Best of Boston
Best Hair Colorist
2012 Best Hair Colorist, Blond
Megan Graham Beauty
Boston
We're so over marathon trips to techno-salon palaces where we're given just enough attention to warrant an overpriced coloring. Which is why we now place [...] read more»
2011 Best Hair Colorist, Blond
Gary Croteau, Salon Mario Russo at Fan Pier
Boston
If you're looking to keep your root touchups on the QT, Mario Russo's new outpost inside Louis on quiet Fan Pier offers an alternative to [...] read more»
2011 Best Hair Colorist, Brunette
Patrice Vinci, Patrice Vinci Salon
Boston
Even before those grays started infiltrating our chestnut locks, we discovered Vinci's gift for color enhancement. Following our mirror-side chat, she conjured up the ideal [...] read more»

2010 Best Hair Colorist, Blond
Patrice Vinci Salon
Boston
Donna Hamilton and Patrice Vinci work with different products and go for different looks, but both are so skilled with the magic wand of blond, [...] read more»

2010 Best Hair Colorist, Brunette
Billy Daskowski, Will Charles Salon
Boston
When sitting in a colorist's seat, we often feel like a disembodied head of hair. The colorist distractedly feels up our tresses, divines what's needed, [...] read more»

2009 Best Hair Colorist, Blond
Jeffrey Lyle, Emerge
Boston
Not only are some of the city's most high-powered blondes among his clientele, but even Newbury's notoriously catty cutters (who'd sooner drink bleach than compliment [...] read more»

2009 Best Hair Colorist, Brunette
Erica Colameta, Michael Labrecque Salon
Boston
Favoring a multi-step approach e.g., a semipermanent rinse followed by Baliage, the French process that involves painting one teeny-tiny section of hair at a time [...] read more»

2008 Best Hair Colorist, Gray
Helena Cohen, Ardan
Wellesley
Drawing on years of experience—including dealing with some gray of her own—Cohen restores the shade you were meant to still have or, if preferred, helps [...] read more»

2008 Best Hair Colorist, Red
Tasha Forgash, Shag
South Boston
Forgash's rich hues are funky enough for a Friday night at the Paradise, yet sufficiently polished to pass muster with the boss on Monday morning. [...] read more»

2008 Best Hair Colorist, Brunette
Michael Albor, the Loft
Boston
In the words of one $350-a-cut stylist (who thought the handiwork was his own), our Albor-made chestnut brown 'has never been better.' read more»