BEAUTY/NEW YORK: ANGELO DAVID SALON UPDATES

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ANGELO DAVID SALON UPDATES

 

So, after three weeks of cleaning-out my beloved Brooklyn house, (a hard and sad task, if ever there was one,) my east coast associate, Sheila, and I really needed a beauty break. I decided to return to a salon I had gone to last year, also after working hard, and happily, on throwing my little mother a birthday party. I had a great outcome then, so off to the Angelo David Salon we went, with equally fabulous results. [You can read last year’s review here: www.itsnotaboutme.tv/news/2011/06/03/new-yorkbeauty-angelo-david-salon]

Since hair “additions,” (as they politely refer to them over there,) are the salon’s specialty, I was absolutely thrilled that Sianna Kaziu, who brushed-out, shampooed, and helped blow my hair, was astonished that my hair was real! That’s such a great compliment. (It also depresses me that others can have my same hair without it growing from their own bodies, but that seems to be how it works for everyone nowadays who has anything good and real. Oh well. In actuality, I’m happy for the follicly-challenged that they have a place like this to help them.)

Stylist Ivan Torres hard at work on Karen Salkin's luxurious locks. All photos by Karen Salkin/Sheila T.

So, hair is still the main reason to visit the salon, and we were thrilled to have Angelo David newcomer, Ivan Torres, work on ours. Mine just needed the hour of blow-drying, but I can’t even tell you how long my hair held it’s shape for! (I can tell you, actually, but I’m ashamed that I went that long with only dry-shampooing. The blow was so gorgeous that I just didn’t want to wash-out that shape!)

But, for Sheila, who was growing-out her short locks, Ivan also shaped it up, and she didn’t stop raving about what he did. She couldn’t take her eyes off herself for the next few days! Who did she think she was–me??? He really did a great job on her tresses. I seriously didn’t even recognize her from the back!

On top of all his hard work, Ivan recommended a fun restaurant for dinner for us, to show-off our new looks, and he was so right about the Mussel Pot. We loved it so much that I’ll be reviewing it for you in the next two weeks. (But if you’re in New York, don’t even wait for my review—go right now. And order the broccoli soup. And send some out to me! OMG!)

As on my last visit, Marianna Kryekurti did our nails. I don’t know how she fixed the messes that they were! (Going through tons of boxes, and organizing entire rooms, is a messy job, especially when there are only two of us doing all the work. Our hands definitely paid the price!) That woman is an artist. And she came up with completely different looks for the two of us. For me, she mixed polishes from two different lines to come up with a unique sparkly finish for me, one that camouflaged any chips I got for the rest of my rest of my stay there, working all the time. And for the much lower-key Sheila, Marianna mixed two others for the ultimate professional look.

Eyebrow and make-up artist Julie Tussey working on Karen Salkin.

The piece de resistance, though, just may have been the salon’s newest service, one I don’t know how we lived without there! Julie Tussey did our eyebrows, and Sheila was so pleased that she dubbed Julie an “eyebrow artist.” She was so educational as she went along that I didn’t even realize that she didn’t use wax, (which I hate, by the way,) until I saw that fact in Sheila’s notes! Sheila also noted that Julie’s eyebrow philosophy is that we each have a “happy” eye and a “sad” eye, and Julie feels her job includes turning the sad one into a happy one, which brings balance and proportion to the face both scientifically and aesthetically. I was just happy that our brows looked so fresh, so matter why or how they got there! [Note: those weren’t Julie’s words specifically, so she can explain it to you better than we did.]

This year's tour guide, Cesar Jesena, with salon manager Carlos Perez, in front of their lovely hair products display.

Julie was such a regular, accessible person that we wound-up also having her do our make-up, even though we were planning to just go home and work on the house all night. But we were having a fun pajama-party type-of time (which is the highest praise I can give,) that we just went with it. She had just gotten the new Elle line of cosmetics and wanted to share them with us. Julie did great with them, but if ever I get to try them out for myself, being the supreme make-up maven that I am, I’ll give you the deeper scoops on them.

We ended our stay there (though we had trouble pulling ourselves away from such a delightful experience) with a tour of the salon by the enthusiastic Cesar Jesena. Trust me, you have to go on a day he’s there, and request the same tour. He’s adorable.

The famous Cipriani Bellinis, featuring just a tiny bit of our new manicures!

On the way out, Angelo David himself did a double-take when he saw us all fixed-up, and sent us right across the street to Cipriani Dolci at Grand Central Station to show ourselves off. (And his salon’s great work, too, of course.) We made a friend on the way out, (another of Julie’s eyebrow clients,) and she joined us there for their famous Bellinis, (which are prosecco and white peach juice, for those of you who aren’t as classy as we are. Or pretended to be, anyway.)

We can’t wait to repeat our entire experience the next time we’re in town. And with how much work there’s left to do on that house, it will hopefully be soon!

Angelo David Salon  48 E. 43rd Street  New York  212-883-6620  www.angelodavid.com

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