Trends Salon

Love working at trends, great environment, current techniques and education. I welcome new clients. Hope to see you soon!

Christy Hord has been doing my hair for years and she always nails it… the color and cut are perfect! She brought me from a bleached out blonde back to luscious highlights and low lights that give my hair depth.

Christina is a magician!
My friend offered to make my hair platinum for a bridal show… but we made it orange…
Christina to the rescue!
She got me in at the end of her fully-​booked day and stayed until my hair was something she should be proud of! It took two rinses, but Christina knew I had a show to do and she put in the time and care to make sure my hair looked amazing! She painted the orange out of my hair meticulously, one strand at a time. She honored her original price quote, too, even though my hair to two hours (gasp!).
Christina loves what she does and she fantastic at it. She’s funny, too! I may just have to make the journey to Santa Maria just to put my hair in her capable hands again :) I will definitely be back!

I just wanted to say, that I’m soooo happy I went to this salon. I wanted to get my hair colored for the first time. And I was kind of scared to get it done. I shared my concerns with other salons I went to for research and they told me some things that turned me off immediately.
I had my appointment here with Ariel, and she completely blew my expectations away with her experience and consideration for my hair. My hair was still virgin hair before I got it dyed, and after she was done it felt the same! My hair is soft like it used to be despite the bleaching, and she blended together my colors perfectly. It kind of made me want to cry with how beautiful it looked.
Ariel is such a joy to have an appointment with. She’s respectful to your needs and wants! She has great ideas for ways to make the look you want even better. Probably the best stylist I will ever have. You earned yourself a frequent customer. Thank you so much!

Have been going to Bruce for 20+ years, never a bad haircut!!! I recommend highly! I would never attempt to go anywhere else.

Unfortunately I thought they were stuck up… the slot was only fair maybe it was a bad day

This was my first time at Trends and Kathleen cut my hair. She did a great job! I haven’t cut my hair in about 2 years so I was a little nervous but she knew exactly what I wanted and what to do to make my hair look it’s best! She even showed me how to tease my hair and explained why she was cutting it the way she was! I’m extremely happy with the results! My hair looks healthy and beautiful again!

I love trends so many good stylist to choose from and I always walk out happy with my hair

AshLee is the best eyebrow expert ever! She shapes brows to your face and fills them in only if we need it! My sister in law, and two nieces are hooked! I’ve been coming to Ash for about 2 years and have NEVER had a bad eyebrow waxing. She really is fantastic!
Ariel Lizarraga does amazing hair. She has such a talent for the highly sought out balayage and ombré color styles. I will be one happy camper if I can be a client of AshLees and Ariels for the rest of my life!

Unfortunately I had the worst experience here at trends. I’m not going to mention the hair dressers name because I really liked him and I know he has great potential. I went in to trends totally confident about the hairstyle that I picked out (after all they put me with a hairstylist who had 15 years under his belt.) I got a coloring, an «ombré «to be exact and a «cut» the whole process took about 4 hours .
He was very nice and kept me entertained.
Before I left the salon, coincidentally my contacts fell out … So I couldn’t really see the finished product that clearly. When I got home to see my hair I instantly bawled my eyes out I couldn’t believe I spent 160 bucks for someone to ruin my hair. My friends and family called me «bomb pop hair ««ice cream bar «it was horrible … My mom called the hair stylist up to ask him if he could fix it I was so upset. All he did was move the blond hair up even more … It was terrible. I can’t believe he thought he did a good job on my hair … I was humiliated … In the morning I went to get my hair fixed at r studio with Rolando thank god he fixed it … But I am so sad I wasted a lot of time and money at TRENDS … $ 160 for someone to damage and ruin my hair … Not for it take your business elsewhere. Honestly wish I could get my money back … The only good thing about this experience is that I finally found a good salon (R STUDIO) should have went there in the first place …

Love, love, love Christina at Trends – her coloring is amazing and she is time efficient. I can explain to her what I want and she is able to get my hair almost exactly what I describe to her. I’ve been going to her for the past year and does a lot of my families hair. She never does what she wants or thinks is necessary for your hair, she is respectful of your wants and does her best at getting you as close as she can to what you desire, which is nice. Her cuts are great too. I travel from LA just to see her! She’s great, would definitely recommend Christina Ayala! go see her!

Jesse is a genius !
I had the most terrible experience and hair color in another salon, I came to Trends Salon for help, and jesse was patient, explain what he was going to do to remove the previous coloring (it was really bad) and he return my natural color and honestly my peace of mind !
Thank you so much Jesse Villegas for all your help !

I told my stylist Mark exactly how I wanted my bangs. I took off my glasses and sat back. when he was done and I put them back on I was horrified by what he’d done.
He absolutely butchered my bangs, there was practically nothing left, because he took the liberty of making them «airy» by shearing the heck out of them. I asked if he could fix them and he said no. Went home and fixed them myself by pulling another layer over it. I should have stayed home and paid myself the 42 bucks!
I also got waxing done, which was done well. So, very mixed bag. No way to know what you are going to get.

Had a horrible experience from Trends Salon. I got my hair done by the owner Bruce, who did my hair a couple years ago and did a great job then. Basically, I wanted my hair from blonde to light auburn… I got carrot red. I said I wanted 1 inch cut off and he cut off 3 – 4 inches instead. And now every morning when I wake up to brush my hair, it’s all oily and greasy even after washing it. I wasted $ 93. Never going there again

This place is awesome. I highly recommend Jesse whom knows hair and is a Paul Mitchell Salon Educator throughout the USA. Actually, he is the FIRST knowledgeable beauty professionals I have met here in Santa Maria since my mechanical engineer husband and I were relocated here 2 years ago from Newport Beach, CA. It says a lot when an Orange County blonde comes to a person every 5 weeks and is always eager for the next appointment. It means he is just that good.

Darling place when you walk in and receptionist seemed nice and accommodating. Unfortunately, I was referred to Gay and she made it very clear she doesn’t like working on long hair (past my shoulders) and she immediately named off everything else she doesn’t do. I never had such a painful shampoo — these days shampooing someone’s scalp is a bit of an art form. This is the opportunity to welcome a new client and make them relax. I swear she scratched my scalp so hard I really wanted to leave then. I just wanted a shampoo and blow dry and when I showed her what my hair looks like after a good shampoo and blow dry, she insisted it was curled! Unbelievable. Gay, I think it’s time to hang up your blow drier. On a positive note, if your grandmother (70+) is looking for a new hair stylist, Gay is your gal.

This is the absolute most miserable experience I have ever had getting my hair cut. Everyone in the Central Coast I asked recommended Trends when I first moved here. I made an appointment, got just a trim, and when I got home, it was very obviously crooked. The right side of my hair was a full inch shorter than the left. I called back to have the stylist fix it. When I got there she said, «I guess I was just talking too much while cutting your hair!» Umm… if you can’t cut hair and talk at the same time, I think it’s time to find a different profession. After this stylist was done «fixing» my hair, I left the salon with my hair almost to my shoulders, when it had originally been halfway down my back. I was so upset. They never once offered to give me a discount for having to come back twice or made any attempt to apologize.
After talking to the people who recommended this salon, they convinced me to go back and try a different stylist. So I did. My appointment was at noon, and I only had a little over an hour before I had to go back to work. Plenty of time to get just a trim right? By 12:35pm, I was still sitting in the waiting area. I told the front desk I had to cancel my appointment because I only had an hour. The front desk offered to reschedule my appointment but I had had enough. I gave this place plenty of chances and they failed at every opportunity. Skip this place, the hype is so not worth it. It’s expensive, they don’t do a good job, and they clearly don’t care about customer service.

Sometimes you need to give «different» a try.
For the past year or so, I’ve been hauling my butt back to The Bay (where I moved to Santa Maria from) for all my hair needs… not wanting to entrust my locks to foreign hands as I’ve been the victim of some of the ugliest haircuts in the past.
However, last week, I was in dire need of one after a botched attempt to trim my bangs and overall scraggly hair. So, I decided to give Trends a chance and I’m happy that I did.
Brian did a great job. He cut my hair exactly as specified and was super friendly/​nice to boot. Also, he cuts bangs when needed for free and I will definitely be utilizing this as I’m completely inept when it comes to hair.
For $ 40 (not including tip), I left feeling like one of those hair models you see in Pantene commercials. As long as I’m living in the Central Coast, at least I now know my hair is covered. 4 stars!

I LOVE ROLANDO!
FINALLY a hair stylist/​dresser that KNOWS what they are doing…
Rolando fixed my BAD hair color i had done in santa Barbara… he did an AMAZING job i was not expecting to get anything close to what he did since my hair was JET BLACK! he did awesome highlights…
I recommend him to ANYONE!!!
HE IS AWESOME!!! i will never go anywhere else!!!
Rolando if you read this THANK YOU SO MUCH! i absolutely love my hair and have got sooo many complements… :)

I really like coming to Trends– in fact I will only get my hair done here now. I know a ton of people that get their hair done here– and each person swears by their stylist. I believe they are all talented! I see Malia and she has never done me wrong and remembers everything I have ever said! I love this place and keep coming back.
It says «Walk Ins Welcome» but I would make an appointment if you really want to get seen. And they do last minute appointments for me all the time. Like I’ll call in and go in the next day.