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The Dahlia cut
Dry sculpt, rose-water steam, define and diffuse, with a parlor drink.
$195
Curl salon · Garden District, New Orleans
Curls, in full bloom.
A candlelit curl salon in a Garden District mansion — sculpted cuts, rose-gold color and hydration rituals for every curl, coil and wave.
Welcome to the house
Every curl is a rose waiting to open.
Josette grew up in the Seventh Ward, where her grandmother did every curl on the block in a kitchen that smelled of rose oil and hot combs. She learned that curls, like roses, open when they’re cared for — not forced.
Black Dahlia lives in a restored 1880s Garden District mansion: black walls, candlelight, antique mirrors and eight curl artists who treat every pattern from 2A to 4C like something precious.
— Josette Delacroix-Ware, founder
Signature services
What we're known for
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Rose-gold curls
Blush-gold ribbons painted curl by curl.
$275+
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The rose ritual
Warm rose-oil scalp massage, steam and a velvet protein mask.
$110The work
The garden
Curls are not tamed here. They are tended — slowly, by candlelight, with rose oil and patience — until they open.
Sample client reviews
Sample love letters
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A candlelit curl cut in a Garden District mansion, with a glass of champagne. I may never recover.
Camille’s rose-gold curls look like sunset on the Mississippi.
Josette treated my 4C coils like something precious. Because they are.
The rose ritual is the most romantic hour of self-care I’ve ever had.
Rose styled my curls for the Rex ball. I felt like royalty, which was the point.
Andre gave me a coily sculpt that photographs like a magazine cover.
Simone’s silk press lasted through a week of humidity and a second line.
We held my bridal shower in the parlor. Curls, candles and champagne for twelve.
The team
The artists of the house
Josette Delacroix-Ware
Founder · Master Curl Artist
Camille Bertrand
Color Director
Andre Fontenot
Curl Artist
Simone Baptiste
Texture Artist
The experience
An evening at the house
Every visit begins at the black iron gate.
- Complimentary valet on Prytania
- Champagne, chicory coffee or rose tea in the parlor
- Candlelit, private cutting rooms
- A rose-oil care kit to take home
- 14years in the Garden District
- 8curl artists
- 2houses
- 4.9average rating
Recognition · sample
- New Orleans Magazine · Best Curl Salon
- Gambit · Best of New Orleans
- Essence Hair Hub · Salon of the Year
- Garden & Gun · Southern Style
- NaturallyCurly · Top 10 Curl Salons
- Salon Craft Journal · Salon 100
- Louisiana Life · Beauty Issue
- The Style Ledger Hair Guide · Curl Houses to Know
The shop
The rose vanity
Online store teaser — products shown are samples.
Dahlia Curl Oil
$48
Midnight Velvet Mask
$52
Black Orchid Definer
$40
Onyx Silk Pillowcase
$68
Night Bloom Mist
$34
Ebony Detangling Comb
$22
Satin Bonnet (Noir)
$30
Visit
Visit the house
- 2727 Prytania Street
New Orleans, LA
Complimentary valet on Prytania; street parking on Washington Ave - (504) 555-0190
- Text us
- [email protected]
- @blackdahliacurls
Hours
- Tue – Thu10a – 8p
- Fri – Sat9a – 7p
- SunEvents only
- MonClosed
Ring at the black iron gate on Prytania; the parlor is just inside.
Let your curls bloom.
Call, text or book online — we'll take it from there.