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    Makiki Salon

    4.5 (82 reviews)
    ModerateHair Salons
    Closed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    I've been coming here for haircuts and highlights for some time now, and I'm always so happy with the results! It turns out beautifully every time. The owner is professional, talented, friendly, and genuinely cares about her clients! Definitely recommend!

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    4/5 cuts 5/5 Bleach ! No complaints when she bleached and dyed my hair I've been here myself twice, brought my friend once. The front always looks the way I want, but the sides and the back never quite do. Is also always shorter than I ask for. When you point at a certain length, that will be maybe the longest strand of hair in the whole cut. But the overall length will be 1-2 inches shorter than pointed to. Her blending has also been pretty consistently choppy. I don't think she defines 'smooth' the way most people perceive it. I think to her smooth or even is 'straight' which makes it look choppy. When we told her if she could blend it more or that it wasn't even she disagreed with us. I'm attaching pictures of every time I've gone. The reference picture, and the result, All reference pictures we brought were always of ourselves, our own un-styled hair.

    Hair dyed and hair trim

    Esther is truly the best! From the service to hospitality. Got my hair dyed n hair trimmed, n I love it!!

    so pretty

    great service done by esther! made me feel so comfortable and wasn't afraid of all the hair i had lol, will def be coming back :)

    Full highlights with toner
    Kristene S.

    Esther was wonderful and super sweet! I made an appointment ahead of time and they took me in right away when I showed up. I didn't catch the other lady's name, but her and Esther did a great job together. I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to do with my hair but decided to get about 4 inches cut off and full highlights after talking to Esther more. I had a picture of the high light color I liked and they did a great job matching it! They foiled my hair together carefully, which saved a lot of time. Products that they used smelled amazing! They asked me what I preferred all throughout the process (thinner or thicker highlights, little or lots of layers, etc). Highly recommend, they are super sweet!

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    Jillian U.

    If I could give zero stars I would. This is the worst hair cut I've ever had. I am a model and now I'm out of work until this grows back. I have an image of how my hair looked before I went here and the after. She charged me $260 for the cut!!!!

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    Natasha S.

    I came here to get my hair colored, and was worried because 1. I have really thick hair. 2. I wanted to go really light, but didn't want my hair to get super fried. 3. I wanted an ashy color, which is hard to do with my Korean-thick hair. But I was very happy with my results!! She (Esther) used a Japanese hair coloring product, and it didn't take that long to get light. It didn't hurt my scalp either, which was something I was worried about! But it's been about a month with my colored hair, and it's still ashy and not brassy! I've received a lot of compliments on it, and couldn't be happier. She also did a cut afterwards, to take some weight off my hair. So now when I curl it, it doesn't take that long. I'm very happy- thus, the 5 stars. :)

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    She gave me a lot of advice for my thin hair and she made it look fuller. It looks soo good.

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    Esther is the absolute best she takes great care of my hair every single time! Wouldn't go anywhere else for my hair conditioning.

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    I have gone here a few times now and have never left unhappy. I've had highlights and color done (blonde) as well as haircut. Good prices.

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    Made an appointment for a Monday morning with Esther - it was my first time at the hair salon so I didn't know what to expect.

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    I've been going to Shirin for many years, and she is honestly the best when it comes to highlights…read moreand everything related to hair. Every time I see her, I leave so happy with the results. She always knows exactly what I want, and my highlights turn out beautiful every time. I also trust her with my haircuts and anything my hair needs, she always does an amazing job. If you're looking for the best highlights and a great overall hair experience, I highly recommend Shirin. She is truly the best!

    I had an appointment made same day which was great. I was disappointed by the hair cut. The lady…read morewas nice, but I felt like my request was not heard. I brought in example/ inspo photo (just simple long layer cut) and asked for face framing pieces and showed it to the stylist, but the stylist barely looked at the photo. My hair looked nothing like the photo I showed, and it was cut much shorter than expected and the end feels choppy. I gave it more chance by washing and drying the day after, but it's overall disappointing. I had mentioned a few times I want to keep it longer like the picture I showed, but it wasn't heard. I couldn't say much more once the stylist made the very first snip and had to go along with it. It became even shorter by the end. I wish the stylist had been more proactive about the consultation before proceeding with the cut. I got an impression that the stylist wanted to get through the hair cut session as a quickly as possible. This was for upcoming graduation, so it is more disappointing. Again, very nice lady. Not too sure if it's just one time issue!

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    Full bleach on half the hair
    Full bleach on half the hair
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    Hair by Nori

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    Nori is one of the finest stylists you can frequent…read more He has a meticulous attention to details and I super appreciate his precision cuts. He services his scissors in Japan semi-annually just to maintain his equipments in great condition. This helps prevent split ends and other hair troubles I used to frequently encounter. Nori also uses a scale to formulate the hair colors. You can feel assured you won't come out of the salon looking funky. Appointments can be made online directly from his website, or by emailing/texting him directly. He is very flexible and accommodating with appointments. Lastly, parking can be found adjacent from the salon building structure. You can also charge your EV for free too. Amex accepted and drinks and clean environment offered. Can't recommend Nori enough.

    I went in to get a perm and cut…read more The vibe was very nice. Very respectful. His space was very clean and tidy with what seems, state of the art tools. I have had fine hair all my life, but even still my hair has always taken well to perms, always. Even the last one over a year ago. The only complaint I had was the use of larger rods which made my hair more wavy curl than curly. Nori had said that my hair wouldn't take well to a perm, but because I know my hair's history, I asked him do it anyway and he agreed to do it. First he used a more gentle solution because of my pervious perm over a year ago (did not ask if I wanted that), and I didn't know until he was already in the process of using it on my hair... my hair needs the stronger solution. Second he did a loose curl wrap instead of a tight curl wrap. With fine hair (or at least my hair) it needs to be curled up against the scalp. I think he did this because it was a hot treatment perm (which I never had before) vs a cold treatment perm. He didn't give an option. So the perm came out ok on the bottom because it already had the previous perm that was there from a year ago. But the top part of my hair had virtually no difference. If you have fine hair and looking to get a perm, I would not recommend Nori. I'm sure he does really well with all other hair services. To his credit, the perm itself, aside from the lack of curl, was a healthy perm (did not harm my hair) and he did give a very nice cut prior to the perm process. I think if he would have explained his treatment process and how it differed from what I had previously experienced, that may have helped my decision to go elsewhere, before wasting over $200 I had taken a year 1/2 to save. Again I think he probably does really well with the other services he provides. I just think for women (or men) with fine hair, you may want to think twice if you're looking to get a perm.

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    Highlight and cut by nori. I started off with dark brown hair. He was able to highlight and match a great color for my skin tone!
    Highlight and cut by nori. I started off with dark brown hair. He was able to highlight and match a great color for my skin tone!
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    Lighting is really warm, but the secret highlights came out really ash beige! I loved it
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    This was my first ever hair color and it was a very big transformation since I basically wanted to…read morego blonde from natural thick black hair. I'm so so glad I went to Nikki to get it done! Thank you Nikki and Joe for working on me for 5-6 hours to get this done. Honestly, I almost feel bad because Nikki would explain to me the process in detail and I would be clueless and just nodding my head since this was my first time and I got no clue about being blonde along with the technical terms included in the process of doing it. She knew this and changed her way of explaining so that I could understand it better. Haha. Things I learned was 1 close my eyes when they're rinsing off the bleach, 2 also close my eyes when I'm on the dryer with the bleach and 3 take all the stretch breaks that's offered. There's always a first time for everyone. The results were amazing!! I was nervous, scared and excited because it was a big change but also I didn't know if the color was gonna match me. She assured me that it would look great and it takes a lot to say something like that because that just meant that she knew what she was doing and it was true. Experience was great! She also fixed my chunky haircut and made it more streamlined which ultimately shaped it up to look amazing. We also did a trial run of curls to see how long it would hold if I decided to get it done a day before my nurse graduation this month. Not to mention they're so eager to help out with your progress shots too. Thank you so much!! Will definitely be back in the future. :)

    A garden themed boutique hair studio located in a small plaza of Torrance. Upbeat music played…read morelightly in the background and a cool vibe environment. The staff is friendly, fast and efficient with their services. They take care of their customers and really care about their craft. I always am a satisfied customer and my haircut shows it. One of the best salons around and I highly recommend them.

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    By Nikki Huynh
    Hair Garden Studio By Nikki Huynh
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