Best of Boston

Best Hair Colorist

2012 Best Hair Colorist, Brunette

The Loft Salon and Day Spa

Boston
Michael Albor approached our box-dyed, peppered-with-gray mop with a single question: What was your hair's hue in grade school? Three hours later, this miracle worker [...] 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, 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»
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»
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»
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»
2008 Best Hair Colorist, Blond

Jeffrey Lyle, Emerge

Boston
A savior for those dying to have born-with-it blond locks, Lyle mixes up a shade so natural and places it so artfully that your roots [...] read more»
2008 Best Hair Colorist, Blond

Jeffrey Lyle, Emerge

Boston
A savior for those dying to have born-with-it blond locks, Lyle mixes up a shade so natural and places it so artfully that your roots [...] 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»