Yay! I was just back at Tsering on Thursday for a pedicure.
Also. In a very surprising turn of events, I got my hair cut in the neighborhood today! My friend and I both had appointments with our stylist of several years this afternoon (based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn) and she canceled on us at the last minute (again) and tried to reschedule us for next week. I, being direly in need of a cut
TODAY, did a quick yelp/messageboard search of the hood and decided to give Isabel's a try. (I will
never let the Tsering stylists touch my hair because they are so obnoxious when I'm getting my pedicure done.)
Isabel's is on 37th Ave betw 76th & 77th.
Isabel herself was with a customer already, so Alberto took care of me. I found him very pleasant to deal with and he did exactly what I asked him to do with my mop. We had a consultation before I got sent to the hair-washing station where he got a feel of what my hair is like and what it does when it isn't reigned in. After the wash we discussed again what I was hoping to get my hair to do and decided on length etc. He was very friendly, but didn't talk my ear off. I normally get shy and uncomfortable during a cut if the stylist acts sort of fake and makes conversation for conversation's sake, but Alberto wasn't like that at all, and I appreciated it. Overall I was pleased with the experience and found everyone that I dealt with to be very friendly.
Cost at Isabel's? $41 w/ tax. What I'd been paying normally? $95.
Disclaimer: I have no problem paying for the haircuts I had been getting from my prior stylist, but I have been ticked with the unprofessional treatment my friend and I received the last few times by canceling because she was hungover, so I figured it was time to make a point by canceling the rescheduled appointment and trying someone new. I may or may not go back there - who knows
