Joy Polintan (she/her) is a New York-based stylist and colorist, who for the past 30 years has cultivated her talent and vision into hair that transcends time and fast trends. In 2004, after immersive training under industry heavyweights at Bumble & Bumble, she founded Deluxe Salon Williamsburg. A neighborhood pillar for two decades, Deluxe provided an inclusive, avant-garde, and collaborative creative space, that jumpstarted countless hair careers. After 20 years of helping shape the cultural fabric of Williamsburg, and living out her dream of building a celebrated salon, she decided to hang up her “salon owner” hat and focus her energy solely on the fundamental root of her hair happiness—doing hair. However, after just two years of nerding out on hair without the responsibility of running a business, Joy decided it was time to give her entrepreneurial hat another run. In March of 2026, she cofounded her new hair home in the Lower East Side, Space 237.

Joy specializes in razor cutting classic long layers and cool girl shags, bleaching platinum blondes, balayage/hair painting beachy lived in hair, and customizing natural beaded sewn in weft extensions. Inspired by street style, travel, and a curiosity for surf life, combined with an inventiveness for thoughtfully curated hairstyles that are chic, timeless, and easy to maintain, it remains her mission to provide only the most elevated haircare to all who grace her chair.