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    Hair By Nakisha

    5.0 (2 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    8 years ago

    This review is for braids... I got a box braid bob. Fit me in on short notice. Super friendly and super fast! Thank you

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    The Ivy Beauty Lounge

    3.7(6 reviews)
    3.0 mi

    My first time here and I had a wonderful experience. Brianna cut my hair and she was so attentive…read moreand thorough. All the other hair stylists also seemed wonderful and very good at their work. I loved the aesthetic of the entire place. Definitely the best place in Ithaca I have found! Highly recommend.

    Ithaca has slim pickings for Afro/black hair. A black employee at the local university suggested I…read morecheck this place out. I stopped by a week before and spoke to Eugene (very nice receptionist) to see if Ivy Beauty Lounge could straighten my hair and how much it would cost. First red flag- we can do your hair but we don't have a set price. You have everything else listed but didn't think to write the price to service black hair texture? Ok....... He says, "usually its $30-40 but for you it may be a little bit more." Cool I figured it may be at most $80 whatever. I was in a crunch and needed my hair straighten! They did accomodate me based on my hectic first week of school schedule. Hence the 1 star... I got to the shop and was a bit nervous about Kierra working on my hair. Never had a non black woman do my hair so I was being open. Our hair needs different care and skillset. In her defense, she tried and she gets an A for effort. Kierra is done and I head to the Eugne/ receptionist and he says, "that'll be $140." Just straighten. No treatment, trim /cut etc. I was SHOOKED! How do we go from $30 for whites customers hair to $140 for me and say its because yours took longer? I was in and out within 2 hours. So I handed him my card and tipped her and walked out in disbelief. By the time I walked across the street and waited for the bus, I could feel my hair swelling up. The next day was professional headshots and lets just saying my hair didn't hold up. The ends were frazzled. Pretty upset that I was charged triple to do my hair (not included tip might I add). It doesn't justify a "little bit" more. I moved from Brooklyn to Ithaca for grad school and I could get a proper silk press and my hair is LAID for less than this and ACTUALLY holds up for $80! Trim included! Should've trusted my instincts and just drove back to NYC. If you're a black person and can do hair, there's a market here in Ithaca for you!

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