BombShell Salon

I went in for a blowout last minute on a Saturday. The staff was courteous and professional. I would’ve liked the scalp massage during my hair wash to be better. I understood the girl was fresh out of beauty school so she gets a one time pass. The curls stayed for several hours and my friends were happy to see me with my hair down instead of the customary pony tail I usually have it in.

It’s always scary to go to someone new, but don’t be scared and go see Gwen! (Although everyone else in the salon also looked like they had fabulous hair, so you probably can’t go wrong with anyone). My hair is stick straight and long, so I wanted a cut that would give me some volume and texture. Gwen listened to what I wanted and took her time to give me the perfect cut. She knew I liked wavy hair and made sure to give me beachy waves after the blow dry just so I could walk out happy and not have to fix it again before heading out.
I’m coming back for more, for sure! Can’t wait to get color.
Also there is validated parking on the side, 2 hours free. The salon is hard to see from the street, it is behind the Peets coffee in the plaza.

My experience at BOMBSHELL Salon is always excellent, particularly because of my favorite stylist, Melissa.
1. Melissa gives the BEST blowouts I have ever had! My hair is naturally curly and I’m ethnically mixed, so getting that perfect blowout is the Holy Grail for me. When Melissa blows out my hair it lasts even against humidity! She is so gentle with my hair — she never burns my scalp or puts too much heat on it (which can damage the curl pattern). And she knows how to use all the right products without weighing it down or making it greasy.
2. Cuts: Melissa considers the best way to cut your hair and how it will fall or jump, and she’s always checking in with you to make sure the cut is going in the right direction. You know she’s really listening to you and your unique hair concerns, which puts you at ease. I TRUST her with my hair and that’s everything!
3. Melissa’s attentive and easy personality makes the experience at Bombshell the most pleasant and fun! I look forward to seeing her when I come in :)
4. Styling: Eric has a lot of experience in the industry, and it’s clear that he’s taught all of his stylists the best techniques for current and precise styles. There is consistency among the stylists and anyone you see will give you a great style, color or cut. They are excellent all-​around!
Thank You Bombshell, Melissa and Eric for taking such good care of my hair. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!

Absolutely love this salon. Location is amazing, everyone is so nice and welcoming, it’s clean, and the products are the best! I see Sara for cut and color and I’m never disappointed :)

When I arrived in Santa Monica, I wanted absolutely to change my haistyle. A friend recommended BombShell which is around the corner from where I live.
I have very fine hair and for the first time in my life I found a fantastic hairdresser who gave me the volume I never had! The cut and color is absolutely beautiful.
Jose Munoz was the hairdresser that did both my color and cut, he is very friendly, professional and has a lot of experience.
You can trust them, they are the best!

Gwen is the definition of a hair stylist! Recently moved to Santa Monica and I needed a my hair done very badly. Started looking around and found Bombshell was not only close by but also had amazing reviews. I decided to go to Gwen when I saw the work she did on one of her clients and I HAD to get an appointment with her. She was available the following week and the appointment was done so easily. They was confirmed to me by email AND text sending me a full list of my appointment. Already in love with the efficiency of the salon.
Usually salons can be off putting because I am a younger client but the day of my appointment everyone was the sweetest and most attentive. Gwen worked magic on my unruly hair. She’s seriously a hair whisperer. She is efficient, funny and not afraid to give her opinion on what she thinks would look best. I went in with a mile long pony tail and came out with the most perfect 360 chin length cut. She listened to what I wanted and also put her own spin to it and I loved it! She took FOUR hours to make sure every strand was cut and colored to perfection! I have never received so many compliments on my hair in my life! She’s worth every penny and every hour when I go in. If you want to look and feel amazing ask for Gwen! PLUS she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work on the Young And The Restless so you absolute know she is giving every look her all!

I came on a whim after seeing a new client special sign, figuring $ 49 for a wash/cut/blow-dry…what’s the worst thing that could happen … let it grow a couple weeks and get it cut again. The owner was very friendly and told me that the special rate applied to his more junior stylist, Lisa (I didn’t actually inquire as to how much experience she had).
Since my first visit, many months ago, Lisa has cut my hair twice and colored it once, making my shoulder-​length, super-​fine hair look great. Her cut is precise, with no little stragglers. She also got the color right the first time. Lisa is also a very nice person, making the entire experience A+++
Salon is sunny and upbeat. 2 hour parking right next door.

I absolutely love this salon! The atmosphere and location are perfect, and they have parking with validation. How can you beat that? Everyone in the salon is super nice! Lisa is my stylist and she is incredible. She does such a great job, and is just super fun an friendly. I have super fine hair and have a hard time making it look voluminous, and my ends are fried from the Cali sun. She knows exactly how to cut my hair to make it look full and healthy. She is very creative and comes up with great suggestions on how to change my hair style and what products might be best for my hair. My hair has become so much healthier since I started seeing her. Definitely check out this salon, and ask for Lisa. You won’t regret it!

Beautiful blowout from Bernard! I didn’t get charged a long hair add on (not sure if he typically does) but he makes the blow dry style look & feel effortless — even with my heavy straight flat hair!
Bouncy and beautiful, 5 stars from me!!!
If you’re lucky you can book a same day service, otherwise book an appointment in advance.

This place is just amazing 10 star. Great decoration and friendly staff. I love their make up and reasonable price. I would definitely recommend this place.

I am so incredibly grateful for stumbling upon BombShell salon. I know that happy clients are the best testament to any business, so after seeing all the praise the salon was receiving over Unilocal,I called immediately and booked an appointment for an hour after.
I was tired of having long hair, and while all of my past hairdressers were apprehensive to chop it short for me, Eric just said «let’s do it» and made the decision to go short much easier. Needless to say, my hair looks and feels fantastic.
As opposed to a lot of salons I’ve been to, everybody who works at BombShell is so friendly. It was my first time here and it made the experience that much more comforting. I will absolutely return for all my future hair endeavors, and I would recommend BombShell to anybody.

I had THE best experience at Bombshell. I was trying to find a salon close to my apartment, and this one had great reviews, so I figured I’d take a chance. SO grateful I did! Stephanie is absolutely amazing! I went in for a cut last week, and I loved what she did so much with my hair, that I went in today to see her for color. I haven’t had color done to my hair for about 12 years, so I knew it was going to be a big chance that I was taking going to someone that I just had do my hair a week prior. She is a miracle worker. I now have no fear about dying my hair any longer as she just had so much patience and did LITERALLY exactly what I wanted. I’ll definitely be going back to her again :)) Thank you Stephanie!

If I could give 5 more stars I would.
Having only gotten blow outs and trims before by Bernard, I came in with a botched bayalage job done from a salon down the street Eric the owner was so kind and told me Gwen was the woman for me. Man was he right. Gwen is a master of color, cut and style. Between her skills and Erics imput I walked out looking and feeling like a million bucks.
Bombshell has now become a family affair. My mom is obsessed with Barnard! He made her blonde so vibrant and shiny and he is still the only person i see for blowouts as his last ALL day.
This is place with professional hairstylists who do a professional job.

I’ve always had a difficult time finding a hair salon that is comparable to the one I go to in Korea. After being referred here by a friend, I have to say that Eric and Bernard are the best!!! This was my fourth visit and got color done by Eric. I never thought to try blonde but he did an amazing job, and Bernard always manages to pull a fantastic cut out of my vague instructions. I adore this salon and have to say it’s better than any place I’ve been back home.

I was trying to find a salon in the neighborhood, and read and read (maybe over-​read) reviews on Unilocal.I saw Bombshell Salon, and decided to give it a try. The website seemed friendly, what they had to say about themselves, and when I called and the Owner answered. I wasn’t put off for someone else to take care of me. but he actually helped me on the spot! I saw Gwen. Gwen! What a great stylist. Okay, so I have long dark hair with colors of all kinds from other color jobs and the sun. Gwen did such a fantastic job of tempering the color from roots to tips, and it all looks so natural and not obvious that I had my roots done. Also I love long layers. Gwen took the time to care for each layer each strand, and each length. I was so impressed!!! On top of that, the atmosphere was great — and I’m very happy.
I think I not only found my neighborhood salon, but a salon that is worth the visit!

Best hair cut I’ve ever gotten from Stephanie (thanks, Stephanie!!). Great, clean salon with good prices. Everyone is very nice.
I was just a walk-​in (my roots were driving me crazy!), and my expectations were more than exceeded.
If you have long hair and are super paranoid about your length getting chopped off, go to Stephanie! She is a genius at cutting long hair. She assured me that she would not chop off my length, and she was true to her word — I really couldn’t even tell that she cut any length off, but the layers and the ends look amazing — really healthy with great movement.
Stephanie also did a great job highlighting my hair. I wanted to go a brighter blonde, and she did exactly what I asked for. She spent time listening to me, explaining what she was doing and why, and just generally has a great personality. She’s also super fast because she’s been doing this for so long. If you’re looking for a great person with a ton of experience and talent with both cut and color, make an appointment with Stephanie.
The $ 45 first-​time cut special is a great deal, their prices for highlights are reasonable, and they do a GREAT job. So glad I found this salon.

This place is just great it’s theme and decoration is modern but simple. And I went in because my hair has NOT been cut in 4 to 5 years! And Of course that New Client special sign attracted me in too, so I thought sure why not?
I usually did my own trims and such because whenever I usually go to a place to get my hair cut. I walk out really sad, depressed, and at times even PISSED THE F OFF! My hair was just so flat, ugly, heavy, oily and not doing much for me; so I decided time to break the 4 year streak today and because my hair needed washing too.
I walk pass their nice sign $ 45 for newcomers and I was like okay that’s fine lets give it a try. At first I was intimidated because it looked so empty but then realized «Come on it’s a Tuesday who will have the time to come get a hair cut but me?» Bernard was the only one there and he was kind of shy and quiet but I really wanted to get my hair cut so I jumped on to the Titanic knowing I was taking a huge risk.
He was quiet but so nice! He offered me drinks and asked if me and my best friend needed anything at all. He washed my hair gently and then massaged my ugly oily hair.
It took a long time but I didn’t mind at ALL! Because PERFECTION TAKES TIME and Bernard was the meaning of that. I was so scared and nervous that I wouldn’t like my hair that as time went by I felt secure because it was as if he was measuring every strand to make sure it was perfected to the 10’s. I felt as if he was also double checking his work too which I LOVED! He’s quiet but super Pro at hair and has had 5 or 7 years of schooling for the art. He is also very passionate and great at what he does too!
Loved my chop in the end took many pictures of it and even a video. I just loved every strand of it when the finished results showed. My chop was inspired by Alexa Chung’s and that’s what I got in the end. I showed him two pics and that was all that was needed.
Will definitely come back here if I need any hair related stuff done. Worth EVERY SECOND and DOLLAR.
You will not regret it guys!
Thank you very much B!^.^

I love this place! I drive all the way from south Orange County to get my hair done by Gwen. She does all my color and cut. I always call to book an appointment and she always accommodates me. I have the tendency of late night DIY coloring my hair at home so she’s always there to do color correction on me. I’m Asian, and she does blonde on me flawlessly and that’s always very hard to find. I will always come back and make the drive out here to see her! The owner, Eric, is so nice and inviting. After spending 3 hours for my cut and color here, I won’t go to anyone else!

I would give this place a zero if I could! I had a bad haircut experience with them and at first I wasn’t not even too upset because the hair dresser is a nice person.
I need to mention, this is my first time ever to complain about a haircut or felt the need to get it fixed so badly. Which I did somewhere else. They were able to fix the problems and I was able to feel good about my hair again. Some of you may know how horrible and sensitive it is to get a bad haircut right!
Since I had to spend more time and money for another haircut, I called bomb shell to request a refund. I tried to be nice about it because I didn’t want to judge by just one haircut. But the owner didn’t feel that they should give a refund. His reasoning was that I should have gone back and let them fix the hair cut.
Everyone, please try to relate with me. If you took your car somewhere for a paint job and did a horrible job, would you go back to them and have then paint it again? So of course I was not comfortable or confident to go back to get it fixed.
They did not offer a refund or even partial refund, and I will never be going back there again.
Such horrible experience that I feel the need to write my first Unilocal review!

By far the best place I’ve ever been to! Mom and girlfriend get their hair done here as well and BombSHELL always takes great care of us. My girlfriend loves what Bernard does with her hair and Eric has never failed to give me EXACTLY what I want when I go in… Even when I can’t verbalize it clearly he still manages to pull something awesome out of my hair with cuts and colors.
The salon itself is super relaxing with local artist’s work covering the walls, great products on their shelves, and good vibes all around from the staff. They’ve got parking validation and Peet’s coffee is literally a few steps from the door so I can always get something while I’m waiting for my color to set, or for a cut. What I love most is I’m always greeted warmly and made very comfortable every time I come and always leave lovin with my hair and feeling great. Highly recommend bombSHELL to anymore looking for a fantastic salon with a loving staff and fabulous location.