Salon Santa Cruz

Hairstylist Santa Cruz spent three decades learning beauty expertise, developing a specialty in "the styling of curly and ethnic hair," as mentioned in New York Magazine. Today, Cruz and her team of senior-level stylists cater to every hair type and texture, using keratin treatments to soften frizzy strands and extensions to instantly add length. Razor cutting and balayage techniques as well as Moroccanoil products can be used to customize new hairdos.

Beneath the glow of turn-of-the-century chandeliers and an intricate tin ceiling, cherry hardwood floors reflect the team of stylists hard at work. Flat-screen TVs at each cutting station keep patrons occupied during their treatments or prompt nostalgic conversations about old-school televisions that only came with oval screens.