Natural Hair Salon Search: How to Find the Right Salon

Many curly and kinky haired women, whether newly natural or seasoned veterans have their own opinions on finding a natural hair salon. Several women go the DIY and Youtube tutorial route because they don’t know how to find the right expert to work their magic on their kinks and coils. Well, that changes today.

Finding that Natural Hair Knowledge

The best reason to go to a natural hair salon is to have an expert analyze and maintain the health of your natural hair. Regardless of how experienced you are with your own curls, your hair will benefit from a once-over by an experienced stylist. If you’ve been searching hard to find a salon that knows the ins an outs of natural hair, keep reading for four essential tips to point you in the right direction.

1. Search for a Natural Hair Salon with Good Reviews and Great Referrals

There’s no doubt that you’ve been Googling “natural salons
near me” to find your best options. As you read through the experiences of other naturals, keep an eye out for reviews that talk about the quality of the stylist’s techniques and the health of their hair after a visit. The best natural hair salons have stylists that are highly trained in healthy natural hair techniques to keep your hair looking good long after your appointment.

When seeking referrals, make sure you ask friends and family that have received natural hair services. Too often, people follow the advice of friends that have visited a salon that says they work with natural hair but have never received any natural hairstyles themselves. In order to gauge a salon’s ability to work with natural hair, you need to hear from people that have received, and enjoyed, natural styles from the salon.

2. Know Your Products

Another way to find the right natural hair salon for you is to know the products the stylists use on natural hair. Oftentimes, a visit to the salon involves a wash, trim, and style with a slew of products that the client is unfamiliar with. Familiarize yourself with the brands that the salon works with to determine if they use the healthiest practices and products for natural hair.

Salons that aren’t proactive about protecting natural hair will use products without taking into account what they contain. Oftentimes, salons will use products that contain damaging chemicals that aren’t right for natural hair. These types of products will ultimately prevent growth and possibly lead to breakage.

3. Always Have a Consultation with Your Stylist

Before making an appointment, always get to know each potential stylist. Start by reading the stylist bios on the salon’s website, as well as reviewing their work on Instagram. This research will help you learn what types of techniques and methods each stylist is trained in, as well as how long they’ve been working with natural hair.

Woman with short tapered natural hair cut by Myriam at All Dolled Up Salons.Once you’ve found a potential stylist, visit the salon for a consultation. Have a stylist analyze your hair to help determine their professional opinion of your curls, as well as what their plan of action and suggested styles are. While you are at the salon, pay attention to the styles the other customers are receiving. Do they meet your expectations? Are they creating natural hairstyles that you find attractive?

A salon like All Dolled Up invests in stylists with extensive knowledge of natural hair, as well as the perfect products and styling methods for kinky and curly hair. Are you a client searching for a great way to wear your hair natural? Look no further than the natural hair styling team and one of our best natural hair stylists, Myriam. She and our other stylists are great with twist outs and braid outs, as well as protective styles–after one visit you’ll see the All Dolled Up team has what it takes to care for your hair.

4. Find a Stylist that is Careful with Cuts

It’s likely if it’s your first visit in a while to a natural salon that you’ll need a trim. Be sure that your stylist understands the proper way to cut natural hair. Curly and kinky hair should be cut in the natural state, rather than after any treatments to change the state of the hair. Similarly, the hair should be cut when dry rather than creating an uneven cut on wet hair.

With natural hair, the goal is to find a great stylist that will be able to work with your hair for years to come. By using these for tips in your salon search, you’ll find the right natural hair salon for you sooner than you think.

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