INTRODUCTION
Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Liberia, West Africa - a place where my passion for hair began. By the age of ten, I began to braid and style everyone's hair - both family and friends. When I decided to turn this practice into a career, I moved to New York and began my career in Soho at the iconic John Dellaria Salon, where I learned precision cutting.
After much training, I moved uptown to a very different clientele and salon experience - at Varin on the Upper East Side, where I learned the art of French hairstyling. I am a master because I learned from the best. During this time I continued to build both my client book and experience outside the salon by doing hair at NY Fashion Week for shows like Stella McCartney, Oscar de la Renta, Mugler, and Carolina Herrera. With all these experiences, under great masters of hair - I made the difficult decision to gain more independence and moved to Filament Salon in the East Village - where I combined all that I learned and began to make my own rules, and build a focus on curly heads.
I expanded my reach to working at The Gregory Hotel where I gain knowledge working as an independent stylist. Diving deeper into the curly world, I became a senior stylist at the prestigious devachan salon both in SoHo and UWS. Knowing that I wanted to give my clients more, I made the move to open Candace Witherspoon salon. A place where all hair types (straight, curly, wavy, short, long, etc) are welcome. In addition, I train future stylists as an educator for DevaCurl. I have pursued my education at DevaCurl Academy of New York, L'Oréal Academy, Ouidad Academy, Aveda Institute and Keratin Complex and have had work published in Allure, Marie Claire, New York Post, Refinery 29, Dove | Mic, Self Magazine, Oprah Magazine, The Atlantic and Byrdie.
TESTIMONIALS
CONTACT
SALON SERVICES
Please, all clients must come in with hair down, dry, detangled and lightly styled in order to receive a proper curly cut.
For all FIT student 15% discount on all services. ID must be provided.
COVID-19 GUIDE
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Please wear mask upon entry.
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Please wash hands upon arrival and departure.
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No walk-ins
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If someone at home has a temperature, you must reschedule.
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Please come in only at your schedule appointment time. No extra guest.
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No food or drink. Please have all liquid drinks in a bottle.
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All children most be old enough to be drop off for their appointment, as you can not wait in the salon.
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Please only bring essential items.
HAIRCUTS
Candace Custom Curly Cut
Melissa Curly Cut
WOMEN (straight hair)
MEN
CUSTOM CURLY KIDS CUT
BANG TRIM
$135 +
$110 +
$110+
$95 +
$95+
$20+
HAIR COLOR
COLOR SINGLE-PROCESS
PINTURA HIGHLIGHTS (FULL HEAD)
PINTURA HIGHLIGHTS (HALF HEAD)
HAIR GLAZE
BALAYAGE
$105 +
$220 +
$205 +
$30 +
$175 +
KERATIN HAIR STRAIGHTING
KERATIN HAIR STRAIGHTENING
KERATIN BANGS
$265 +
$50 +
OTHER SERVICES
BLOW DRY
NATURAL HAIR BLOW DRY
Melissa Curl Consulting
TWIST OUT
BRAIDS
DEEP CONDITIONER
$45 +
$65 +
$85+
$75+
$55 +
$35+
Get in Touch
Candace Witherspoon Salon
256 W 27th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10001
Tel. 908.397.2087
HOURS
MON
TUE
WED
THUR
FRI
SAT
SUN
appt. upon request
10 AM - 8 PM
10 AM - 8 PM
10 AM - 8 PM
10 AM - 8 PM
10 AM - 6 PM
appt. upon request