Hair Paradise - Dominican Hair Salon — Local services in New York

I’ve been going to hair paradise for a couple years now. It’s the only salon I’ve let do my hair in Staten Island. As an African America woman, I’m very careful with who/where I get my hair styled. I normally am able to get my hair washed & blow dried with no issues, today was different. I always ask for wash & blow because this salon uses too much heat. I prefer to not sit under the dryer in rollers, then hand blow dry, & flat iron. My hair is natural and that is way too much heat and manipulation. Today I made an appointment for 9am and when I arrived the shop was already packed. After getting washed and deep conditioned the owner, Claribel suggested I sit under the dryer because the women who were under were dry and ready to be styled. She said I would need to wait to get blow dried because they were “short staffed”. I explained why I didn’t want to sit under the dryer & how I made the appointment so I that I wouldn’t have to wait. Her and the rest of the Hispanic women began speaking Spanish. I heard the word “negra” and I knew it was in reference to me, but i just ignored it. I typically get my hair done by Cristina but she had a client. Claribel had the new girl Jatinel do my hair. Needless to say she did not know how to blow out African American hair. As soon as she started I knew she didn’t know what she was doing. I politely requested Cristina to style my hair instead and told her it wasn’t her fault. Claribel came over and said if I want Cristina to do my hair I would have to wait because she has 4 people ahead of me. They started speaking Spanish again so I told her nevermind and that I’d do it myself. I left the salon with wet hair in November. The owner continually spoke Spanish over my head, talking about me & rudely grabbed the towel from around my neck. I left & will not be returning. Extremely bad business and awful...

I simply needed a wash and style. I walked in and got strange looks from the women working there (assuming it’s because my hair is pretty straight, which is different then what they usually work on). I got taken back for a wash and she must’ve shampooed my hair 4-5 times and didn’t use any conditioner. I also had to hold up a piece of plastic around my neck so that water didn’t run down my shirt. She starts blowdrying which I had no issue there, other than the fact that it took longer then it should’ve. She moves onto curling and did a few pieces and then asked if I wanted spray. I said yes because I needed the curls to hold and she sprayed each individual curl she curled. THEN, another woman with a completely came and started curling with a completely different shaped wand. I asked them to just use the one because they were coming out different. She finishes and it looks HORRENDOUS. the top of my head was completely flat, my curtain bands I asked her to curl to the side were curled like the rest of my hair, and when she was done she took a comb and brushed the top of my head pushing the curls down and making it even worse. I cannot even run my fingers through my hair, it smells horrible and was overpriced. Please save your money and go to...

So far, so good. Let me start off by saying that these ladies are very nice and welcoming. English isn't their first language and Spanish isn't mine but I was able to explain and get across what I needed for my hair. My hair is in it's natural state (haven't had a perm in almost 3 years, I'm black with coarse hair) but I do like to blow dry the roots to manage it but going to most of these Dominican salons with them overdrying my hair has cause a lot of breakage. I had my own hairdresser who I no longer use because she moved out of state who managed my hair without a perm and I had zero breakage. Sorry to say but most Dominican salons despite what you tell them like to blow out your hair too much, my hair just can't handle it. Well I could tell you after one visit, with a deep conditioning and trim my hair looks so much better and fuller. Not sure what products were used. I will definitely go back...