Monroe the Salon

My review is long overdue! I moved up to this area from the Bay Area and had to find a new hair stylist. After trying 3 different stylists/​salons I got a bit nervous as my hair was getting dried out and damaged. Then I found Lindsey at Monroe. Thank goodness. She worked conservatively on my hair the first time and recommended product that was for my wavy hair. I did what she recommended and when I returned the second time, we both were happy with the way things were going… to the point I trusted her to cut it all off and give me a cute A-​line style. I’ve never had such healthy, beautiful coloring and a cute shorter style. Lindsey truly knows hair, how to work with it and how to help clients understand how to work with what they’ve been born with! I’ve recommended Lindsey to a friend who now goes to her and my friend’s hair looks great! I’m a very happy client of Lindsey’s for over a year now and I highly recommend her.

I’ve always been so happy walking out of the salon. Jackie has always done such a super job. In fact, my hair has become healthier and has gotten longer. Something I never thought could happen!

Antonia (Tonia) is THE BEST hairstylist I have ever encountered. As a single mother of 2 little girls it is a huge splurge to get our hair done. We went to see Tonia after the end of swim season for a deep conditioning and trim. And for the first time ever in my life, we went back to see her again (I do not usually trust anyone with my hair). She is so passionate about hair, and not only is it a fun experience, but her attention to detail, and the way she listens to EXACTLY what you want, makes it a perfect experience. Going to see Tonia is an all-​around experience.

LINDSEY is the BEST!
This review is so over do!
I was having problems with my previous stylist doing my color & highlights. My hair began turning a brassy yellow & in pretty bad condition. I knew then it was time to find a new stylist. I’m VERY picky when it comes to my hair and trusting someone to cut and highlight my hair is hard. Although I was living in El Dorado Hills i decided to try a Salon in Folsom. I met Lindsey when I walked in, we spoke for awhile about my hair & the suggestions & advice impressed me so much, not to mention she’s a sweet girl I made an appointment with her. When I arrived for my appointment she took the time to understand my hair and listen to what I wanted & it was the first time I ever walked out of a salon & felt so pleased with the results. Six years later Lindsey is still the one! After just a short time I gained enough confidence in her to say «let’s make a change». She has created great color, highlights and styles I would never have thought of & best of all my hair is in great condition!!!
I highly recommend you go see Lindsey at Monroe Salon in Folsom to anyone who wants the best of the best!

Wow I am so pleased I tried Groupon and was able to get an appointment with Lindsay. Finances were tight at the time and I just really needed a haircut. She did amazing job and still does, that first visit was about a year ago! Recently I got a perm (yes, a perm) and she did an awesome job, she admitted it had been awhile since she had done one (who does perms anymore?), it is perfect, the body I wanted. Also, gave me great recommendations on product to use for my hair type. I know I am building a great client personal relationship. Lindsey is my gal!

Are they really such terrible hairstylists that they deserve a one star? I dont know becuase I DIDN’T EVEN MAKE IT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR ! I am new to Folsom and was searching for a good hairstylist. So I was trying out different places and I got a groupon for this place. When I called to make an appointment, the lady who answered my call said she will check and call me back. She calls me after 2 days to leave a voice message on my phone that the lady who does groupons has quit and I could try to get my money back from Groupon ! Thank you very much Munroe the Saloon! Great way to treat customers !

I have been seeing BRANDA for years and followed her to this salon a few years ago. She is a fantastic stylist, excellent with color, and very good consultant to help you achieve the look you want that is suited to your personality, lifestyle, and profession. I have had short hair, long hair, straight, more natural, blonde, dark, strawberry — almost every option a professional woman can wear! She’s seen me through all of it. I recommend BRANDA without hesitation. The salon has gone through an update in the last year and it is much more polished and comfortable.

I used a Groupon for full highlights, cut, and style for an appointment with Antonia. She listened to what I said and even gave me great advice about what I can do with future highlights. I loved the way my highlights and cut came out. One of the best-​spent groupons ever. :)

After a lot of contemplation… i went to this salon… i had a lil difficulty in getting an appointment. but my overall exp with my stylist was awesome… I have curly hair and usually stylists find it difficult to cut my hair coz they cannot judge the length to be cut. but cheree was awesome… she was so careful and understanding… and gave me a superb look… also she styled me hair so well… a look which i had neva tried before. she also suggested me some really good products. n m happy i went to her… she was very engaging. kept talking to me all thru… I highly recommend cheree if anyone wants to go for a haircut… Thank you so much cheree… keep up the good job !!! :D

When I was a kid, I was one of those girls that couldn’t stop messing with their hair. Pink, purple, burgundy, Sun-​In, dyeing over Sun-​In, henna; I did it all, much to my mom’s horror. I can’t even count the number of times she’d take me to a salon to correct (strip) my hair and have it dyed back to my natural color. I was never happy with my natural color. Is anybody? I gave up doing my own hair eons ago, but I’m always looking for someone that will do what I want.
As I got older, I started to go for the more natural look, and I swore I would stop dyeing my hair all together, much to the chagrin of many a hairdresser. Then, these little grey hairs started popping out of my scalp. And the cycle continues. How sad is it to be a woman?
I decided to try out Monroe’s when I realized I was spending far too much money just trying to get my hair to look — more or less — natural. I have very subtle ombré in my hair now, but for the most part, I just need root touch ups and trims every couple of months. The prices here are very reasonable, and my stylist, Monica, paid excellent attention to my wants/​needs. She provided me with a chilled glass of white wine and we discussed the direction I want to go with my hairstyle. She was great at not just giving me suggestions, but also LISTENING to me. So important in a stylist.
My hair came out wonderful, and I didn’t feel overcharged. I felt pampered and paid attention to. I can’t wait to book my next appointment, and even book a deep conditioning treatment sometime before my next cut/​color.

I first found this place after trying a groupon for a haircut. Since that first great cut with Janelle, I’ve been back twice for cuts, styles and color.
Janelle listens to my hair goals and has great, realistic ideas to get me there. I’m pampered from the moment I arrive with a glass of heavy handed pour of wine and a long shampoo.
All the stylists are independently employed, so there no annoying young check in gal to butcher your name or act confused at your questions. Janelle only takes cash or check (bummer) but confirms appointments the day before via text (yay).
The salon is clean, a reasonable volume and nicely decorated. It has a tastefully done Marilyn Monroe theme– not like a 19 year old’s first apartment kinda way. One negative, I’m not too impressed with the chachskies available for purchase in the front. I guess someone older picks them out.

I saw Howon back in November 2012. I am only writing now because I am finally just getting over him completely messing up my hair. I went in for an ombré and came out with tacky chunky nasty hay blond/​orange in my dark brown hair. He basically dyed a layer of hair underneath. So if I put my hair up I looked like a skunk. Clearly he doesn’t know what an ombré is. I didn’t feel confident in his skills to fix the problem so I went to another salon. So $ 250 later my hair looked great by someone who knew what they were doing. I can’t speak for other stylist there I only have knowledge of him. I wish there was a no star rating.

Been coming here since they opened an have been styled by Jackie for over 20 years. Jackie is the only stylist I have met that knows how to deal with naturally curly hair. Love the salon and the esthetician Mischele. She gives great facials and microdermabrasion. Worth every penny.

This is a nice salon. It is very cute and clean. Monica is so sweet and did a great job with my hair. Would recommend!

Sounds like Jany P is someone who is never going to be happy.
I have been a customer of Monroe the Salon for 15 years! I would recommend this place to anyone. My hairdresser is usually Melinda. She recently has moved to Monterey but comes back every other week to do her clients hair. She does a great job! Occasionally when Melinda can’t do my hair Howan has stepped in and done a fantastic job.
Monroe the Salon has been in Folsom for 15 years. sounds like they are doing something right.

@Jany P that’s really funny because I have been going to Howon and Monroe the Salon for 10 years and they are by far the best salon in Folsom. Howon is amazing at what he does and I have never once had any problems. When he isn’t there and I go to someone else I’m always extremely happy with the outcome. Everyone is so nice and professional. What does a small salon have to do with being good at your job? Maybe you should stop buying groupons and find one salon to go to so you don’t feel the need to get on here and complain about every place you go?

I had been wanting to get an ombré done for awhile so I was thrilled to see a Groupon for a salon specifically advertising one for only $ 49.
I have seen so many botched ombré jobs that I was a little hesitant to try a small salon such as Monroe’s, but I thought if I showed Howon a photo of exactly what I meant by ombré, that he would be able to give me what I wanted. I have brown hair and wanted it to fade into blonde at the tips (what I, and many other of my friends with ombres define as an ombré). What I came out with was a block of blonde hair (from root to tip) underneath a top layer of untouched brown hair along with the two streaks of bonde on the sides of my head. Not only should the color not have gone up that high, it was in all in the wrong places.
I went home to try to see what it would like curled but it was awful. So I drove back to express my disappointment to Howon but he had already left. I left the owner a message and Howon called me back two days later offering to fix it.
In short, he admitted, «I did what I think is the original ombré and what I think looks good.» I also asked if he actually has ever done what I asked him to do to anyone else and he further admitted, «I have to two people, and one came back. It is out of my realm». I really wish I had known that before I sat in his chair. I also find it misleading as a business to advertise a specific service without having properly trained stylist that can actually fulfill that expectations to pre-​paid clients.
On a good note, I was able to find a salon that has stylists that are trained in doing ombres. It’s called Joesph Anthony in Rocklin, but it is well worth the drive and money to get what you want by stylists that listen to their customers needs and are true hair artists with proper training. I specifically recommend Ashley Claxton, but all the stylists there are trained to do ombres with the balayage technique. Balayage is a process in which the stylist back combs the hair before applying color, creating a more natural fading effect.

I received a Groupon for full highilghts here, so I called to make an appointment. They are pretty booked right now with all the Groupons sold, so I wasn’t surprised when I had to wait a week before a stylist was available.
My appointment was at 10am on a Friday with Howon. Their business hours vary with each stylist– it seems they may come in earlier than their posted opening time (10am) or come in on days they are off (like Mondays). When I entered the salon, there were already many clients halfway through their appointments.
The salon looks like a house on the outside with a small parking lot behind it and a gravel lot for extra parking right next to it. The inside of the salon looks very clean, organized, and pretty modern, aside from the vintage posters and knickknacks of Marilyn Monroe.
Howon led me to his chair, offered me a drink, and gave me a magazine to read. I told him I wanted red highlights and he brought out a color swatch so I could pick which shade of red I wanted. Having dark hair, I knew red highlights would be pretty difficult to see, so we decided to try and make it noticeable. After a few minutes of preparing the color, he started highlighting my hair and we had a pleasant conversation.
Fast forward an hour and a half, after sitting under the hair dryer and washing out the excess color, I sat in my chair facing the mirror getting my hair blow-​dried. I instantly noticed a bright, blond streak of hair on my bangs. What? I thought it was maybe weird lighting hitting the color, but after my hair was dried, there was no question that my highlights were straight blond. I was speechless. The highlighting job itself was done very well, but it just wasn’t red! Howon insisted it looked great and said I needed to let the color sit for a couple of days, and so I left the salon very confused.
Throughout the day, I kept staring at the mirror and eventually decided to give Howon a call to re-​do my hair. He understood and happily rescheduled me to come in the following Monday. Turns out, Howon doesn’t ususally work on Mondays, but he wanted to get my hair fixed asap, so he came into work for me free of charge! He also stopped by the beauty supply store to get a deeper red for me. Knowing that he went the extra mile to make me a satisfied customer really made the return trip worth it. Another hour and half later, my hair looked great!
I do recommend the salon because of their customer service and professional attitude. Even if a mistake does happen, they’ll understand and do their best to make you happy.
I’m in love with my hair right now. Yee!

I used this salon exclusively during the many years I lived in Northern California and I am VERY picky about my hair… they are the BEST. Hands down. I now live in SoCal, and have a hard time finding anyone who can do color as well, or anyone who really listens to the client like they do at Monroe. Both Megan and Jackie have been my stylists, but I have been there enough times to see all of the other stylists’ work, and it’s all top notch. Even if you live on the other side of the Sacto Valley, Monroe is worth the drive.