Salon Niquel

This salon is FANTANSTIC!!!
I discovered Salon Niquel about 4 years ago and have never been disappointed. Everytime I leave the salon I feel BEAUTIFUL!!!
First, I would like to say that the Malaysion hair weave has grown my hair TREMENDOUSLY!!! My hair started out short an thin, but now it it thickening and the length is down to my shoulder and STILL GROWING… Niquel is fantastic and gives you more than expected.
I have truly found a salon that satisfies… YOU GO GIRL, YOU ROCK!!!

It is a nice place with nice girls but it is not reliable. It is closed half of the time, appointments are not met so it tough to make it your salon.
Hence, many of my girls had to give up going. If things change in their management style or customer service maybe it will be worth it.

Niquel is amazing! She’s an amazing stylist and made my first visit very comfortable. I’ll be back.

This new Malaysian technique is the TRUTH! I am one of those black women who admittedly am addicted to my weave and unfortunately it has taken a toll on my edges. NO MORE. First the weave application took half the time and was painless! I didn’t have to deal with braidAND track tightness. I couldn’t believe it. On top of all that, she sold me these hair drops that is growing my edges so quickly that I need a relaxer to calm down this mini afro forming around my edges! Weave Divas. THIS IS THE FURTURE OF SEWN WEAVING! You other salons better catch up!

After searching and searching for an affordable, black-​owned salon with a website (it’s almost 2010. every business should have one by now), I stumbled on Salon Niquel. I was very skeptical at first because of the salon’s location in Forest HIlls but it’s close to my house so I decided to try it out. I am originally from Southern California where there is a qualified hairdresser on every corner… no matter where you live. It’s been years since I’ve been able to trust a stylist to really help me take care of my hair. I think that has more to do with the fact that I was in Ithaca for 4 years and then once I arrived in NYC didn’t know where to go.
I was pleasantly surprised by this salon though not as won over as Caramel C. I had an appointment with Niquel at 6pm on a Thursday so I expected I would have to wait around for while but, to my surprise, only waited for about 10 minutes before someone washed and blow dried my hair. The someone was probably 15 or 16 and not Niquel or Simone. I am pretty flexible so I didn’t raise a fuss but I would not, as a businesswoman, ever feel comfortable sending a first-​time customer to a loitering friend for any part of their service but that’s just me. The young girl did do a good job of blowing out my hair but was a little light on the washing experience.
Once I was in Niquel’s chair she proceeded to flat iron and trim my hair. I could have easily done all of this (except the trim) on my own but I was just happy to finally get a trim. Niquel may be more inclined to listen to her customers once they become regulars and when she isn’t in a rush to go home so I won’t hold our first experience against her even though I’m a firm believer in the importance of first impressions. Overall, I was happy with the results but not so keen on the service.
Pros:
Competent stylists that I could potentially call my own
Great products (Keracare!!!)
They are hilarious… great company
Didn’t try to push a perm on my natural but not so manageable hair
Fairly standard prices ($ 45+ tax for wash, blow, flat iron and trim)
Near the Forest Hills LIRR and the 71^st and Continental stop on the E, F, R & V Trains
Cons:
Less than ideal customer service (on the first visit, when it really matters)
NO sanitation kits for her combs and hair clips
Not sensitive about my scalp condition (I would say borderline rude though I’m sure it wasn’t intentional)
A little pushy on purchasing hair products
Disclaimer: I am really hard on stylists and salons. I’ve had a number of great stylists in CA and will settle for nothing less in NY or otherwise.

This salon is the shiznick, lol.
I discovered Salon Niquel thru
because I was looking for a «good hairstylist» that did excellent hair net weaves for a decent price and without damaging my hair.
The salon prices in Manhattan were exorbitant. I didn’t even bother with calling most of them after checking out their websites.
The Brooklyn salons… well, lets just say I didn’t have any good experiences with them ever since Unique Images closed YEARS ago and my stylist ran away to Miami, Florida.
Anyhoo, I made an appointment to see Niquel (the owner) who is the biggest sweatheart and she introduced the Simone West, the flyest chica on the planet. This girl can do serious hair and when you go to her, you will not regret! After the consultation, I decided to experiment with the hair net weave and made an appt that same week. I actually took a day off from work for this, lol… I was mad excited. Well, it took almost the whole day since she was tending to other clients but Simone works very fast. The results were stunning! I am very happy that I discovered this salon and met two very down-​to-​earth stylists who actually care about taking care of your hair. I have been going to Simone and Niquel ever since then. And the biggest plus of all, they use all Avlon products (Affirm, Fiberguard and Keracare)
I have been officially recruited.