Kolorbar Broadway

I was finally able to reach a manager about this experience. Irina was emphatic and expressed compassion over my situation and my new shade of color. Perhaps the stylist I had was just having a bad day and is not always like that but I’ll never know. Irina refunded me immediately and asked for me to come in so she could look at my hair. I assume they would have provided me with a complimentary service but I was not comfortable going back and told her this. I do appreciate the manager acting in accordance with customer service needs and thanked her.

Came in last Sunday had color and haircut with spike. He is fantastic .the color came out beautiful and shine .and I loved the haircut he gave as well. highly recommended.

Was pretty impressed with Kolorbar and I’m excited to go back and try their other locations! Went to the one on the Upper West Side and even though I was late because of nasty weather and traffic they were very accommodating! The only downside is my blowout did not last that long. Usually I can go a decent amount of days but this one only lasted about 2.

I felt like this place scams you with groupon! They state 40 for single process. That is really root touch up price but they don’t say that. Add an extra 35 for real single process. Any «deal» is NOT a deal. And the blowout that I paid extra 35 for wAs BS. Quick and sh*t. I had to ask to put gel in my hair before drying it. Groupon states with blow dry. But no. Got charged. Never again. Hate this place. Would give zero if I could. Color sh*t too. Says doing dark blonde=it’s BLACK. You suck.

I went to have a blow dry. Before having it done, I ask how much for it and the lady at the front desk told me 35. I had it done and when I went to pay, she said 42. Why 42? It turned out that because I have a long hair, the price increases but, she never asked me to see how long my hair is. She just would had told me beforehand. I wouldn’t mind paying 42 but I think it’s not professional to give a different price from the one they are billing you to pay.

Mario is the Man at Kolorbar. He works magic for both of my teen daughters, who have very different styles and needs in terms of creative color effects. The guy is really an artist, super-​nice. He listens to what his clients want and has a real instinct for what would look great. I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Highly recommend Tonya! She’s the best here. So well knowledgable on each persons hair. She did a fantastic job on my highlights. So good I travel from TriBeCa to see her. She’s that good. Gives good attention to detail and as sweet as they come.

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Have only had wonderful service from Mariana at the 72^nd street location!
She does really, really good color, and keratin treatments. And she’s cut my hair for almost 2+ years now.
Really great final shampoos. The person who does wash hair varies, but all do great shampoos.
I’m so pleased to have a dedicated stylist.

Extreme Color is now called Kolorbar, so I suppose Unilocal will have to update this listing.
I was skeptical because I wasn’t honestly sure what to expect… I bought a deal on Lifebooker for full highlights and a blowout and was scheduled with Marie.
I will say that Marie immediately recommended that I add on the color glaze, which was an additional $ 35, and it did not make me happy to have to spend extra money on top of my deal, but I was expecting this because it’s what most quality salons recommend. They don’t just want to bleach highlights into your hair, they want to make sure you get the cohesive, luxurious color you want from your highlights. That’s what the glaze does. Still, my wallet was feeling strained and Marie agreed that we should just do my highlights and she’d let me see what they looked like before I decided to get the glaze or not. That seemed fair to me.
She also took a look at my previous highlights and felt like I had been left with an «all over color» type look instead of highlights anymore (basically I had been over-​processed), so she suggested we go lighter to create contrast. I was worried, again, and skeptical, but I let her take the reigns.
When the highlights got washed out, she blow dried a little piece for me to assess for color. She was right, they just looked bleached. I agreed to the glaze and she chose a Light Ash Blonde for me. I had no idea what would look good so I was all, «Sure, okay, whatever you recommend.» Still worried all the time.
Let me tell you that one glaze and an incredible blow dry later I left there looking like a million bucks. It’s literally been the best highlights I’ve ever gotten, and I have been to many different salons. Marie’s highlights are multi-​dimensional, the Light Ash Blonde is stunning, and she definitely just hit the nail on the head with the right color choices all around. Not only that, but at the end instead of just giving me the traditional straight blowout, she asked me if I wanted loose waves instead. She did this incredible style on my hair of beautiful big curls/​waves. I was so happy! It was my birthday and I had plans for dinner and a show that night and I seriously felt like a celebrity walking around town.
So, thank you to Marie for your expert coloring, styling, and for giving me the best hair I’ve had.
I did remove one star just because nobody ever offered me a drink, which usually happens at salons and just makes the experience feel classy, and I was at times a little physically uncomfortable in the chairs during the appointment. However, once I asked Marie to help me with my comfort level she was really accommodating and made sure I was always comfortable from there on out.
I would highly recommend Marie and Kolorbar!

I tried posting a picture of how my hair turned out but it was taken down. Everything about my experience was terrible. First off the color looked horrible. I asked for ombré and ended up with Kelly Clarkson hair circa 2002. I then had to pay for toner for this to be fixed. They used two different toners to try and fix it and now the highlights have a gray/​green tint to them. Outside of the color issues and onto my haircut, I asked for a short cut and now have a few really long pieces that I had to cut myself. I would highly recommend against going here.

This would be a review not for this local salon, but for the new one on 39^th street called «kolorbar-​simply beautiflul». It does not have a site yet.
I find the manager, Marina, completely unprofessional and rude. I was instructed to call her after interviewing with both managers of the salon. After leaving 4 messages, I never got a call back from her. this went on for weeks. In this case, a simple «no» would of suffice, so I can just move on, but I guess that is just too much to ask from Marina.

Review is for Kolorbar for May 2015:
Was sent here through Vive and I feel compelled to review and defend them. I was a little nervous bc I saw the bad reviews and while I can see where they may have come from, I had a really good experience here today!
Reception was not overly friendly, and I was left at the wash chair for five — ten minutes walk the one girl washing finished up with someone she clearly knew. Then said sorry a few times and gave me really good wash. Not the kind of place that offers water, etc but it’s a nice space. Staff seems bored.
My stylist Diana was fantastic!!! The blowout was beautiful (and pretty quick). She was warm but not overly chatty (it was a quiet day for me and I wasn’t feeling chatting about the weather). She was great.
Highly recommend Diana, she did an amazing job with my blowout!

before I go into my review, just want to make everyone aware they now go by «Kolorbar» instead of Extreme Color —
It is with a disappointed heart that I am rating this place with only 1 star. I have been a frequent customer to Extreme Color/​Kolorbar over the past few years (i live closeby, and they are always on Lifebooker) and the last 2 times I’ve gone there I’ve experienced nothing but issues. The 2^nd to last time I went, the receptionist never entered me into their system, and my appointment kept on getting pushed back. But I got over it and decided to give them another shot, since I’ve been going for so long and their Lifebooker prices are pretty reasonable.
I went today for a color/​cut/​blow-​dry, and once again the receptionist I spoke to entered in the wrong information, so my whole appointment was rushed and I felt like I was being blamed for their error. On top of that, my stylist put me under a heated hat-​chair and it actually burned my scalp. She then raked me scalp with her brush and hit me in the face (twice) with the end of her blow-​dryer. I was nothing but friendly, didn’t complain once, but have never had such a horrible experience. I came home and hours later still have pain on my scalp, where the heat/​chemical combination burned me.
So no, I will not be returning, and I highly recommend going elsewhere.

I wish I had read these reviews instead of the ones on Lifebooker.
I also bought the LIfebooker balayage deal and it was not worth it. I was also charged an additional $ 25 for toner — it was «optional,» but toner isn’t really optional after dying your hair.
I showed my stylist several pictures of the type of color gradation I wanted but there was definitely a misunderstanding along the way.
It was also a physically uncomfortable experience — I’ve never had to hold my head in such positions when getting my hair dyed, the hair washing sink further hurt my neck (seriously the lack of foresight to put a towel on a plastic edge is astounding) and the shampooer spilled water down the back of my shirt.
Additionally, I really disliked that my stylist wiped off her tools on me. She could have easily wiped them off on herself and it would feel much less inconsiderate.
I was so exhausted/​sore at the end that I just accepted the dye job and left, but in the weeks since it has been bothering me enough to leave this review.

Kiki did a fantastic Brazilian Keratin treatment! She was SO THOROUGH in applying the product and in flat ironing it out meticulously. The recent trend is for stylists to spray on a diluted formula (Extreme Color still uses the full-​strength crème) and do a half-​a** job of flat-​ironing it. However, my BK took a full 2.5 hours due to the thorough shampoo job by the sweet shampoo girl and the awesome patience of Kiki. Her arms must have been exhausted by the end, but I am confident that the treatment is locked in from scalp to tip!
Also, kudos to Extreme Color for taking me on zero-​notice due to my stylist just not showing up at Kolorbar (their sister salon), AND for allowing me to use my Lifebooker deal. Even when the Lifebooker deal couldn’t be redeemed immediately (due to their different computer systems), the receptionist just wrote down the voucher number and let me go with no hassle … sometimes you hear nightmare stories about voucher redemption, but Extreme Color definitely knows how to turn a voucher-​customer into a return customer!
Very convenient location steps from the express stop at 96^th.

Rudy is the haircut Guru. Straight or curly.
I am so glad to find him.

Yesterday I was reminded that I had never published my drafted review when Human Resources hinted that I should go fix my hair before my staff photo, and after I came back exclaimed, «that’s it?!»
When you get a bad haircut, it’s just hard to hide.
I debated between 1 and 2 stars. I settled with 1 because of comments from strangers (that’s when you know it’s bad!), and considered raising it because the manager made an attempt to fix the cut and treated me nicely while doing it. Props there.
I stayed with one star because even the manager admitted that she didn’t know what kind of layers the stylist was trying to give me, and the haircut was just a bad haircut.
This was my original review that I waited to post:
Hmm… I’ve seen this haircut before. It was on a Barbie. About 5 minutes after my 6 year old sister found scissors laying around.
Oddly enough this haircut also took about 5 minutes, and had similar results!
I’m not sure how I went in with long hair past my shoulders, asked for a trim, agreed to the length that was to be cut off (1 – 2 inches), and ended up with a large chunk of hair that lands at my chin. Only on one side of my head. It’s like she accidentally started cutting a bob, and then just stopped after the first section. Maybe I can attach a photo. I have tried parting it on the left, right, and down the middle with no luck at evening it out.
The middle layers aren’t even either, and on thicker chunk of hair was untouched after the haircut — it was longer than all the rest of the hair (I ended up evening out that one long piece at home before going back to the manager).
This was the worst haircut I’ve ever had — and I’ve even been to Super Cuts (only once, but still, I didn’t complain about that one!). I always thought, if it’s long, what’s the worst that can happen? Well, I found it.
My stylist was Marie. She was nice enough to talk to, and gave me a very 70s blowout which I thought was unique. The feather curls disguised the fact that my hair was uneven, so I only found time to go back to have it fixed days later. (It was the first time I’ve ever gone back to get a haircut fixed)
I called and a receptionist who sounded doubtful that my hair was uneven told me to come in and a manager would look at it. When I arrived at the store, I told a receptionist the story and nicely asked her if she thought it was even. She said she would get me a manager. She did. The manager told me she’d take a look at it. She muted the ends so that it was less noticeable that it was uneven. She let me know that there was not much else she could do while still keeping the length.
Booking info:
I bought a Lifebooker coupon for a cut and blow dry. The reviews were decent and most negative reviews were for unfriendly staff or customer service, I decided I only needed a haircut, and I didn’t mind much if they weren’t smiling when they gave me one. The appointment I made on Lifebooker showed they were available when they were not, and it also showed stylists who were available who were not. After I booked online through Lifebooker I was called and told that only 3 of their stylists accept the offer and offered to rebook with one of them.

Do not go here for bayalage! My roommate and I bought the deal on lifebooker and were both so disappointed. Neither of us got what we asked for and we both brought photos for reference. I got a full blonde head and she got microscopic highlights. I went back the next day and luckily they added in more of my natural color but it’s still not bayalage.
The girl who washed my hair soaked my entire back. Then I was left sitting with a wet shirt for the rest of my appointment.
I also got the feeling that we were treated with less respect because we bought the deal. Save your money and go somewhere else.

Horrible service, ridiculous extra charges, and got the color wrong both the first time and upon return to fix.
I bought a deal for balayage highlights + cut + blow dry, but I was charged over $ 50 extra for having full highlights. Nowhere in the deal description does it say it is only for partial. The color was wrong the first time, so I went back to get it fixed and was promised no extra charges, however was charged $ 40 extra for blow dry. The total extra charges ended up more than the deal itself!
Color was wrong both times. First too bright, then too dark so that it looked like I didn’t get highlights at all.
My experience was also very painful. The stylist teased my hair when dying it, then toughly combed it out during the wash, such that it felt like all my hair was going to rip out of my scalp. Then the blow dry was too close to my scalp so that my head felt like it was on fire. It burned and it hurt.
All other stylists have the client facing the mirror, however mine kept turning me around so that he didn’t have to move. The whole time I was awkwardly facing and looking other clients and never saw my hair until he was finished.
NEVER COMING BACK.
Don’t come here unless you want to be overcharged for unsatisfactory service.

Had the most awkward and unrelaxing massage ever. Faux wood vinyl floors = loud squeaking. Train goes by every 5 mins. Loud staff. Massage missed key areas (neck and hands). And up selling mid massage. Had nothing to do but watch infomercials during foot massage. Etc. etc.