The Best Beauty Salons In San Francisco

Looking for a new place for your next haircut or mani pedi? We’ve got you covered. These salons are the best around, offering the highest quality services possible so you’re guaranteed to leave feeling fresh and beautiful.

1. Spoke & Weal

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Spoke & Weal has a mission ‘to build and maintain a culture that promotes wellness, strives for excellence, supports collaboration, and fosters creativity.’ The owner, Joey Reyman, has worked as the Artistic Director of the Aveda Advanced Academy in New York, bringing his experience to Spoke & Weal to offer incredible hair services and treatments. The salon prides itself on using Aveda products that are clean and environmentally friendly, as well. You’ll find it in the Russian Hill neighborhood, but it also has locations in Los Angeles and New York.

2. CODE Salon

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Located in the South of Market neighborhood, CODE Salon believes in ‘revealing what’s special about you to the world.’ The stylists understand that you know yourself best, and will be sure to listen to exactly what you are looking for. The saloon offers all types of hair, face, and body services, also using Aveda products so you can rest assured that they’re environmentally friendly. The stylists provide the best customer service possible, ensuring that you will be completely comfortable in your experience and confident enough to figure out exactly what you’re looking for in your styling.

3. Arrow Salon

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If you find yourself near the Mission District, jump a block over from trendy Valencia Street to visit Arrow Salon on Guerrero Street. The salon aims to provide clients with a fun, friendly, and relaxing experience, offering hair services for both men and women. The menu includes haircuts, shampooing and blow drying, coloring, highlights, lightening and toning, balayage, and more. The stylist are exceptional, always willing to listen to exactly what you are looking for. Make a day trip of it by walking over to Dolores Park after your visit.

5. David James

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David James is a salon located in the overlapping neighborhoods of Alamo Square, Western Addition, and Hayes Valley. The salon prides itself on putting your trust first, ensuring that its stylists are always honest with you about what styles will or won’t work with your look. The owners were trained in the Vidal Sassoon method, gaining explicit expertise in the art of cutting layers and incredible highlights. This is an amazing spot to get the haircut or color of your dreams.

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