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"Blow\\n\\nMari Lynne Mele\\n\\nBlowout, $40 and up\\n\\n843 Lexington Ave.\\n\\n212-452-0246\\n\\n\\n\\nOur tendency to hit \\\"snooze\\\" has made us a wash-and-wear girl, so we sought professional help when we needed extra oomph before a big meeting at work. Mele began by examining our hair\u2014part wavy, part straight\u2014and then pinned thick sections into loose loops after drying. This enabled our hair to hold a large, bouncy wave, as she promised. And Mele's tip for prolonging our blowout\u2014when the ends start to separate, spritz on a wave enhancer to make it piecey (she likes Blow Beach Blow Texturizing Mist)\u2014really worked: Our hair looked healthy and sophisticated during the workweek and morphed into carefree ripples just in time for the weekend.\\nPasquale Ferrante\\n\\nBlowout, $80 and up\\n\\n41 Wooster St.\\n\\n212-343-9060\\n\\n\\n\\nIt's serious business getting our curly hair straight on a drizzly day. But when we ducked out of the rain and into this converted art gallery, salon co-owner Ferrante said he could get the job done without a flatiron (to avoid pin-straightness) or even products (despite our frizzability). He tackled our ringlets with high heat and a lot of muscle, pulling the hair taut and flipping it underneath for a flirty, swingy finish. (To make the look last without weighing it down, Ferrante suggested applying a light styling wax on day two, from the middle to the ends.) The final touch? Ferrante chivalrously escorted us to a taxi under his umbrella, so our sleek blowout not only survived the storm, but endured for the next five\u2014yes, five!\u2014days.\\nMichael Viggue\\n\\nBlowout, $75\\n\\n423\u2013425 W. 14th St.\\n\\n212-206-8700\\n\\n\\n\\nSexy waves worthy of a Victoria's Secret ad is a tempting promise, and Viggue can actually deliver. He styles VS model Miranda Kerr's hair, which gave us hope for our own results. Even though we had only come in for a blowout, he snipped away an uneven end and a rogue layer, gratis. Viggue then twisted sections of hair between his thumb and forefinger and wound the twists around a curling iron\u2014explaining that this creates piecey waves rather than neat tendrils. Then came the sex-ification: Viggue instructed us to flip our head upside down and rumpled every last inch of our waves until we looked just like a lingerie model (well, at least from the neck up).\\nEiji\\n\\nBlowout, $40\\n\\n323 W. 11th St.\\n\\n212-647-9303\\n\\n\\n\\nWe get antsy after ten minutes in the hair salon, but that didn't stop us from enjoying the pampering here\u2014with a kimono, a heavenly scalp-and-temple massage, and an even more indulgent neck-and-shoulder rub. By the time our stylist, Eiji, showed up, shine serum and round brush in hand, we were thoroughly relaxed. He worked slowly and carefully to create volume up top and a slight bend at the ends. \\\"Next time, when you're going to a party, we'll do even more waves,\\\" he said. At the end of our hour, we walked away with full, glossy hair\u2014and calmed nerves."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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