Every appointment starts with a quiet ten-minute consult — hair, head shape, lifestyle, and the bottle on your bathroom shelf. Then the work begins.
Classic cut, restyle, fringe service. Includes wash, blowout, and a finishing-product walkthrough.
Root touch-up, glaze, gloss, or a full-head tonal shift. Davines & Goldwell formulations.
Hand-painted dimensional lightening. Full or partial. Includes Olaplex / K18 bond-builder finish.
Formaldehyde-free smoothing for frizz, manageability, and an honest blow-dry routine of nine minutes.
On-site or in-chair. Includes a trial appointment, day-of touch-up kit, and a calm room with espresso.
Forty-five minutes, in & out. Heat-shaped to last 3 days minimum (4 with our finishing spray).
I opened Velvet in 2014 with one chair, one assistant, and an idea — that hair appointments shouldn’t feel like an assembly line. Twelve years later we’re eight stylists strong, but the room still seats only twelve guests at a time. That’s deliberate.
Every appointment includes a real consult, real coffee, and the bond-builder treatment that lets us push color further without pushing your hair past its limit. You leave with the bottle that keeps it living between visits.
Vidal Sassoon trained, founder of the studio. Lives for editorial work and a perfectly weighted bob.
Eight years on the floor. Has a sixth sense for warm undertones & the right level of copper.
Did 84 weddings last year. Travels for ceremonies in CT, NJ & the Hudson Valley.
DevaCurl certified. Cuts dry, on-shape. Specialises in 3a — 4c with low-manipulation finishes.
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Every product carried at Velvet has been on the floor for ≥ 12 months. If it doesn’t earn its shelf, we don’t sell it.
Bridge bonds after color, lightening, or heat. Four-minute, in-shower.
For when you want one bottle that earns its place in the shower caddy.
The bottle the editorial team in our window reaches for. Second-day grit, on demand.
Air-dry finisher for curl, coil & wave. Smooths, defines, doesn’t lock things up.
“I’d been chasing the right balayage for four years and three salons. James got it on the first appointment. The K18 finish made my hair softer than it was before the lift. I’ll book here until I move out of the city.”
“Sofia did my entire wedding party — six girls, one bride, two grandmothers — and she was on time, calm, and so kind. The trial appointment paid for itself in stress avoided. Every pin held all night through a barn floor dance.”
“Aisha cut my curls dry and on-shape. First time in 12 years I’ve left a salon without a flat-iron retouch. Wear & tear is now down to washing my hair. Cannot recommend enough.”
Velvet & Co. — West Village
184 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10014
A boutique salon in West Village. By appointment, with walk-ins when chairs allow.
184 W 10th St · New York, NY 10014
(212) 555-0188 · [email protected]