Hair Den Beauty Salon

Mary is the absolute BEST! I have been going to her for years and I feel like she is part of my family. She knows exactly how to cut and color my hair without even saying a word! She is also amazing at doing hair for special occasions!

Mary is a Professional Business Owner — with highly polished skills. I appreciate everything she did to accommodate my schedule. She is in High demand with her clients who have been seeing her for over 25 years. So I want to be courteous to her by canceling my appointment on 10/17@11am… I will call back during business hours to reschedule. Thank you again

A friend of mine recommended me this place. I usually go to this place in Union City but I was looking for a salon that could color my hair for less. This place was awesome! Mary did an outstanding job with my color & she was so friendly too (she even gave me quarters to get candy from her vending machine). The prices here are very inexpensive and they do a great job! Definitely will come here again!

I have been going to Mary for almost 3 years and she never disappoints. Her prices are insanely low and her customer service is high! We always have things to talk about and she will be honest about whether she thinks a color will work for you. When I initially found her, I wanted to go blonde. As a medium brunette she told me that she would have to transition me slowly and use highlights rather than going blonde all at once. We did this process several times over several months until we achieved the color I was looking for. As long as she is around, Mary will be my go-​to for all things hair color!

Ive been searching of a less expensive good hairstylist and I came to Mary off of a recommendation, and she delivered! She made my hair highlights rich, vibrant blonde, blended it seamlessly into a perfect shade of multi toned dark brown/​light brown/​blonde hair. Let me tell you — I am so impressed and so are my 250 friends in Facebook when i posted a picture of my new haircolor. I definitely recommend her!
Thank you Mary for taking awesome care of me!

I was in desperate need of a hair makeover on a budget. I was looking on Unilocal,and stumbled upon Hair Den. Mary is everything everyone says she is. She is so welcoming, warm and kind. She knows what she’s doing and you have a a great time in the process. I had my hair colored and cut for 40.00! Please check her out if you’re in the area. She has a t.v. and a play area for kids while they’re waiting. I had such a good time here, and totally love my hair. Mary rocks =)

Came here for the first time after recommendation from the fremont mommies group. Absolutely LOVED Mary! I was supposed to originally see Sandy but she went home sick :(Mary was able to squeeze me in for a cut and hi light! I will definitely be returning:)

I have known Mary for over 25 years. She has owned her own business for decades and she still keeps up with the latest fashion tips, styles, and updos. The salon is very simple. Easy to find and has reasonable pricing. Once you start going to Mary you become family. My sister, niece and daughter go to Mary. She is an artist when it comes to color. She also has a real good eye for wedding hair and gets very busy during wedding season. While she did not do my hair for my wedding day because it was a destination wedding she did design my up do for the day and she did a dry run prior to my big day so I could take pictures for another stylist to duplicate on my big day. LOVE THE HAIR DEN. A shout out to Sandy too, she is the other stylist in the Salon!
Directly across the street from the Newark Pavillion, get to Cherry street you went too far.

Mary had been doing my hair for over 5 years now and I would recommend her to anyone. She has owned her own business for decades and she still keeps up with the latest fashion tips, styles, and updos.
She has reasonable pricing and will gladly give you advice on how to style your hair yourself.
She is closed Sundays/​Mondays.
Over the years she has seriously become a life coach and mentor — she is the best! you should definitely give her a «try» if you are shopping for a new stylist

I only gave this place 2 stars for only this reason. they did a very good job on my hair color! I originally came here to color my hair but then the lady said for $ 5 more you can get a haircut. in my head i was good deal! but i should have put more thought into it. i came out with a beautiful color… but a choppy haircut. wasn’t cute at all and i was very upset. but i guess thats my fault for thinking a $ 5 would be worth it. ugh. on a good note. my hair grows quick so I didn’t have to deal with looking weird for too long. but anyway the ladies are very nice. the only reason i’d step foot in here again was to color my hair but thats about it.

$ 21 for wash, cut, n dry. Can’t really beat that. Sandy cut my hair and it looks fine. Just a trim, so it wasn’t rocket science. She was nice, mentioned that if you are looking to color, she can do it but Mary is faster at it.
Interior feels like it needs some time warping to the new millennium. Old photos and magazine cut outs from the 70s-​80s. Seems like the older crowd would come here.
Overall no complaints. Good deal, decent cut. Not sure how they would do on a trendy, edgy, fun style though.

Sandy is very friendly and did a fair cut for me overall. I will say that I am EXTREMELY picky about my haircuts because they only happen one to two times a year. On this occasion, there were some pitfalls.
I like to keep my length… it ended up a tad but shorter than I had hoped. No worries. It grows fast. The bigger issue was that parts of the cut were choppy. Sandy had Mary come over and razor my hair to feather it a little more, but when I got home, I could still clearly see some seriously chunky sections that just didn’t blend. Also, MY BANGS. Oh no. My bangs. I keep them side-​swept. When she finished, they were straight across and too short to do anything about it. I had to take more hair forward to create a better bang myself. Overall, though, Sandy was very earnest in her attempts to give me the haircut that I wanted. Plus, it was a million times better than a few cuts I’ve gotten at Great Clips.
I have to put this out there though, something that bothered me…
I have massive amounts of very thick, pin-​straight hair that I’ve gotten nothing but compliments for. When Mary came over to razor my cut, she asked if I went swimming a lot this summer because she could «feel» the chlorine in my hair. Firstly, Sandy washed and conditioned my hair before Mary even got around to touching it and secondly, I’ve gone swimming three times total this entire summer. All instances were way back when in June and the beginning of July. I don’t style it with products or take irons and blow dryers to it, so I don’t know what she’s «feeling.» Also, she commented on how thick my hair was. I mentioned that a friend of mine had compared it’s thickness to rope. Her response? My friend probably meant it was coarse like rope *pause.* Normally, I wouldn’t take offense, but she had taken a few subtle jabs at me about my (as she constantly kept referring to it) «Asian hair.» Really? Huh. Mini offended on all fronts with that one.
Anyway, I’m not going to knock this rating any further because of Mary’s lack of tact. It was a well priced ($ 21), decent experience dealing with Sandy after all. I don’t doubt that maybe Mary is amazing at what she does, but I guess our personalities just aren’t agreeable.
That being said, this place probably isn’t for «Asian hair.» Really, the clientele that I observed was 98% elderly women… so if that’s who you are, by all means. Again, it was an a-​ok haircut, but I’m just veeery picky when it comes to this one service (and the customer service I received).

The ladies are very friendly. I will start with that. However, I brought in a color and bw photo of a hairstyle I wanted. The appt I made, i specifically said that I wanted a NEW cut and color. Explained it would be full color with highlights.
Upon my arrival, I was seated Sandy. She was nervous and slow as molasses. I sat int he chair for 5 hours getting my hair done… The reason? She does not know how to do color. She had to keep asking Mary how to do this and that. Even now I look at my color and the highlights do not even go to the part line. Its horrible and ridiculous.
Furthermore, the cut was all wrong. Mary tried fixing it after the fact but still it wasnt the right cut. To Mary’s benefit, she probably would have gotten it right if she did it initially. I cut and color my hair often (every 5 weeks) for the past 10 years so I’m no stranger to color or cut.
I’m sure they are good with elderly women and young women with layered cuts or straight cuts. Anything a little more fun and flirty, I would not recommend this place.
My only saving grace is that I did not pay much for what was done and that my hair grows so fast that I will only have 4 weeks of torture until I got to a new place to try again.

I went here today a bit nervously because I was getting my hair chopped to donate to Lock of Love. I couldn’t find the building so I had to make a U-​turn, and by the time I saw it, had passed it. I parked somewhere on Cherry and walked since I didn’t want to make another U-​turn. The shop is really nice, clean, and quaint. I waited about 10 minutes even though there was only one other person and I had already make an appointment. Sandy chopped my hair 13 inches instead of 10, but I’m not picky so it was okay. She shampooed and conditioned my hair nicely, and took her time to cut it. My hair turned out way shorter than I thought it was going to be, but it does look very good! She used a smoothing oil/​serum and also offered to straighten my hair, but I declined because I was going to wash it at home anyways. She was really nice and talked to me as a friend! A wash and haircut was $ 21, not including tip.
I will be going back!
Pros: Good hair cut, decent price
Cons: Finding the shop, waiting.

Oh, Hair Den, you definitely deserve my 5 stars. I love it when Unilocal helps me find a new place that I love. :D
I don’t get my hair cut all that frequently, partly because I’m used to getting hair cuts in Asia, and after paying $ 3 USD for them to wash my hair, cut and dry my hair, it just isn’t the same back here. However, my hair’s been getting pretty effing long, and my trim-it-when-I’m-bored tendencies just weren’t cutting it (hah, I’m so punny), so I found my way here.
I called on Tuesday to ask if you had to make appointments (apparently, yes, they are very much preferred), so I made one for today. I drove past it the first time I was looking for it (it’s a cute little house right next to the apartment complex on the corner of the street), so be on the lookout.
She asked me how I found out about this place since business was usually by referral due to their semi-​hole in the wall location. These days on the internetz, you can find everything and anything, and I’m glad I did. I asked her to hack off 6 inches, but with layers.
She’s super-​nice, great to talk to, and referred to my hair as ‘virgin hair’ because I’ve never dyed or permed it. It basically just sits there and gets cut/​grows. Sometimes when it’s lucky, it gets tied up. :O! I like it to be as low-​maintenance as humanly possible. But I guess since I like the outdoors so much and since my hair was really long, the sun damage (which, she’s right, I never really considered that) was getting to it.
Hair washed and cut for $ 18 (but you should be a good soul and add more for tips). She didn’t dry my hair, but I like it better that way since I dislike blowdrying my hair. Air-​drying ftw! I think it’s cash-​only.
Anyway, I like it here, and will definitely be back when I need to cut my hair again! My hair feels healthy again and my head feels so much lighter.

The ladies are great and Mary is the old school guru and sandy is her younger hipper cohort. I’ve had my hair cut by sandy for more years then I’d like to admit. She’s great and can handle heat or color or just about anything you can dream up. I’ve been long haired, short haired permed, and shaved, and never been disappointed or had any problems from anyone over there. their bargain basement pricing on color and style aint bad either… do check these gals out

Marylou is a saint! I’ve been going here my whole life and have always been happy with the out come! That women can make miracles! With how much business she gets she could get one of those fancy shmancy places but this place feels like home right when you step in!

Mary is the best ever! She is the nicest lady to talk to and she ALWAYS makes my hair look amazing. I have gotten more compliments on my cut and hi/​low lights than I have ever gotten about my hair.
I highly recommend Mary, unless you are trying to book for an appointment at the same time I am… then back off :)

I was referred here by my mother in law a few years ago and I have to say that I love this place!
Sandy always cuts my hair to perfection! What is so awesome is that she always gives me the haircut I want. This is so important to me because I have been to numerous salons where the stylist gives you the cut she likes best and doesn’t listen to your input.
I have recommended this place to everyone I know. Sandy has also cut my 3 year old daughter’s hair and if you have a child you know how wiggly they get in the chair, but once again Sandy out did her self and I was extremely satisfied.
This is the only place I go now for hair cuts, you can’t beat the prices either, they are extremely reasonable.
If you are looking for an experienced stylist I would definitely go here and Mary is awesome with the colors and high /​low lights too. :)

If I could give Mary twenty stars, I would. She did my hair regularly till I moved to Alaska. When I book travel back to California she is the FIRST person I call.
She also did my hair for my wedding along with all my bridesmaids and they all LOVED it. I’ve had people tell me that they’ve never seen a bride with better hair ;)
Good luck getting an appointment… she’s so amazing she’s always super booked. She usually has a couple clients going at once. The woman works miracles I tell you, MIRACLES.
Mary over the years has turned into a friend, and somebody I turn to for advice. I can never express my love for her enough.