John Sahag Workshop

DO YOU WANT ALL YOUR HAIR WISHES TO COME TRUE? GABRIEL IS THE GENIE TO GRANT IT!! WHILE HE JOKINGLY WILL TELL YOU THAT HIS COMB IS NOT A MAGIC WAND-I BEG TO DIFFER- HE GAVE ME A MAGAZINE STYLE HAIRCUT THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE A COVERGIRL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. NOW I WAITED TO WRITE THIS REVIEW TO SEE IF IT WAS A FLUKE BUT AFTER 3 CUTS HE HAS CONFIRMED HIS TRUE WIZARD STATUS!
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT GABRIEL, WAS WHEN I WAS LUCKY TO BE BACKSTAGE AT A BON JOVI CONCERT. THERE WAS THIS GIRL THERE WITH HAIR THAT I WAS COVETING. MY BOYFRIEND, AN ACTOR, KNEW HER AS A WARDROBE STYLIST FOR THE S@X IN THE CITY MOVIE. HE INTRODUCED US AND I RAVED ABOUT HER CUT. SHE TOLD ME THAT HAD DISCOVERED GABRIEL ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO FROM OTHER FASHION STYLISTS IN THE CITY. SHE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HE WAS TALL, DARK AND MORE THAN HANDSOME, HE WAS THE GREATEST HAIRSTYLIST THAT SHE HAD BEEN TO. THE FOLLOWING WEEK I PHONED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT.
. AFTER HIS ASSISTANT SAT ME IN HIS CHAIR, GABRIEL APPEARED AND MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT. THIS GUY WAS GORGEOUS AND A ROCKER!!!! WE CONSULTED ABOUT WHAT I WANTED- WHICH I REALLY DIDNT KNOW SINCE I WAS IN A REAL HAIRSTYLE SLUMP-GABRIEL HAD SUCH GREAT ENERGY AND PUT ME AT EASE THAT I WAS CONFIDENT IN LETTING HIM DO WHAT HE SUGGESTED.
45 MINUTES LATER I FELT REBORN. MY NEW HAIR WAS EDGY BUT NOT CRAZY, GLAM BUT DOABLE BY SOMEONE WHO DOESNT HAVE TREMENDOUS PATIENCE IN THE MORNING. HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS A KID, I NOW HAD BANGS. I ASKED HIM HOW TO CUT THEM WHEN THEY GOT TOO LONG AND GABRIEL TOLD ME THAT WHENEVER I NEEDED THEM TRIMMED IN BETWEEN CUTS, JUST CALL AND HE WOULD DO IT FOR FREE. WHAT A SWEETHEART!! TRUE TO HIS WORD, HE HAS AND HE HAS NEVER MADE ME FEEL LIKE IT WAS AN IMPOSITION.
I LOVE THE TIME I SPEND WITH HIM (I ENVY HIS GIRLFRIEND) BUT EVEN MORE I ADORE THE WAY MY HAIR LOOKS. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND MAKE YOUR OWN WISHES COME TRUE- GO TO GABRIEL.

Today, I had the best haircut of my life. Ive serviced many top salons in the city and most of the time, walked out disappointed. Johnny changed all that. Firstly, a comment about the dry cut experience its off the hook! It was my first time getting one and I loved it! Johnny explained the principle to me before he started cutting and put me at ease. I showed him a picture of the cut I wanted and explained to him that I loved the cut and wanted my hair to someone resemble it - he did one better I actually liked it better than the picture when I left.
Johnny clearly explained that the cut is was matters throughout the experience not having you leave with a style you cant recreate the next day and what an amazing experience it was to see my hair transform into something edgy, precise, and exactly what I wanted.
A bit about Johnny he is truly an artist. Many stylist call themselves artists but Johnny emanates it. He is totally edgy and funky and looks like a rock star in appearance but yet down to earth and connects with you immediately when talking about your hair. You can see how seriously he takes you as a client and becomes absorbed in his work as an artist when cutting your hair.
Dont care about the cost when considering. Its the best investment you can make for yourself. Im lined up for highlights next week. A comment about that as well Santino- another amazing artist (check him out on their website) was kind enough to test a piece of my hair to make sure I liked it before my upcoming appointment. I was blown away by that. Having the attention of 4 people over a test highlight made me feel like a rock star too! Santino showed genuine interest making sure I will be happy with my highlights! The salon is truly an experience and it was fun as well. Thanks Johnny! You rock!

Frank changed my life. He's the senior colorist at John Sahag, knows his color and how it interacts with hair and explains the process thoroughly. Frank is a genius with hair color and is also very down-to-earth and attentive. He understands my fine, mousey brown hair and makes it looks beautiful every time with depth and shine. If I want to tweak it a bit, he gets it. If I want to go too far, he talks me back down to earth. I get compliments on my hair color all the time (even from other hair stylists) and feel younger every time I leave the workshop.
I recently decided to go short and got a cut from Johnny. He did fabulous wash and go style. I never have to style my hair anymore. Frank and Johnny are an amazing combo.

After reading positive reviews on Citysearch, I made an appointment with Gabriel at the John Sahag Workshop. I was not disappointed - it was without question the best haircut I've ever had and I am now a regular. Even if I moved to Hawaii, I'd travel to have my hair cut by Gabriel and, in fact, there are people who travel great distances to see him. He has given me a short, modern haircut that looks feminine and stylish but requires absolutely no effort at all. I shower and run a comb through my hair and I'm ready to go. How many women can say that? There really is something to the whole process of the dry cut, as well as the fact that Gabriel spends a full hour doing a very thorough job which is reflected in a fabulous cut. Gabriel is charming, as is everyone else who works at the salon especially the girls at the front desk. I love the fact that they allow plenty of time for each appointment and you never feel rushed. This is also true of the colorists - based on my positive experience with Gabriel, I recently had highlights with Frank who did an outstanding job and I will be going back to him regularly. They are all consummate professionals at John Sahag and reasonably priced by Manhattan standards.

OK--not yet but anytime now. And then it will be impossible to book an appointment with him. I am not connected in any way to the salon or Johnny but am a former longtime beauty editor for a national magazine and have worked with almost every famous celeb stylist (including John Sahag himself who has also cut and styled my hair). Since I have switched careers, I no longer have the access that I previously had, so I have booked appointments all over the city at major (and minor salons) to attempt to find the quality cut that I am used to. NO success until I happened upon Johnny at John Sahag Salon. He is a precisioned cutter and a true artist who understands individual hair growth patterns and not since Sam McKnight (eventually Princess Diana's stylist and previously dozens of other top celebrities) have I seen such talent. Beyond that, he is a hoot to be with and a total gentleman. My advise it to get him while you can! I have short hair and most accredited stylist's give me a textbook cut ("ladies who lunch" type) that sends me into fits of internal agony and force me to take a scissor to my own hair. Johnny corrected, designed and crafted a cut for me that made me feel 10 years younger and was the look I had been searching for since I left my editor-privileged days. Don't think twice about the cost.