Best of Manhattan 09: City Services
Best Grown Up Cut and Color: Two Do
210 W. 82nd St. (betw. Broadway and Amsterdam), 212-787-1277
Two Do is the place to go when it’s time to abandon your budget-minded haircutting ethos, but you’re afraid of ultra trendy salons that dole out pretension as lavishly as they pile on the mousse. Below street level and hidden behind a stairwell, Two Do feels like a secret, low-key spa—there’s absolutely no attitude. As soon as you enter, you are offered coffee or tea and cookies in their intimate, attractive salon. Co-owner and colorist extraordinaire Megan Gordon will spend time analyzing your hair and helping you decide on the technique and color that’s just right. Prices for color treatments and cuts are a little high but still reasonable for New York City, and given upfront—unlike at more upscale salons that coyly refrain from telling you the price until you’re slapped with an astronomical bill. My two process foil highlighting cost $150 and was well worth it since it “lasted” for four months. Similarly, the $88 cut by sweet Israeli stylist, Yaniv, grew out in a way that let me go longer between cuts than ever before. Yelpers rave about cuts by Sasha, and, indeed, the first day I went to Two Do an acquaintance emerged from the dressing room and I did a double take: she had gone from a pony-tailed, harried Mom look to a retro-chic Petula Clark style; Sasha had effected the transformation. Bye-bye Supercuts! Read more
