D’glamour Hair Stylist

The lady that washes hair is very rough. I asked for a blowdry and the hairdresser didn’t say one word to me, guess she was to busy watching tv. I was in and out in 40 mins. My hair was blow dried amazingly which is the only reason I gave a 2 stars. And it was only $ 30!

Horrible.
Horrible.
Horrible.
Horrible.
Karma ’ s going to whoop that ass.
Not a good spot for naturals.
Awful customer service.
I came here after my stylist and I couldn’t make our appointment. I was in a time crunch so I did a quick Unilocal search.
I will never return.
Filthy. Holes in the ceiling and roaches
Garbage.

Great for a standard wash and roller set (you’ll be coaxed toward this rather than a quicker blowdry). My absolute go-​to for a $ 25 do before an event. I’ve never made it out in less than 3 hours though, between the dryer time, wait time, and general non-​rush of the place. Also not a place for hair cuts. Got my long hair cut into «long layers», even brought a pic to guide, and left with shoulderish length hair. When I asked for the longest layer to be straight and not an 80s V shape, the stylist balked. Another salon corrected it, and hopefully it’ll all grow back fast. Definitely the worst cut I’ve ever recieved. I’ll be back for roller sets though!

I came in here for a quick blow-​out on a lazy day. I was in and out fast. The woman who washed my hair and my stylist were both super sweet. I’m natural with hair to my shoulders. I got a deep conditioner and trim and it was only $ 35! I’ll definitely be back!

I always come here to do my hair. I don’t go anywhere else but here! And now that I’m doing this whole all natural routine, they still take care of me and my sister. Our hair when we walk out that salon though. And they make sure they take good care of your scalp when it comes to all the heat. Love love love it.

I didn’t feel like doing my own hair on Saturday, and decided to stop by D’Glamour. This review is long overdue. I’ve been dropping in on D’Glamour Styles for over a year.
I first came across D’Glamour Styles in the summer of 2012, on my way to Bikram Yoga East Harlem, a block or two away. The first time I stepped in, my hair was fro’d out, and the stylists hesitated. But I wasn’t worried. My hair is 4a/​4c, in it’s natural state. However, after a good shampoo and light conditioning, it is easily managed.
I always bypass the deep conditioning as it tends to be heavy on my hair. But I make it a point to ask for the stuff in the little glass vial that makes the hair super shiny and silky just before my hair is set on rollers. When I went in this Saturday, Dolly applied this cool, tingly serum to my scalp. Oooooo weeeee… I loved it! I asked what it was: Alter Ego Energizing Treatment. Online it says it’s supposed to «stimulate cellular metabolism» I just liked how it felt on my scalp.
So, here’s what I LOVE about D’Glamour Styles
1. They get you in and out. I’ve never spent more than 2 hours at any time in the shop. They run like a well-​oiled machine. I barely get a moment to hang my coat before I get my hair shampoo’d.
2. DOLLY — I think she’s the head stylist/​manager. She’s my go-​to stylist. When I first started going to D’Glamour, Claribel styled my hair. She’s the stylist with the super-​long nails. She’s good as well. However, at some point Dolly started taking me, and I’ve been going to her since.
3. Cleanliness — It’s a pretty clean shop. I hadn’t been since early spring (I’ve had my hair braided.) When I went in on Saturday, it looked like they’ve had some moderate upgrades. New stations. An additional dryer bench. Barbicide at every station. Things seem fairly organized.
D’Glamour Styles is a great shop if you want to get a quick, inexpensive blowout. Especially if you don’t want to do your own hair. Which is usually why I come here. I don’t even live in the city, but I make it a point to drop in when I’m in the city and feel like getting dolled up.
Word to the wise: I get my hair cut and trimmed by my regular hairdresser here in Queens. I’ve had a couple bad trim experiences at Dominican salons. I only come to D’Glamour for blow outs.

After reading this salon’s Unilocal reviews and reviews of other salons in Harlem and Brooklyn, I decided to give this one a try. I hadn’t had a relaxer in nearly a year, and I have very kinky/​nappy hair (4c, cnapp, pelo malo, whatever you want to call it). I called and spoke to Maria, who was very polite. She said relaxers were $ 45 but since I had natural hair she would have to take a look at my hair first. I told her I would come in for a consultation.
Upon arrival, there was no Maria. I was told Maria was just a receptionist, not a hairdresser. Ooook. I was told to just have a seat and that there were two people waiting ahead of me. No consultation, I was just going to get serviced. Fine with me. Mind you, I don’t have a sensitive head at all so I wasn’t really worried that they would scalp me.
I was called to a woman’s chair (she didn’t tell me her name and I didn’t ask) and told her I wanted a relaxer, that I hadn’t had one in a year, and asked what kind of relaxer they used. She asked what I preferred, and I told her Mizani. They had it. Everyone was speaking Spanish (I don’t) but I did catch her saying «Yo soy loca» and «Ay Dios.» I assume this was her saying she must be crazy for agreeing to tackle my naps. I asked her how much and she said «I’ll tell you later.» No, tell me now. She said «For YOUR hair? $ 65.» As if that was an extreme price or something. Whatevs.
She did a great job applying the relaxer but I didn’t realize until I was on the way home that she never based my scalp or edges. Luckily I have a tough head.
The shampoo woman was ridiculous. Water in my ears, water pouring down my face, water down my neck, water down my back. Horrendous. I may as well have had my two year-​old nephew wash my hair. Shame on her. I ended up having to move my head around her hands when it should have been the other way around. I paid $ 5 for the deep conditioner.
Told the hairdresser I wanted a roller set with my roots blown straight. Repeated a second time to make sure she understood. Sat under the dryer for an hour, came out, repeated that I wanted to keep my curls but want my roots straight. She did exactly what I asked her to do. No complaints on how my hair turned out. I got there at 5:45p, sat in her chair at 6:00, was out the door by 8:30 — 8:45. Not bad. Note: All the women getting serviced (about 6 different clients) got the same hairstyle. Roller set, full head blow dried straight, then flat ironed, with a side part. BORING. I wouldn’t recommend this place if you want something stylish, but for a basic relaxer or wash and set, why not. I guess if you speak Spanish you will get better customer service.

Ok so when it’s inconvenient for me to travel to the Bronx, or I don’t have enough cash to see my favorite stylist I look for a new place. I tried coming here a couple of times because I’m a sucker for bright, shiny things. However, this place was always packed. I arrived around 10am and already there was a line, but since I had already washed my hair they were able to see me right away. They only had to wash the treatment out and apply rollers. The lady who did my rollers had very long, bright pink nails. I don’t know how she can work with those but hey, as long as she does the job. She was very gentle and it was soothing. I liked that.
The benches at salons are never comfortable. Why do they do that? I have to sit here under a hot dryer for at least 1 hr.
Anyway, the lady with the long finger nails finished me up. I hardly felt the heat. She didn’t pull or burn me. She did a terrific job and it was just $ 25. Very good.

OK I had some issues when I first went natural. Stylists always asking me why I didn’t want a perm as if I was committing a crime or something. But despite that I decided I knew what was best for my hair and 6 yrs ago I went natural. My hair is 4 inches til waist length. My stylist is Kenia and I’ve followed her from salon to salon. She does natural long (kinky African American) hair, I won’t go as far as to say it’s her specialty or even that she loves doing «difficult hair» but she will do a great job, she is highly skilled and I always have FABULOUS Hair when I leave. She is so good because she loves what she does and for that, me and my kinks absolutely love her!!! I will not go to anyone else. $ 30 for a wash & blow dry.

I’m surprised that this place still has customers. This is the most unprofessional salon I have ever been to and I’m Dominican so that’s saying a lot. I’ve been here twice and will hopefully never return. They are deceitful with their prices and try to overcharge you for services. I felt as though they did not care to even attempt to be courteous to their customers and could care less if you return here or not.

I only came here once oooo nearly a year ago but I have been meaning to write a review on this place for a while. Due to all the people that said that they did natural hair I went here throwing literally all caution to the wind and entrusted them in doing my hair. I have natural hair but it is extremely easy to manage but because it is natural people think that it is going to be just like everyone else’s hair and treat it roughly. The shampoo was great they really got in there and did a great job cleaning my scalp without leaving me feeling like I had been burned with acid.
The woman who did my hair had EXTREMELY long nails for a hair stylist and I was wondering what in the hell she thought she was about to do but I had to let her go through because I was already half way through the process. And boy am I glad that I did my hair turned on AMAZING I got it cut, blow dried and flat iron and it looked great. The ONLY problem that I had is the way in which she cut my hair because my hair naturally layers itself but the way in which she cut my hair it made it uneven and look crazy so she had to fix it and make it work.
It was fairly inexpensive and I was surprised by that especially because of all that I had done. Just like most dominican salons it is really crowded on Saturdays but there is not a long wait I was literally in and out of there in under an hour and a half which made me a definite fan :-) plus they had the Yankee game on so can never go wrong there

Gladys is my girl she is one of the best in there. She does hair care not just style. Love her to death. Since I cut all my hair off its been a while since I’ve been there. Growing it back natural and I have no problem giving her a call next week! just hate the travel.

Despite being in Harlem, this salon was actually pretty cute and tidy. I think no matter what kind of hair you have you should definitely consider checking this place out!
Walking in and meeting the friendly stylist whom I has booked an appointment with, this place had my original mental grade of 5 stars. There was a nice ambiance with the loud Dominican music that really seemed to make everyone happy.
I got my hair relaxed and the costs for this varied I think somewhere between 30 and 50 bucks depending on your cream of choice. I have a sensitive scalp and my stylist tried to do her best to prevent my scalp from blazing up. She even took the trouble to wash half my head so we could wait for the front part with the perm to set.
This rating went down to four stars when I was handed over to the washing lady, who you think since that’s all she does would be great at it– no! — I got my face nicely washed too! But I figured, it happens at some salons and was just grateful that it was face appreciation day and didn’t wear any makeup.
Rating went down to a 3 when I was neglected at the drier for a good 30 – 45 mins and just sat there as my stylist who I had booked with tended to her more regular customers who came in later than I did
She eventually remembered I existed and took care of my hair. It turned out great! Which I didn’t doubt it would. Overall, i spent 3 hrs and 55 bucks.

So I was looking for an inexpensive dominican salon that wouldn’t give me too much grief about my tightly curled natural african-​american hair (yep — it’s an afro). And thanks to the earlier review by CL I tried D’Glamour (the name makes me chuckle).
The shampoo lady turned her nose up a bit, and was a little rough on my hair at first. But when I asked her to — she was definitely more careful as she combed thru my hair.
Gladys blew me out (with a round brush) and did an amazing job. My hair was silky straight. She was careful not to burn me. And when she clipped my ends she did just that and didn’t cut off all the hair I’ve tried so hard to grow!
All in all a good experience for a great price. She only charged me $ 30 so I tipped everyone well and I would definitely go back again.

I’m new to the Dominican hair technique and have tried 3 different stylist thus far. This salon is the best so far. I didnt get burned and they didnt soak my clothes washing my hair, i hate that. I’m African american with medium to long manicured hair and they did a good job of simply washing, setting, blow out and lightly flat ironing. The only thing i didnt like was when they did the color rinse, it dripped from too much dryer heat.
Update:
I came back and another lady there did my hair, i believe shes the main owner and it wasnt that great. She burned me with the blow dryer and that pisses me off. My hair was just so so, im not going back.

I am an African American w/​natural (read no relaxer) hair. Dominican salons are notorious for not wanting to deal with the kinks (which amazes me given their history but that’s a whole ‘notha story). At D’glamour there are several stylists but 2 who don’t seem mind doing hair that’s not relaxed. I go to Gladys (great personality, likes to do hair and her english is great)…the other stylist works across from Gladys but I can’t remember her name (coco brown complexion, a little chunky, doesn’t smile much). Anywho stick with Gladys and you’ll be good to go. A wash, conditioner and blow dry should run you about $ 30 or so with the tip. The biggest plus. you can get on and out in about 1.5 hours (YEAH!!!) and you’ll def. have bouncin and behavin’ hair (at least until it rains or you break a sweat).