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Best Hair Salon

2010 Best Hair Salon, General Excellence

Salon Mario Russo

Boston
After 20 years, the Mario Russo flagship still stands in a category all its own. It's upscale yet down to earth, with a detail-oriented approach [...] read more»
2009 Best Hair Salon

Salon Mario Russo

Boston
The past year has brought a lot of new life, and drama, to the local salon scene. There was Bradley & Diegel and Patrice Vinci [...] read more»
2008 Best Hair Salon

Mario Russo

Boston
It's smaller, quieter, and more discreet than the flagship at 9 Newbury. All of which works to the benefit of the other Mario Russo salon, [...] read more»
2007 Best Hair Salon, General Excellence

Umi Salon

Boston
Ladies who lunch enjoy infinite luxuries, like separate salons for separate beauty treatments. The rest of us need a full-service place that cuts, dyes, and [...] read more»
2005 Best Hair Salon, Color, South

Maxime Salon

Norwell
Nothing disappoints like a colorist who listens to your needs, then executes an entirely different shade. Swear off such nasty surprises by enlisting Ronit Enos [...] read more»
2005 Best Hair Salon, Cut, South

AZ Studio

Hingham
Talented colorists and stylists, and a well-supplied beauty boutique (with products from Shu Uemura, Kérastase, Sue Devitt, and Red Flower, among others), guarantee that you [...] read more»
2004 Best Hair Salon

Umi

Boston
Rarely is a salon so valued its devotees whisper its name like a password. That's the case with Umi, and no wonder. Owner Jeffrey Dauksevich [...] read more»
2003 Best Hair Salon

Salon Mario Russo

Boston
Even if this nationally lauded salon relied only on the coifing talents of Russo himself, it could top our list. But with the same perfectionist [...] read more»
2002 Best Hair Salon

Salon Mario Russo

Boston
As if Mario Russo—coif maestro to everyone who's anyone—isn't enough to make this suave salon Newbury Street's finest, the dream team of stylists with which [...] read more»
2001 Best Hair Salon

Vidal Sassoon

Boston
Still think Vidal Sassoon is about those cheesy '80s commercials? Not anymore. This international house has spearheaded trend after trend, and the Boston branch is [...] read more»