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    KE Salon

    4.6 (179 reviews)
    ModerateHair Salons
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Color only

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    Cut and color

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    Sinead N.

    Amazing salon!!!! Got an amazing blowout and style. Super friendly service as well. I will definitely be coming back!

    Marie K.

    I loved this salon atmosphere! Aida cut and colors my hair and it's difficult to work with as its curly, she did an amazing job and my color looks so beautiful. I went for an ash brown with highlights and it makes my curls pop so much! Awesome job Aida

    Over bleached hair
    Kelly A.

    I have been to Elena 2 times before and loved her. This time she was in a real hurry. She did highlight foils and cut and blow dry and curling on shoulder length hair in under an hour! Normally it takes 2 1/2 hours and you have to sit under the heat. I kept asking her how she could do it so quickly. The result? Damaged hair. I don't even use flat irons or curling irons. And now I can't even use a hair dryer. The first time I washed my hair after the color, it looked like it had gotten stuck in a hairdryer. The strands were all broken and bent. I couldn't even figure out what happened until my friend explained it had been over processed. I lost a lot of hair due to thyroid issues. It was just starting to grow back. Now it's all damaged again. I have super fine thin hair to begin with. I contacted Elena and she said no way did that happen from her color. Ok really? So I just woke up like that? It probably all needs to be cut off. Really sucks. The pic is after 3 months of using K18.

    Before!

    Aida did a fantastic job making my hair look and feel beautiful! She is super friendly, welcoming, and professional. I'm very happy with her work and I know you will be too!

    See?! Elena is the bomb dot com. Yes I said.
    Grace D.

    It doesn't matter how far I am or wherever I move- KE Salon's wonderful Elena is the only one who seem to have the magic touch. I came to her almost 3 years ago to chop off my locks by blind faith of a yelp review and never went anywhere else. I came to her in hope that she would be willing to cut my hair that reached my waist to a "VOB". My oh my! She's a genius!ive never gotten so many compliments in my life. Since then it's been a struggle to grow it out- not because my hair grows slow, as a matter of fact it grows like ragweed (a gift!). It's more of the fact that I'm always itching to chop my locks short. The struggle is real. Fast forward to today, I have had my hair to my shoulder blades. I couldn't stare at myself any longer with my hair into a messy pouf that somehow resembled a scraggly birds nest. It's quite a pain to maintain and grow hair long. So many products and takes a very long time. I've had enough and knew who to call. Elena was able to take me in despite of the short notice. She even took me in despite the fact that it was past her last client for the day. Oh dear I adore her! Before you know it, I was back and sitting in her station chatting away like long lost friends. Elena transformed my mop from drab to fab. I'm inlove! Elena- no one is ever allowed to touch my hair except for you even if I have to fly 2000 miles. KE salon- only place where you can get a $35 dollar haircut and walkout feeling a looking like a million bucks!! No really. This salon in Lincoln Square is a diamond in the rough. Thank you KE and thank you Elena!!!! You guys are amazing!!!

    I asked for ombre...
    Lex B.

    I never go get my hair done, but decided I wanted a change and read great reviews. I also read that they did a great job on Asian hair, so thought I would give them a try (I specifically asked for an appointment with someone with a lot of experience with Asian hair). I asked for a gradual ombre that started about eye level, but came out with highlights that were much lighter than I wanted the lightest part of my ombre to be. I'm still kind of confused what happened... The stylist curled my hair and I kept telling myself it looked okay, but it's not. The top layers of my hair are brown and bottom layers are blond. The various streaks are different sizes and start at various levels of the roots. Everyone was very nice there, but I seriously don't know what to do. I hate my hair so much, especially since it is everything I did not want.

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    Unprofessional. Would not recommend. Had a 10am appointment. Hair dresser had not even arrived at the salon 20min later.

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    Great salon. I saw Camilia and was very please with my experience. I will definitely be back for a cut and partial highlight very soon!

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    I moved from the neighborhood and tried two other salons and ran back to Elena after realizing that no one is better.

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