Stella's Hair Braiding 13220 Laurel - Bowie Road, Laurel, MD 20708

"I went to this place last week expecting good results since I had to be somewhere the next day. When I got to the place there was only 3 people working and I showed the lady what I wanted and they said they didn’t have anybody to do it. So I’d have to come by at a later time, but since I had somewhere to be the next day I just settled for something else which I was over charged for and they told me they didn’t have the color I wanted just for them to come out with it when they were doing another customers hair. As I’m sitting there the lady’s almost done with my hair I look in the mirror and the lady didn’t part my hair like I’d shown her in the picture I wanted. Overall this was not a great experience I will not be going back."

"I called Stella on a Friday to get my daughter’s hair braided on that upcoming Sunday. She scheduled me for 1:00pm on Sunday, took my name, number, & everything! So I’m thinking things are legit and my spot is safe. I get there Sunday at 12:35, noticed there were at least 8 ladies (nowhere near done) still getting braided. There are at least 7-8 workers and ALL of them were booked. There were two young ladies also waiting to be seen prior to me coming in. Another older woman came in as a walk in, and requested a certain style I assume only a few of the workers know how to do. When that specific stylist was done with their customer, she took the lady that came in after me. I waited 2 hrs if not more past my appointment time before my daughter was seen. She got in the chair at 3:22pm. No apologies, or anything! She finished with my daughters hair around 7:30. Making an appointment here is useless so don’t waist your time. Getting there in the morning as soon as they open may be your best luck. Looks like this is a walk in shop. I wish she would’ve been more honest about that or at least acknowledged us as we walked in. They didn’t ask for our names or if we had appointments or anything. Not sure if I’ll be returning"

"Only Lena cornrows my hair. Her hands are gifted."

"Was amazing and it’s all thanks to Catherine. She was so respectful, friendly, and fast (it only took two hours for medium box braids!) She didn’t even pick up her phone once- unlike some braiders who use it to both distract themselves from their work and disrespect their customers. 100% professional. I’ll definitely be coming back, just for her. I wish I could rate her a million stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The owners are lucky to have her!"

"Run! I took my son to this shop to get his hair dreaded with extensions. Mind you it only 1/3 of his head. I was over charged and the dreads started coming out the very same night. I took him there on a Saturday and by Wednesday everything had unraveled and subsequently fell out. I contacted the very irresponsible owner who's only concern is to collect a payment even prior to services being completed, which in it's self is complete nonsense. A sign of incompetent nobodies having any confidence in there work. She gave me the run around for 3 days and finally told me to drop him off at 11am on a Friday. They left my Don sitting there until 3pm and then wanted to get away with doing gel twist which originally was 80 dollars. I asked to speak to the owner Stella and she reluctantly came to the phone saying that she would charge half of the amount of a style that was poorly done by her shop! I only agreed because it was the holiday season and my son needed to have his hair done. They made s second attempt which was still poorly done, my son didn't get done until after 8. Needless to say I will never step foot in this shop! It's disgusting when so call business owners don't take responsibility for their poor services. You cannot please everyone but show you care when a legitimate complaint is brought before you. I was cheated, and my son had to spend unnecessary hours in the playground they call a business. I leave them in the hands of God! I work hard for my earnings to have irresponsible people steal from me. Good luck running your so called business. Stay clear of this braiding shop. They don't care!"