Looking over this weekend’s upcoming events, we came across one that caught our eye: a “rock hair station” at the OJ Music Festival at Park Slope’s Brooklyn Lyceum.
We think we know what a hair-rock station is, but what’s this? It turns out that Topher Gross (no, the actor is Topher Grace), a stylist from Manhattan’s Arrojo salon on Varick Street, will be setting up a booth where he’ll be doing bang trims, dry cuts, clean-ups, flat-ironing etc. for sliding-scale prices starting at $15. (more…)

As part of our ongoing attempt to provide readers with the latest budget beauty news, here are a handful of haircut and color deals around the Slope: On the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, junior stylists Stephanie and Mari at Salon Bohemia (437 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street, 718-788-8750) charge $25 to $30 for cuts instead of $40. The salon is currently taking appointments for June 23. (more…)

For years, I went to Manhattan salons ($150 a pop for a cut and single-process color) until several neighbors on the local Kensington-Windsor Terrace Yahoo Group recommended Hair Care by Yolanda. After nearly two decades of Manhattan salon visits—including that one time in the ’90s when I went for a cheap Upper West Side haircut and ended up with a “Rachel” that was longer on one side—I decided to give it a try. While the outside of the place doesn’t broadcast chic, owner Yolanda did—and continues to do—a fantastic job with my hair, leaving the bob a little longer in the front and artfully stacking it in back. The whole thing cost $70, less than half of what I used to pay. Hair Care by Yolanda, 142 E. 4th Street, Windsor Terrace, 718-437-4270.