Valerie is amazing! She always responds quickly learns about your hair history/hair goals and gets…read moreyou scheduled efficiently. She is extremely knowledgeable about hair and how to maintain its health, especially after bleaching and coloring. I really appreciate how she is educational, honest, and realistic in how she approaches conversations with her client. If you're unsure of what color or cut to get, she patiently explains the tradeoffs so that you can make an informed decision (vs. just making the decision for you). She has a calm vibe that makes it easy to relax and enjoy the hair sesh :) I went to her for the first time in December and have gotten so many compliments on my hair! The way she colored and blended it makes it blend and grow out naturally. I already booked a touch-up session with her in April!

Hair by Valerie provides excellent service and is very accommodating to clients like me. She is…read morelocated in Base Salon. The price is worth every penny because Valerie seems to have magical skills--my hair turned out silky smooth. She is also very informative about the process she uses and the upkeep needed for your hair. Valerie takes your preferences into account and is honest about whether a style or color will work for you. I trust her suggestions completely.

Khloe is amazing! I no longer live in San Jose but still drive down for appointments with her…read more Booking is very easy over text, and she's typically the only one in the salon. Color services do take a bit longer since she doesn't have any help and sometimes works on two clients at the same time. I'm usually there for 4+ hours. However, the results are worth it every time! The babylights come out beautifully, and I love the way she styles my hair at the end of the appointment. The salon itself is clean and professional. Will continue to return!

I have existing, dimensional babylights from another stylist and was looking to be less dimensional…read moreso I can actually feel blonde whenever I look in the mirror. I can 100% say Judy beautifully achieved that. She's gotten me closer to my hair goals than ever before! Her work on Instagram (@hvirbyjl) is phenomenal, and it's so surreal seeing my hair get close to the reference photos from her page but with my own version. I leave the salon truly LOVING my hair. Judy is so talented and thorough with her explanations, all while considering your hair goals and what's realistic with the state of your hair. Since I have previous work on my hair, we are going slow to get me brighter and blend in the old colors. I've only seen her twice so far and already have feel at my brightest since stepping into her chair! She leaves me with such an amazing grow out that I didn't even come back until 6 months later (oops) for my next visit. I am so happy I found her and always look forward to getting my hair done and cut by her again. Thank you so much Judy!

Hi there, if you're deciding who to go with with your hair... stop here. My girl friends have been…read moreraving about Nancy for the last few years, and I finally had the urge to change my hair color and to pink of all colors lol I knew I had to get someone GOOD and with a lot of experience, and that's Nancy Yo, he's been at it for 25 years, and when you book, you get HER, NOT an assistant or anyone in training. I am super freaking picky but I think she got me and what i wanted. She also taught me how to take care of the hair after. She's also just really fun to talk to (i HATE chatting while getting a hair cut lol), and I got to turn on my favorite show for this 4-5hour coloring lol (black to pink!) Anyway, it was so worth the drive up from San Francisco haha. Also you're surrounded by good viet food and she can give you her recs too hehehe!!

I'm so happy I found Nancy on Yelp! For the past few years I've been going around to different…read morestylists and haven't found one that I love. Everytime I go to different salons from looking at pictures online, they have their assistants do most of the work while they oversee the assistants. I think this sucks because i'm paying for service from the professional and not their assistants! I messaged Nancy on instagram and she was very prompt with her response and helped fix and achieve the hair color that I wanted. Nancy is really welcoming and super nice. She does everything by herself so you don't have to worry about an assistant doing the entire process. Highly Recommend if you're looking for a good hair stylist!

Omg thank you to my hair color genius, My, and birthday twin, Natalie, for the cutest haircut and…read morestyling, giving me my "Princess Diaries" moment. This was by far the most crazy hairstyle I've ever had and yet most rewarding. I've had plenty of hair dates with My in the past and she always never fails to impress me, but this was by far the best I've felt in so long. So beyond satisfied with how it turned out! There's nobody I trust more with my hair needs than My and her talented staff!

What!!!! Now they have curly hair specialist!!!! Shout out to my girl, Angel Delao joining the…read moreteam!! If you need a curly hair specialist, go see Angel Delao at MY STYLIST SALON it's so cute and welcoming. She's a true Curly Hair Specialist and honestly one of the best in the Bay Area for curls and overall cuts. She does amazing haircuts and highlights--my color came out gorgeous. She's also cut my mom's and my daughter's hair, and even my super picky mom loved it Honestly one of the best in the Bay Area Curly Hair Specialists, definitely go check her out!

My experience with Rosie has been nothing but AMAZING! I went in for Babylight & Root Melt service…read more Rosie took the time to listen to what I wanted and even offered some helpful suggestions that suited my face shape, skin tone and hair type. The end result was even better than I imagine. The salon was very clean and other hairstylists were also friendly during my visit. I highly recommend going to Rosie!

Lily is an angel to me. I first came to Lily 12 years ago when she was first starting out. I never…read moreforgot how amazing she was and she has become so popular! She's easy to talk to, honest and hard working. She's very skilled at what she does. Quite simply, she's the best. I have always thought of coming back as I've tried several hairstylists. Most recently, my other hairstylist did highlights and I'm not sure what happened but it came out too light and very streaky. I knew just who to go to fix this. I was in Lily's chair for 4 hours and the result was worth it. I exhaled when Lily showed me the results! Look at her Instagram @hairbylily408. She is a miracle worker. She also has a ton of other reviews at her Hair By Lily Yelp page. Her salon is located on Meridian Avenue (not Park Avenue as the other Yelp page says). Also my friend got her hair done by Lily and it looks wonderful. My friend has followed Lily on Instagram for years. Lily suggested we could coordinate our time to get our hair done together next time we're both due. We are going to do this! Also, the salon is unpretentious and I felt relaxed. I connected to Lily's WiFi and just was reading and also catching up with Lily. Put your trust in Lily-- I let her decide the color with the exception that it just not be red (don't care for that color). I will always recommend her to anyone. Thank you Lily for your passion, hard work and making people feel good! I was not feeling good before with the "clown" hair and now I am feeling like myself. To have familiarity with a hairstylist and they really see you, is priceless.

Huong is so talented at what she does! She did my babylights, I showed her inspo pics and she made…read moremy hair so beautiful! She puts a lot of care into her work and you can tell, as she is super detailed and her results are incredible. She is also very nice and easy to talk to. I will definitely come back :)

I really don't like to write negative reviews but I feel the need to warn anyone else considering a…read morecut and color from Huong. I think she is really skilled but she doesn't really care to take in customer input and when you voice your opinion she is very dismissive and will blame you for not articulating yourself well. Initially she seemed really interested in my inspo pics and understanding what I wanted. I asked for a blunt cut in back with longer face framing layers in the front. I wanted a blended money piece and darker caramel without red tint highlights. She ended up cutting my face framing layers to the length of my baby hairs which was wayyyy shorter than I wanted. She just kind of went for it. I was really shocked usually they show where they will start cutting before they do that. She really seemed into her vision as opposed what is best for fine slightly wavy hair. When I explained this was too short she said I asked for it and she needed to blend my existing short pieces but with my fine frizzy hair this is so unflattering. She also told me she notices I like to put my hair behind my ears which I could still do so it was all fine. Every concern I had she minimized and wouldn't let me talk further. I had to let her keep going because already so many pieces in front were too short. She starts on bleaching my hair. In the middle of my appointment she starts consulting another woman's hair which I found so uncomfortable. This went on for 20 mins. Once she starts taking the foil out by the wash station I smell the bleach and it's so strong. The front pieces were straw blond and I have black hair. Sure enough all my highlights were basically dirty blonde and my money pieces were reddish blonde not blended in. It was awful I looked so terrible. I had asked for not too light/blonde but I guess that wasn't understood. I basically freaked out and asked her to take me back to dark brown. She seemed soo annoyed and kept telling me how I had confused her and she did everything according to my inspo. Even if this is true I thought there's is always a customer is right attitude in hair? It's common to realize a color is not completely flattering and adjust. My other colorists all do this but I recently moved so I went to Huong. Her attitude when I asked her to take my back to brunette was awful she seemed so irritated and mad and me and it made me so uncomfortable. To her credit she did spend a lot of time re-dyeing the hair. Once I was back to brunette she kept saying how this was not the inspo pic I showed and was lecturing me. I really don't get the point in making a stressed customer feel bad about themselves. She told me to not wash my hair for 3 days which I followed and when I did the dye came out in the shower which has never happened to me before. I've really never had a hair stylist make me feel so poorly about myself I had to go home and cry after. I spent $450 to just feel incredibly horrible about myself. I have this short choppy hair I don't know what to do with. It really would have been different if I felt she was kind and trying to understand me but this was not the case. Also the salon space is not clean in the wash station another customers hair was all over the seat. Posting the inspo pics and my pics.

I loved the way Esmee did my hair! I would have added a photo, but I don't like posting photos of…read moremyself! Basically, I had highlights in my hair from a previous hair stylist, but she stopped my hair and it just looked aweful! Esme did this gorgeous deep color correction (it was a darker Balyage, and she did hydrating treatment. Love love love it!

This salon really meets your expectations. I've always had terrible experiences with salons not…read morereally understanding what I'm asking for but Eva truly delivered!! She took her time to hear me out, asked exactly what I wanted and guided me through a haircut that would best fit me and I'm so happy with the results. She has so much talent when it comes to cutting hair. She started off by giving me such a comfortable hair wash, then starting cutting, then styling and I'm SO HAPPY with the results. Like I said, she truly takes her time to get to know exactly what you want and gives you exactly that. Love this place, loved Eva, definitely coming back!! I've added before and after pics and wow !

Deborah did an amazing job getting the brassiness out of my hair and got it blonder than anyone has…read moreever been able to! I had about 5 appointments with a high end colorist in SF that never got it anywhere close to what I wanted! Everyone told me it wasn't possible but Deborah did it on the first appointment. I've been growing out my natural gray but I still have a lot of brown so I'm mostly trying to go for a cool toned bright blonde/white so it blends more with my roots as they grow out so I can go longer between appointments. I don't want my hair to look like a natural gray, I still want it to have a pop and feel current. Deborah was honest about what would work in our video consultation, as well as with pricing upfront. She also told me how to take care of it moving forward and what is need to do at home to maintain the cool tone. It look a long time (about 7-8 hours) but she is extremely precise and detailed at her work and it clearly shows. Thank you, Deborah!

Respectfully, you know what you've written below is not accurate. Yes, you do a zoom consult…read more That's true. But the rest, nope. You are strictly cash and frankly not as great as you portray. I can give more details of what else went wrong but I choose not to give myself away for privacy reasons. My post is simply to make buyers beware. Buyers at this point can judge for themselves. You may have changed your process since my appt but I'm truthful with my experience.