My first expertise with Dickey at Hair Guidelines (828 ninth Ave #3FL, New York, NY 10019) was years in the past after I was a child magnificence editor. For years, he has been a go-to for natural hair each on journal shoots and for editors within the trade. He even wrote a e-book all about caring for curls and has his personal product line known as Hair Rules. I experimented with going to different stylists for years after that first appointment however, identical to each magnificence development from the 2010s, I made a comeback to Dickey. Two years in the past, after a nudge from a fellow curly magnificence editor, I arrived on his doorstep with scraggly ends, breakage on the hairline, and an itchy scalp.
As quickly as I enter the house, I’m transported again to my early days within the salon with my mother. There’s R&B music taking part in within the background. Girls of all shades sitting below the dryer or within the stylist chairs that overlook ninth Avenue. The salon smells just like the citrus and tea tree oil that’s blended into his hand-mixed oil remedy, Scalp Ting. The large distinction from different salons I’ve visited is that most individuals listed below are embracing their pure curl sample as an alternative of treating their hair with relaxer. Similar to with any Black salon, there may be laughter and a little bit of loving ribbing (“Woman, you bought to cease pulling again your hair, what is that this breakage at your edges!”) within the environment.
That first day he minimize nearly three inches off my hair to kick off my reset (I cried a thug tear nevertheless it all needed to go!). Now, I go to his Higher West Aspect salon each three months for a trim and scalp treatment. Generally I get a silk press, however most frequently his affiliate Letty braids me up.
At my final go to, we have been all raving concerning the well being of my hair. It’s now grown from simply grazing my shoulders to effectively previous my collarbone. The important thing: Dickey satisfied me to start out blowing out my hair earlier than doing a twist out. With this extra step, my hair stays extra moisturized than after I was utilizing the LCO (liquid, cream, oil) technique on moist hair then air-drying.
