Best Salon

Grasshopper

28 South Park (at Second Street), 495-0424, www.grasshopper-salon.com

For a multisensory experience provided by some of the hottest style cognoscenti around, visit this tranquil South Park outpost, which is dressed to the max in Southeast Asian décor and bamboo plants. Aside from the fact that a cut at Grasshopper provides the luxury and serenity of a day spa experience, the salon boasts stylists who are constantly prepped with seminars on the minutiae of hair care, and who have a knack for transforming manes from unruly to outrageous. Their coloring options are second to none and include retouches, semipermanents, partial highlights, full highlights, and color tweaks. A free consultation before your tresses' overhaul ensures that you won't get any unpleasant surprises. A cut at Grasshopper can be costly, however, so if you're style-conscious but cheap, check into getting a complimentary cut by being a hair model for one of the apprentice stylists.