Divinity Salon & Boutique

Leanor is THE BEST! She has been amazing with and real about my hair since day one! I was sent to her one year ago for fixing my many-​times-​over/​self-​dyed-​black back to my original childhood blonde, in time for my wedding, and now THIS (mod/​short/​blonde)! I love it and I love her! I feel very confident in her expert hands.
Also, the whole staff is refreshingly friendly and not pretentious like so many other «cool» salons.
The comfortable couches, the refreshments, the fun and affordable stylish shopping is all part of the overall good experience that keeps me driving up all the way from the heart of San Diego. But all that I would leave if it meant following Leanor. She rocks!

Divinity Salon was recommended to me by 3 people in the span of a couple of weeks, which surely was a sign to go there. I saw Liz and she did a great job. She listened to what I wanted and my concerns. I have pretty fine hair and most stylists just want to chop it. Liz put in really gradual layers that don’t look choppy. She also cut it so I don’t have to get it shaped for at least 8 – 10 weeks. I just can’t keep up with styles needing upkeep with a cut every 6 weeks. Liz gets it and gave me a style I can actually manage. I am definitely coming back.

Lanie painted on my nails like an artist! I was so happy with my nails. I showed her my formal gown and she painted my nails and toe nails with her vision. She is a true diva and fun to hang out and talk to as she paints. Ariana did a great job with my bow out. I felt beautiful when I left there! I was visiting town and went here based on these Unilocal reviews. Glad I did!

I love this salon and Liz Woodworth is the best hair stylist I’ve ever been too! I first came in with a grown out, brassy-​looking ombré and I told her that I wanted a natural golden balayage. Liz took the time to go over exactly what color I wanted to achieve. She is amazing with turning brunettes to a natural blonde/​bronde, such as myself, and making sure that the color will look great with your skin tone!
Liz is so sweet and after every appointment I am amazed with how beautiful my hair looks! I have been going to her for over a year now and since then I get compliments from friends and people asking who does my hair!
If you’re looking to get that perfect bayalage, or even just wanting the perfect color, Liz is definitely the best!

Jacques is great. He got trained in Paris, France and I love my haircut. Will definitely go back.

Best deals and cutest clothing in town! Love the selection in retail, especially those hair accessories ;) a must-​visit for the fashion and beauty lover!

Love this salon! I see Ariana and have getting my hair done with her for the last couple years. I have mid length long hair and she gives me layers like no ones business. She never takes off too much and always makes sure that I love my hair cut and if I need more taken off or more layers added. She’s also colored my hair a few times. She’s done amazing taken me to blonde and back to brunette again. Totally love being a brunette more and love the colors she did for me. Make sure you see her if you have long hair cause you definitely won’t be disappointed. Love her and thank you so much!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE JESSICA! I’m originally from the east coast (CT). Moved to SD 6 years ago w/​my best friend, Leah. The 2 of us instantly loved Jessica. She’s extremely knowledgeable, straight forward & knows how to cut hair. Jessica uses these special scissors (believe they’re called shearing scissors) to thin out the hair so your hair has a natural flow & doesn’t appear ‘choppy’. Most of all Jessica’s scissors doesn’t destroy your hair which can happen with regular scissors. Leah moved back to CT within a year & has yet to be able to find a stylist there who uses those scissors. She looked at salons in NYC too & couldn’t find a single soul. I HIGHLY recommend Jessica to anyone. It’s hard to find a stylist you can trust, especially when you’re new to an area. I got lucky when I found Jessica :)
The salon is awesome as well. They have a store which is always a great way to pass time while waiting for your appointment. They have fun jewelry & clothing. Everyone is always pleasant & has a smile on their face. Of course the location rocks as well — on PCH in Encinitas. It’s my favorite area in SD to date.

Jacques is the best there is. I would not hesitate to recommend his services to my friends and family, or to total strangers.
Jacques has the perfect mix of artistry, taste, and professionalism.
Add to that that he’s courteous, friendly, and always ready to walk the extra mile.
Yay Jacques.

ARIANA RESTORED MY HAIR after multiple coloring mishaps, bleaching, etc etc; trying to get it back to my beloved silver sparkle! She’s a wizard, that’s all I can say, and she performed a miracle on my hair. Now I know why she has 5/5’s. Energetic, passionate about what she does, an expert at what she does, and gives you a realistic vision of what she can/can’t do. It will take almost a full year to get my own color to grow in, but as it grows, I can hold my head high again. It was expensive, but WORTH EVERY PENNY!!! Thank you Ariana!

I love Lanie! She does the best nails. Her minx are always fun and I just love going to see her and chatting.

Just had gel nails done by Lanie and she was awesome! Funny, friendly and even her dog Bumphs said a little hello! My nails look gorgeous and I’m super pleased

I love this salon and Ariana my stylist for many reasons. Having moved from Newport Beach recently it was important to find an a stylist and salon as good as the one I’d been going to. Trying someone /​someplace new can be very nerve wracking.
I found Ariana on Unilocal and was excited to read all of her stellar reviews. She is an amazing stylist and always goes above and beyond to make sure her clients are happy. She’s awesome at color and cuts… my husband even goes to her now.
Divinity is a nice salon with great energy. It’s in a convenient location and has a super cute boutique to browse. The front desk staff is friendly, professional and responsive. I always leave Ariana’s chair and Divinity Salon feeling beautiful and happy with the my hair and the overall experience. Highly recommend.

New to San Diego and needed stylist who could handle short hair. Growing it out requires the back to be maintained while the top grows out– difficult for even an experienced stylist to keep it feminine. I’ve had an experience at another salon that set my process back and gave me a masculine shape & thinned out my hair.
Ariana had positive Unilocal reviews, which turned out to be completely on point. She listened, asked questions, and explained what she was doing the entire process. Loved the end result and have been back 3x. Never plan on going to anyone else!

I’ve had the pleasure of getting my hair both cut and colored by Ariana Theim several times now. I am always changing styles so I really appreciate her versatile skills and her ability to manage my unruly cowlicks. She is especially talented with color, anything you can dream up she can execute with an artists eye. Ariana is a lovely person and I truly enjoy getting beautified by her!
The salon is also a very nice environment, super clean, aesthetically pleasing and lots of pretty things to shop for and look at. Love it.

I walked into Divinity almost in tears because I had just had the worst experience at another salon. They destroyed my hair. When the talented & amazing Marty saw my hair she took me right away and made me go from a negative 6 on the confidence scale to a big fat 11!!! She was INCREDIBLE! I’ve never seen such talent. The salon that previously destroyed my hair and made it the worst orangey color you could imagine. They had redone by hair twice, taking up 6 hours of my life to still have awful color. Marty’s years of experience with fixing bad color jobs was an apparent passion of hers as well as huge talent… fixing it in less than two hours.
She made me look HOT! Such a perfect blonde now… everything I have ever wanted. She fixed it quick and effortlessly. She and the other stylists helped educate me on how to restore my hair the previous salon had destroyed. The oloplex treatment worked wonders for me. My hair feels so amazing and strong! Also the Kevin Murphy products are my new BFF. Smells and works miracles. The staff was so sweet, kind, and wanted to do anything they could to help get my hair back to a healthy structure and gorgeous blonde. I am so happy! I will never choose another salon!
Also — they have the cutest clothes and accessories! Can’t wait to go back!

This review is for stylist Wendy F.
I’ve been needing to look for a new hairstylist in North County for a while and haven’t done so till recently. I’m from Orange County originally and have been going to the same stylist for 10 years. But the trek up there has gotten to me, so I figured it was time to search for someone local now that I reside in Carlsbad.
I’ve shopped in this salon before, they have a really cute boutique in the front, but have never gotten my haircut here. While browsing Groupon, I came across one for haircut, shampoo, deep-​conditioning treatment, and blow-​dry plus partial balayage color for $ 79.00. So I bought it. I was around the area Friday night so I stopped in the salon to make an appointment. I didn’t realize that the Groupon was for a certain stylist, but the receptionist advised of that. She said it states it on the Groupon, it doesn’t. But it did list Wendy’s cell number and that’s how the receptionist figured out what stylist the Groupon applied to.
My appointment was at 11:30, I got there around 11:25 am, and waited till almost noon before I was taken to the styling chair. Understandable and not uncommon to have to wait a lil before getting a haircut.
When asked what I wanted to do with my hair, I told her I wanted to cut a good chunk off, keep it to the color I have but a lil touch up here and there on the grey strands, and she went to work! I ended up getting 4 ½ inches cut off and I love it! I like the coloring too:) I think I’ve found my new stylist in North County, plus she take appointments on Sundays which is a huge plus for me!

In Encinitas is rare not to find a great saloon that also acts as boutique and gift shop. Divinity has that name for a reason. Beautiful classic Spanish colonial style main door. Beautiful clothing, ethereal style, beautiful jewelry perfectly displayed. Can’t wait to do my hair as well.

Bought a Groupon. wash, blow dry, cut and keratin…$ 115…(should have waited a day and it would have been 20% off… but who knew)…oh well…
groupon link…
Anyone who knows me… knows that i get my haircut once a year at most… supplemented with regular deep conditions… which are sometimes done at home and other times at Summer’s Salon in Little Italy. …
this was my first Keratin experience (or any smoothing/​straightening/​relaxing etc…)
I didn’t know what to expect… i see my sister spending hours in the salon getting her hair tamed… but then again her hair is WAY curly and WAY think… my age related hair changes have caused my fabulous hair to be wavy, frizzy, significantly thinner and just yuck (relative to my youthful hair)…I still have pretty fabulous hair.
My Groupon/​appointment was with Wendy. I hesitate when my stylist has short hair because i am concerned that they don’t «get» us long haired girls. In this case… I was wrong… Wendy was and still is (a day later)…fabulous! I really really liked her not only as a person, but as a stylist. She explained the process to me and we were off…
Started with a wash or two… too get my hair clean…
she combed out my hair… dried it and applied the Keratin (not sure if dried or keratin was first)
and then flatironed it all out…
applied more heat…
and so on…
then a quick cut to clean up my mop… and it looks fabulous and simple =)
the whole process was painless… took just over an hour.
She explained to me how to care for it and help it to last longer… sulfate free shampoo, add some heat over the next few days, even though i could get it wet… better to wait a few days between washes (i’m a 1−2/week washer anyways)…
i had a question later that night… i texted Wendy and she responded promptly! WOW… now that’s customer service… and all done with a great personality.
Thank you Wendy! i feel gorgeous! let’s see the response i get tonight «pairing is caring» …

I just started going to this salon. My stylist is Ariana. The shop is very cute and the staff is friendly. There is a comfortable seating area if you have to wait stocked with dozens of magazines.
Ariana is such a wonderful hair stylist. I had a wonderful consultation with her. I appreciate that she really took the time to discuss how l liked my hair styled, what I wanted and how I regularly took care of my hair.
Ariana gave me a fabulous cut and styled my hair just as I wanted it. In addition she gave me tips on how to care for my hair at home. I had a fabulous experience and I cannot wait to go back and see her!