Men's long hair leaf cut & gray coverage dye, Sangam-dong hair salon

The single biggest thing that shapes a guy's whole vibe is honestly a clean, well-styled haircut! Growing your hair out tends to leave it looking shaggy, and once the gray hairs start poking through here and there, every glance in the mirror becomes stressful...ㅠ

So today I'm bringing you a real refresh — a visit to a Sangam-dong hair salon that gave my mood a total reset.

Muse Hair Salon location and hours

Address: 1098-ho, B1 Digital Pavilion, Nuridream Square, 396 World Cup buk-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–20:30 / Sat–Sun 10:00–19:30

The place I visited this time is Muse Hair Salon (뮤즈헤어살롱), a genuine word-of-mouth favorite among Sangam-dong hair salons that's been running strong for over 10 years. They recently relocated within the same building and reopened bigger and more comfortable.

Finding your way around Nuridream Square without getting lost

The building is so huge that first-timers can easily get a bit lost trying to find the place.

Just remember 'in front of the elevator by the Digital Pavilion on B1 of Nuridream Square' or 'near Exit 3,' and you'll find the salon much more easily.

Products used for pre-treatment care

Another reason Muse Hair Salon has stayed beloved for so long goes beyond the haircuts themselves — it's in the detailed care. Every product used before treatment is EWG green-grade certified, so there was zero scalp irritation and I felt totally at ease.

What really stood out was the premium product containing a full 20% amniotic fluid stem cell culture extract, used as part of a special care step. It's said to handle brightening and wrinkle improvement along with restoring lost elasticity and oil-moisture balance, delivering a real 'Return Age' effect that supposedly turns back skin age by 11 years.

The leaf cut that gets you past the 'grow-out zone' for men's long hair

What I asked for this time was the leaf cut — kind of the dream style for men's long hair — plus a gray coverage dye to hide the messy white strands. I'd always struggled with how to get through the so-called 'grow-out zone,' the hardest stretch of growing your hair out. My hair was growing shaggy in a way that was hard to manage, so instead of just letting it keep growing, I asked for a leaf cut to clean it up first and start fresh :)

If you look at my hair beforehand, you can really tell it was just grown out with zero shape.

They kept the existing length as much as possible while lightly and carefully cleaning up the texture at the ends so it wouldn't look heavy or stuffy.

Here's how it looked right after the cut! The leaf-shaped silhouette that flows naturally from the front, over the cheekbones, and back was genuinely trendy and refined. The nape line was also slimmed down without looking bulky, wrapping the neckline neatly, which made the whole head shape look much more three-dimensional!

Gray coverage dye in a tone that isn't ink-black

On top of that, we also tackled my biggest worry — gray coverage dye! Usually when you hear 'gray coverage dye,' you picture that dated, artificial jet-black ink color, but this wasn't overly dark at all, which I liked even more.

Watching them mix and adjust the dye right in front of me built even more trust?! And true enough, while the dye sat on my hair, my scalp never stung and there was no harsh smell — really comfortable the whole time.

In the end, the light, precise lines of the leaf cut blended perfectly with the sophisticated dye tone, giving my whole look a much softer, more dandy impression.

Wrap-up

That's my review of getting a men's long hair leaf cut at Muse Hair Salon, a Sangam-dong hair salon~!

If you're near Sangam-dong or Digital Media City looking for a place that's great with men's hair, or just want a genuinely skilled salon, definitely check out Muse Hair Salon.