Evelyn Beauty Salon

There is a difference between «hair care» and just making hair «look pretty.» My daughter and I have been here more than half a dozen times, I’m sad to admit. Today I forced myself to recognize that my hair is not being «cared» for no matter how the outcome appears (which to their defense… is pretty).
I have always wanted healthy hair and over the past few visits I have overlooked the fact that the salon is not operating from this premise. To give one example, I am an African American woman with completely natural hair and probably about a 4c curl pattern in most places on my head, but for whatever reason the salon uses a very fine tooth comb to rake out the tangles of my coily tresses before setting it on rollers.
They hold the hair between the root and the ends so that not much tension is felt, but I can literally hear my hair being torn at the ends as they begin combing (forcefully) from somewhere about an inch or more above the edges. I not only hear the breakage on my own head but have watched others having the same process with these fine tooth combs. I have shown the stylist on a couple of different occasions another option for detangling, but they seem to be content with yanking through the hair at whatever costs to the hair and then they will just cut all the wrecked ends off later.
I cannot be the only person who knows you need to detangle from the ends upward toward the root to avoid breakage and that you don’t use a fine tooth comb on curly hair to detangle. For all of my friends whom I have shared this salon with I apologize. I am in search again for someone who will care for the health of my hair as well as make it pretty.
And if this is not enough… today one of the stylist chose to rinse her food bowl out in the hair bowl just before they sat me in the chair to rinse my conditioner out. Because there is a language barrier I don’t think they understood the problem I was communicating to them! Thankfully it did seem she was rinsing the wash bowl thoroughly, although I was already leaned back into the bowl (straining my neck trying to give her time to get it clean). Uggh.
Then lastly there seems to be a different cost each time I come for the same service. The last time the service was even short of the deep conditioner I typically get and almost short of the trim too. It took me longer than it should have, to come to this decision, but I’m done.

Girl hooked it up with my basic wash and blow dry.
You could tell they were not too comfortable with short hair and I’d have preferred a place with folks experienced with that, but It was a last minute appointment and I was desperate.
The ladies here are not overly friendly, but they get the job done. I was in and out tout suite!

I am a regular client at this salon since last spring. I always get a deep condition and blow-​out and I am always satisfied when I walk out the door. I usually go once a month in the fall/​winter and twice per month in the spring/​summer. What I love most? The fact that my hair is growing like crazy and my hair hasn’t been damaged by the heat. I must say, the scalp massage is absolutely amazing! I can only hope and pray Evelyn’s Beauty & Barbershop stay in business forever… #blowme

Great Service! I got a relaxer, trim and blow out for $ 50. Get there early since they don’t take appointments. I try and go during the week soon after opening hours or late-​afternoon seems to be less crowded too. Very nice ladies, professional and accommodating. They do use a lot of heat which worried me initially but I have gone several times and my hair is in great condition. Very diverse clientele. They have experience in doing African American hair and no you don’t have to speak Spanish. Its my new «go to» salon.

I got exactly what I came for A Blowout! I’m loving it! The service was fast and friendly. The price was just right! The deep conditioning was much needed and affordable!

Earlier this year I have been looking for a good hair salon that knew how to flat iron my hair really good. My hair is thick long and curly and their blow out was the bomb !! It last for a good three weeks and I also trusted them to cut my ends and do some highlights in my hair. Every since I have started going there a lot of people noticed how long my hair is growing and how healthy my hair looks. They don’t speak English at least majority don’t but they try their best to understand your needs. Their prices are unbelievable cheap for the good work that they do. They only do walk ins. Try them out, you will not be disappointed!

I am a huge fan of this Salon! I have been going there for about 8 years now. The only reason that I am giving it 4 stars and not 5 is because it’s cash only and they don’t make appointments, which makes it tricky for me sometimes — it takes a little planning. However, I cannot not say enough wonderful things about Evelyn’s. They have become like family to me and my family. Both of my kids have had their first cuts there. My daughter likes to go there because of the awesome job they do with twists. I had my hair done there for my wedding, too. The first time I went there I had no idea that it was a Dominican Salon nor did I know anything about Dominican Salons and their reputation for blow outs. I went looking for someone to do twists in my hair for my now husband (Mexican). Only after I went a few times did I come across an article in «Latina» magazine about Dominican Salons and their reputation for the best blow outs. Well, let me say even as a caucasian girl, they do wonderful beautiful things with my hair. I don’t ever sit under the dryers with rollers, but just a brush and hair dryer blow out. Evelyn, who is not the owner of the salon, but the daughter of the owner Dona Maria, is amazing! I call her the queen of the swoop bangs. When my hair was long, I had many people ask me where I got my bangs done at. Evelyn has been with me from waist long hair to a pixie and now growing it back out at a bob. And no matter what, I walk out of there looking like a million dollars. It’s also easy on the pocketbook. I can get both my daughter’s and my hair cut, & mine styled for about $ 30-​$ 35 bucks. I noticed one time that when the owner Dona Maria did mine it was a little more expensive. Get there early on Saturday morning or just make sure to bring something to read or do ’cause your probably going to wait! It stays hoppin’! And if you don’t speak Spanish don’t be put off, almost everyone is bilingual. It’s totally worth stepping out of you comfort zone just a little. This place is just a real gem as another reviewer put it.

I went here for the first time yesterday and they did an awesome blowout on my hair! My hair has so much body and is very silky! I will definitely be back in a few weeks!

I would recommend this salon to anyone who has naturally curly hair ! they were very pleasant and did a wonderful job on my hair ! Not many speak english but the service was great and i went here because of the reviews i seen and i wanted to see for myself and i did and it is worth going to. I got a wash and conditioner, trim, blow dry and a flat iron ! they did a fabulous job and they are very cheap.

I am a student at IU Bloomington, a good 50min drive from this salon in Indianapolis and I am happy to say I make the drive every other week to get the same treatment I do at my dominican salons back in home in NYC!
This place isn’t anything particularly special, but it gets the job done and leaves my hair looking amazing every time for under $ 30
will be going back again and again, love this place and other review right same treatment no matter who does your hair!
A+++

So I moved to Indy at the end of 2010 and I am a Black woman that is used to going to Dominican salons to get blowouts, so I thought with Indy being kind of a major city they would have multiple Dominican salons to choose from, boy was I wrong! It took me over a year of wishing, and hoping, and searching… until I finally stumbled on this little gem lol So I had always seen this listed as a Dominican salon in Indy on google and other search engines but there were never any reviews, so I was a bit hesitant about going, then finally one day I saw a great review on it on Google and instantly I wanted to book an appointement :)
So first of all you can’t book an appointment lol which I probably would say is my only con, all day it’s pretty much first come first serve, so I always make sure to come as soon as it opens, which is fine because I like to be done early anyways, especially since this place gets jam packed by noon on Saturdays :) The first time I went to Evelin’s I was greeted by the sweetest older woman sweeping the floor, and of course she only spoke Spanish, which of course most of the older ladies whom are stylists only speak, but they do have younger stylists who are bilingual, speaking Spanish and English, but I speak spanish as well, so it was no biggie. As soon as I came in I immediately began being worked on by a lady that was back in the shampoo room. She washed my hair and then placed the rollers in my hair for my blowout and put me under the dryer. Then after I was done under the dryer a different lady actually began to blow my hair out with the blow dryer and she styled it. At the time my hair was short so the blow dryer was very hot lol so if you have short hair and you’ve never experienced a blowout before, you might want to just get an iron out until your hair grows out more, but if you can take the heat by all means get the blowout :) She also noticed I had some split ends so she clipped my ends for me :) After about 2 hours and $ 30 later, I was out of there with beautiful shiny, silky smooth hair… which is saying a lot because I have pretty coarse dry hair! So they did a great job and I have been going to them ever since to get my blowouts:) What I also love about the stylists, is that they know how to make and keep your hair healthy and they will give you advice and consultations on maintaining your hair:) So if you’re looking to go somewhere that will do a great job, keep your hair healthy, and that’s inexpensive… I would definitely go to Evelin’s…Oh it’s also a Unisex salon and they do nails too :)