Sister’s Unisex

Got an uneven trim from this salon. When I went back the next afternoon after work to have it fixed, I was told that I would have to get more of my hair cut in order to even out the mistake. Long story short, between the initial trim and correction, almost three inches was cut from my hair. I’ve been going to this place and I’m accustomed to tolerating certain stupidity from here, but this incident is the straw. I’m not stepping foot in this salon again.

So I realized this salon is what you make of it, and it all depends on who you get.
As a customer you have to speak up when something isn’t how you want it such as too much heat and use of products.
I bring my own products but have found that (depending on who you get) midway through a wash they will switch to theirs until you’re more stern etc. which is crazy to me. So now I repeat myself several times before I even sit in the chair lol Maybe it’s a language barrier but if I give you my shampoo and conditioner, I want to use those products and for a good reason. Other than that, let them know if the blow out temp is too hot etc and you’re good to go.
They also open up at 7 a.m. which works out great for me if I want to go in before work on the week days.

They say first impressions mean everything well today was the first time getting my hair done and I wasn’t pleased with the service. It took way to long when they were practically empty when I got there.

This hair salon doesn’t allow the customers to bring quest! That’s stupid! I came her with my mother & child last Sunday and the hair stylist told us my mom to leave if she wasn’t going get her hair done. So we left and received better service else where.

This is a great place to go to if you’re looking to get your hair permed. They really permit from the route straight up. My hair is soft and bouncing when I walked out of there. My scalp didn’t burn either.

If you are natural DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT GO HERE!!! Last week Thursday I had the worst experience anyone trying to grow their hair naturaly could ever experience. I walked in Thursday afternoon for a simple wash and set. once they sat me to wash the lady put a shampoo that caused a little burning sensation in my hair. I brushed it off because after they washed it out I didn’t noticed a difference in my hair texture. When they sat me down for my blow out the lady used a small tooth comb to comb out my hair. BIGGEST NO NO ON WET KINKY HAIR and proceeded to blow my hair out I noticed my hair was super straight but I thought they just did a really good job with the blow out. Three days later I got caught in the rain and I noticed my hair didn’t revert back to its natural texture and I could smell the reeking smell of perm coming out of my hair! 2 years of me being natural down the drain because these unprofessional people. I don’t understand the point of opening a salon in a black neighborhood if you going to deliberately destroy black hair and then claim you specialize in doing it. After I realized they destroyed two years of cutting off my permed hair and growing back my natural hair I cried. I was so heartbroken I worked so hard to rid my hair of chemicals to have it forced back on me because my hair isn’t «straight enough.» Do not go to to these people they will do anything to your hair for money. Also they lady who blew out my hair burnt me on my forehead with a curling iron. So not only did they destroy my hair they left a huge mark on my face smh! They will be hearing from me this Friday and will be reported!

If I could give negative stars i would. Ill keep it short. came in for a perm. I specifically asked if it would be possible to be out in under two hours. If not I had no issue returning later that evening as i just had a short meeting in the area. I was told sure. The stylest asked me which perm i wanted, we discssed cost and time. and we had a great conversation with no issues. fastforward to the stylist whose name i dont recall asked if it was burning and i let her know yes, it was. she sprayed my scalp with oil sheen and pressed on in the smoothing process with the comb. i was then sent to the wash where they lady there washed the perm out in two sections, pretty slowly if i might add considering i mentioned it was burning. im sure no one will be shocked to read that what detracted from her washing my hair was her inability to stop watching tv and zero attempt to even multitask. im talking standing still watching the TV to shout out her remarks. okay fine. the wash literally took 30 minutes. no exaggeration. and it wasnt like one of those long nice relaxing washes where theyre getting the scalp nice and clean. it was her watching tv. finally im in the dryer and two hours is pretty much coming. i asked the stylist who put the perm in my hair if it was possible to get blown out because ladies who were under the dryer after me were getting selected for blowout and also. i was running late. the stylest made eye contact with me, spoke to THREE women surrounding me in spanish and returned to doing someone elses hair with not even an acknowledgement that i had spoken to her. She heard me. we were not more than 6 feet apart and she made eye contact when i spoke to her. okay fine. im getting the blow out and i notice she speaks to someone behing us who approaches with a small tube i cant make out. she touches it to my scalp and i realize its neosporin being applied because naturally, they burned my scalp in MULTIPLE places. i get it. im mixed sometimes burns are part of that perm game, my issue is the application of any medication without consulting me or even saying im sorry, you have some burns. nothing. zero acknowledgment. I congronted the stylist and said you cannot apply a medication to someones body without letting them know, had i know been looking in the mirror i never would have saw. second, do not touch the tube to my burn, thats nasty, because if youre touching it to other peoples open wounds im now susceptible to infection. all of the sudden she couldnt understand me. all of the sudden i had two women over my shoulder trying to understand me also and saying things like oh are you allergic to it as if that was the issue. and all three suddenly had issues communicating. dont get me wrong, im first generation and have lived abroad for many years. i have ZERO issues with people having language barriers. i have an issue with people who develop them when an issue arises. they did not want to give me the contact information of the manager and charged me full price. three weeks later no response or refund in sight.
AVOID THiS SALON.

Here’s why you should NOT go to sisters:
Terrible service
Absolutely no regard for their customer’s needs
Does not focus on hair care. Your hair could be on the verge of falling out ana they will continue to process your hair.
Stylists have disgusting and terrible attitudes
Act like you’re doing them a diservice if you have natural hair.
Honestly, there have been so many incidents with them, I lost count.
Please don’t expose yourself nor your hair to this negative energy.

The women here suck period. Not Sarah she’s nice. But the rest? They just walk around the salon flaunting their big as*es and TALKING!!! They don’t stop! And they speak their native tongue which sounds like «yadda yadda yadda» to me. No professionalism at all. They burn your scalp with the blow dryer because they too busy talking. As far as a good blow it last about a week my other stylist last 2 weeks. The products in this place are cheap and they don’t care about your hair. I had dry buckshots by day 3. Now I’m natural and I would neverrrr have them handle my hair. My edges will be gone.

I have a friend that got a wash and blowout for 25 and said they do a good job. So, I walked in for a price and they told me 45!!! I’m sorry, but I can go to an upscale salon that does an amazing job and offers champagne for 35! Sad that this place thinks they can ripe people off based on how they look and if they look new to the area. No thank you!

Ok, I’ve been here, now I never have to go again. Ever.
I woke up this morning feeling fancy and wanting a quality blowout. So instead of hitting up my soon-​to-​be regular stylist (CHECK OUT COLLEN’S HOUSE OF HAIR YA’LL!), or waiting until after work, I figured I’d pop in and try it out for a quick blowout before work.
Bad life choice. BAD.
The service was terrible. I asked the lady that she comb my perfectly natural hair from the bottom-​up, instead of starting mid-​shaft and YANKING down. She said ok, then sprayed it with more water and continued on from the middle. I asked again, and again more water. Then I asked for the comb and tried to show her how to comb my hair, and she was like «pfft», like how dare I show a stylist how I like my hair done. My gaul, I know.
Fast forward to spending an hour under a white-​hot dryer. I’m convinced no one would’ve come to fetch me if I hadn’t stopped a random lady to say ‘I think I’m done.“
THEN I watched as they swept up hair clips in the dustpan (along with all the hair, trash on the floor), then picked the pins out of the pile of trash. How. Unsanitary.
Next I spent 30 minutes cringing as the lady blew any and all moisture out of my hair. I know it’s a Dominican blowout and there’s a technique, but I also know that there’s no need for that much heat or that much tension. She frowned the whole time, like my perfectly natural and manageable hair was offending her.
I paid $ 25 and left. Now I can cross this place off my Brooklyn bucket list. Do yourself a favor and don’t even add it to yours. For a few dollars more, visit H2 Salon in Brooklyn or Collen’s House of Beauty which is on the same block.
You get what you pay for. $ 25 is enough for a 1 – 2 day ‘do with their technique and professionalism. I could’ve done this at home.
I’m done with this place. Terrible service, terrible product. And it’s just 2:30 pm now on the same day, and my hair is already frizzing. Thanks k bye.

Timing is everything in this salon! Come at the wrong time and you will spend HOURS here. Come at the right time, and you can be in and out within an hour and a half. I’ve found the best time to come here are weekdays (Monday — Thursday) between 10 and 12.
The stylists are cordial.
Their blow-​outs are amazing!

I am SOOOO GLAD I decided to only come here once. The women who work here are disgustingly rude, do not speak English and talk about people. How do I know? Body language is everything. Cheap hair products. STAY AWAY

In the New York heat I dragged my sisters to Downtown Brooklyn just so we could experience our first Dominican blowout together. Unfortunately the «experience» was nothing to write home about.
After standing in a single file line, against a wall, for 30 minutes we finally had our wash. By this time my youngest sister, tired of waiting, dropped out of line and was told she was unable to stay in the salon since she wasn’t getting her hair done (STRIKE #1). Not only is this unprofessional, but had I known, we would have left right then and there.
+Wash was nice.
+Blowout was intense, and is not for the tender headed. I have pretty fine, medium coiled, natural curls, that don’t require any products to stay bouncy and defined. I’ll give the devil credit when due, and say that the stylist did a good job at straightening my hair without it turning into a poof ball hours later.
–And although I asked — and paid — for a trim, the beautician barely went over the ends of my hair with scissors that looked like the belonged in the backpack of a kindergartner.
This was my first and last blowout. Not the last because I haven’t wanted to get another, but last because I believe I can straighten my hair just as well. However, if I do decided to get another blowout it will not be at this salon — mainly due to the rudeness experienced by my sister.
NOT COOL, BRO.

Okay. Sara did my hair. She was great. The wash was great. They didn’t leave me in the dryer forever this was also great. The not so great part was the 35 dollars I had to pay. I DO have lond, thick hair but I’ve NEVERRRRRR been charged that much for a wash set n blow dry, especially not in a place that advertises lower prices to begin with. My hair did come out well though so this isn’t so much of a complaint as it is a heads up to the ladies out there with long n thick hair.

This place only gets 3 stars because though I love my regular stylist, Romanita, my schedule hasn’t bee matching up with hers, which has in turn exposed me to the horrors of this salon.
I have been going to this salon for about 13 years now, however for 11 of those years, I had a chemical relaxer that made my hair easier to manage by the masses. I stopped perming my hair 2 years ago, and have recently chopped off the rest of my relaxed hair. Though I love my curls, I still like to switch it up every once and a while by getting a wash & set, and I made sure that Romanita (my regular Sisters stylist) knew how to take care of my hair before continuing to get it blown out by her.
Now, I can write a whole review on the amount of stylists in there with nasty attitudes, but I’ll keep it simple and focus on the main experiences I’ve had with stylists other than Rosie, Romanita, and Sarah (who are all fabulous and sweet with Naturalistas like myself). The other ones try to look to other way when they see me walking away from the washing sinks, ready to get my hair put into rollers, and half of the women that do the rollers don’t pay attention to the fact that my hair is Natural, Curly, Dry, and needs to be styled immediately after the water turns off at the sink.
My hair is fine, but there’s a lot of it, and since it’s still trying to figure out what it wants to be after a decade of chemical torture, there are a few different textures in it, making the «setting» part of the wash and set crucial for it to not look frizzy and half curly/​half straightened.
Today, I was walking towards the two available stylists to get my hair rolled and one just stared at me (an older stylist) and the other told me to sit down as if she had been defeated by the older stylist. Then as the woman started to roll my hair, day dreaming and taking her sweet time, my hair started drying at the center of my head, leaving her with semi dry poofs that she WAS NOT rewetting with the spray bottle, but still proceeding to wrap around rollers! I had to tell her to rewrap 3 or 4 rollers, and she was starting to act as if I was bothering her. I then tried to tell her that I am graduating tomorrow, in hopes that she would 1. Feel obliged to not make my hair look like shit, and 2. Pay more attention to what she was doing, but instead all she said was «okay» with a deep sigh. Not sure if this was because of the language barrier, but i don’t really care.
THEN I see the older stylist looking into put mirror from her seat mouthing «mal» or «male», assumingly in reference to my hair, which has now sent me into a whirlwind of anger and disgust. This an older stylist who has been here for years, who has short black hair, big eyes, a scowl permanently on her face, pale skin, and is a little bigger (if you know what I mean). She is there on Thursday mornings, and was there today when I arrived at 12:20pm.
The original girl who was rolling my hair gave up, and walked away as another stylist came and finished the job. This was the same woman who took her time washing and detangling my hair, so I asked her to rewrap the poofy rollers that the other girl had left me with and she had no problem doing it for me. She even rewet the drying sections with water without me having to tell her to (what a concept, right?!)
All in all, I am not sure if this place will continue to be my go-​to place unless I know either Rosie, Romanita, or Sarah are working, and even then, I’m not really sure about how comfortable I feel coming back to a place that employs such discriminatory individuals. If I am paying for a service, I expect that service to be rendered without the fear of being discriminated against. If I felt like having my guard up, I’d would’ve opted to go to different parts of New York to get my hair done, not to a salon on Fulton where I’m sure I resemble most of their family members.
Truly heartbreaking to say the least.

This place is horrible. 1 star for the organization system itself but I will never be coming back. As an American, I find it highly disturbing that we continue to support business’ who find it ethical to converse in another dialect instead of the English language. That’s 1.
#2 I find it absurd for there to be an extra $ 20 fee added to a «set price» for women who have «unpermed» hair.
#3^rd the woman who washed my hair (semi-​dark skinned) ripped out a majority of the front of my hair while conditioning it. I know it’s not your hair and it may not matter to you, just your $ 5 cut out of $ 40, but now I have very lopsided patches of hair. I don’t think ALL the women have beautician licenses. This place is more of a sweatshop rather than a salon. I voiced that the lady should be more gentle with «de-​tangling» the hair while conditions and the b! tch couldn’t even understand what I was saying BECAUSE SHE SPOKE NO ENGLISH ! How mortifying. ! Then when she was finally done ruining my hair she dropped water all down my back. Even my underwear was wet. Such poor service.
#4 Then, I get to the dry/​blowout station and the next girl is just man handling my hair. Again, I am confident she is unlicensed as well. While chit chatting in their dialect she literally BURNED my ear and scalp! Then when I complained to her that she burned me, AGAIN, BECAUSE SHE SPOKE NO FCKIN ENGLISH, she didn’t even blink. Like, wow. No joke I woke up with a scab on my ear today. Smh. I’m so highly aggravated and pissed off. Now I’m on my way to get my hair braided because it is too noticeably uneven to wear out. I’m not a «natural» or whatever TF trend is goin on lately, I just don’t have interest in perming my hair every month like a psycho. But not I can’t even bother for a while until this grows back somehow decent.
I am certain that these «girls» in the salon are unlicensed. Seems they’re being pimped by a Madame for chump change whilst RUINING people’s hair because they themselves have no idea how to handle hair of different textures aside from their own. The sh! t is just damn near RACIST if you ask me. Most likely only the pimp, I mean, owner is licensed. I WILL be reporting this to the better business bureau and the city !!

Ok, I love this place and wish we had a place like this in Chicagoland… maybe we do and I just don’t know!
Ive only been here a couple times while visiting family in New York, but my hair always looks amazing afterwards! My aunt is a regular here and she loves it as well. This last time I came, there was ONE person, yes, ONE person in front of me in line to get their hair washed! Woop! They do an amazing job with their washing. Next step, you are herded off to get your hair in rollers (unless you just want a blow out right away). I usually don’t sit under the dryer as long as they put you. Afterwards, the blow out. There are two ladies that do an awesome job and always have people waiting for them… otherwise you can go to whoever is available.
You do feel like you are a herd of cattle, but whatever! My hair looks good! You can bring your own shampoo/​conditioner if you’d like as well.
This is how the process goes, so you know…
You wait in line to get your hair washed (youll see the line when you first walk in). After washed, you will get in line to get your hair in rollers, then youll go under the dryer. Finally, you will get in line for a blow out.
it can get super BUSY, so expect to be there a minimum of 1 ½ hours!
$ 25 for the wash and blow out!

Sometimes my hair stylist doesn’t respond to my texts because he’s on «vacation» and I’m SOL. During those times, I wake up at 7am and head over to Sister’s.
It’s your standard Dominican Salon with a well-​run assembly line. I have never spent more than 2.5 hours there and the wait is mostly in the time it takes to get a vacant sink for a wash.
Bring your own products. I made the mistake of not having mine the first time and my hair just turned out really strange and I was frightened about something awful happening (but I’m also paranoid).
If you have a weave, they will charge you $ 40 and they do a solid job of blending.
Be mindful, they will fry the sh*t out of your hair and your forehead will be red from the heat of that dryer. You won’t have an amazing style, but your hair will be clean and have some lift to it. Great for any emergency situation.

I love going to Dominican Salons, because they really know how to do hair. Regardless, what nationality you are. I didnt need a hair cut. I just got a blow out for my daughter, niece and myself.
My niece has mixed hair and my sisters refuses to get her hair relaxed because relaxing the hair on a child can damage the hair if your do it wrong, so why risk it, right? Here, you get friendly service, they assumed I was Dominican but told them, no Im Italian but Im slowly beginning to be fluent Spanish. The hair wash was so lovely, but the hair massage was better. I love the products they used. They took their time. They used med heat on all of our heads and did not grease us down like some places do. I guess for a real Dominican hair experience, it sure is not in MD… You gotta come to BK for the real deal! Thank you for make us look like royalty.