Olivia Christensen Salon

The salon started as a Staten Island business and has grown to two New York City locations. Its founder, Christina Oliva-Cinque, began by taking clients in a garage on Staten Island.

Extensions are made from 100% real virgin human hair, imported from India and Russia, and the strands have never been dyed or chemically processed. Each installation uses a custom color-match blend, with bundles typically mixing two to four shades. The salon says the hair can be washed, blow-dried, heat styled, and worn through exercise, dancing and swimming.

I-tip extensions are attached strand by strand with micro-rings, and installation involves no heat, adhesive or chemicals. Maintenance visits are usually booked every six to eight weeks, when the bonds are moved up as natural hair grows. The salon states the extensions are designed to last up to 12 months with proper care, and says they can last from several months to years with maintenance.

Consultations are one-on-one and are used to decide which method suits a client's hair type and lifestyle. The salon offers these consultations to cancer survivors who want extensions while their natural hair grows back. It says its technique has helped thousands of women with hair loss, calls its extensions the best quality on the market, and says it sources its hair ethically with a transparent donor relationship.

Extension-focused, with consultations that match the method to each client's hair and lifestyle. The salon describes its outlook as luxury that should go unnoticed.