Los Salonez

I love Klara and her little salon. She is a great stylist. Knows how to cut long hair (and short too, see further ahead). Knows how to match color to skin color and personality. She listens to what people want but she also comes up with her own recommendations.
I’ve been coloring and cutting my hair at Los Salonez for 3 years now and I always look forward to the visit.
She has also been cutting my hubby’s hair and our kiddos’. My husband doesn’t want to go anywhere else: D
I would definitely recommend her — to old and young, male and female.

What happened here? First, my usual stylist is definitely NOT Klara. When I made my appointment, there was no mention of Klara and her parting ways. I came to the salon expecting to see Celeste, yet she was not there. Since I had already made the drive, I decided to let Klara do my hair. Yeah… Not at all the same service at all! The new girl who is there is not the most friendly and almost seems bothered that clients are there. One of the reasons I LOVED going there was the blow dry service — Celeste was the BEST! You can count that service non existent now — it was obvious that Klara did not care for nor want to even do this service. I mean, why offer if it you hate it so much? This is definitely not the same place it was. Not to mention, when I asked for Celeste’s contact information, she said that if I am friends with her I should know how to reach her. Way to be professional. I thought that it was professional courtesy to pass along information when asked? Klara is NOT professional and I will NEVER return there. I don’t know where Celeste has gone, but will definitely go to her once I find her!

I was in the Bay area for only a short amount of time, and wanted to color my hair. I was scared to go to a new person (as I’ve only colored my hair twice before), but I saw the reviews and went to Klara. She was great! I wanted purple in my hair and she had a few option, so we took the risk and put them all in just to see what it would look like. After it came out, I really only liked one of the colors, and Klara went back and redid the highlights with that color with no extra charge. She really wants you to be happy with your hair, and if you’re looking for something new and aren’t afraid of a little adventure, she’s your girl.

Celeste is the best!!! Ever cut I’ve gotten from her since college, and I’ve never been dissatisfied. Even once when she cut my hair a bit shorter than I wanted, I still loved the cut. Her coloring techniques are amazing as well. She never fails!!! She doesn’t come cheap, but then it is Los Salonez. Would still recommend her. Klara, the owner is awesome too and super nice. I heard she’s an amazing stylist too, but so far Celeste has only done my hair.

Klara, the owner, gives me the very best haircut I’ve ever had. My hair is difficult to cut, and she uses a straight razor technique with expert hands, cutting my hair perfectly and quickly.

Ever since I moved out to the Bay Area 5 years ago from Chicago, I’ve struggled to find a stylist I liked out here to do my highlights and a cut. I paid a fortune to go a fancy salon in the city, and never was thrilled with the results. I was so happy that a a friend recommended Klara at Los Salonez. I’ve been going to her for a year and a half now, and my hair is so much better for it. She’s very thorough with her highlights and makes sure to pick up the same pieces from last time, so you don’t end up with all over blond hair. She also explains what she’s doing and the options you have (bleach v. ammonia v. color) — I’ve been getting my hair highlighted for 20 years and had no idea about the options and tradeoffs with each. Now that my hair has finally grown out from the bleach job they had been doing in the city, I can really appreciate the difference that this makes.
And if all this wasn’t enough, she stays late on Tuesday nights for those of us that need night appointments. Some people complain about the prices, but I paid a lot more than $ 185 for full highlights and a cut at the salon I went to in SF.

I just love the haircut from Celeste — I get so many compliments — she is so good to work with and friendly, plus the neighborhood is so casual
See you soon Celeste

My sister and I both went here on separate occasions for different services. I needed a simple cut and my sister needed keratin treatment.
While Celeste did a fine job on my sister’s keratin treatment, I was extremely disappointed with my hair cut. I am not sure what she did but my hair hasn’t been the same since.
The salon is also extremely dirty. There is hair all over the floor and I shudder to think if they properly clean their combs and brushes.
In addition, customer service is pretty poor.

Klara has been doing my hair for nearly 20 years. I have followed her up and down the peninsula and now drive down from SF to have her cut/​highlight my hair.
I have naturally curly hair and always wore it short because no one could make it look passable when it grew. Over the years Klara has convinced me to grow it, it’s now almost to my shoulders and I love having it longer. She can cut curly hair like no one else!
She is also an artist when it comes to the highlights. Highly recommend her in general but if you have curly hair she is the bomb!

I have been using Klara for many years, maybe 17 or so… I actually flew back from Europe to have her cut and highlight my hair because she is the best. and I CANT have anyone else cut my hair… it’s baby fine and everyone else ruins it.
Klara has a very high standard and the other girls are great as well.
Good location too.
Cheers,
Kristy

I’ve been coming to Klara for a few years now. I used to have my hair cut in Chicago at Mario Tricoci and was looking for a top notch place to hash our my hair concerns and someone to really listen to my preferences. After looking around and trying many different places I’ve always come back to Klara. I’ve finally found «the one»!!
she is fantastic – she listens and gives an informed opinion. Always felt like previous hairdressers just didn’t really care. Klara helped me figure out the intricacies of my head and hair. we changed my part, I’ve skipped shampooing so often (who knew?!) and she doesn’t pressure me to get my haircut more often. every 6mo just works for me!

I’m a man. I used to get $ 7 — $ 15 haircuts at a barber. Was always hit or miss. Paying $ 75 per cut with Klara seemed high at first, but the razor cuts are brilliant. My hair never sticks up (which it used to all the time with barbers), it grows in perfectly over the course of 3 or more months. On a monthly basis, the cost isn’t that bad and the cuts are outstanding. Klara is an artist with hair, especially unruly, cowlickly hair.

Klara’s been cutting my hair since I was deemed old enough by my mother to do it. For years I flew from Asia just so I could get highlights from her.
I strayed once or twice when I lived in New York or San Francisco or Beijing — paying twice the price for a cut or color I always had to have her fix later.
She’s as good as it gets.

I’ve been going to Los Salonez for 2 years. I love what Klara has done for my color and I think her prices are very reasonable. If you have frizzy hair be sure to ask about the caviar shampoo.

The price I paid for a hair cut I should have received a better hair style, the lady gave me what looks like woman’s comb over (if you can imagine).
Also my dad said the lady quoted him $ 87 for a hair cut… for a guy? Now I know my dad’s getting old and he could of misunderstood, but he was pretty convinced he heard $ 87!

I love the haircut I got here from Klara. She really took time to worked with me and gave me the best cut and tips on how to do my hair.
My hair now has the most volume it’s had since I was a teenager and it’s surprising also very low maintenance.
She gave me a blunt scissor cut in back with my hair dry and then razor cut my hair wet to give me angled (grown out) bangs and a layer at the crown to maximize my volume. I loved it. She also introduced me to Redken’s electric wax which I loved and need to find time to go back and buy.
I’ve also had my hair done by Celeste and she’s great too. All in all a great deal at $ 75 a haircut.

I’ve been going here for the last 3 years and although the salon lacks the fancy waiting room that you might find at Juut or elsewhere in Palo Alto– I have always been happy with my haircut. Celeste is my favorite gal– she has mad skills with fine, thin hair. Somehow after she cuts my hair it looks like I have twice the volume. And most importantly the haircut always grows out nicely– so when I forget to make an appointment for a few months– my hair still looks good.

Not only can Klara do hair, but she also has a super cool local art show before the holidays where you can buy unique gifts. With vintage jewelry, Peninsula School Crafts, unique wine bottle toppers, and new jewelry by local designers, this is a fair not to be missed.
Los Salonez is also a great place to get summer flip flops. Klara picks out unique designs all the time.

First time I went to Klara I was extaticly happy, got my hair colored with highlights and a few lowlights and it turned out perfect.
I had my hair done several more times, it progressivly got worse and I even had to come back for a correction after my last appointment because there were some real obvious spots missed right by my roots.
I am not sure how that could have happened.
The appointment also took a lot longer than usual and there seemed to be more distraction.
I had to come back since I ran out of time and was very unhappy about having to do an additional drive from San Jose but more so spending another set of hours doing so when I really didn’t have the time.
What tipped me off was that it still didn’t look anything like the first time or just having been to the hairdresser and Klara had the guts to mention that I may tip the stylist.
I came in for a correction not for a blowdry for fun session.
I am glad I didn’t leave any tip but felt weird, so I explained myself via email to Klara. I never got a response back and tried to change my appointment but decided that I am not thrilled to go back after this experience. The price was very reasonable but if I am not 100% satisfied it doesn’t do me any good to save the money.
I also was unhappy about my haircuts, like I said the first time everything was great but they seemed unable to repeat the performence. As far as pampering goes, it’s definitely no salon where they offer water, I learned to bring my own.
Since I definitely wasn’t going to let her cut my hair again I am trying some place new closer to my house. To be fair it can be great but I am tired of inconsistance or unfocused treatment.
Personal manners matter to me and if my email gets ignored I find that rude, that’s why they lost my business.

I don’t know what I ever did before I found Klara. I hadn’t found a hair stylist in California that I ever wanted to go back to until her.
She’s the best.
Amazing.