I've been coming to Liz for years now, and I truly can't say enough good things! She always makes my hair look amazing whether it's a haircut, color or toning, I always walk out feeling confident every single time. Not only is she incredibly skilled, but she's also so kind and warm. Appointments with her are like catching up with a good friend. Her assistant is just as wonderful. Always making sure I'm comfortable throughout the whole visit. If you're looking for a hairstylist you can trust with your hair (and your time!), I highly recommend Liz. She's the best! read more

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Finally found my go to salon! I came in with long, flat black hair that was in desperate need of a refresh, and left feeling like a whole new person. Alejandra worked her magic with the most beautiful, dimensional ombré. She is meticulous, takes her time, and is kind throughout the whole process. This was my second visit, and I'm already looking forward to my touch up in a few weeks. The salon itself is spacious, clean, and stylishly decorated.I also really appreciate the little touches like snacks and water. Booking online is super easy and convenient, which is a huge plus for me. read more

Elizabeth Chavez, the best hair stylist 10/10 tbh 100/100. She is so great at communicating, cares about your hair!! She really goes above and beyond and I'm so happy to have found her. Her energy is amazing, she is so beautiful inside and out. BOOK WITH HER. Hands down, you won't be disappointed. read more

Cindy was amazing! As she was cutting my hair, she noticed without being prompted that there's more hair on my left side. It was very comfortable and talking to her was like talking to an old friend. The salon is nice, but I know that they're moving and I'm sure it'll be just as nice and not too far away either. Still very convenient and I look forward to my next chop! read more

In January, I made an appointment at this salon. Quite a few years ago, I had my hair done by the owner here. I was satisfied with the outcome of my hair and found her to be professional. The experience I had on my first visit here does not reflect the experience I had on my second visit. In the morning of my scheduled appointment with Ambar, she contacted me and requested that we reschedule an hour before I was supposed to arrive. It was fine with me as I am very understanding. I was asked to come in the next day at 8 am. As I arrive at the salon on time, all the lights are off, and there is no one in the salon. When I text her to let her know that I have arrived, she responds that she is running a few minutes late. After waiting for a while outside, she eventually arrived. I showed her a picture of my end goal (which I knew would take quite a few session to achieve), she began working on my hair. My hair was sectioned off by her and then her apprentice completed the rest of the work while she only applied lightener to the front portion of my hair, blow dried it, and cut it herself. My hair had previously been dyed, but I was not aware that it was permanent. Therefore, my hair did not lighten as we expected. Not her fault at all. There was no indication that she was interested in trying to fix it, she gave me no option, she told me that she would just add a red toner and call it a day. Did not even try to cancel out the warmth, but insisted on making my hair bright red. By this time, I was beyond irritated having witnessed her apprentice handle most of the work while she took another client at the same time. I sat in the wash bowl for over 20 minutes. The quality of the work I received was not worth the price she charged me. I couldn't wait to get out of there. As I have attended beauty school, I am very understanding, and sometimes I might be too kind, but this girl was GREEDY. It seemed as though she did not care about the quality of her work, but rather had a purely financial motive. I am currently undergoing a second session of a costly color correction. Now, I have a stylist who is AMAZING and actually cares about the integrity and outcome of my hair. Ladies, please refrain from going here. read more

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This review is for Ambar. I believe she is at Vanity Studio I think it's still under the same company just separate location. I found her a couple years ago off yelp. And she had been able to transform my black hair to the hair I've wanted. I've gone multiple times and understand that it does take multiple sessions to get to where I want especially because my hair is black. She has good service every time and is extremely nice. She has good vision even when I myself don't know what I want to do. read more

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The second time around wasn't the best. I asked for ash blonde and got brown instead. Also, the stylist was late and tried to move my appointment twice. I traveled far for this appointment and like your time is valuable, so is mine. read more

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I've known Ambar for some time & she has been doing my hair for last 3 years. Every session I've had with her whether its just a toner or change of color, I always feel happy& feeling like a new women leaving her chair. She is one of the kindest, thoughtful person i've ever met. Whether she's 8 months pregnant or not she goes above and beyond your expectations. I highly recommend booking with Ambar and along with her Assistant/right hand Lei! Looking forward on my next session read more

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Absolutely unacceptable. AMBAR gave me a haircut that I didn't ask for. I told her I wanted a specific haircut and she gave me a different look. She had this poker face on the whole time, like she didn't seem to care that I wasn't happy with my haircut. Plus, her prices are very unreasonable. She seems more interested in making money out of her customers rather than making sure they are satisfied with their haircut. The way she immediately took a picture of my haircut emphasizes that fact even more. I'm never coming to this place again. I recommend everyone to go to a hairstylist that fully makes sure you get the haircut that you want, not someone that only cares about your money. read more

I went to two different stylists at this salon, and both of those stylists ghosted me. Unprofessional, rude and an all around bad vibe. I kind of got the impression that since I was Asian, they didn't want to have me as a client. The photos on Yelp look great, but I would much rather take my business elsewhere. read more

I did ombré few years ago, and this is my first balayage. This is the few salons in Concord area doing balayage. So why not a try. My hair stylist Ambar is very nice and funny person. She nailed my hair goals!!! read more

Vanity Salon - By Ambar from black to this in one session - Hair Stylists Near Me - Concord, California

Love the job that Leslie always does on my hair, no complaints she is the best love how she cuts my hair and bleaches it. I told her my ideas and she always gives me the best suggestions so I look how the wait I picture and better!!!!! If u go there ask for her!!!!! read more

Vanity Salon - Ash blond Balayage - Hair Stylists Near Me - Concord, California

I think I found my forever stylist/colorist, Lei!! I'm so happy to have found her. I was blonde pre-covid and ended box dying my hair twice. Needless to say, I needed a major change. My hair was to my mid back and I had it cut to just a below my shoulders. I was nervous going so short but Lei was super awesome and understanding. She washed my hair, cut it, blow dried it and after being able to see how my hair was we decided I could go shorter. She cut it shorter and every time, made sure that I was happy with the length. I ended up also having her thin out the back too. She's amazing, super accommodating, and I highly recommend her. read more

Aren't welcoming to new clients and difficult to communicate with. Made me feel uncomfortable for even being there. Would not recommend.

I have been living in East Bay since 1998. I FINALLY found a stylist I am completely satisfied with. No lie!!! What a transformation! I feel and look 10 years younger! I just love my new hairdo. The color and cut. Ambar at Vanity specializes in color. I cannot tell you how knowledgable she is. During my color and cut, she gave me so many pointers of how to care for hair and educated me about coloring. Ambar knew exactly what I wanted and delivered. I had hard time explaining what I wanted cause I was not sure on exact cut would look best. Ambar suggestions were what I envisioned but did not know the technical terms for. What a creator Go see Ambar! She has her own trendy hair style, which matters to me. Ambar so good youd have to wait a month and half to see her. NO MORE BOX HAIR DYES!!! SEE AMBAR! CHECK HER OUT ON INSTAGRAM AT lahuetesbeauty read more

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Finally found a salon in the Bay Area that specializes in balayages! Loved my ashy balayage by hair stylist, Jessica. This is the lightest my hair has been & looking forward to my next appointment to reach my hair goals read more

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Jessica is absolutely amazing. My hair was a process. In just 3 appointments she was able to take lowlights out of my hair and bring me back to blonde while keeping my hair soft and healthy. read more

Unfortunately after washing my hair and examining it more, it was completely damaged. My hair was "stretchy" and "elastic." The strands were completely unhealthy. My color is fading out much quickly than usual. I would have been happier if my hair still had its integrity but this was not the case. I'm super sad now because I now have dead and damaged hair on my head. She def used to much level 40 vol developer on my hair. She should have done a strand test before proceeding. read more

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Ambar is the worst!! I have never had stylist scheduling an appointment after discussing about it for 6+ months and then the night before cancelling like no one else has more important things going on in their life than her! So rude and not professional!! After, when I tried to accommodate my schedule to hers and got back to her, she said she can't see me? FYI: you're not the only stylist in this world! When I book appointments with anyone I expect a responsible person doing his/her job on the other side and not cancel it last moment and be rude about it. I deeply regret I have associated/talked/wasted my time with person/organization like this. I have wasted more than 6 months due to her! NOT RECOMMENDED! read more

This is a reply for NAOMI A. woman, your review is funny as you forgot to mention how your appointment was cancelled due to Ambar being 8 MONTHS PREGNANT & having complications throughout her pregnancy AND it was her doctor's recommendation to be on bed rest.. I am not her client but I follow her on IG and she's been very informant with all these issues there! NO ONE APPRECIATES YOU B*TCHING ABOUT YOUR APPOINTMENT when the least that you can do is understand that YOU are also NOT the ONLY client in this world! how can you be so rude girl! Smdh on you! #shameonyouNoemi read more

The salon itself was decent. My purpose for this visit was to cross check pricing for balayage. I met with Mary; who I had messaged through Instagram for a consult. I didn't expect the consult to be extremely thorough, but the interaction was off. Her tone of voice was rude and the price she gave me was far off than what other hair salons and stylists with years of experiences in areas such as Walnut Creek and Danville were offering. Once the consult was over... once again, there was no interaction as to whether were done or she had anything more to say. I told her I would reach out to her after thinking it over and with an "okay" she walked off which caused for me to get up and leave the salon. Horrible customer service, and your clients deserve to be treated with more respect. read more

This review is for Carisa who I've seen about 3-4 times now. I've always been terrified of doing anything with my hair and never had a consistent salon I've gone to, just having never found anything that I really liked enough to go back. I found Carisa on Yelp and have loved what she's done for me. The last two times I've gone in for "ashy/blonde" being a natural brunette and loved the color each time. It's been 5 months since my last color and I still get compliments on the color weekly. The price can be a bit steep, approx ~$145 without cut, ~$165 with but if you maintain your hair, can get away with only going 1-2x a year depending on how picky you are about your hair as well. Carisa is friendly, responsive and has never been late/cancelled any appointments which I appreciate. read more

Vanity Salon - Love the ashy blonde color by Carisa - Hair Stylists Near Me - Concord, California

This is my very first review ever. I never felt the need to write a review until today. I am a mom of 3 and life just was busy. My priority has always been my family. I forgotten about myself and I wasn't happy with what I saw in the mirror. That's when I decided to spice up my hair and did my research and that's when I found LEi. When I first met Lei, I knew we would hit it off. She is so sweet and very knowledgeable. She took the time to listen to me and gave me the hair that I thought was unachievable. Feeling good about your self feels amazing. Lei is truly a gem and she worked her magic on me. I will be a forever client and will spread the word. Thank you Lei! P.S. While sitting at the salon, every single client walked out with a smile and gorgeous flowing hair. read more

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I genuinely think this group of hairstylists are the absolute worse. They are so snobby and just plain rude. I think the owner should consider hiring new girls, cause these ones just are NOT it. read more

This review is for Xóchitl SHE IS AMAZING! I have gotten my hair done with her 3 times and never has she failed me I highly recommend her! And the best part is she always open to booking another session in advance which is also good read more

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Thank you Xochi! It's always a scary experience trying out a new hairdresser but I was not disappointed. After hearing about this place from family, it was super easy to call and make an appointment. I paid $225 for a balayage color treatment which is fair considering I have really long thick hair which requires more time. I love that Xochi was really patient with my hair, any other hairdresser would have tried to convince me to cut my hair short to save some time. I also really like how she talked with me about what I wanted my hair to look and she personally gave recommendations about how it should be done. Great experience overall and I love my hair, definitely recommending her to my friends! read more

I was on a mission to get my hair to an ashy blonde color and the stylist I was going to before just wasn't getting me there. I found Ambar on Ig, instantly fell in love with her work and waited a few months until she was accepting new clients. I finally got in and it was well worth the wait! I love my hair and even though we are not 100% there yet, I'm still so happy with the progress in btwn appointments. (Blonde hair goals don't happen over night people, it takes time). My last hair appt with Ambar was during Covid and the state was slowly reopening. She had mentioned on her page several times that appointments may be moved around. Understandable. We are in the middle of a pandemic. I get it. I'm flexible. On top of all that we are going through, she's also 8 months pregnant and throughout the pregnancy she has had many complications. One of them being carpal tunnel which is vital to her job because hello! She works with her hands. So the day before my last appt we discussed me coming in a little earlier since it would take longer and I was super understanding and just grateful to her for still taking my appt considering her pregnancy/complications. She really does love what she does and I have so much admiration for her passion for hair, her amazing work and what a hard worker she is. I saw Naomis post on here and felt compelled To speak up because she posted a nasty review and clearly does not understand what it's like to be 8 months pregnant, making a human and still trying to accommodate clients in the middle Of a pandemic. What a selfish, and sad individual with no empathy or consideration for others. Also if there's so many other great hair stylists out there, why would you wait 6 months to get in? lol. Girl bye. You were rude and not understanding of her situation and that's why your appt was cancelled. read more

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This review is for Jessica Ross! I just want to say she did an amazing job with my hair and finished it faster then I expected. I came in around 3:15 and was out by 6:00pm. Hair looked great and convos were entertaining! Time flew! Shes a great hairstylist. Here are some before and after pics to show for.... read more

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This review is for Xochi, I have been seeing her for 2+ years for my hair and everytime i can't believe it gets better everytime!! I always get a cut when I come in and it always come out perfect just the right amount cut!! My hair is so healthy even after dying it blonde, pink, purple, and silver!! She is very detail oriented takes her time and explains every step. I get so many compliments on my hair and always get told my hair looks so healthy!! Highly recommend her to everyone and anyone who is looking for a new stylist!! Check her work on my hair read more

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A little more than a month ago I scheduled an appointment never heard back basically for some reason it was canceled when i tried to reach out " Alejandra" text me that she was about to call me. Anyhow, now again she is not replying when to set the new appointment. Very unreliable not trustworthy at all especially if you have an event definitely make sure you either work with someone else or another salon. read more

This review is for AMBAR. SEE PICS FIRST She burned off ALL my hair and GHOSTED ME. Yeah Yeah. G H O S T E D ME. Not going to type out the curse words bc I don't want this flagged and removed. Been blonde for 10 years. I know the consequences of being blonde, you run that risk - I can own that sh** Here's the thing- she burned off all my hair and I still RETURNED, didn't demand sh*t, wasn't a crybaby about sh*t like other ppl would - the same ppl who sits there and dreams of beautiful hair in one session and realizes that it's not possible yeah Nah not me. I'm pretty logical about sh*t. I like to give ppl the benefit of the doubt I knew going to her this first time and her not really knowing much history about what was done to my hair previously that she was going to attempt with her best intentions. One can hope. And she did, color came out silver. It was a nice color. Wasn't what I asked for but it was still nice until this chick BURNED half my head off, Pics are included the before and after - when I texted her about how my hair is all falling out, I asked her if I can stop by for FIVE mins @ any time on her schedule so I can see what we can do w it for next appt, She was just shocked "omg let me see when I have time blah blah" equals out to nothing. - then comes my 2nd appt. she takes a look @ it, I can profile some nervousness- I would be too smh. BUT my second appointment was to honestly see where her rank level fell on IF she actually cared to fix it or not. She really didn't. So all she did was dye my roots a light brown and toned the rest of my remaining blonde hair which is the best we can do. I was fine w it. Charged me 60 and two small packets of conditioner. We talked about extensions and yadadada blah blah- she was going to get some extensions and supposed to FACETIME me and then set my next appt and blah blah but instead she GHOSTED TF OUT OF ME. That's the most annoying sh*t out of this whole sh*tshow bc it wasted my time. NOTHING PEEVES ME MORE & has my blood boiling to where you will see the conviction in my eyes than when someone wastes my F*CKIN TIME. It's either you care or you don't. Thank goodness I told my boo Niki @ raw studios in SJ if she can squeeze me in hence her busy ass schedule. @THENIKSTERS - see her if you're lucky. Babygirl is well worth it. As embarrassing as it is going back to tell her, She's going to fix all the damage that's done in a few days here- which thank goodness will just cost me the three bundle of extension that's 800 f**kin dollars and that's it. All in all, if I had went somewhere else to fix it- it'll average out to well over a grand @ once. Not to mention it'll take years for this sh*t to grow out. I see millions of faces everyday, between my own job, family businesses and traveling 3x a week - EVERY F*CKING DAY someone asks me what happened to my hair and I don't hold back. read more

As a new breastfeeding mom, finding the time to go to my usual salon in Manhattan was next to impossible so I decided to give this place a try for my balayage and haircut. BIG MISTAKE. Yes, it was nearly $100 cheaper than what I pay in the city but my hair color looks NOTHING like the picture I showed the "senior stylist" which is the same picture I've showed to my previous salon which they've executed perfectly EVERY SINGLE TIME. In the light of the salon it didn't look HORRIBLE but once I got home (in natural and different lighting) I could tell that this was an absolute disaster. Now a day later, I'm walking around with a hat. My botched hair is now streaky, brassy/bright yellow and in need of a color correction at another salon (I won't have these people touch my hair again) that I don't have the time or money for. read more

Vanity Salon - Hair Stylists Near Me - Concord, California

My first experience at Vanity was decent. I had asked for a blonde balayage and was pleased with the result. For my 21st birthday, I decided to go lighter. Jessica, my hairdresser, was booked for many weeks, she agreed to give me a complimentary haircut if I went in when she was available. The day of my appointment, Jessica and her assistant bleached my hair, she said she would do a cool tone. My hair was not cool, it was yellow, with white streaks. Both times they "curled" my hair, they rushed, so my curls were gone when I got home. I was not pleased but courteous, so I paid without putting a fight. I have spent roughly $500 on my hair, I expected better. I contacted Jessica on several occasions afterwards about the complimentary haircut, she never replied. I'm very disappointed with their service. read more

Vanity Salon - Hair Stylists Near Me - Concord, California

I don't usually leave reviews but I felt like I had to because I'm extremely upset with my experience. I had an appointment with Leilani to do balayage after letting my brown hair grow out from my previous balayage that I got when I lived in SoCal. I sent Leilani pictures of my own hair when I first got it done and said I wanted the same thing with a bit cooler tone and showed her another inspiration photo of the tone. She never once showed that she was not going to be able to give me what I came in for. She just said she was going to get me "as light as possible." When she took the foils out to wash my hair, I asked her if it was as light as it was supposed to be for the color and she said it was. She asked me for my inspiration picture again before toning my hair. When we got back to the chair, I already knew something was off because she had my chair turned sideways (away from the mirror) so I couldn't see my hair while she was drying/styling it the entire time. My hair was hardly lightened and the tone was completely off from what I wanted. It didn't look horrible, it just simply was not what I had come in for or wanted. I still wanted to be nice and just asked for the future if I wanted it to be more like the picture if I just needed a different toner. She said my pictures were a lot lighter than my hair and it would take another session to get to the level of lightness I wanted for my hair. Nevertheless I paid $250 and tipped her. After soaking in how upset I was about my hair I texted Leilani the same day about my concerns and how I was unhappy with the outcome. She wasn't willing to work with me or offer to fix it. She just said that she never guaranteed anything and that if I wanted to get to the level of lightness I had before (which took me one session from my socal stylist so I knew it WAS possible.... I wasn't going platinum blonde or anything crazy) that I would have to pay full price for another session. That's what compelled me to write this review. I'm not just upset about my hair but I feel scammed out of my money. She might've not guaranteed my hair but she also never told me I WOULDN'T get what I came in for. If anything she reassured me the whole time. I feel like she just didn't lighten my hair enough to get me to come in for another session and pay double. If I'm going to invest my money into someone I want to get what I paid for and I'm just extremely disappointed and upset that she was unwilling to do anything to make it right. I'm definitely taking my business to a more ethical salon. read more

I went in March and saw Patty and she was amazing!!! My hair needed a trim and color and patty gave me so much more Confidence! read more

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I went to this Salon looking at everyone's work knowing what I wanted.. and chose whom I thought was amazing and professional. Got an appointment with Jessica Ross who I trusted, did my hair first time loved it but then I felt it looked really yellow but thought well it's my first session takes time to go blonde.. asked for her advise to keep my hair healthy didn't give me much advise ... on top of that I gave her a REALLY good tip! Recommended her to my co workers more than one! Then I went for my second session she did my hair she styled my hair sooo ugly! Even her co workers said are you really going to leave her hair like that!? And she did!!!! I hated the style she did but I loved the color... felt embarrassed walking out tho, the way she styled it. ... but still gave her a great tip.. cuz I love the color i was like I'm just going home anyways. Then couple days later since she did not recommend I wash my hair for 24-48 hrs, I finally washed my hair... and then styled it it looks terrible!!! Adding pictures ... terrible hair dresser .... choppy ...!I can not part my hair any way because u see this choppy dye nothing natural no pretty natural lights also my hair is super FRIED the product she used fried my hair!!! My hair was virgin due to COVID! Also what made me sad is I always gave her a really good tips.. but whatever just really trust the people u let do ur hair do not trust ANYONE! read more

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This review is for Mary: first of all, I have been a client of Mary's for about 2 years now, so this review is way overdue. Mary is amazing, she is so kind and super knowledgeable about how to keep my hair healthy. I have curly hair and have been bleaching it forever, but she takes her time with my hair and doesn't do anything that she knows could damage it. I'm constantly changing my hair color and she always goes above and beyond to make sure I get what I want. She also prices everything reasonably. Highly recommend her and can't wait to go back once they're allowed to reopen! read more

Vanity Salon - Blonde with purple underneath! She killed this look! - Hair Stylists Near Me - Concord, California

Ughhhhh I can't get enough of Vanity!!! My hairstylist is Jenny and she never fails to amaze me with her work. She listens to what I want and always has recommendations as well. I never leave disappointed! Thank you so much Jenny for your magic hands!! I get compliments everywhere I go. :) read more

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I was determined to be a complete blonde and after many attempts by other stylists I FINALLY found someone who fulfilled my hair dreams and I've been loyal ever since. Ambar is absolutely AMAZINGGGG!! At the start every appointment I tell her my hair goal and by the time I leave her chair my goals are met. Never left unsatisfied. Scheduling with her is easy to do and her communication has always been on point in regards to it. Reminders, etc. Once I sit in her chair I feel like I'm sitting down hanging out with a friend I've had forever. She's super personable and the sweetest! You can tell she LOVES what she does and it makes your salon experience that much more better. As a mother I know how tiring it is to be at work in the third trimester. So the fact that she's almost about to pop and STILL working just shows the love she has for her job. Regardless of that though her health (and baby girls) comes first. Period. I swear she has magic hands and I can't wait to sit in her chair again. I have attached some pics for your own review! Ambar does NOT disappoint. read more

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Decided to come here, the one next to the Barber Shop, after reviews and pictures I have seen. Bad mistake, my hair is damaged and very thin. Also got ghosted after several text messages. Very bad customer service. Do not waste your time and money at this salon. I also think some of the girls here prefer Hispanic clients over anyone else. read more