Hair Salons in Hazel Crest

Featured in countless publications, including Time Out Chicago, Vogue, Lucky, Allure, and InStyle, Maxine salon holds its stylists and colorists to the highest standard of excellence. The salon’s follicular technicians spend one to two years training as in-house apprentices to minimize mis-snips and running-with-scissors-related work injuries. Choosing from Maxine’s many haircutting and color services, guests can opt to lop their locks with a haircut ($50+) or disguise themselves before or after a busy week of bank robbery with a single-process color treatment ($70+). The warm staff helps salon-goers feel welcome, and an interior heavy on stainless steel, cracked glass, and occasional splashes of bold color helps establish the luxuriant atmosphere required for the act of letting one’s hair down.

The stylists at XEX Hair Gallery love being in downtown Chicago. “It’s such a blend of different kinds of people down here,” says David Perry, co-founder and lead stylist at the Aveda concept salon. For such a diverse clientele, stylists are trained in-house to master haircare for all ethnicities. They also travel around the country to attend ongoing-education classes. “We always try to stay up on what’s current and what’s in fashion,” Perry says.

There’s a notable visual difference between XEX Hair Gallery and most other salons—pieces of Venetian Murano glass artwork by Raphael Darra provide bold pops of pigment along the salon’s neutral-toned walls. Besides giving the salon a funky, artsy feel, the pieces serve as a metaphor. “Hair is art,” Perry says. “Not only does [the art] bring a lot of color to the salon, it also reflects the individuality of what people are.” If the art on the walls recalls a hip coffee shop or David Geffen's attic, it’s not an unfounded connection. Perry calls his salon a “discharging chamber . . . where people come in and they feel like it’s home. People know your name, you feel welcome, it’s a cool place.”

As for the coffee, the salon serves wine and beer, but someone will run out and get a cup of joe for clients if that’s what they request. Says Perry, “You name it, we’ll get it for them.”

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For more than a quarter century, the image-consulting experts at Thomas West Salon have shaped manes into contemporary coiffures using products by Aveda, Bumble and bumble, and Sebastian. Inside their styling hub on the second floor of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, more than 20 highly trained stylists flaunt specialties ranging from frizz-taming keratin treatments to Great Length extensions, as well as resumés that list training from institutions such as Vidal Sassoon, Frederic Fekkai, and Redken. Beyond excelling at texturizing cuts and applying cutting-edge trends such as hair tinsel or hair popcorn strings, the salon offers special-occasion styles and professional makeup for weddings or other special events.

Lauded by publications such as Ladies’ Home Journal, New Woman magazine, and Modern Salon, Trio Salon, Ltd. lives up to its well-earned reputation by pampering its clients with the latest hair care services, even traveling to destination weddings to treat bridal parties to their desired looks. The expert staff– each member a specialist in a certain area– revels in delivering sought-after designs, whether they’re infusing strands with sun-kissed hues or snipping tresses to match a favorite celebrity’s look.