart, kind, cosmic, and funny so you’ll likely have a great time in the chair while he rescues your hair situation. Finally, I didn’t just dig the cut upon leaving the salon, the cut has held up really beautifully, my face and the cut are of a piece (and a peace). Jeff’s just a brilliant artist and scientist. Heck, he deserves the Pritzker Prize.