Ricky’s NYC

One of the larger Ricky stores I’ve been to but for some reason I feel like they had less products. A lot of testers are missing which is a shame because I was looking to buy new lipsticks. Ended up getting Castille soap that was on sale that promptly broke the first time I used it. Tldr fine if you know what you want.

Definitely my favorite location of the Ricky’s NYC franchise. The employees are all very easy-​going, kind, and are interested in the products they carry without pushing anything on you. Great variety of brands, especially with indie cosmetic lines that are otherwise only found online!

This place was filthy. Testers were trashed, and oxidized. Signage for brands was missing so it was impossible finding everything I came in for considering no salespeople wanted to help me. The staff couldn’t be bothered with me asking for product to buy at all. I was ignored twice by two different sales people. I was so frustrated and mad I wanted to walk out but had been looking forward to getting the makeup I had in my hand, so I decided to just check out and make a promise to myself to never step foot in this store ever again. This shopping experience was horrible. If I was a brand rep I’d be furious with how they display certain brands. I hate shopping online but now I’m forced too since the one place that carries what I want is such an aggravating disappointment. If Sephora started selling Ben nye and mehron, Ricky’s would be out of business.

Okay so I previously ordered the Ben Nye banana powder from here because it was the only place I could find it and the price was decent. I paid for three day shipping. I kept continously checking the order status and it still said new 3 days after it was supposed to arrive so finally I call and they answer, the girl sounds so bored like she couldn’t be bothered. I’m not asking for hearts and rainbows here but come on at least sound like you’re not a miserable person. She checked my status to see that THEY FORGOT TO SHIP MY ORDER. She said it was a new product and hadn’t been looked at yet? I was furious but calm and just told her to refund me the money for the shipping then. She gave me a coupon code as a courtesy and the coupon code never worked.
I should’ve learned my lesson the first time but I purchased again through them because they were the only place I could find that wasn’t sold out of the L.A. Girl pro concealers. I paid again for three day shipping. This time I gave them a day or two due to the snowstorm on ¹⁄₂₃ but I checked again and it said my order hadn’t even been touched yet. So I called and got the same girl! She basically put my order through and hung up. I received my tracking order info and whatnot only to find the TRACKING NUMBER DOESN’T WORK. I’VE TRIED EVERYTHING. I CALLED AND EVERYTHING AND WELP SURPRISE NO ANSWER ANYWHERE. This is legit the last time I EVER order from this place

it is a con — no returns when they tell you can return things
different prices for the same thing
depending on whom you ask
good place for halloween
bad place to buy a hairdryer

ok, Ricky’s has a great selection and the staff is nice and helpful. some even know what they are talking about.
BUT this store is WAAAY OVERPRICED. I bought the Moroccan Oil here yesterday for $ 48.99 (before tax). I thought it was more expensive than what I remembered, but it has been a while since I bought a bottle. When I looked at the Moroccan Oil website, I see the true retail price is $ 44.00. So Ricky’s OVER CHARGES by $ 5 on an already expensive product !!!
Yeah, I really need to shop at a store that jacks up prices 10% more than the real price.
And that is the reason for this store only getting a 1 star rating.

I needed to get a team Halloween costume together and needed several Dalmatian ears and tails. Missouri was super helpful and located 7 sets for me and went to other stores to get them for me. She then texted me to let me know they where ready at the store. She was so polite and professional and she made a great costume possible!

Come here for high end cosmetics, hair care, and home goods. Don’t expect them to know anything about the products though.

Rasheed is absolutely amazing! Smartest most efficient service I’ve received ever. He was so knowledgable about the different professional blow dryers and helped me narrow down my purchase!

Came here for a pair of cheap rain boots as my co-​workers told me that they sold just about everything I would need here.
Walking in the place was very clean and well organized. I wasn’t greeted by anyone as the employees were having a conversation with each other. I walked around to try to find the rain boots, and was able to locate them on a back wall. They did have a large selection and good stock of different sizes. I had some trouble finding my size of the boot I wanted, so I waited for a while to get an employee’s help but no one came/​was around. I finally found it as the size I was looking for was hanging on one of the higher hooks. After finally getting my rain boots i looked around to see what else they had.
They also sell stockings, lots of various beauty products (from hair to nails to face), and even costumes. Quite the variety.
The rainboots lasted me one season before they ripped at the sole. it was expected since it only cost me $ 30 and every New Yorker walks miles on miles a day.

A friend told me that Ricky’s is discontinuing the M.E. line and that everything was $ 1 so of course I stopped in to check it out. The manager, I would like to say, was really nice and informative. Let us know that line was $.50 a pop across the M.E. board. Got about 6 items for $ 3. A few eyeshadows, a pigment, a lippy and a mascara all for $ 3! Yeah I’m definitely winning. The range wasn’t the best but who knows how long they’ve had this sale. I really wanted to get some items from that line but never came around to it. I hope I can find the items that I wanted. So far not impressed by what I tried. Haven’t used the pigment and eyeshadows yet.

I used to never want anything to do with Ricky’s, I found it to be an awful marriage of cheesy décor and overpriced brand name beauty products.
Recently, I found the redeeming quality of Ricky’s that has now made me a fan and it is their coupons… stuff comes out significantly cheaper when one takes advantage of the coupons they shill at the end of a purchase… usually 20% off next purchase. Also, I had a reason to spend more money there and that was the fact that they carry Carol’s Daughter products. They have a large selection of reputable all natural black hair care which is great– Jane Carter, Aphogee, Kinky Curly, Shea Moisture, etc. They have a bunch of oils and body care in the back, as well as a huge selection of travel sized cuteness, reed diffusers, and slapstick gifts and stockings. Random! but cool.

I love Ricky’s in general! Beauty & costume central, but this one is a little narrow and not as well kept.
The staff definitely come down from the Bronx and forget to check their attitudes at the door :/

NO. NO. NO.
No. No. No.
no, no, no… I’m trying to understand what it is about this place that people have liked. Yes it’s huge in size and the range of things it sells (from lip gloss, shampoo, to Halloween costumes and dildoes in the back). But everything and I MEAN everything is so ridiculously overpriced.
I went to Ricky’s a week ago looking for some hair bands, lip gloss and organix shampoo. I walked out with nothing and disappointed. Mind you this was the theme of the day after seeing Prometheus… but that’s a story for another day.
I’m very frugal when it comes to money, I love to spend it but I love to maximize what I get out of it. If I know for a fact that I can get that Keratin Organix shampoo for less that the $ 9.95 price advertised and two of these places are stores and the other two are websites then why? Why? WHY? do YOU exist Ricky’s?
I can get those headbands, two in a pack, same brand for less than those $ 10 dollars in fact for $ 5 in Manhattan Washington heights. And yes I stepped behind the seedy little black curtain and even your plastic dildoes are overpriced. Go to Adam&Eve .com and they’ll give you a big bang for your buck.

My shopping bag included, but was not limited to:
*False eyelashes with tiny green feathers attached to the ends
*Blue and silver rubberized bobbie pins, half-​sized
*A pair of Hue stockings (because you can never have enough)
*Metallic army green nail polish, glittery dark purple nail polish, and pale, pale pink nail polish
*Eucerin hand cream
*Cherry Chapstick
What I left behind:
*Tigi Shampoo/​Conditioner that runs ~$ 20 on sale for $ 14
*Wide-​toothed perm comb (awesome for those with curly hair)
*Recycled shopping totes with cute designs
*About fourteen shades of green eyeliner
*All manner of Ben Nye makeup, because you never know when you’ll need to disguise yourself as Siouxsie Sioux

I found out about this beauty supply place from some fashion magazine. I was obsessed with a comb they make out of plastic baked with Olive Oil. I know, it sounds weird, but anything to help with frizz. My hair is mostly stick straight, but it gets knots and tangles and is dry because of all the swimming in chlorinated pools I do. So when in NYC I realized these stores are a chain and easy to find.
I got a few of the olive oil combs in a variety of shapes and sizes, the frizz free wide bar is perfect for my fumbly hands and wet hair, and got an argan+ comb as well as some really good snag proof rubber bands which are great.
The selection is a bit random, they don’t have a lot of make up or huge variety at this store. Hair Care seems to be their big thing. There was a bargain basement with all sorts of bags, wigs, stockings, gifts, cheap makeup etc. They had some good mesh-​y make up bags which are usually much more expensive. My boyfriend wanted to leave desperately as soon as we arrived.

Ah, Ricky’s! Although you are best known for your fabulous costumes and accessories during Halloween, for your incredible selection of false eyelashes, stage makeup and fun colorful wigs (platinum, purple, fuschia or lime green, anyone?), your nail polishes, love oils and powders, I adore you simply for your fantastic array of hair products. I’ve never found another store like Ricky’s when it comes to shampoo, conditioner, styling cremes, gels and sprays… they’ve got everything from Head & Shoulders to Artec, Carol’s Daughter, Kerastase, Deva Curl, Biosilk, Abba, Kiss My Face, Alterna, Fekkai, John Frieda, Klorane, Murad, Nature’s Gate, Bumble & Bumble and Phyto – just to name a few.
Aack! I’ve got myself so worked up picturing their shelves of product that I’m leaving to go there right now. See you there, everybody!

I came here in search of fabulous lashes for my birthday festivities. They have an amazingly friendly staff and a ridiculous selection of eyelashes to boot! Feathers? Spotted feathers? Multicolored? Yes they have them all! They’ve also got tiaras, earrings, extensions, wigs and everything in between.
And of course I had to ask about Katy Perry’s shattered. The gal was sweet enough to tell me that while they were out, they’d have a new shipment in next week, that all I needed to do was call ahead or stop by. Based on Vanessa T.‘s review, looks like the staff at this Ricky’s goes the extra mile for their customers. And they go all out for Halloween too? My kind of place!
If only they had Ricky’s out in California!

I have waiting forever for the OPI Shatter Polish to release. I called around and this was the only Ricky’s that had it! Unfortunately for me, the trains were stopped due to some investigation at Penn Station and I had to walk 26 blocks. Yes, 26!!! During that time I called in and asked if they could hold one bottle for me since I had to walk over a mile to get there =(
When I finally arrived, they told me another employee gave hers up for me because I had called to hold one! I was super grateful and would have been pretty upset had I walked all that way for nothing.
Thanks so much!

This is a great location of Ricky’s — it’s bigger and cleaner and has a much better selection than pretty much any of the others I’ve been to, plus the employees are really helpful, and occasionally there are some amazing deals to be found.