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Gigi Salon & Styling Studio One of the greatest facets of this spectacular studio is that I can simply flip open my laptop, fill out a few fields, and in most cases, have my hair cut that very same day. I always feel safe choosing “any stylist” as an option, and trust that whoever cuts my hair will give me something I can wear proudly. Hair is one of the first things someone can see, and says a lot about who you are. Are you tidy, clean, adventurous, artistic, conservative, traditional, brave or daring? I have been going to Gigi now for the better part of five years, and have had 10 different stylists—each one making me feel like a rock star. I absolutely love the cuts, am enriched by the conversation, and when I return, someone's face always lights up to see me. The salon is a place that helps make Astoria truly feel like my home. It's a salon of men and women who are extremely confident in their talents, listen very carefully to what their customers want and then deliver precisely what the customer needs. It's a studio of artists who actually love and care about the work they produce, as well as the client who will wear that work out into the world. I have always marveled at how the salon manifests a green ideology in everything from energy to waste management, sending hair clippings to be used in the cleanup of our oceans. As an Aveda salon, employees regularly engage in continued education, from on-site seminars to courses at the Aveda Institute in Manhattan. “You can see from the moment they take someone’s hair into their hands that they see something from outside of this world—something the average person doesn’t even think NOVEMBER 2015 I BOROMAG.COM I 47


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