Best Salons in Dallas, The
BEST CELEBRITY SPOTTING
Perry Henderson
3878 OAK LAWN AVE., STE. 100A. 214-522-2870
This is the place to find Dallas society’s heavy hitters sitting on and standing behind the chairs. There are three international “platform artists,” a master colorist, and a blend of talented and trophied stylists. Perry’s charm sets the tone for this safehaven salon for the boldface names in the news to curl up and dye.
Price range for haircut $50-$100
Price range for color: $50 and up/one step; $75 and up/highlights
Specialties: three-color highlights, makeup for TV and photo shoots
Celebrities served: Naomi Judd, Star Jones, Laura Bush, Liz Smith, Jane Seymour, Jason Alexander, Margot Perot, Angie Harmon, Gene Jones, Liz Minyard, Monica Greene, Nancy Hamon, Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders
Best master stylist: Perry Henderson
Best classic stylist: Kurt Anderson
Best trend-setting stylist: Darren Davis
Best blow-dry stylist: Christian Iles
Best special-event updo stylist: Christian Iles
Best hair colorist: Louis Prez
BEST COLOR GUARD
Richard Hayler
6174 SHERRY LN. 214-363-1131
“I would put my mother in any one of our colorist’s chairs,” reported a staffer at Richard Hayler’s salon. “And she’s fussy.” They estimate 75 to 80 percent of their clients are blonds (see p. 77). The valet parking isn’t a sign of snobbery; Hayler’s salon is friendly and unpretentious.
Price range for haircut: $5-$65
Price range for color: $40-$75/one step; $85-$150/highlights
Specialties: color
Best master stylist: Samantha Frank
Best classic stylist: Dawn Martin
Best blow-dry stylist: Kimberly Keith
Best special-event updo Stylist: Veronica Moreno
BEST PANACHE
Jose Eber
8201 PRESTON RD., STE. 100. 214-696-4074
www.joseeberatelier.com
Jose Eber is a hit in Dallas – a second salon recently debuted at The Shops at Willow Bend, making ours the only city outside of Beverly Hills with two locations. Of course, brushing with fame (Jose comes to town every six weeks) comes with a price: a consultation fee runs $185 and a cut is $300. (See p. 82.)
Price range for haircut: $85 (check with salon for Jose’s dates)
Price range for color: $85-$160
Specialties: Every client is booked according to hair type.
Celebrities served: Mike Modano, Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Grey, Betty Buckley, Darryl Sydor
Best masters stylist: Rainer Schneck
Best classic stylist: Mark Talley
Best trend-setting stylist: Cassie Sanders
Best blow-dry stylist: Donna Garcia
Best special-event updo stylist: Candy VanHorne
Best hair colorist: Billy Irby
Best children’s stylist: Eva Garcia
BEST ENERGY
Phillip K. Thomas
4411 LEMMON AVE., STE. 102. 214-521-9900
www.phillipkthomas.com
In between spin classes and charity events, Phillip K. “Felini” Thomas says he’s been “hair hooking” since he was 13. He pumps up the volume on some of Dallas’ most “exclusive heads.” As for his down-toearth staff, he exudes, “We don’t allow any divas here!”
Price range for haircut: $35/men; $45/women
Price range for color: $55/one step; $55 and up/highlights
Best master stylist: Phillip K. Thomas
Best classic stylist: David Forsyth
Best trend-setting stylist: Brandi Bensley
Best blow-dry stylist; Alonzo Woodrow
Best special-event updo stylist: Jamie Robinson
Best hair colorist: Bethany Smith
Best children’s stylist: Ivan Chase
BEST CUT, COLOR, AND COSMOPOLITAN
Salon Pompeo
3227 MCKINNEY AVE., STE. 103. 214-979-0440
The philosophy? “A trip to the salon should be as pleasurable as possible. What better way to truly indulge yourself than a day at the salon accompanied by your favorite drink?” We couldn’t agree more. Martini. Extra dry. Two olives and a trim.
Price range for haircut: $30-$70
Price range for color: $50-$120
Specialties: thermal reconditioning (see p. 85)
Celebrities served: Steven Jones, Zhizhi Wang, Victoria Snee, Glen Moray
Best master stylist: Don Francis
Best classic stylist: Alex Ste. Marie
Best trend-setting stylist: Lance Hooper
Best blow-dry stylist: Chadwick James
Best special-event updo stylist: Jennifer Barrios
Best hair colorist: Deanna Dipizio
Best children’s stylist: Sara Rice
BEST PERSONALITY
Paul Neinast
3003 CARLISLE ST., STE. 109. 214-999-0400
It’s not just his magic scissors that put Paul Neinast on top; his boundless energy and his infectious good-natured laugh make him easy to love. His salon may be small, but his staff prides itself on service (lunch delivered on trays to clients under the dryer) and ambience (the salon overlooks the Katy Trail).
Price range for haircut: $30-$75
Price range for color: $45-$85/one step; $75-$225/highlights
Celebrities served: George Bush, Rene Russo, Jan Strimple, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tommy Lee Jones, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Best master stylist: Paul Neinast
Best classic stylist: Paul Neinast
Best trend-setting stylist: Lori Cohea
Best blow-dry stylist: Paul Neinast, Lori Cohea, Ann Bernau
Best special-event updo stylist: Paul Neinast, Lori Cohea, Ann Bernau Bed hair colorist Paul Neinast, Lori Cohea, Ann Bernau
Best children’s stylist: Ann Bernau
BEST MOMS & POPS
Clive & Co.
4832 BELT LINE RD. 972-934-0500
This is a modest, minimalist storefront salon. But there’s a chair for everyone: housewives with foil wraps, kicking kids, guys with ties, and teens with trendy tresses. The buzzword here is Rose – “an allaround natural talent,” according to her fellow stylists and clients.
Price range for haircut: $50-$85
Price range for color: $65-$135
Specialties: cut, color, perm
Best master stylist: Clive Lamb
Best classic stylist: Rose Avossa
Best trend-setting stylist: Kevin Farmer
Best blow-dry stylist: Rose Avossa
Best special-event updo stylist: Rose Avossa
Best hair colorist: Ricky Hranichy
Best children’s stylist: Ryan Driggers
BEST BLOW-DRY AND BOTOX
Alan Stone
8220 WESTCHESTER DR. 214-987-9799
This charming English chap learned to bob and bouffant with the father of modern hairdressing, Vidal Sassoon. Besides offering every hair treatment available, Alan Stone does waxing, reflexology, microdermabrasion, corrective skin care, Botox, and collagen injections. Rest assured once you leave, only your hairdresser will know for sure.
Price range for haircut: $45-$100
Price range for color: $50-$160/one step; $60-$130/highlights
Specialties: massage, Botox wrinkle reduction and collagen injections, microdermabrasion, chemical exfoliation, and corrective skin care
Celebrities served: Leeza Gibbons, Priscilla Presley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jane McGarry
Best master stylist: Alan Stone
Best classic stylist: Kathy Hill
Best trend-setting stylist: Johnny Rodriguez
Best blow-dry stylist: Garritt Roussell
Best special-event updo stylist: Elizabeth Butler
Best hair Colorist: Barbara Smith
Best children’s stylist: Price Stephen
BEST BOB AND SWITCH
Michael Raymond
MOCKINGBIRD STATION, 5321 E. MOCKINGBIRD LN., STE. 140. 214-515-0400; 4228 OAK LAWN AVE. 214-520-2898
www.michaelraymondsalon.com
After bleaching blonds for three decades, co-owner Michael Taylor has seen it all. “Blond hair in New York is 10 foil packets – here I use at least 40!” He and his partner Raymond Pardue move between their two salons – Mockingbird Station draws the funkier foot traffic, while the Oak Lawn outpost has an established group of loyalists.
Price range for haircut: $30 and up/men; $35 and up/women
Price range for color: $50/one step; $85/highlights
Specialties: color
Celebrities served: Dallas Desperados dancers
MOCKINGBIRD STATION SALON
Best master stylist: Angi Mayo
Best classic stylist: Amy Gabrielson
Best trend-setting stylist: Suezyn Boss
Best blow-dry stylist: Candice Newsom
Best special-event updo stylist: Kristine Powell
Best hair colorist: Shelley Pezeshki
Best children’s stylist: Dorian Graves
BEST SNIP & SHOP
Luxe
4017 PRESTON RD., PLANO. 972-781-1720
You might miss your appointment if you stop in the huge retail space filled with unique furnishings, accessories, gifts, and new products that the owners hand-selected in Europe. A sleek, contemporary setting with a full menu of services sets the stage for a staff of experienced stylists and aestheticians.
Price range for haircut: $30-$35/men; $40-$75/women
Price range for color: $65/one step; $100-$135/highlights
Specialties: color, facial, wax
Products carried: Guinot, Phytologie
Celebrities served: Senator Florence Shapiro, Robin McGraw (wife of Dr. Phil)
Best master stylist: Dale Collins
Best classic stylist: Dale Collins
Best trend-setting Stylist: Dale Collins
Best blow-dry stylist: Carla Berry
Best special-event updo stylist: Amy Shires
Best hair colorist: Dale Collins
BEST FAMILY FLARE
Osgood-O’Neil Salon
6932 SNIDER PLAZA. 214-373-6336
This salon is run by two married couples – the Osgoods (Bruce and J.T.) and the O’Neils (Jeff and Alane). Bruce claims he was the first in Dallas to introduce the newest craze in hair: thermal reconditioning. But his wife one-ups him with her reputation, thanks to Allure, for creating the best blond color in Dallas.
Price range for haircut: $45-$75
Price range for color: $50 and up
Specialties: thermal reconditioning, makeup
Best master stylist: Bruce Osgood, Jeff O’Neil
Best classic stylist: Mike Murphy
Best trend-setting stylist: Cecillia Nguyen
Best blow-dry stylist: Cecillia Nguyen
Best special-event updo stylist: Kimberly Crawford
Best hair colorist: J.T. Osgood
BEST THINNING MAN SALON
Studio One Ten
4514 TRAVIS ST., STE. 110. 214-521-4110
www.studio110dallas.com
Strikingly beautiful decor with handpainted leopard floors, natural finished wood, glass-topped workspaces, and wall-to-wall mirrors that wrap around the room create loads of high energy. And lots of that energy goes to guys: they specialize in color for men and progressive techniques for hair loss and thinning hair.
Price range for haircut: $55/men; $75/women
Price range for color: $65/one process; $95/highlights
Specialties: makeovers with Dana Dixon, men’s hair
Celebrities served: Kellie Rasberry, Ron and Nancy Chapman, Nancy Brinker, Dallas Mavericks dancers
Best master stylist: Tori Harris
Best classic stylist: Libbie McClure
Best trend-setting Stylist: Kristiluv
Best blow-dry stylist: Jaimi Brazil
Best special-event updo stylist: Kristiluv
Best hair colorist: Betty Payne
Best children’s stylist: Libbie McClure
BEST SUBURBAN STYLE AND SETTING
Terrace Retreat Salon & Day Spa
1422 MAIN ST., STE. 263, SOUTHLAKE. 817-442-0800
5201 COLLEYVILLE BLVD., COLLEYVILLE. 817-788-0800
www.terraceretreat.com
Residents of the northwestern counties have no reason to ride into the big city for pampering. The elegantly restored 1938 stone cottage in Colleyville is a cozy place to relax with a conditioning scalp, neck, and hair treatment and a hot stone massage or aromatherapy facial.
Price range for haircut: $45-$65
Price range for color: $50/one step; $85/highlights
Specialties: perms, straighteners
MAIN STREET SALON
Best master stylist: Gabriela Mendoza
Best classic stylist: Carrie Pershall
Best trend-setting stylist: Vanessa Hawthorne
Best blow-dry stylist: Candace Smith
Best special-event updo stylist: Vanessa Hawthorne
Best hair colorist: Candice Hammit
Best children’s stylist: Lori Hutton
BEST TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT
Jean-Philippe
5600 W. LOVERS LN., STE. 125. 214-350-7879
Jean-Philippe left his home in Brussels and worked at Jose Eber’s Beverly Hills salon for nine years before he debuted in Dallas four years ago. He’s been the talk of the town ever since. Several stylists we interviewed remarked that they used to “just sit by his station and watch him cut hair.”
Price range for haircut: $35-$50/men; $50-$110/women
Price range for color: $55-$75/one step; $75 and up/highlights
Celebrities served: Kidd Kraddick, Valerie Williams, Susan Powter
Best master stylist: Jean-Philippe
Best classic stylist: Juliette Anichini
Best trend-setting stylist: Christi Farris
Best blow-dry stylist: Christi Farris
Best special-event updo stylist: Jessie Wilson
Best hair colorist: Dina Montana
Best children’s stylist: Ashley Russell
BEST KEEP-IT-SIMPLE SALON
Craig Michael Salon
2812 VINE ST., STE. 330. 214-880-7400
www.craigmichaelsalon.com
By analyzing a client’s lifestyle and daily regimen, the stylists at Craig Michael design a look to fit both. Besides looking good, his clients have plenty to look at – the salon hosts local artists’ works that rotate every six weeks. Perhaps the only anti-perm salon in Dallas. (Can we get an amen?)
Price range for haircut: $45-$100
Price range for color: $65/one process; $100 and up/highlights
Specialties: low-maintenance hair
Best master stylist: Craig Michael
Best trend-setting stylist: Angela Birge
Best blow-dry stylist: Angela Birge
Best hair colorist: Meridith Pearson
BEST GLAMOUR MAN
Tony Fielding
2707 GUILLOT ST. 214-522-9486
Everybody wants Tony because he’s done it all: fashion shows for Karl Lagerfeld, Carolina Herrera, and Bob Mackie; new looks for superstar models Cindy Crawford, Iman, and Lauren Hutton; album covers for Sarah Hickman and Rickie Lee Jones. Locally he works on plenty of high-society “hair hoppers” from Fort Worth.
Price range for haircut: $40-$45/men; $70/women
Price range for color: $65-$200
Best master stylist: Tony Fielding
Best hair colorist: Bob Schmitz
BEST CELEBRITY RECEPTIONIST
William Carr Salon
3301 OAK LAWN AVE., STE. C. 214-520-0116
Everybody who is anybody knows that Bill Carr and his loyal staff are always on time. They have to be – their core clients are professional executives, attorneys, and philanthropists with meetings to make. “On time” doesn’t mean slow – one hectic Saturday, the phone rang off the wall until longtime client Gary Busey sat at the reception desk and took appointments.
Price range for haircut: $35-$50/men; $50-$75/women
Price range for color: $50-$75/one step; $65-$200/highlights
Specialties: cut and color
Celebrities served: Gary Busey, Dixie Chicks, Tanya Tucker, Doug McGrath, Phil & Lillie Romano, Linda Custard, Amy Gardner, Heather Hays
Stylists: Casey Guiterez, Michael Morgan Joseph Campos, Roberto Adami, and Holly Sowers. Call Tony Sosa for a screening to be slotted with appropriate stylist.
BEST SALON FOR BRIDE ON A BUDGET
Craig & Co. II
3609-A GREENVILLE AVE. 214-821-5299
“Brides are the flakiest clients of all,” shouted Noell Strahan over the whirl of hairdryers in this contemporary, low-key salon. She ought to know – she spends more than two hours “fixing the hair up” on a nervous bride who “then wants it back down” before she walks down the aisle. For full makeup and hair (including weaving in pearls, flowers, or baby’s breath), Noell, who will go on location, charges around $150.
Price range for haircut: $25/men; $35/women
Price range for color: $45 and up/men; $55 and up/women
Specialties: color, highlights, bridal makeup and updos
Best bridal stylist: Noell Strahan
Best children’s stylist: Clara Panemeno
BEST BRIDE WITHOUT A BUDGET
The Spa & Salon at Four Seasons Resort
4150 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., IRVING. 972-717-0700
www.fourseasons.com/dallas
The Four Seasons has a posh, full-service European salon and spa that’s a perfect hideaway for guys and gals on their “big day.” Protected from phones, in-laws, and caterers, the bride can relax with a series of spa treatments, a manicure and pedicure, and a light spa lunch. If you need a little meditation before marriage, they have a private tunnel from the spa to a yoga class.
Price range for haircut: $38 and up/men; $60 and up/women
Price range fop color: $60/one-step; $100/highlights
Specialties: cut and color, bridal packages from $300
Celebrities served: Steven Tyler, Janet Jackson
Best master stylist: Dyan Owens
Best classic Stylist: Dyan Owen
Best trend-setting stylist: Savanah King
Best blow-dry stylist: Melanie Welch
Best special event updo stylist: Lisa Wojtowicz
Best hair colorist: Savanah King
Best children’s stylist: Melanie Welch
BEST COWTOWN CUT
Salon Moda
6318 CAMP BOWIE BLVD., FORT WORTH. 817-732-3733
www.salonmodadayspa.com
Salon Moda’s “Evening of Tranquility” package is a sampling of all relaxation services, including massage, facial, manicure, pedicure, and scalp massage. During the treatment, “you feel like royalty, said staffer Susan Beaman, “and you leave like spaghetti.” Ah, our favorite kind of Western!
Price range for haircut: $30-$40
Price range for color: $40 and up
Specialties: hair extensions, wedding parties, “Evening of Tranquility” relaxation package
Celebrities served: The Basses, Debbie Allen, the Judds, Joe Montana
Best master stylist: Tony Jacobsen
Best classic stylist: Cynthia Sarsgard
Best trend-setting stylist: Tony Jacobsen
Best blow-dry stylist: Heidi Caldwell
Best special event updo stylist: Teresa Bosquez
Best hair colorist: Cynthia Sarsgard, Heidi Caldwell
Best children’s stylist: Lisa Pelayo
BEST SERVICE WITH A STYLE
L’Image Salons of Dallas
5100 BELT LINE RD., STE. 520, ADDISON. 972-934-8080; 471/2 HIGHLAND PARK VILLAGE. 214-526-6410; 1900 PRESTON RD., PLANO. 972-964-7577
www.limagesalons.com
Owner Dayton Mast started his career as a young stylist at Neiman Marcus when Mr. Stanley still worked the floors. “He taught me so much about style and customer service.” Obviously he put the lessons to good use: he was the first to open a day spa in Dallas, and this year his salon business – now with three locations – is celebrating its 25th year of pampering, polishing, and perming Big D.
Price range for haircut $30-$85
Price range for color: $65-$160
Specialties: makeovers, bridal parties, dimensional hair color
Celebrities served: Mimi Rogers, Prince, Peri Gilpin, cast of Dallas
ADDISON SALON
Best master stylist: Dayton Mast, Michiko Miller
Best classic stylist: Alice Holiwell
Best trend-setting stylist: Raphael Cantu
Best blow-dry Stylist: Afsaneh Ghasemi
Best special event updo stylist: Dayton Mast, Michiko Miller
Best hair colorist: all stylists
Best children’s stylist: Alice Holiwell, Raphael Cantu
BEST ITALIAN
Claudio & Valentino Compagnia della Bellezza
19009 PRESTON RD., STE. 112. 972-380-2454
www.compagniadellabellezza.it
Dynamic Italian duo Claudio Movizzo and Valentino Fuschini travel all over Europe to create their own collection of cuts and colors. “Valentino’s been cutting my curly hair for 10 years,” one dedicated client told us. “If he ever moves back to Italy, I’m going with him.”
Price range for haircut: $40-$70
Price range for color: $48-$120
Specialties: cut and color
Celebrities served: “All our clients are celebrities to us.”
Best master stylist: Claudio Movizzo, Valentino Fuschini
Best classic stylist: Maya Jalali
Best trend-setting stylist: Claudio Movizzo, Valentino Fuschini
Best blow-dry stylist: Inge Bhatia
Best special-event updo stylist: Maya Jalali
Best hair colorist: Daniela Cataldi
BEST BORN TO BE WILD
Warren Wilkes Salon
2811 MCKINNEY AVE., STE. 14. 214-855-5133
Looking for adventure in the ’60s, Warren Wilkes headed his Harley to Uptown and started cutting whatever came his way. He’s done his share of blonds and continues to do highlights “all day long” from his post on McKinney Avenue.
Price range for haircut: $51/men; $46-$71/women
Price range for color: $56/one step; $126/highlights
Specialities: updos, highlights, hair straightening for men
Celebrities served: Dean Fearing, Steve Miller, Lester Levy, Mike Tobin, Ashley Banfield
Best master stylist: Warren Wilkes
Best classic stylist: Tera McGrarth
Best trend-setting stylist: Johnny Plant
Best blow-dry stylist: Warren Wilkes
Best special event updo stylist: Warren Wilkes, Aida Morales
Best hair colorist: Warren Wilkes
Best children’s stylist: Aida Morales
MOST SIGNIFICANT SNIPPERS
Toni & Guy
16 AREA LOCATIONS. www.toniguy.com
In 1985 everything in Dallas was enormous. Shoulder pads made petite women look like linebackers and jewelry was as big, gold, and gaudy as the gravity-defying do’s around town. Enter Toni & Guy salon on Sherry Lane. It’s hard to believe that their approach – casual hairstyles with a lived-in look – was a revolutionary idea. Seemingly overnight, Dallas beauty parlors turned into hair salons. Almost every stylist in town has done time at a Toni & Guy. Or they’ve taken classes at the Toni & Guy Academy, where there’s a list as long as Willie’s locks to get into their program.
Price range for haircut: $35-$65/men; $40-$70/women
Price range for color: $85-$120
Specialties: casual, non-contrived hairstyles for any age
BEST FASHION FORWARD
Select Studio and Salon
3526 CEDAR SPRINGS RD. 214-727-9879
This is the place to go if you don’t want “the Dallas look.” It’s a cool place to hang: three kitschy, garage sale-style houses full of cool stuff surround a koi-fi lied pond and gardens. The stylists here are as funky as the ambience: you’ll find choppy shags, rooster cuts, and do’s with fun and groovy colors.
Price range for haircut: $30-$70
Price range for color: $50-$70/one step; $85-$150/highlights
Services offered: cut, color, style, wax, manicure, pedicure, brow tint
Specialties: cut and color
Best master stylist: Todd Hedrick, director of hair for DIFFA
Best classic stylist: Stephen Hickman, Bill Ory
Best trend-setting Stylist: Annette Jensen, Donnell Hauser, Christin Cogg
Best blow-dry stylist: Vicki Bonnheim
Best special-event updo stylist: Todd Hedrick
Best hair colorist: Margaret Mustantig
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