Corrie is great with color and styles. I highly recommend her! The shop is clean, professional and has a pleasant atmosphere. read more

Lipstick Jungle Salon - Corrie does great color & styles. I highly recommend her! - Hair Salons Near Me - El Cajon, California

This place doesn't look like it's worth stopping at from outsiden but don't drive by! Inside it is beautiful and Tammy is awesome! She was recommended to me through some aquaintances. I was looking for a hair cut at an affordable price, and if there was room in my budget some streaks of color. Tammy did a great job listening to me and verifying that she understood what I was looking for. I also have had some bad experiences in the past with my hair being dyed. NOT THIS TIME! I am so excited that I made an appointment with her just went with my gut. It was a great first expierence and I will be going back for sure. Just a side note they don't get many walks here, due to their location I'm guessing ..... so I would call for an appointment. read more

Lipstick Jungle Salon - Hair Salons Near Me - El Cajon, California

I tragically lost my previous hairdresser to a cross country move, but in all darkness comes light (or bleach?) Anyways, Kendra took the time to really listen to what I wanted and worked hard to achieve it. She is very fast and extremely reasonably priced. I'm so lucky to have found her and if your reading this, you will be too. But call her in advance because she is busy and books up early. read more

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Ah. Where do I start? If I could give Kendra a zero I would. I quickly texted her after hearing from a friend (who had never gone there -my mistake) that she was the "best hair dresser in east county." We went back and forth a bit through texts and I asked for a consultation... she decided instead to just put me in her chair (second mistake). I had to sit through three bleach sessions back to back for some of my roots to be even with the rest of my hair. Before ever stepping foot in the salon, I had made it very clear that my intentions were to be even and if she wouldn't be able to do it, I would go on about my business and find someone else. She so confidently told me that if anyone could do it, she could. Turns out that wasn't true. Before the third bleaching session, she made a comment about how my scalp wouldn't be able to handle a platinum card if I couldn't deal with the bleach now. Never mind the fact that I had already had bleach directly placed on my scalp twice that day. So yeah. My scalp was a little sensitive. Whose wouldn't? After NOT being able to lift enough for the third time in the areas I had issues with, she decided to tone me to a color of her choosing in spite of it being the opposite of what I wanted... I went home and toned my hair myself a couple days later to fix what she did. I left with and appointment scheduled with the idea that we would be doing a platinum card and there would be no problems. I only had MAYBE half an inch of root. Then an inch of platinum... two inches of the gold... and then platinum to the ends. I asked if she could use 10vol on my two inches of gold and then 30 on the roots only. She said yeah I'll have to be real careful and get just the black. And then I watch her drag 30vol all the way to the gold part and use 10 on SOME of the golden parts. The result? Quarter inch of gold, one inch of white, two inches of gold. After the first rinse, I just wanted to go home. She says she can fix it... and slathers bleach all over my roots again. And then tones it. Except now that one inch of white is so porous it sucked up all the color and what do u know? My roots were still golden and I have an inch of blue. We ended up having to shadow root (which was not what I wanted). I went home with some dark, some light roots and stripes of dark in my hair. After a year of being blonde, I am having to go back to black because Kendra does not know what she's doing. And the sad part is, a lot of times, she would say things to make it seem like I was the problem... "Your ethnicity is not meant to be blonde." "If you didn't have the white ends, you would be happy with the level that I lifted you to" (never mind the fact that I said I wanted to be EVEN). "Is anyone even going to see that?" (when I pointed out that some of my roots hadn't been touched with the bleach). The sad part is? She's probably saying bad things about me to a client now. How do I know? Because we talked bad about another client together. I was just another customer though, NOT the professional. Perhaps if you're already a client of hers, you should think twice about telling her your personal business. You don't know when she'll get upset with you and tell someone else. Or tell your other clients (me) that you and your daughter are white trash because you text that you don't like what she's done to your hair. Ha ha. How ironic. I don't like mine either. If you do decide to go to Kendra, don't expect a professional experience. She will talk about all the heads she's done and how great she is, but you're not going to walk out looking better than you came in, and she will make you feel bad for it at the end of it all. She'll be on her phone. She'll be overbooked (I'm not even sure how she is so busy, I guess a lot of people just don't care about their hair) and she will not be able to give u the salon experience people expect and pay for. For the record, your better off doing your hair yourself than going to Kendra. For the first time in seven years of being together... my husband came home, looked at my hair, asked me what happened... and told me "don't get mad babe, but they f*cked you up!" read more

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(Photos posted) If you have curly hair DO NOT go to Kendra. I had just had a baby 3 months ago at the time and wanted to freshen my look and get my groove back..instead I was left with damaged orange hair!!! Kendra has a way of turning what you want into what is convenient for her to do. I was referred by someone to go to Kendra..so I drove the hour from Oceanside. First off the address is not correct on here or google.. I ended up calling and was given the correct address. Even though I was a couple minutes late, Kendra was behind and I was seen an hour after my original appointment time. I didn't care at the time tho. But Kendra looked at my hair and said it was too curly to straighten...I should have walked out then because if she couldn't straighten it then she isn't skilled enough to cut it. Before my appointment I had even sent her pictures of my hair and what I wanted. The whole appointment felt rushed as she had another client there at the same time. For a cut and color it only took an hour. After my cut while my hair was wet I asked her if my hair was orange and she said that it was "golden" She made it clear before my appointment that it would take a couple sessions to get it to blonde but going to a hairdresser I didn't expect it was going to be ORANGE!!!! It ended up being extra damaged and orange plus I was given a horrible cut. I texted her about it and said she would do it again for free but I didn't want to drive an hour for a similar result. She agreed that she would give me half of my money back but it has been a month and a half and NO MONEY. The last time I texted her about it I didn't receive a response. I ended up going to someone else who fixed my hair AND straightened it for LESS than what I was charged. read more

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Pam saved my hair!!! So, this place wasn't listed on Yelp yet so I went through the trouble of making a page for this place because they totally deserve to be shared with the world! I had gone to a different salon on a promotional ticket to get a brazillian blowout. I have really curly hair and I wanted to keep my curls but get them de-frizzed ( what the brazillian blowout website claimed would happen to curly hair). Well the OTHER salon put way too much product on and my hair is STILL trying to recover even though I'm past the 12 week mark. My curls and ego were devastated! I looked up Pam, who owns Lipstick Jungle Salon, and told her about what had happened and I made an appointment. She was fantastic! She talked to me for 10-15 minutes during my appointment and played with the texture of my hair to really get a feel for what she could do. She really listened to the kind of cut and style I needed and explained to me tricks to bring my curls back! The shampoo was AMAZING!!! She really scrubbed and massaged my scalp, definitely the best I've ever had at a salon! then she gave me the cutest haircut with layers and side swept bangs that really helped the curliness come back. To top it all off, she gave me a really cute style I was happy to rock and would be easy for me to re-create on my own (LOVE That!!) The best part was that she really listened to what I wanted and helped me love my hair again!! Isn't that the whole point?! I already sent two other friends to the salon who had equally gratifying experiences!! Overall this place is my new favorite, I can tell it will be for years to come! *The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it is a little difficult to find (Look for the sign with pink lips!) and there's not much customer parking. But really who cares about finding parking when this salon can give you your groove back?!!! LOVE this place! Thank you Pam! read more

As good as it gets!! I have been a client of Pam's for almost 20 years. She is great to chat with, and can talk while working on your hair!! In fact, she even came up and did both my hair and makeup for my son's wedding. Love that gal!! read more

I went into the new location on a Tuesday to book a hair appointment for the following weekend, only one girl was available that day but only at a certain time. I booked it. I arrived that Saturday and noticed a tiny sign that said cash only, no debit or credit, wish they told me that prior. The girl that did my hair did a very poor job. I was not happy. She told me how tired she was and very much acted like it. I asked for my hair to look different as I had a event to attend, it looked worse. She spent little time and effort. Plus I had to worry how I was going to pay the whole time. I could go on but I will never go back there. The people there were not very professional or friendly. The new place is tiny. Too bad for them because I was looking for a good Salon in the area as Salon 1500 moved. Save your CASH and look else where. When I got home I re did my hair. read more

I totally agree with the other reviewer. They do an awesome job. Tammy cuts and colors hair wonderfully at this salon and I think the prices are very reasonable. I highly recommend! read more

I have to start with the fact, that i was referred here by a very loyal customer. She could not stop saying amazing things about the hairdresser I was about to have.( her name is Kendra) I must also include the fact, that i went in with a very out of the ordinary request for my hair. That being said, the style, dye job, and single strand of "bangs"(loosely used) is NOT AT ALL WHAT I ASKED FOR!!! dont get me wrong, its not ugly or horrible by any standard, however i had a very detailed idea and concept and it was completely dismissed and my hair was butchered into the plain style i have now. Not only did she first say i was choosing something she did not have the time for, she also made me believe she would be able to leave some of the length and then dry cut more than i asked. After she dyed it a more natural color than the one asked for, she continued to cut another 3 in. off without even layering it as i had asked. Although it had been some time since i had been in a salon, I was not aware that texting and talking on your phone in the middle of styling a new customer was standard procedure. Overall i was very disappointed in my experience and did not even want to go back to try to get what i asked for the first time, since i feel i would be ignored again. Although i had a bad experience i hope that this will allow future customers to receive the styles they request and not just what the hairdresser had the time for or thought would look better. read more