Plenty of you voted in the February reader poll, with a wide variety of selections, but a clear top choice after more than 200 votes.

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It was back and forth during the early part of the month but after 224 poured in, there was a clear-cut winner for favorite hair salon but a diversity of choices by among voters. The results of February’s reader poll, sponsored by RahwayIsHappening.com (Rahway Special Improvement District):

What’s your favorite hair salon Rahway?

1. Costa Rica Beauty Salon — 42% (93/224 votes)
2. Ana Style Salon — 19% (43/224)
3. Beauty and the Chic — 13% (28/224)
4. Navi Salon — 12% (27/224)
5. Moda 330 Salon — 5% (11/224)
6. Ebony and Ivory Hair Salon — 2% (5/224)
7. Emily Stylez Salon — 1.33% (3/224)
8. [TIE] Healthy Hair and Beauty Salon — 0.89% (2/224)
9. Unique African Hair Braiding Salon — 0.89% (2/224)
10. On’ja Unisex Salon — 0.89% (2/224)
11. Get Incognito — 0.89% (2/224)
12. Compliments by A Myles — 0.89% (2/224)
13. [TIE] Loren Roberts Hair Salon — 0.45% (1/224)
14. Szahapi Hair Salon — 0.45% (1/224)
15. Totally You Beauty Center — 0.45% (1/224)
16. Ava’s Hair Studio — — 0.45% (1/224)

Last year, Costa Rica Beauty Salon finished a close second to Navi Salon, finishing only about 40 votes behind. That may sound like a lot but with almost 800 votes cast in the 2023 poll, it was only a margin of about 6 percentage points. In fact, three salons in last year’s poll cracked 100 votes, with 15 different salons receiving at least on vote overall.

This year, it was Costa Rica Beauty Salon that came out on top, finishing with twice as many votes as the next salon, Ana Style Salon. At the last minute, Beauty and the Chic garnered an additional vote just this week that broke at tie for 3rd with last year’s champ, Navi Salon. After that, it was a big bunch-up in the finish, with almost a dozen salons receiving anywhere from one to five votes.

Thanks to all your readers who voted in the poll. Feel free to share your thoughts on how you voted and why in the comments below. Be on the lookout for a new poll on the site within the next week or so.

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