Elite Hair Design

First time here.
Walked in, just to have my daughters hair cut.
Luckily ended up with Shirley, very nice lady. She cut a little over 12 inches of my daughters hair, and added side bangs. Turned out just how my kid wanted it.
The cut cost me $ 20. Thanks Shirley!
On a side note, I couldn’t help notice a girl sitting in front of me who had her hair colored by this male stylist. I’ve gotten my hair highlighted many many times before, and it was obvious that her hair was damaged in this process. I felt terrible for her, and she obviously did not look happy. I didn’t mean to be nosy but I think I overheard her say she’s never colored her hair before. If that’s the case, this stylist did NOT do her hair right because it looked fried.
Hope she didn’t pay in full for this, I know I would have been complaining already.
Although this was not my own experience, I would want other Unilocalers to tell me who to avoid like a plague at this salon.
Shirley, however, is recommended.

Shirley is the only one I got to for my hair cuts! She knows how to thin my thick hair and what works for my hair type!

DO NOT COME HERE FOR NAILS!!!
I went in to get my nails done at Elite because it was convenient and I was in a pinch. I will NEVER EVER go there again. First of all the tools they use are dirty, I could be wrong by the the looks of the tools they seem to never be sterilized. When I started to get my nails done they didn’t have the colors I wanted (light pink or burgundy). The paint job was uneven with ridges and bubbles. I asked her to fix it but it didn’t help. They charge $ 30 for an extremely poor job. I will NEVER go back again.

I’ve been coming here for almost 10 years — they are GREAT for haircuts, especially if you’re looking to get layers done. But not so great for nails, coloring, etc. Probably best for you to treat yo self elsewhere for that.
If you’re just looking to get a good cut & for cheap (it was $ 25 to get my long hair cut)… Elite is the place to go.

I just got my ugliest haircut here today. The lady is unprofessional!!! Will never go back!!!

If I could give this place 0 stars j would. They were very rude, their tools did not look clean, and it was over priced. I asked for a gel manicure with French tip and the white tips are all uneven. I kept asking her to fix them and she «kept doing so» but they still look horrible. And for my pedicure she tried putting sparkly glitter on my nails when I said French tip. On top of telling her twice she painted my toes all white and I could tell she got upset when I said it was supposed to be French tip. She fixed it but once again the lines are all uneven. I spent $ 55 on an ugly nail service. The only reason I paid was because some other lady was giving them a hard time and being very rude to them so I cut them some slack but I will never be back.

My sister and I went in so my sister could get extensions. While waiting, one of the ladies were able to convince me to get a hot oil treatment. OMG, I am so happy I did go through with if because after the treatment my hair felt great!!! Never ever gotten an oil treatment before and I’m happy I agreed. Very friendly and straight forward ladies. Just don’t really like how they do extensions. Honestly I think my sister got ripped off for her hair. I got to take her to the hood. They know more about extensions.

So I got my ombré done yesterday and it was ok I guess she pushed me into getting other stuff I didn’t want but the service was good I will be going again today because even though my ombré is ok looking I’m not satisfied there is clearly a line about 4 inches away from my scalp that’s really noticeable it wasn’t blended well and for some reason she did my bangs ombré and it just looks really awkward overall I would recommend for haircuts and one color dyes nothing fancy

Supposedly $ 25 half arm wax but the lady told me $ 15 on the phone because she thought I said underarm wax so she did it for $ 20 since it was her mistake. I usually get it for $ 15 but I didn’t have time to go to my usual spot so I thought it couldn’t be so bad.
I should’ve just drove to my usual spot in ssf. The wax room was very dirty. I don’t know why I didn’t make a run for it when I walked in to the room. It looked like a storage room for Manila oriental or something! The supplies did not look clean :/​
Overall the wax was alright but for $ 5 more (really $ 10 without the discount) than my usual I expected better service and a cleaner work area. My mistake.
Their haircuts may be great! But just avoid waxes from here…

I’ve been a regular of Elite Hair Salon for over 6 years. I would say I get about an average of 4 – 5 haircuts a year from Elite. I remember going to this particular salon when it was still called something else. Same staff as before, just revamped. I’m only getting to write this review now because I finally got Unilocal.
Anyways here it goes. Every time I go here the staff are always very nice and attentive. Particulary, I like to schedule my appointments with the same hair stylist which is John. He just gets my hair and the way I want it and he works very fast. I would also reccommend Shirley. Those 2 are probably the 2 best staff members there (and yes I’ve gotten a hair cut from all the staff). Most of yhe time they sit me down right away, get my haircut started and in 15 minutes, sometimes less, I’m done. Or when it’s busy, they ask me to sit down and they always have countless selections of different magazines to keep me busy while waiting. The haircut I get every time I come here has always looked great. It’s always what I ask for. They even ask me if I want a free gel styling right afterwards.
Having said all of that, the reason why I cannot give them a perfect score is because they can still improve on being more professional. I’ve witnessed and experienced times when they’ve talked on their personal phones or when they would converse with their co-​workers loudly while cutting hair. It never really bothered me, but it would be more appreciated if they would just cut my hair without any distractions.
Having said that, I still definitely would recommend this salon. Sure there are some flaws, but so do other establishments. Not everything can be perfect. To me, their great haircuts that I’ve gotten, trumps any of those flaws.

Worst haircut n the world!!! I was with shirley she colored my hair and unfortunately hair color was all over my face my shirt was stained with color made her do my haircut bangs were toooooo short haircut was short! I rarely write reviews but this time i had too it was really worst!!!

I was desperate for a hair cut so i Unilocaled something around daly city and found this place. I read reviews about Wendy and how she did a great job on them. I made an appointment and was able to see her that day.
My hair was long so i asked to cut it short. I was scared for the outcome! Wendy took her time with my hair cut. My hair is extremely straight so i had no volume. I told her to layer my hair and she did a great job & I loved my short hair!
I would definitely come back to her. :) It’s not expensive either. $ 25 is a very good price now a days. a lot of places charges $ 50 which i think is ridiculous!

I used to go to Elite almost twice a month. Ken is a good barber.

Love Elite, I had medium length hair that i just cut about 4 months ago from being past my butt, and I went even shorter this time. Shortest I’ve ever had! I tried an asymmetrical A-​line bob cut and I asked for Wendy. She did a great job! I was really scared at first because I was afraid she didn’t really know what I wanted, but once I showed her a picture, it turned out better than I expected. I posted a picture if you want to see how it turned out.

Both my daughters are 5 years old and they were long over due for a trim. I’m so glad I took them here to get their first hair cut. The guy that cut their hair was really nice to them and I was so glad he knew what he was doing. My daughters asked for bangs and I was a little scared because if it didn’t turn out cute, then I would have been really upset. Luckily, their hair turned out perfect and they were both really excited that they finally got their first hair cute. And mommy loved the hair style and the customer service. Now both my daughters hair is «bangin» (lol) and healthy as ever. No more dead hair. Yay. Oh yeah and I liked it so much I went back a week later and got a trim as well… by the same stylist. And I got his card this time. His name is John and he’s in the first seat to the left. Thanks John!

A few days ago I actually had my hair cut done from another shop, I went there to get my hair colored and they talked me into getting a hair cut. So I decided to get something totally different when I realized the stylists didn’t know how to do a bob hair cut I just told her to leave it as is (uneven). The next day I went to Elite. The stylists Wendy cut my hair just how I wanted it! She took her time and im glad she did because it came out perfect! She difinately knew what she was doing. This was my very first time getting a really short hair cut and I’m getting so much «GOOD» comments on it.
I difinately recommend Elite! –Wendy saved my hair!

So basically I hate washing, blowdrying, and straightening or curling my own hair. Not only does it take forever, but my results are always mediocre at best, ending up looking like I put no effort into my hair whatsoever. Sadly, the heart is there but the talent isn’t.
But this review is not about my tragic lack of hair skills, dooming me to never be able to pursue a career as a cosmotologist, oh no. This review is about a guy who actually can do hair, and pretty fabulously I might add.
So lately, I’ve gotten into the bad habit of slipping a shower cap over my head and just getting my hair styled professionaly. Unfortunately my usual hair stylist has been extremely busy lately and hasn’t been able to squeeze me in. Normally I would just wait, but things were getting bad. I’m talking funky grungy hippie dreadlocked monster bad.
So since I work in the area I decided to drop by and give Elite Hair a try.
Ken was not skimpy with the shampoo and conditioner at all which I love! He also gave a pretty fabulous scalp massage which I also loved!
Now my order was a simple one, I just wanted really really bone straight hair. No frills no curving it in or out or anything else just straight.
Ken delivered!
You would think this isn’t such a big deal but it kind of is. Many a hairstylist as in the guy who I went to over at structure a few months ago (but thats a differen’t story) try to get wayy too trendy or creative and up completely messing up my hair and leaving me looking like some sort of mushroom or something.
Also, he took time to make sure my hair was really straight, he didn’t just try to rush me out to take a walk in.
The result:
My hair is so straight that it looks like two inches longer than it normally does, awesome!!!
Will definitely be coming back.
My only complaint is that while I was getting my hair washed, drops of water kept splashing onto my face and i kept thinking it would mess up my makeup. still though, he did a fabulous job!

If I could give 0 stars I would. Service is lacking, I’m sitting in the chair right now for a pedi and the girl told me 10 min wait about 40 min ago. This is unacceptable, tell the correct wait time when a patron asks. Secondly they have very limited designs and all of last years nail colors. I am only stuck here because I am waiting for my boyfriend doing his taxes next door.
Ladies,
If you like being seen in a timely manner do not come here, they have no designs and no gel nailpolish for manicures. Another thing too is that the rack where all the nailpolish is, is very dirty with leftover acrylic from past customers. Eww. I wish I just went to golden nails on mission.

I guess I paid for what I got.
I got my hair done a while ago, complete with base color change from black to brown with blond streaks. So two inches of new hair growth later of my natural black hair, I decide to go to this place.
I tell the guy on the phone what I want: a haircut and lifting the color of the roots.
What he says: $ 22 for the haircut $ 45 for the root uplift color.
What happens: root hair uplifted mostly but there are splotches of natural black hair that was cleverly styles for me to find later when I got home. While she washes my hair out I constantly ask her if the black is all out. She nods. I ask again one last time to make sure there’s not a language barrier.
The lady was nice enough, her conversation only limited to only talking about hair (which is fine with me), and she even ran out the door to catch me to give me my credit card I forgot.
I was not a satisfied customer when I got home.
$ 90 later I feel like I deserved it.
1 star: for getting a great hair cut (But not for me, and she suggested tea oil hair wrap that smooths damaged hair AND it actually worked!)
GAAAH and 0 stars for me. Fail.
My fault for not listening to you guys. You get what you pay for when it comes to hair.

I went to get my bangs trimmed here today. I wanted them completed by the same guy who cut them, to insure their quality.
I didn’t have to wait more than 5 – 10 minutes as he finished foiling a woman’s highlights. Then, he completed my trim within about the same amount of time that I had to wait —
AND IT LOOKED FABULOUS!
I think they were going to charge me less than last time, because it was just a trim. But I was so satisfied I gave them the ten dollars I paid last time.