Hair Care
Hair Care
Formulated behind the chair. Since 2008.
I have been doing hair since 1990 and I have owned my salon in Philadelphia since 1996. For most of those years I worked with other people's products, and for most of those years something was missing.
The first thing I ever formulated was not for a woman at all. In 2008 my husband's beard was dry and nothing on the shelf fixed it, so I made Beard Butter. It worked. That was the beginning.
Then came Beauty Secret, because I was tired of watching products fail on different textures. Every texture needs something different. Tight coils, loose curls, relaxed strands, and covered hair do not want the same thing, and I stopped pretending they did.
FOR COVERED HAIR
Hijab. Turbans. Wigs.
It started with hijab. I am a Muslim woman and a haircare specialist, and no one in this country was making hair care for women who cover, so I formulated for my own hair and for the women in my chair. Then I kept listening. Women in turbans. Women in wigs and under bonnets. Women whose hair spends the day under something.
Covered hair lives in a different climate: less air, more friction, a scalp that holds heat and moisture. It needs a lighter cleanse, real scalp care, and leave-ins that do not build up under fabric. That is what I make.
FOR COVERED HAIR is being reformulated. A better formula, a new look, and two new products: a scalp serum and a protective serum. Five steps, used in order. Cleanse, condition, mask, treat, finish. It is coming soon. Until then, the current line is here, and the salon is private, so you can take your covering off and be seen properly.
What I will not put in a bottle
No sulfates. No parabens. Clean formulas, judged on one thing: results you can see in the mirror.
What I am proudest of
A client sits in my chair with damaged hair. I give her a regimen. She listens. We work from the inside out, and a year later her hair is healthy. That happens in my salon all the time, and it is the only review that matters to me.
This is the Somalia Method. Inside first. Then the hair.
Find your line
Strength
Scalp first. For thinning, shedding, breakage, and edges that need to come back. Black Seed + Brahmi oil, THE PEN, and the scalp-stimulating wash set.
Argan Repair
For dry, damaged, heat-stressed hair. Shampoo, conditioner, and the silk treatment that brings the softness back.
Beauty Secret
The extras that make the difference. Deep conditioners, curl creams, and leave-ins for coils and curls that want moisture without weight.
Hair Growth + Support
What you take, not just what you put on. The vitamins, iron, and teas that feed hair from the inside.
Shanté's Shelf
What Roxanne Shanté actually uses, in the order she uses it.
The salon
Every product on this page started in my salon in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. Private, women-only, Muslim friendly. Healthy hair and scalp care for every texture. Appointments by call or text: 215-264-1100.
Stay the course. Stay consistent.