Skip to content
Hair salons
Sisters Unisex Salon
Sisters Unisex Salon

Sisters Unisex Salon

Hair salon in Brooklyn, NY

Rated 3.6 out of 5 (492 on Google Maps) (opens in a new tab) Closed now

The business began in 1989 in Harlem, when six sisters from the Dominican Republic opened a salon with five chairs and two hair washing stations. Their founder, Bernarda Toribio, was a Dominican immigrant who had trained as a master stylist in Venezuela. The Harlem salon later grew to fill the corner of 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, with room for up to 125 clients, and in its early years it became popular with the local African American community.

Read more

About

The business began in 1989 in Harlem, when six sisters from the Dominican Republic opened a salon with five chairs and two hair washing stations. Their founder, Bernarda Toribio, was a Dominican immigrant who had trained as a master stylist in Venezuela. The Harlem salon later grew to fill the corner of 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, with room for up to 125 clients, and in its early years it became popular with the local African American community.

A Brooklyn location opened in 2001 in Metro Tech, Downtown Brooklyn, and the company has since acquired its own building there. Albania Hungría Toribio, the current owner, has led the expansion, with new Sisters salons opening in Brooklyn.

The salon describes its service as personalized and its prices as reasonable and accessible, and it states that all of its hair stylists are certified and trained. Colorists train at NYC schools and continue their education each year on current trends. Services are listed on a price list on the services page, though specific prices are not given in the page text. Wash and set and blow-dry services need at least one hour, so clients arriving near closing time are asked to allow for the extra time their hair may need.

Hair is blown out without a flat iron, and the salon describes its service as personalized.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Cuts, styling and blowouts, including wash and set, wash and blow dry, pony tails, flat twists and Shirley Temple curls; color services such as permanent color, rinse color and highlights; chemical and smoothing services including relaxers, silk press and Wave Nouveau; and Care Free treatments.

  • Care Free Price at booking
  • Care Free Care Price at booking
  • Cut & Style Price at booking
  • Flat Twist Price at booking
  • Hair Cuts ONLY Price at booking
  • Highlights Price at booking
  • Permanent Color Price at booking
  • Pony Tail Price at booking
  • Relaxer Price at booking
  • Rinse Color Price at booking
  • Shirley Temple Curls Price at booking
  • Silk Press Price at booking
  • Wash & Blow Dry Price at booking
  • Wash, Set and Wrap Price at booking
  • Wave Nouveau Price at booking

Photos

  • Curled updo with gemstone necklace and lashes
  • Stylist blow-drying a client in salon with balloons
  • Staff member helping client under a hooded dryer
  • Staff in green shirts lined up in the salon
  • Voluminous curled updo hairstyle from behind
  • Blonde blowout with curled ends from behind
  • Golden blowout with soft curls on a client
  • Back view of a red bob with layered blowout styling
  • Back view of a copper-red layered blowout
  • Highlighted hair with large curled blowout, salon station in background
  • Highlighted half-up style with sectioning clips
  • Side view of highlighted layered blowout with curled ends

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.sistersunisex.com (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Stylists specialize in Afro-Latina hair and care for all hair types
  • Blowouts are done without a flat iron
  • Silk Press, Wave Nouveau and Care Free treatments
  • Wash and set and blow-dry services require a minimum of one hour
  • Wheelchair and handicap accessible
  • Brooklyn location since 2001, with the company owning its building in Metro Tech
Good for
  • Afro-Latina hair
  • All hair types
  • Silk press and blowout appointments
  • Wash and set clients
  • Clients who prefer a personalized service
  • Clients with accessibility needs
Treats
  • Color and highlights
  • Relaxed hair
  • Curls and curl styles
  • Cuts and everyday styling
  • Braids and twists
Techniques
  • Silk Press
  • Wave Nouveau
  • Care Free and Care Free Care treatments
  • Relaxer
  • Permanent color
  • Rinse color
  • Highlights
  • Flat twists
  • Shirley Temple curls
  • Wash, set and wrap

Similar salons nearby

More in Brooklyn

Book online Call