North and Mane a cut above the rest


 


PINE PLAINS — Teena Hirsch, owner and operator of the newly opened North and Mane Hair Studio, has always had a love for hair care.

"I am a people person and I like to do hair and makeup and pretty much anything that has to do with both," Hirsch said. "I think what makes a good head of hair is style. The lines on your scalp is the way your hair should be cut. I kind of let hair do what it wants because you really can’t fight hair."

Hirsch, a 1981 graduate of Stissing Mountain High School, spent two years as a nurse’s aide at Northern Dutchess Hospital. She then went to beauty school at Richard I Beauty School in Kingston, where she graduated in 1989.

She has worked out of her home and also at a hair salon in Great Barrington, Mass. Hirsch has also worked in Hair Craft hair studio in Amenia. She lives with her husband, Stephen, who works for Superior Sanitation, and her daughter, Alexandra, who is 18.

She decided to open her own hair care studio when it became too expensive to travel from Pine Plains to Great Barrington.

"I really like keeping the atmosphere light," she said. "It’s nice to have people to come in here and have a few laughs. That’s what my aim is."

She offers haircuts, updos, perms, hair coloring and waxing.

"I am also looking into using organic products," she said. "Because if you think about it, what the customer breathes in and I breathe in when it comes to hair-care products matters."

North and Mane is located at 2957 Church St. in Pine Plains. Hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Hirsch said the salon will also be open during certain Sundays in September to accommodate weddings and other events in the area.

For more information, call 518-398-6263.

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