Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The East Village is officially well-represented in the nail/skin salon category

Nothing against nail/skin salons. But. I'd argue that there are enough of them now in the East Village to keep our nails and pores nice and pretty for some time...

A new skin salon is opening is opening on Second Avenue near Fourth Street (a few doors away from a recently renovated salon...)



Meanwhile, new salons recently opened on Fifth Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square ...



and Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue ...

3 comments:

marjorie said...

Open pores, not clubs! Moisturizer jars, not bars!

I'm working on my nightlife protest chants.

Seriously: I'm not that concerned about the newcomers. Seems to me that nail places always come and go. (And fwiw, my standby pedi place is the salon on the west side of 1st Ave at 2nd street: cheap, and the staff is super-duper-nice. And they've been in the nabe for years.)

EV Grieve said...

@marjorie
Ha! I like the chant!

Anonymous said...

Like Marjorie, I think manicure salons and facialists etc. are fine neighbors. These small shops are like shoe repair, optometrists, hardware stores: necessary to the upkeep of the neighborhood, so to speak.

They often open on side streets and are quiet with mostly reserved clientele, and unlike bars they serve the neighborhood during the day. That exterior Blush space above is really pretty, and the Smooth Skin Factory neon sign has a retro charm.

/looking on the bright side