Hair By Julianne Cho

I’ve been coming to Julianne for over a year now, and postponed my review as long as possible so she didn’t get too popular/​busy. She’s phenomenal. Even for a guy, she’ll take your hair and do things with it you hadn’t imagined and make it look better than you expected. Can’t commend her enough. I love that she’s always teaching her understudies, though it’s very hit and miss what kind of shampoo/​massage you’ll get. There are plenty of girls on Unilocal singing her praises… but let me add to the male contingent. If you’re an asian guy and wanting to change your look or just establish yourself with someone who really knows what she’s doing, give her a shot, you won’t regret it.

I just left juliannes! And I must say I absolutely loved it!!! Everyone was so nice and friendly. I will return for a haircut when I’m not in a hurry ! Thanks you and your team!

I’m writing a review because I honestly couldn’t believe I spent nearly $ 300 here… On hair! Omg what the fuck did I just do?! For just a normal one color hair dye just to fix my hair since it’s brassy? Uhh I should’ve bought hose hair dye boxes from sallys. All I wanted was a medium brown color to just make everything one color again. I explicitly said I wanted something natural that my hair can just grow into.
The assistant (I think her name is MJ) told me she needed to use a toner and then dye my hair. This process took nearly 4 hours… What the fuck?! Kill me… The entire time, the assistants were talking to each other in Korean about a mistake they made on me! They kept saying «Omo what am I going to do?» While rubbing more chemicals into my scalp… To the point where I actually thought my hair was gonna fall out! Yes I do understand some Korean (thank you Korean dramas) haha when it was done, my hair looked actually ok for a while although it was much lighter than what I was promised. It was also more orange than I wanted but it was passable. DEFINITELY NOT $ 300 worth though.
One month later, my roots started showing and lo and behold a complete color contrast. Again… Fuck… My hair is like the rainbow… Back to the salon it is… Ugh… So Going to Orange County and getting a better color job for a MUCH cheaper price!

I came in very last minute to get my hair done. I walked in not knowing how to explain what I wanted but fortunately MJ (hair stylist) did exactly what I imagined and I was so happy with the results. Everywhere I’ve gone, they have criticized what I asked for, but once I walked into this salon, they were the NICEST people I have ever met! HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND MJ!!! Best salon I’ve been too!

I am OBSESSED with my new hair!!! Julianne literally is the most amazing hair stylist ever! Not only is she beautiful but she makes it her mission to make everyone else beautiful as well. I’m honestly baffled by any negative reviews I see on here. My hair had so much damage from the previous salon I went to with 3 – 4 colors unevenly spread from top to bottom, yet she worked her magic and my old hair is literally HISTORY! It’s soft, silky, bouncy and the color is phenomenal to say the least!
I highly recommend her and her team for anyone who wants to revive their hair or for coloring that will definitely turn heads. She’s also amazing at styling and cutting and I wouldn’t dare go to anyone else but her! She’s a MAGICIAN! Love love LOVE!!! And to add to that, her team of assistants are amazing individuals who are incredibly welcoming and fun to talk to. I am SOLD.

OMG! I finally found the salon for me! I usually don’t like getting my hair done because I’m never fully happy with the results but Julianne exceeded my expectations. My sister and I came in for a hair cut and coloring. I got the bayalage ombré and a trim and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Seriously in love with my new hair right now. Also, the place is really clean and the staff is very friendly which is a plus. Definitely coming back!

Usually when I plan to get a haircut or a new dye job, it feels like a chore to go to the salon and sit there for a couple of hours, only to spend a lot more than I intended. Going to Hair by Julianne was not only a pleasure but a very cost effective day for me as well! I walked in and was attended to quickly and the very friendly staff helped me solidify my choice between two hair colors. They were very skilled at fixing my damaged hair and the professional yet nice atmosphere put me at ease and made the hours dying my hair fly by. Excellent staff, clean shop, and they really tend to their customers. Definitely going to come back here for my next dye job and would recommend this place for everyone!

The whole place looks luxurious and clean. The hair cut and treatment definitely doesn’t disappointment either. In my experience Asian hair cutters usually cut it more the way they think it should look rather than the way you ask them to. Not here. She prioritized all my specifications the highest even actually making it look better than I could’ve asked. It didn’t taking irritatingly long either. Pretty quick actually which was impressive. Well worth the money. Will be back.

Hair by Julianne is the place to go!
She is really amazing at what she does.
even her assistant Ivy was very well oriented, friendly and clean.
What ever I want she’s always patient and catches my point.
of course she is very busy working on other customers when I was there.
but other customers seemed very satisfied and I was very satisfied also.
for me it’s a very good experience everytime I come
and complementary ChocoPie is always a plus^^
I’m Definitely coming back^^

Dont know what the negative reviews about bad service is about– my experiences at Hair By Julianne has been absolutely great. As soon as I walked in and confirmed my reservation, i was led through the standard procedures of Korean salons. What made it stand out was that the stylists were super polite and friendly. Pluse the amazing scalp massage during shampoo.
Not only did she actually understand what I wanted, Julianne didnt hesitate to advise me honestly on what styles would work best for my face. (She turned out to be right, too)
Ive heard most Unilocalers come in looking for bayalage and dye jobs, and definitely there were a ton of people getting those done. But Julianne is great with cuts and styling too. Ill definitely be coming back here whenever I come back to LA, seeing as how haircuts in NYC are overpriced with meh results vs the quality of service and skill that make the price worth it at HBJC.

Today was my first time coming to Julianne and WOW. I will be coming here for as long as I have hair on my head. Julianne did an AMAZING job on my bob haircut today. I absolutely love it!!! Not only was she extremely considerate of what I wanted, but she was also insightful of what matched my body and face shape. I have been getting complements on my new haircut from people around me the WHOLE FREAKING DAY!

I have a different stylist but she was booked for the holidays so I went to Julianne as she was recommended by a co-​worker. I had high hopes, her rates are not the cheapest. I ended up paying a total of $ 320 (plus tip) for balayage and cut.
It took 2 trips for me for my hair to be «acceptable». The first thing that I said to her and her staff as soon as I sat on her chair was I don’t like «brassy hair», anything but brassy/​orange hair. I requested that my highlights be Ashy Brown, and she agreed like it wouldn’t be a problem at all. With her reaction, I felt comfortable that everything was doable, no problem.
For my haircut, She pretty much gave me a trim. I felt a little cheated for paying $ 55 for that, but it is what it is. I have very thick hair so I am used to getting my hair «thinned out» whenever I get a cut. But at the end of it all, my cut did look ok.
The coloring part took a very long time. I was there starting at 1pm and didn’t leave until closer to 7pm. It seemed as though her assistants weren’t so familiar with the coloring process and Julianne was very busy with other clients. It took them at least 4 times to tone my hair down but it was still very orange. It was almost closing time, I was the last client in there. I was convincing myself that it looked ok, considering I just spent 6 hours there, my hair better look good, right? It was dark out already so I really couldn’t see how it really looked, I just wanted to get out of there.
The next day was when I called them again and said my hair was very brassy and I didn’t like it and I wanted to go back for them to fix it. I spoke with Julianne to which she said if they needed to re-​bleach my hair (only the top part), she would need to charge me $ 30 – 40, but if we just need to tone it that I didn’t have to pay for anything. I agreed and told her whatever she feels she needs to do, just do it so I can have my money’s worth since I was already out so much.
I went back and when I got in, no one acknowledge that I was there, even though her assistants already saw me. I was waiting in the lobby and had to approach Julianne (after waiting for 20 mins) and she looked quite surprised and seems to have forgotten I had an appt that day, I had to remind her what I was in there for. She saw my hair was indeed brassy and she blamed my hair for having a very dark base (my hair is very very black). Of course I told her that she saw my hair when I first sat on her chair, when she was cutting it, so she, as a stylist, should know what colors she need for the ashy brown that I requested. She agreed to tone my hair again, so I was hoping I wasn’t gonna get charged but she told me she was still gonna charge me for shampoo+blowdry ($ 40). So I just said oh well, I guess go ahead.
Also, during the first and second visit, they kept talking in Korean and even if I was having a conversation with someone (either her or her assistant), they would suddenly talk in Korean. It was pretty rude, to be honest.
My hair color is ok now, some are ashy, some still brassy but I gave up and will just have to wear this for a few months to let my hair rest up and go to my usual stylist.

Sigh where do I start. The first time I went to Julianne was when she was still working in the other salon with several Hair stylists in the CGV mall around 3 – 4 years ago.
She was amazing at cutting my hair, but since she moved and started her own place she simply can’t keep up with the demand and number of people. Her assistants are no where near capable of dying or perming like she can so its not worth paying hundreds when the actual professional Julianne isn’t doing it.
I’m kind of sad too because I have brought 5 of my friends to get their hair done here, and I consistently come back but still get no discounts/​perks of being a loyal customer and recommending people to come to her salon. I also wanted to make an appointment and messaged her personally on kakao, but the response has been so slow. I needed a haircut for a special occasion coming up so it was quite urgent, so I’m taking my business somewhere else.
Bottom line is she is a great hair dresser, but the whole experience has changed a lot since she moved out on her own. It’s just not the same.
Also, I understand that her assistants don’t want to get chemicals or shampoo constantly on their hands but when I dye my hair, they use thick rubber gloves that really tug and are aggressive with the hair. I feel like it literally pulls out all the hair if it’s just been dyed and weakened. I recommend switching to disposable thin plastic gloves.

They have good Unilocal reviews and I loved the after photos of their customers so I decided to come in for a hair cut.
I got there and I only waited for a few minutes. The place is nice and clean and modern. After a quick consultation, my hair dresser washed my hair and started my cut. I told her exactly what I wanted and she did exactly what I told her (which I loved). I was a bit worried when I got there that I might not be quite understood since all the employees and all the customers spoke Korean but my stylist had no problem understanding me at all. She was extremely polite and apologized when she put me under the dryer to finish a earlier customer which I had no problem with since I didn’t have to wait when arriving earlier. I am very happy with my cut and would definitely come back later for my next cut and color!
The only problem I had was trying to book an appointment. The girl answering the phone didn’t understand me and I kept asking for a late as possible appointment and she would keep asking me to come in at 12.30pm when I called 11.30am. Then when I said later like around 4 or 5pm she told me to come in at 1pm then 1.30. I ended up not booking an appointment for that day and called back the next day and got a same day appointment.

Julianne easily deserves another 5 star review, especially since I found her on Unilocal.I got my first balayage from her yesterday and went in with very low expectations… not because I didn’t trust her skills, but because I knew what I had done to my hair in the past (platinum, black, red, you name it). She however, met and exceeded my expectations and gave me gorgeous ash balayage highlights with very little damage!
Despite her being very busy, she and her assistants were all VERY sweet and accomodating. I was at the salon for a little over 8 hours (I know lol) but it’s because my hair sucked and Julianne kept insisting on touching up my hair until she was satisfied with it. I think I was just mentally prepared to come in a second time so I was totally fine with slightly orange hair, but once Julianne was done I was mind blown by the gorgeous color she was able to pull out. Worth every damn penny!
Thank you so much Julianne and you already know I will be back :) :) :)

I have very mixed feelings.
On one hand Julianne will basically work as long as she can to satisfy what your desired look is which is pretty amazing.
On the other, I agreed to pay extra for Olapex (she didn’t pressure me at all, just suggested and I agreed so no worries about feeling obligated!) but when the assistant first began to color/​bleach my hair she forgot to add it in. I know this because I can understand Korean and heard the conversation she had and her mistake of omitting the product the first time around. Regardless of this miscommunication I do not appreciate that they didn’t tell me but kinda just tried to cover it up. I would have rather appreciated their candid honesty but whatever not like it was a life or death situation – it’s just hair. But it is the principle of the matter that bothered me, nawimsayin.
But everything else is fine if not better than the rest of these higher end salons. Price is unbeatable even with extra add ins and whatnot because Julianne does try her best to meet your satisfaction, like she is super committed. Also she trimmed my hair quickly and very well, I was impressed.
One thing to note, there is a ton of double booking so you better be okay with a longer than average hair time.
I recommend you try this place out especially if you have asian hair because lawd knows no one else knows how to manage it besides another asian sistah.

Went this past week to re-​touch my balayage ombré and i am extremely happy with the results!
For starters I felt like I was treated like royalty! Julianne’s assistants gave me cookies and hot tea and even saved my sister from boredom by giving her the wifi password while she waited for me! (she watched The Lion King on my laptop lol)
Anyway back to the hair… lol
The first time I got my hair done here I remember being more hesitant to be «too blonde» for my skin tone, but this time I decided to take a risk. I told Julianne to help me go a little lighter and raise my ombré, she did just that!
I was out in about 4 hours and couldn’t stop looking at my hair lol
I took pictures at the salon and at home because I was a little shy, but you be the judge! :)

Julianne is THE BEST.
I’m a hair snob. I’m pretty low maintenance overall, but for haircuts I will travel far and wide for the right person. Julianne is absolutely the best hair stylist in LA. Everyone, from the boys to my female friends agree that she has an amazing eye/​aesthetic. My boyfriend used to roll his eyes at the thought of going to (and paying for) a *real* salon to cut his hair, but after just one haircut he was HOOKED and has whined to me ever since that there is just no one in SF quite like her.
I know girls feel me on that terrible, sinking feeling you have after a bad haircut. You’ll never ever feel that with Julianne. She has a real eye for aesthetics, unlike 99.9999% of hair stylists out there. I’ve only had cuts but I can tell you, having seen her do numerous color jobs/​corrections she is a bad ass at color and will make you look like a million bucks. And if you get color done, you get a free blowout (BOOM).
So seriously go to Julianne because she is the best and that is all. You’re welcome.
Things to know ahead of time:
+ If you color your hair, it’ll take awhile. Get over it and bring a book (and snack)
+ She can get really busy, so just be mindful if you choose a Saturday appointment. Usually her assistants will wash and then she’ll cut (and you’ll want her to, she’s good)
+ Park in the garage under the Chase parking lot.
+ The salon is beautiful and modern, but it’s definitely run more like an Asian salon so there’s less pampering/​more tough love and getting straight to business. BUT I DONT CARE. You want to get pampered, you get your ass to a spa. You want gorgeous hair? Go to Julianne :)

I came in for a cut and ombré for my short bob. Long story short– it took 9 hours for the final look which turned out damaged and short like a Japanese rock star. It is also uneven, and it looks like I came in for a bunch of highlights. (Keep in mind I came for an ombré)
To be clear– I went with a recommendation of using a product called Olaplex which is a product commonly used along with bleach. It protects the hair and supposedly doesn’t damage the hair as much. She added another 40 on top of my 230 ombré price and it still pretty much fried my hair…
I’m probably never coming back and I wouldn’t recommend anyone coming if they’re looking for an ombré with short hair. The pricing is just ridiculous compared to the results.
Unilocal in my case was extremely deceiving especially because all the pictures posted by Julianne of beautiful ombrés. I walked in with my money willing to pay $ 400+ for results like that, but in the end walked out with a sad sad short rockstar looking hair with highlights. Now I’m just looking for another hair salon to go to fix this sad pathetic hair. What a shame… and waste of $$$
Anyways, I’m leaving 2 stars because throughout the 9 hours of unattentive service, regardless of how fuxked up my hair turned out, Julianne and her staff were still polite.
I also noticed that whenever someone leaves bad reviews on Unilocal,Julianne responds with some type of sassy/​catty attitude. Julianne– please don’t be sour. This is a review purely based on MY personal experience whether I expressed it to you or not.

Came in to see Julianne again for a haircut + ombré/​balayage and again, she did not disappoint! She and I both are very satisfied with my hair :)
I came in wanting to cut a good few inches off and redo my ashy color, but have it be a little more subtle. Last time I got a trim and an ashy-​blonde with grey tones. Since I only got a trim last time, I wasn’t sure what to expect since I know Julianne specializes in color. I told her I wanted to cut off some of the length and add more layers throughout. She gave her feedback and recommended to avoid any short layers, which I appreciated because she really worked the haircut to flatter my face shape. An hour later, I was already obsessed with my new hair solely from the cut! On to coloring, I love that Julianne just knows what to do. I showed her two pictures and within minutes she knew exactly what to do/​what I wanted.
Because my hair still had some of my previous color in it, the process was a little shorter and took about three hours (four hours last time). It’s funny because after she washed my hair and was blow drying it, I was a little worried because it was looking pretty dark. Well, I know now to never question Julianne’s skills again because when she was done, my hair had gorgeous ashy brown tones all over that were subtle but still noticeable. I originally came in wanting it to be more blonde, but I’m actually really loving this shade more! Julianne just knows what I want before I know it, I guess, lol.
Thanks again, Julianne, for a great cut and color!
More Tips/FYI’s:
— Haircuts are $ 45 – 50, depending on length
— Ombré/​Balayage start at $ 200, depending on length
— Re-​toning ombré/​balayage is $ 60 – 70, depending on length
— 5% off when you pay cash!