Marly African Braiding & beauty salon,teeth whitening, karatin treatment, Crochet braids,micro links, eyebrows tinting, — Local services in Town of Hempstead

If I could rate the service here I wouldn't even give her 1 star. Yesterday I came in as a first time customer, & I asked for 2 simple cornrows (& showed a pic of it) The first thing that I didn't like is she overcharged me & said the price would be $45 & the price for ONLY 2 braids does not cost $45. I've been to several african hair braiding salons, & that was never the set price. However, I was willing to pay as long as it looked nice, because I was pressed for time.

Secondly, she had one of her youngest daughters braid my hair. I was skeptical because she's young & I was hoping she actually knew how to braid. Her daughter did a horrible job & kept undoing & braiding this one braid for about 20min. She kept asking her mom (the owner) how does this look? & is this right? The owner would walk over undo the braid AGAIN after her daughter already did for the 3rd or 4th time already to try and fix it. While all of this is going on she doesn't have me by a mirror for me to even see how it's looking. When I finally look it looks so horrible the braids aren't even, my part is barely straight, its lumpy starting from small to big & small again, the left braid is straight & the right braid starts off straight then its crooked almost looking like a zig zag braid style. I told her that looked horrible & she did it over. I was frustrated I told her just leave it alone, because at that point no matter how many times they took them out & did them over it was still horrible.

Now im sitting under the dryer so the gel can dry & im sitting down talking on my phone telling my mom i dont like it & I'll just take it out sunday after a pool party. As Im telling my mom to look at it on facetime the owner is standing over me damn near breathing on me & shes being rude, nasty, & disrespectful With her hand out saying give me my money pay me. I didnt like her attitude so i told her no wait & give me a minute im on the phone. She sucked her teeth & aggressively tried to snatch my money out of my hand. I didnt have the whole $45 in my hand I had $30 in my hand & was -about to hand her a $50 bill & ask for change but because she was so rude & disrespectful & the work wasnt great i said you know what now im giving her the $30 she just snatched out my hand her service is horrible. As im walking out the door she attacked me from behind & grabbed me & i grabbed her back which caused a scuffle between me & the owner. Shes yelling & cursing at me, she pulled my hair, she grabbed my braid & threatened me with scissors in my face trying to cut my braid off which caused me to defend myself & I had to grab her back aggressively & push her off of me. They didnt let me leave the shop & locked me inside. I called nassau county police & when they arrived I told them what happened. She tried to lie on me & say i hurt her & kept complaining about her arm having scratches but never told them what she did to me since i walked in that shop. Every action has a reaction. I felt violated & disrespected. She also made me come out of character which isn't how I conduct myself. She continued to be ignorant & told the cops she wants her hair back & to get her hair out of my head. I said fine you can have it its ugly & its not good quality hair. The cops allowed me to take my braids out & I gave her her hair back & I received my $30 in return. Idk if she thought I was a young girl because im small & I have a baby face but I am a 24yr old woman. Im not a little girl i wasnt going to not pay her & run out of the shop, disrespect her or put my hands on her. I tried to work with her, I was VERY patient, & I would never go back there. She ruined my day, wasted my time, & I missed the pool party event i was suppose to be attending. God does not like ugly & she will never make any money continuing to be the nasty devil that she is.

She also made comments saying that she hates black people and this is why she doesn't like working with black people and we're all these things. Mind you this is all coming from an African woman herself....

OMG! She was probably the worst braider that I'd ever seen. I took my daughter there and showed the owner several pics of what we wanted done. I watched as she parted my daughter's hair unevenly and braided it sloppily. Each braid was bigger & bulkier than the other. She engaged me in small talk & actually seemed like a nice person. When she was done, she handed my daughter a mirror. She could tell that my daughter was unhappy. We paid her and uncomfortably walked out. It was very awkward because we knew the work was bad, but just wasn't sure how to deal with it. My wife saw pics from work and immediately called the owner & demanded that she do the work over. After some back & forth dialogue the owner hung up on my wife. We took my daughter to another salon and got her braids done professionally & beautifully (for the exact same price, I might add). My wife returned later that evening demanding partial payment. She refused many times until I had my daughter enter the salon, displaying beautiful braids done exactly as asked. We received 50% back, but only because my wife aggressively requested the refund. She actually stood toe to toe with my wife. I was actually afraid...for the salon owner. I've never seen my wife that angry. If you're looking for braids, this place is not worthy of a penny. The salon is a very small and unkept room and the bathroom was gross. Totally an unprofessional place. I'm convinced that the only good reviews were given my herself or...

This woman literally saw me at night. She took her time and cut my hair, and I never complained about the amount of time that it was taking. I went and told her to cut it all if she has to because I have a lot of damage from neglecting my hair for over two years. I wore a bun almost everyday and it caused a big amount of breakage in my hair, and I had enough. I was prepared to get it all cut, but luckily she was able to save what the pictures shows. I used to have ALOT of hair, and listen. To be frank, “normal”/non-afro salons do not know how to cut curly hair. She made me realized that short hair suits my personality better!! Everyone has complimented me on it.

Also unlike other hair stylists, she would ask me many many times, “is this okay?”. I didn’t even look closely tbh, I just said if there is more damage, to cut...