D Salon

Been wanting a change so I searched for a salon nearby that didn’t close too early and opted to come here due to all the good reviews.
Damien is so sweet. He took his time and was very thorough. He dyed my hair a light brown which came out beautifully! I needed a bangs cut too which he did free of charge.
Parking is easy to find on the streets and the salon is super clean. I will be coming back here next time as well :) Thank you!

Love Damien — that’s all I can say. Damien makes it a point to be on time and he works quickly with fantastic results. Only once did I have to call him to fix something — and he did! Damien will give you what you ask for but if you ask him for his input, he’ll make suggestions. He has a great personality, fun to talk with and will adjust to what you like. One good thing to know: Damien always calls back with confirmation of an appointment you want — no guessing. Also he works long hours to make it easy for the working people.
Damien is my hair magician and I always feel great after he finishes!

I’ve been coming here for a couple of years now and thought I’d write a review! I keep coming back because Damian is great at what he does and very fun to talk to as well! He can make things as simple or complicated as you want and is extremely friendly. If you go in not knowing exactly what you want, Damian will help you figure out something that you’ll be happy with. I’d recommend Damian (at D Salon) to anyone!

Damian worked very nice with my hair, he knew exactly what to do with it, corresponding with my type of hair, he is really amazing. My hair looks wonderful now, everybody congratulation and asked me who did my hair. He is amazing, I recommend him, he’s gonna make you really happy and shiny.

What can I say but I have to update my review on Damian. If there were more then 5 stars, I’d give him that plus one. He is always professional yet sensitive to my hair needs. He is a magician, hands down, always makes my hair look AMAZING and I feel just that and it really makes my day. I have had countless women ask me where I get my hair done because it really does look fabulous, the cut, the color, he truly is an artist. I am Asian but he makes my blond hair look great against my skin tone, no brassiness or extreme platinum but if I asked him to do that, he would still make platinum look fabulous. I have been going to Damian for 10+ years and I couldn’t imagine having anyone else do my hair. If he is on vacation, I will wait and my hair will still look great as it grows out. Thank you Damian, for making me feel beautiful!

This was my first time going to Damian and it will definitely not be the last. I brought in several pictures of what I wanted and he did his thing perfectly! I have very very thick hair and he knew exactly how to work with it. Ty Damian.

When I need a professional haircut I go to D Salon and Damien for a PRO cut. Damien takes the time required to style your hair to perfection. No more, no less. Not only this, but I wear my hair relatively short, so when I go to Damien, I trust him enough to select my style. Literally, I leave it up to him to decide because I know that whatever he does will be great. He has all the skills necessary to expertly cut your hair the way you want it. I didn’t spend or have a million bucks, but I felt like a million bucks after my most recent hair cut and I look forward to returning when I am in need of more grooming.
If you need extra pampering, ask about other services. I personally just like to know that I have a place I can go where I can get an excellent hair cut and maybe coloring someday when I need it.

Kayla is awesome. I never thought i’d get full frontal bangs. But with Kayla, they were so simple. After the cut, also gave me tips on how to style. She’s also super friendly (:

Saturday morning I would have been right there with all you 4 – 5 star reviewers. Saturday afternoon, however made me change my tune.
I’ve always held to the belief that one has to go to a hair stylist 3 times to get a good feel for the stylist’s skills. If on one’s 3^rd visit the haircut is good, that hair stylist is the one.
Saturday afternoon was time number 3.
I went in with my daughter. She needed a bang trim and a little cleaning up along the edges. Damien did a fine job on my daughter’s hair. I think it looks great, my daughter thinks he could have cut a bit more off.
But then it was my turn.
I specifically told him what I wanted. He repeated it back to me. I thought he understood. As he was cutting my hair I told him that I just needed it cleaned up a bit because it was growing out stupid and I needed a trim, I wanted the sides to be even with the back and I wanted bangs (picture Amelie). He said «no, I like short hair on you» and proceed to cut the H-​E-​Double-​Hockey-​Sticks out of my hair. Now my hair is way shorter than I ever wanted it. It has tons and tons of hard to grow out layers. I didn’t get bangs. Instead, he just comed some uneven bits forward and called them bangs. In the end, he styled it like Justin Bieber. What a 40 year old woman needs to look like Justin Bieber for I’ll never know, but that’s what he did.
Damien gets one star — ½ a star goes to my daughter’s hair cut because it’s nice, but not any nicer than an $ 18 cut from supercuts, and ½ a star because although my hair does look better than when I walked in, it’s about 2 inches shorter than I wanted, and not at all what I asked for. This is going to be a pain in the ass to grow out.
I won’t be going back.

KAYLA, KAYLA, KAYLA!
This review is for her. If you know a good hairdresser, you just know they’re good by the amount of time they take to nurture your hair.
Came here with the referral of my friend and she recommended me kayla so i randomly came in for a hair cut. Totally worth the price. My hair was layer-​y just the way i wanted and my bangs were fixed too. She helped me wash it, cut, blow dry and taught me how to blow dry my bangs so they swept the right way and she’s so nice. $ 50 plus 5 $ tip is the most i’ve paid for a hair cut.
I am kinda cheap, because i’m a broke college student [duh!] and she should’ve gave me the first time user discount. LOL but it’s alright, cos’ she did an awesome job anyway. i would mos def come back here when i need another cut because she’s so awesome and def knows hair.

I’ve been seeing Damien to get my hair cut for about… two years now. The first time I saw him he gave me a versatile cut that worked well for both a military character I had to play and suave ladies man in another piece the same week. I’ve been seeing him ever since :)
Damien is attentive, friendly, and most importantly, he listens to your concerns and gives you what you want. Any experience at D Salon is all-​around awesome and no matter how I feel going in, I always leave feeling more confident and infinitely handsomer!

I’ve been happy with my cuts here for years until my last haircut. I have bought in two pictures of the same cuts where the style is Avante-​garde; shorter on one side with swept choppy bangs, shorter on the short side. After the usual wash, we proceeded to the cutting chair. Before, he could start cutting another customer comes in for a bang trim. Okay, I was fine with that. He cuts her bangs while I waited and didn’t charge her. He then started my cut and blow dry. After he finished, he took off the drape and I told him the bangs were not cut right. It was straight across when it should be choppy and shorter on one side. He draped me and proceeded to cut my bangs choppy as shown in the picture. Appears he wasn’t paying attention as he chopped it shorter on the wrong side. I was disappointed and knew something was wrong when he didn’t give me the mirror to look at the back of my hair. I figured I better get out before it gets worse. A quick haircut it was but scissor hands didn’t pay attention on this visit.
The bad: One bad haircut day.

First of all, A girl’s dream is to have the perfect wedding! What’s most important is that she looks her BEST. For me, we had two weddings. A Chinese one and an American one. Kayla from D salon made both of my days sooo special!
She did both my hair and makeup. Everyone loved it! She isn’t just one of those stylist that only cares about money. She actually cares about you and how you feel! That’s what matters most. She made sure I was happy with my hair and makeup both days. She also followed me around to touch up my makeup and hair. I can honestly say that she is the BEST. Anything that I didn’t like she would change it happily and made sure I loved it. If you are about to get married soon, MAKE sure you go to Kayla.
After the wedding, I decided to get a hair cut with Kayla because she did such a great job for both of my wedding days. The hair cut came out to be PERFECT! The hair cut looked exactly like the picture I showed her. I have never had such a wonderful hairstylist/​Makeup artist!
Thank you so much Kayla for making my wedding day so memorable :)
If you ever happen to go to D salon, make sure you ask for Kayla. I can genuinely say that she is the BEST.

I’m not going to lie, I had high hopes for this experience. I don’t cut my hair often, once every year actually. So I was pretty prepared and did my research beforehand, cause god forbid I have hair I can’t stand to look at everyday.
So I booked my appt. Came in a little late, but Damien was running late himself. 10 minutes in, I sat down, pulled out pictures of the hair cut I wanted which was side-​sweep bangs, layer top that I wanted razored, and for my long hair to be left alone and kept at that length. I had a similar cut in San Diego by this girl Elmira, and she’s been imprinted in my heart for the rest of my life! She cut my hair so well, I have to admit I had the best hair cut and style done by her, and only by her since then. Sadly she left, before I had the chance to take down her contact number.
Anyway, so a total of 6 pictures, even one of myself with this «hair» I had that I was in absolute love with (my hair, i’m not in love with myself). He glanced and nonchalantly answered «yeah, yeah…» and brought me to wash my hair. I thought cool, he knows what I want quick style cause he’s a professional. The hair washing was mediocre, nothing special and not much massages going on, or ear cleaning, or whatever else happens in these awkward salon chairs.
Off we go to cut my virgin-​ish hair. He starts razoring and cutting away. First he cuts my bangs to the length where its covering my eyes. So I ask him to cut it shorter than that. Ok, then after 5 minutes, he starts styling my hair like he was done cutting, curled it, and put products in. I’m like, HOLD UP WAIT A MINUTE! The top of my hair was not even layered much or razored, I specifically asked him to create the same look I had in my picture. So his next appt comes in, but i’m going to ask for what I want so, he said ok i’ll cut it more after this customer. So maybe the person who said he rushes through when there’s other customers is right. But you still shouldn’t book them so close together then.
Long story short, I sit back down and wait patiently, then he cuts just a little bit more, like 2 mins, and i’m done again. But before I glance fully at my hair, he goes styling it once again and curling my hair, and I don’t even like curled hair nor does it look GOOD on me. So he asks, do you like it, i’m kind of hesitant but not one to be rude, I say yeah… I like it. That’s where i’m hoping that if I say it enough times it will come true.
The part that compelled me to never step foot back in there, is when I asked how much, he stated $ 55 dollars, without tip, so with my $ 8 dollar tip it comes out to be $ 63.00 whopping mutha *ucken dollars. WHOA BUDDY… what the hell just happened here!!! Did you give me a lap dance that I didn’t know about? Those snips, are NOT worth that much… I promise you. I remember I had the same EXACT cut done on Irving, for $ 13 dollars, and though I hated it like this cut, they were almost exactly the same. For less that is.
Now, I look in the mirror and cringe. Whoever said he cuts bangs like a hooker does tricks, needs to get shot. My bangs look spiky going down, like a goddamn cartoon, and the top doesn’t look that layered, uneven in some places and even in places that shouldn’t be. God, I hate that kind of cut. Oh well, this place is just a little too hyped up in my opinion.

: Cue overly enthusiastic voice-​over :
Has this ever happened to you?
: Goofy looking individual is unable to perform pedestrian task due to egregiously bad haircut :
Are you tired of covering up your hair?
: Another Individual is forced to wear a wildly inappropriate baseball cap during a formal situation :
Need a new look to break out of a funk?
: Awkwardly staged social encounter were an attractive women dismisses a male pursuer who has a terribly outdated hair style :
Then you need to make your way to see The Magnificent Kayla at her new digs at D Salon!
She cuts, she styles, bottom line, she makes you look good. She remembers what you like but can also recommend new ways of shaping that hot mess on top of your head.
As someone who did not used to put too much stock in haircuts, Kayla has converted me! Now when the old ‘do looks a bit shaggy, I don’t say ‘I need a haircut’, instead it’s ‘I need to see Kayla.‘
As for the place itself, don’t let the simple exterior fool you; everything in there is fresh, modern, and inviting.
Give this place (specifically Kayla) a try if you’re looking for a new look, or just want to clean up your current situation. You won’t be disappointed. Act now, supplies limited! (well, at least Kayla’s available time slots)

K

Parking, no problem. Space, clean and trendy. Shampoo, good. What could go wrong?
I asked for a trim… maybe an inch and a half. He said okay. That went out the door once he started to cut my hair. Edward Scissorhands is right. I watched as my hair piled and piled on the floor. I asked him to stop cutting so much because I came in for a simple trim. He said that it wasn’t that much. More hair piling. I asked him to stop again later. He did not.
After all that, he styled my hair and I paid. I was so angry with him and he knew it. He cut off like 4 inches of hair and styled it in a way I hated. I don’t appreciate stylists who think that their vision is better than yours. It would’ve been okay if I told him he could do whatever he wanted with my hair, but I didn’t. Thanks for nothing.

So after getting a pretty simple hair cut at Elite Salon in Daly City last month, (I went from super long, mid-​back length to a short cut just above my shoulders) I decided my hair was too simple for me and decided to try out D Salon after reading all of Damian’s rave reviews + it was by my house. He was able to schedule me that afternoon.
He greeted me, asked what I wanted (to which I told him, keep the length but add more shape) and got me shampooed. Everything was great, good conversation, nice wash. Then he started cutting my hair. I felt like he was Edward Scissorhands with hair flying every which way, taking his razor at every angle with what I thought was no direction… The one thing I definitely noticed was that he had cut off a lot of hair and he never once checked to see if it was even, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt until he styled it. Another client came in right as he started cutting my hair and I felt like he was rushing to finish my cut.
He started blow drying and seemed very preoccupied. At one point he was checking and reading something on his phone for like five minutes and aimlessly blow drying my head. In the end my hair looked completely round… I was less than satisfied walking out of the salon.
I went home and played around with my hair, straightening it and using some other product to style it how I liked. I felt better but had a suspicion that it was uneven. My mom confirmed that suspicion later that night…
I’m debating if I want to risk going back and losing more hair if I ask him to fix it… Maybe he’s only good with long looks? I don’t know.

Love my new cut and color from Damian here at D Salon!
This is my second visit seeing Damian, and I’m extremely pleased once again on my experience. Made an appointment for 1:30pm today, Damian quickly greeted me and offered me tea or water. Told him simply what I was going for, and *Voila* Goodbye Caramel Highlights and Light Brown hair, HELLO Light Red Mahogany!
After coloring, Damian trimmed my hair a bit at the edge– I never realized how much of an impact a simple trim can do for the hair, but he did a great job on a simple request.
Damian is friendly, down to earth, and very hospitable. I always feel so welcomed here and I’m so surprised he rememberer’s me even though my first visit was a year ago… remembered my family’s restaurant etc. Such a nice guy, that Damian!
Very convenient in the Sunset with great quality, service and prices that are comparable of those salons Downtown. And you don’t get the rushed impersonal service of those high end salons.
Love my new new cut and color!
I will definitely return… Thanks Damian!

I’ve put this review off for about three months because I hate being one of a few who give a place a poor review when everyone else gives it four or five stars.
I got my hair cut by Damian in December after not having a haircut for quite a while because I was trying to let my hair grow out after a very, very bad cut (see my review for Structure hair design). I found D Salon on Unilocal and decided to try it out because of all the glowing reviews. I was not impressed.
I asked him to trim my layers and for shorter, sideswept bangs. The layers were not cut well (they were sort of blunt and not blended well at all), and the grow-​out was even worse. The texture of my hair has changed since I had a baby, but, texture aside, I don’t think with a good haircut you should have to flat iron all your hair each and every day to get it to lay nicely and look decent. That’s what I’ve been doing since I went there, and it’s really taking a toll on my hair. My bangs were not cut precisely and so some hairs were longer than others, so I had to fix that myself.
Maybe I should have gone back to him to tell him what I wanted ‘fixed’ or redone, but I hate to risk losing more hair/​length when a hairstylist tries to improve on a cut that didn’t turn out right the first time.
I gave the place two stars because Damian was really, really nice. I don’t think I’m going to give him another shot, though.