Commune Salon and Gift

My hair had suddenly reached the point of no return: I was wearing it up in pigtails, which I only do when it is too long to wear down. Which means, I was in desperate need of a haircut. Except that Izumi is so busy these days (so as much I love her and want her to succeed, I cannot recommend her to anyone anymore, because she is always booked like three weeks in advance these days) that she had no availability to book me for a haircut before I left for Brazil. This sucked. I did not want to be on a business trip, wearing my hair in pigtails. Its one thing to wear it like that to work in New York City. Its another thing to wear it like that in Brazil, where are all of the girls look like women, all of the time. So, I asked Wataru at Element Beauty Lounge, where she gets her hair cut. Being that she is Japanese, I imagined that she had a Japanese person cut her hair. And as loathe as I was to have anyone other than Izumi even touch my hair (she has cut it for more than nine years!), I certainly was not going to have a non-Japanese person cut it. So Wataru recommended I try Commune Salon and Gift on Grand Street in Williamsburg. 

I made an appointment with the person who cuts her hair (whose name I am not posting here, lest she become super popular — and therefore never available, also) and then proceeded to fret about it for about three days. Besides feeling like I as being unfaithful to Izumi, I worried that this new person would completely fuck up my hair. And having a horrid haircut while in Brazil, would be even worse than wearing pigtails. But, I decided to go through with it. Worse case scenario, I just wear a hat for two straight weeks. I had wanted to make the sun hat in the Lotta Jansdotter sewing book anyway.

Anyway, the woman whose name will remain unmentioned, did a fabulous job. She even did the little soap flick, while washing my hair, that I absolutely adore. It must be a Japanese hairdresser thing. Plus the head massage she gave me while she washed my hair was fantastic. Although it made me wonder if I was doing a sub-par job of washing my hair myself whenever I was in the shower. The haircut was super speedy, but I did not feel at all like I was being shortchanged. Rather, I had arrived half an hour late, and she was trying to cram in my highlights AND my haircut into the alloted time frame. The end result is that I left with a great haircut. Which makes me so grateful to Wataru to recommending such a terrific person to cut my hair. 

So, I would suggest you check out Commune Salon, if you are ever in Williamsburg. Its on Grand Street between Bedford and Driggs…it is super cute and also sells really nice jewelry and clothing.