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Turning Heads Beauty Salon and Day Spa

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218 Lenox Ave., New York, NY 10027 40.805119 -73.947282
at 121st St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-828-4600 Send to Phone

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  • Type: Hair Salon, Spa
  • Services: Hairstyling, Manicure/Pedicure, Massage: Basic, Skincare & Facials
Photo by Carla Ray Thompson

Official Website

turningheadsdayspa.com

Hours

Sun-Mon, noon-5pm; Tue-Fri, 10am-7pm; Sat, 9am-5pm

Nearby Subway Stops

2, 3 at 116th St.; 2, 3 at 125th St.

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Profile

In historic Harlem, a brownstone beauty shop can sit next to a funeral parlor and no one blinks an eye: The bereaved go upstairs, while beauticians head down to an Afrocentric spa and hair salon that fairly bustles with activity. Most folks start at the wash station, where a shampooer might sing aloud to the Muzak-ed Toni Braxton jam while scrubbing the hell out of a scalp using Aveda products and elbow grease. Clients then advance through moisturizing steam conditioning before finally landing in their stylists’ chairs. Here, dreadlocks are deftly palm-rolled with Sebastian’s molding mud and twisted into intricate designs, and straightened tresses—sleek from either relaxer or hot comb—are blown out or wrapped around rods for a curly set. Just about everyone does a stint under the domed hair dryers, where the hot blasts are softened by the sweet-orange-oil-scented towels brought by the spa assistant. This soothing act might lead women to book a service later in one of several treatment rooms that play host to Swedish and hot-stone massages as well as deep-pore-cleansing facials.

Extra

Appointments are precious, and walk-ins are not encouraged. Come in after 4 p.m. and expect to wait a loooong time.

Sales
The salon’s Website often lists holiday promos.