Jolof Hair Salon

A little slow but a great natural hair salon. I have very long locs and the team took very good care of my hair. I’m calling tomorrow for a follow up appointment!

I recently came back from Nigeria and couldn’t find anyone to braid my hair like I got it done in Africa. I found this place on Unilocal and communicated with them over a few day period due to my scheduling conflict. They were absolutely wonderful and very professional. The salon is really nice and welcoming.
I received medium size, long box braids and they were done by Princess. I LOVE my braids. They are neat and each braid looks identical which is EXACTLY how it was done in Naija. Best braiders in LA
If you want braids of any type, come here.

I use to love this salon. However, I just recently visited the salon and was charged an extra forty dollars from the last time of my visit. I got crotchet braids and a wash with no condition or trim and was charged 220 plus a 20 dollar tip. The first time I visited I was charged 180 for the same service. When I addressed the issue with the owner, Maty, she stated that I was not charged correctly the first time. I am very disappointed in the salon and will not be returning. There are cheaper places with the same service down the street. BEWARE!

Hands down the best place to come get your dreads done. The ladies here do an exceptional job. Not only that but they are fast as well. As long as they are open I will come here for all my dread needs. Thank you ladies

I came to the new location at 1027 S. La Brea for a retwist and man did they impress me with the finished result! Finally after moving here from ATL I found a permanent go to place!

I’ve been coming to Jolof for almost 3 years and have been a satisfied client every single time. Maty has been doing my locks and she grooms my locks so well and gives me great advice for taking care of my hair. She also does amazing styles and is super fast. Having had Maty as the only person doing my locks for so long I was hesitant to have someone else touch my hair, but recently I had Kadi palm roll my locks, and was pleasantly surprised. She did a fantastic job. I highly recommend Jolof for dreadlocks and natural hair styles!

My locs came out nice. HOWEVER. The store is filthy. Filthy! I was getting my hair twisted and saw roaches crawling on the disgusting hair covered floor (normally salons sweep periodically right? Doesn’t seem like it here). The little girl is cute but it’s a bit unprofessional to help her with her homework or continually scold her while doing someone’s hair. If you don’t mind sitting in a sty for nice hair, then recommended. For everyone else, try another place.

Maty and the other girls here do great work. I got Marley twists and they looked great and lasted well. Maty is knowledgable and seems to actually care about your hair. The only reason I don’t give it more stars is because the shop is pretty filthy with several… bugs crawling around (I’m being nice). Fix that and this place would get 5 stars in my book.

In preparation for a trip back home to in my sister’s wedding, I opted to do the «salon» treatment in LA, because it would be much more difficult finding the time and a location in my home state. It’s, also, been about 12 years since I’d gone to a salon and have been maintaining my Lochs myself since moving to LA 13 years ago. I did a Unilocal search for a salon specializing in Lochs /​Natural hair, and found Jolof Salon. It’s a small little shop, south of Santa Monica on La Brea, and this was one of the BEST salon experience I’ve had… and a nice welcome back.
They even gave me a faux-​hawk, all with my own Lochs, no extensions, etc. I didn’t even think my Lochs were long enough to achieve that, but thanks to Meti and Teening (the ladies who did my twists and the style).mission accomplished! I’m an actor and work in a professional environment on the side. I needed to keep both of those things in mind and had no idea what I wanted when I walked in. Well… hell. I ended up walking out with an edgy/​professional/​striking new look and I think I’m going to keep this one for a while.
I’ve gotten so many compliments on the style, and my agent LOVES it. All I wanted to was a cool LA look to go back with for my sister’s wedding. These ladies just straight up hooked me up with a brand new commercial look.
Bravo and THANK YOU ladies!!! The wedding was AMAZING and I can’t wait to get back in there to share the the deets with you.
Wedding photos viewable here:
Togba Norris

I got senegalese twists done at Jolof by Princess and they look great and they were done in an entirely reasonable amount of time (about 7 hours). Overall, I’m very happy with my service and the price and will be returning to Jolof in the future for braids. It seemed like Maty makes sure they don’t double book even though they have a constant stream of customers (which is very impressive in my books).
Jolof lost a star for me for a couple of reasons:
1. The bathroom was absolutely filthy. I can’t remember the last time I was in a bathroom that dirty. I actually stopped drinking water so I wouldn’t have to go. Not only is it dirty, you have to ask someone for toilet paper to bring with you because they share it with another shop (which is filled with mostly men, so expect all eyes on you as you go back and forth), and no one told me the toilet paper thing the first time around so I just ended up in the restroom with no toilet paper, or paper towels.
2. Noise — Maty’s daughter stays in the shop, and I’m not sure if she’s like this all the time, but she alternated between crying and whining for a solid four hours. The only time she was satisfied was when a customer bought her a toy and played with her. I entirely understand that childcare is expensive, and I’m used to kids in shops, but the constant crying was a new one for me and something I didn’t love. In the future, I will definitely be bringing headphones and playing music.
3. Natural hair care — I’ve never been to a braiding studio, so this might be an unfair request, but I was disappointed in the way my hair was handled since the shop claims to be a natural hair shop. It was all about the braids, not about taking care of the hair beneath it. In the future, I would definitely bring my own products to make sure my hair is getting enough oil, etc. I wouldn’t come to this shop for anything aside from braids, it didn’t feel like they were focused on healthy hair.
Again, overall I had a great service, but I do think it’d be unfair for me to post without saying those few things. Again, I will definitely be returning to Jolof and am very happy with my hair!

I’ve gotten many hair styles from here, I don’t trust anyone else. They always doing a great job with good prices.

I’ve been going to this salon since I’ve moved here from Mississippi. Although the prices are way different! I drive from Ventura, CA to get my hair done by Mati. She very good at what she does. However, I’m just starting my locks and I paid $ 135 which I thought was ridiculous because I’m thinking it would come with a wash and/​or color and the clipping of my ends which had perm still left on them. I was told to do all of that before I came! So I paid $ 135 just for starter locks that took 30 min. I’m was very upset that I had to pay that much to do pretty much everything myself. I really think that was a rip off! A lesson has been learned. Suggestions: lower the prices or do more for the customers.

Let me start by saying my hair «looked» nice after my service. Ok, I got that part out of the way. This place is walking distance from my home and the reviews are great so I was excited to get my box braids done there. Everything went downhill from there. How you ask? Here are the major points and I’m as polite as possible as to not COMPLETELY drag a business that’s Black woman owned. Having said that, they have GOT to do better. I made sure to wait several weeks to do this review because I wanted to be objective and didn’t want to write it while I was still irritated.
1. I booked my appointment at 8am. I arrived at 7:57 and I figured they probably were there and just wasn’t going to open the doors until exactly 8. Wrong. At about 5 after. still closed so I called the number on the sign. Someone who was clearly driving said she was down the street. She look about 10 more minutes.
2. The actual person who was supposed to do my hair was late AFTER the shop was late to open. She didn’t start on my hair until nearly 9am.
3. I got my hair washed but she did not dry it. Since they did not have the hair I needed it ended up air drying. That’s another issue because I told her over the phone that I would be purchasing hair prior. Yet, they didn’t have any and that was another wait. 25 minutes at least!
4. I haven’t had box braids since the early 90s and I was kid. I didn’t really remember how to process felt. Unfortunately she used a similar technique to cornrow to the top of the braid and it was nearly impossible to manipulate my braids into a style without pain until it loosened all the up. That made my braids look so old a week or so later even though I tied up every night.
5. I totally understand not trusting day camps or daycare centers but if you’re going to have children in your shop, make it kid friendly. The school aged girl only had paper cups and highlighters to play with and she was in the way and obnoxious out of boredom. The toddler needed to be tended to several times during my appointment. That’s just not acceptable in a business setting.
Overall, I arrived a little before 8am and didn’t leave until nearly 6pm for medium box braids. That’s ridiculous. I had high expectations and I was disappointed. I will be going elsewhere for my braiding needs.

So I also wanted to give a BRAVO to Amina for the wonderful job with maintaining my locs
She has a soft touch but my locs looked fantastic!!!
Mattie was the only person I would go to till now
U will be in excellent hands
Such a sweet person

This review is in response to my first post regarding first review about the service I received that wasn’t quite what it wanted. Miss. Maty got in contact with me and she fixed the problem immediately. She went the extra mile to make sure I was satisfied with locks I originally wanted. She identified what I wanted and she broke it down by educating me on the concept of the different designing patterns when starting locks. She gave me great service… She really put in the work!!!
And now I’m really happy with the results. I’m so excited what my lock will look like a year from now. My biggest mistake was, I should have gone in for consultation first. Getting locks has been an experience. I will be returning for annual maintenance.
This hair salon stuff is new to me… Nothing like a barbershop as your in and out. When your getting your hair DID professionally it takes time. :) Watching her staff doing other clients hair I can best describe it as… «Artistry»
Her staff definitely has skills!!!
Thanks again.

Very amazing hair salon I get compliments on my hair everyday. Though when I decide to put a little style into my hair, I’ve even had cars stop and ask questions.

I was able to get an appointment for faux locs the same day I called which was great! They had the best price out of anyone in the area. They offered advice on the size and length I should get my hair which I appreciate. They finished my hair in about 4hours. And let me know to contact them if anything happened to my hair. Quick, professional, and reasonably priced! They also take cards. Will return.

I just moved to California, and was in need of a new hair dresser, so I came on Unilocal and took my chance with Jolof hair salon based on their high ratings. I got kinky twists for the first time (trying to grow out my perm), and I have to say their ratings are accurate and well deserved. I absolutely love my hair! When I called to make an appointment, the owner of the salon was willing to schedule me the day of, but I had plans, so she conveniently scheduled me for the next morning. During my appointment they had me in and out in just a few hours, including consultation. Khadijah did most of my twists and was very nice and sociable throughout the process so time went by even quicker. If you need dreads, twists, braids, or anything you should visit them. I def recommend Jolofs!

I. LOVE. MY. HAIR.
This was my first time getting kinky twists so I was worried about how it would turn out. Suffice it to say, I had nothing to worry about. Maty directed me to the Beauty Supply store on Venice and Washington, I got my hair, came back, and my hair stylist was there waiting for me when I reemerged. We started off late but that’s because I wasn’t sure where to get the hair first!
Khadijah is AMAZING! and HILARIOUS, and everyone at the salon are great conversationalists, if a good talk is your kind of thing. I like how clean and thick (Read: full) my twists came out, the length, and the application of highlights that I requested from the different hair colors I provided. I have a pretty big head, so I expected the job would take anywhere between 4 – 5 hours, but, since I’m used to sitting anywhere between 8 – 10 hours for individual braids and have done so the majority of my life, 4 – 5 hours was a pleasure cruise. In fact, everyone at Jolof Hair Salon was doing fast work with quality results from what I could tell.
The price, too, was reasonable.
Admittedly, my twists are a little tight but no tighter than a lot of other people who braid or twist hair would make them. I’ve never had an issue with hair loss, alopecia, or receding hairline, so if you are someone who experiences these issues you might want to request a different technique that is less harsh but will render the same results.
All in all, I’m recommending Jolof to everyone I know, as I’ve been getting compliments and inquiries left and right in the last three days. I look forward to coming back in for a retouch in six weeks!

Maty the master hairstylist provided me with exactly what I wanted full sewn in natural look good for everyday look with a edge. (No Beyoncé weaves for me)
But importantly her braiding techniques which preserves my natural hair was done exceptionally small braids which makes it easy to grease/​oil scalp to prevent dry/​damage hair.