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Your Mane, Your Money
Can’t afford to drop a Benjamin on your lid? Don’t despair. The Empire Beauty School, located in mid-town Manhattan near the Empire State Building, has a full-service student salon where you can tame your mane for the price of a Starbucks latte. Don’t be daunted by wigged mannequins piled helter-skelter and instructors racing around with clipboards. The students are attentive and super-friendly, if occasionally a tad over-ambitious: My ’do ended up a couple of inches shorter than I planned when I became distracted by my CrackBerry, but I ended up digging the new style. Yes, they’ll be practicing their skillz on your head, so you probably don’t want to ask for anything too crazy. And it can take a while, with instructors checking in. But the price is right, and the job is usually on the money. Call for a cut. Or start a new career in cosmetology.
What:
Wash/cut/blow-dry: $8 (add $5 for longer locks)
Deep conditioning treatment: $7
Where:
Empire Beauty School: 22 West 34th Street
Student salon: 1-888-898-8903
More deals we’ve heard about but haven’t tried:
What:
Free cut/color/styling if your locks are suitable for open model call.
Where:
Bumble and Bumble Model Project
415 W 13th St, New York, NY
Fill out a pre-evaluation form on the website.
What:
Free haircuts by student stylists on Tuesdays, 9am- noon.
Where:
Rumor Salon
15 E. 12th St, 2nd Floor; 212-414-0195.
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Is that a photo of Veronica Lake? I can’t tell from the size . . .
Yes, indeed! She had a beautiful mane, to be sure. Thanks for reading, Michael.
That’s a GREAT price for the wash/cut/blowout, but it cracks me up that a deep conditioning treatment is only a dollar less! And for what? For them to slap some fancy-brand serum on your hair for 20 minutes? I used to get those treatments at my salon when I had my hair colored (at 20-bucks a pop) and then I wised up and bought Clairol Nice ‘n Easy ColourSeal Conditioner instead. For less than $4 a tube at the drugstore, I can at least 10 treatments at home, and I swear it works just as well as the salon stuff.
I’ll try it! I have some seriously hard-to-manage hair so I’m always on the lookout for help (the inexpensive kind). Thanks for the tip.
Great tip Lynn. We can all be “recessionistas”.
Thanks, Bijan. No reason to let everything go to pot, right?
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