Ricky’s NYC

Nice staff, very limited hair dye section. I feel like his place belongs on Fulton Mall, not Montague. Very lack-​luster, but a good place to drop by if you need some conditioner or hair treatments.

I just went to Ricky’s on Montague street in Brooklyn. Unilocal told me they closed in 58 min. Got there and the door was locked. As I write this, I am told by the Unilocal app that they close in 30 min. Annoyed.

I called ahead to see if they had a Curl Junkie product and they did! The phone call didn’t take long for pick-​up with a quick answer to my question, which is good.
The store is bright with plenty of top of the line products for curly hair like Curl Junkie, Hair Rules and so many others you would typically have to find online. There were a line of candles by Nest that smelled amazing for only $ 5. Honestly, there seemed to be a wide selection of everything to meet your beauty needs but since they are top-​of-​the-​line products you will have to pay more. But I was glad to see they sold smaller trial sizes that were more affordable for people to try the products out first.
Downstairs, there’s a small room off to the side with items like pantyhose, etc. but even further back is a room with adult products like vibrators, etc. Fortunately, as I checked out the pantyhose room I was able to stop my daughter (whose a toddler) from entering the adult area because yeah, I was a tad surprised on what I saw but relieved they made it so discreet so I could make a quick exit.
The staff was very nice and patient with me as I sorted through my bag to get the money to pay. She was helpful through the whole time in the store.
The location is downtown Brooklyn near the court house, with plenty of cool stores in the same area.

Terrible customer service! The guy who rang up my items was so fucking rude and unhelpful. Don’t know what they are talking about and have no products when asked.

The employee I encountered was completely unhelpful. I need something to cover up a tattoo temporarily and asked her if they had anything, her response was nope. She didn’t offer any suggestion, just a no. I heard you could use concealer and asked her if they had anything, she pointed me towards some stand. Really just crap unhelpful service.

I will absolutely NEVER go here again. What happened to Ricky’s employing drag queens and people who actually know a thing or two about hair and makeup?!
I went in to try to correct a hair color disaster — okay, not exactly a disaster, just hair that came out a bit too brassy that I needed to calm down and fix. A lady told me this $ 15 purple shampoo would totally fix it. «Are you sure, I mean, maybe I should try a toner to be sure — I have an interview in a few days…» «oh no, you don’t want to add more chemicals to your hair and have damaged hair for your interview!»
So I bought the shampoo and used it three times hoping for my hair to get a little less brassy each time. Guess what? no change. Just as I suspected, purple shampoo is for MAINTENANCE in keeping your hair from GETTING brassy as the color gets duller and the warmer tones from your natural color come through.
So I go back. To the same woman. «Excuse me, but the shampoo didn’t work at all. I’m fine with keeping it as a maintenance thing, but I need something to fix this ASAP!» «oh okay, let’s go with the toner then.» She hands me a little bottle plus developer and I barely look at it. She tells me to mix 4 capfuls with the whole bottle of developer, and only leave it on my hair for 10 minutes before washing out. Okay, easy enough.
GUESS WHAT?! That chick gave me PERMANENT hair dye, NOT toner!!! And it was a silverish blue turning my hair this awful mix of copper, gray and blue. I was mortified and vowed never to do my own color again, but fully blame the nitwit who sold me hair dye as opposed to the toner I asked for.
Let me say, I thought it was a little strange that the directions on the bottle said to keep the stuff in for 30 minutes, but figured she didn’t want me to damage my hair. Let me also say, before you think «what an idiot — she should have read the bottle,» I DID read the tiny bottle, and although it said nothing about it being a toner, it did say it produced cool tones and nowhere did it say it was hair dye either,
These people sell professional products, it’s not a CVS for crying out loud! You think it would make sense for the sales people to know a thing or two about what they sell? Terrible experience, I’ll never go back to this location, I don’t care if it’s just down the street from me and they have awesome candles and vagina wipes.

The staff is super friendly!

How come Ricky’s is the ONLY chain I know that doesn’t post prices on their items… OR even on the shelves underneath their merchandise??? SOOO fishy! Sure, I totally get the old saying, «If you have to ask, you can’t afford»… but, please… hair dye, shampoo, styling gel, dildos, lube, condoms… we’re not talking diamonds and furs here!!!
And, yes, it’s kind of cool that every Halloween they replace their regular merchandise with cool adult costumes… but that’s not enough to get me to shop at Ricky’s on a regular basis.
Their merchandise is interesting and useful for sure… but go next door to CVS or check out Amazon. Ricky’s is the most over-​priced place in town!

Very overpriced and there is nothing that this store has that I cant buy from my local target. Minus the sex toys downstairs, its a basic store.

Found Japonesque scissors for $ 3.99, down from 16.99. Lots more merch on sale. So convenient too, and much better selection than the usual Rite Aid DR and Walgreens trifecta.

They carry most of the hair products I love. Great selection of hair accessories and I love that they sell candy :-) The employes however are somewhat rude and obnoxious :-/​They always seem more interested in carrying on their own conversations than actually assisting people in the store. Not cool.

Wish we had a store likes this where I live (Pittsburgh). I like the selection of products, especially hair products. I’m always interested in trying new things for my hair since it’s curly and they had lots of products for curly hair. And a bonus was that they had trial sizes so you didn’t have to commit to a purchasing a large size of a product you had never tried.
Ricky’s — tell me you’re thinking about coming to Western PA!

I am a beauty product junkie! And this place was my fix :-) It has a great selection of beauty products from the super pricey on the first floor to the real people prices on the bottom floor… plus there are some extra surprises in the back room. wink wink!

I went originally to Party City to look for stuff for a Halloween costume because it was the only place that I knew in the area that sells Halloween stuff and I couldn’t bare to stand in there for more than five minutes… that place is a cluster fuck!
A friend told me that he got his stuff at Ricky’s and told me I should go try it out… I’m so glad he did! Ricky’s has a great selection of costumes and accessories and even though it was busy in there it didn’t feel overwhelming. I was able to look around at a bunch of things and didn’t feel the urge to want to punch someone because I am being bumped into and shoved around every 15 seconds! I was able to find everything I wanted and it was all at pretty reasonable prices. Thank you Ricky’s for saving my Halloween!

Hate their damn return policy. It’s either you buy it or you don’t. And if it don’t fit, you must acquit. Lmao. Bad OJ joke.
But ummm yeah. If it doesn’t fit, you have to return for alternate size because there is no trying on costumes in the store.
Like I’m going to steal a cheaply made pirate costume. I’ll shove it in my Trader Joe’s ad and waltz out the door. Aha!

I went back this weekend. After visiting 3 other Ricky’s in the city looking for a specific Essie nail polish color, this was this was the only one that had it.
Once again the employees very friendly and helpful. I ended up going here twice in 1 day, making purchases both times.
They lost a star because some of their products downstairs are more expensive than at other places.
**They have a backroom section with «adult» toys…

Great freaking selection and even better service.
Went here looking for a few nick nacks and found everything quickly and the prices were cheap as hell. As usual the back of the store has the adult treats so this location is top notch.
*cash and credit*

Very large selection of products for natural hair (Miss Jessie’s, Jane Carter, etc.). The salesguy that helped me was extremely knowledgeable and even convinced me to try a new product!

Yay! I’m so happy Ricky’s has found itself a happy home in Downtown Brooklyn. I’ve had a bit of a nail fetish lately and called looking for Katy Perry’s teenage dream. They had it (score!) and to my surprise, I snatched their last bottle of Black Shatter ** double score**. 50 bucks later (I bought a bunch of polish) and 10% off for signing up for their mailing list, I left a very happy camper.
P. s. They’re open ’till 9pm every night except Sundays. They close at 8pm.

I go to Ricky’s for their sale section downstairs. I get bath mitts and soap for ½ price that way.
I also check out the Matisse eyelashes for their sales so that I can get them to wear to parties and events.
Overall, this Ricky’s has pretty much the same selection as the other Ricky’s and the two sales women are pretty helpful.