Who We Are

Owner and founder Harley DiNardo was born and raised in Westchester, NY. He was trained at: the Aveda advanced academy in NYC , TIGI-LA for hair cutting, L’oreal for Balayage highlighting, and Tracy Cunningham for color, Tracy is the go-to colorist for many of Hollywood’s A-Listers.

Harley began his career in New York City’s Lower East Side where he eventually opened his first salon and called it Shampoo. It was there that he honed his skills and developed a passion for many things artful, such as music, film, and hair.

At Hairrakesh Harley’s goal is to create a vision and a team worthy of the same standards he’s held himself to, which brought him to working on hair in other parts of the world, including owning and running a salon in Malibu at Zuma beach, where he styled the locks of fashion and entertainment icons. 

Through him, all stylists at Hairrakesh receive the same training that he received. That coupled with the skills they’ve honed on their own, the aim is to create the best experience possible for every client, delivered the same way every time. We know that going to a salon for the first can be daunting, but it shouldn’t be. At Hairrakesh the goal is to have a New York City style salon, at reasonable prices, that makes you feel at home from your very first experience.