Hair & Styling in Long Beach

The lifespan of a strand of hair is roughly five years. Stylist Melinda Douglas makes the most of this time with a wide array of hair services. Drawing on 18 years of experience, the color specialist creates modern looks with voluminous layers, alters hues with single-process color, and adds dimension with eye-catching highlights. In addition to cutting and coloring hair, she also performs texturizing services, including spiral perms, Japanese thermal straightening, and Brazilian Blowouts.

Signature Service: Cut, color and more

Brands Used: Joico, Redken, Matrix, Iden, Moroccan Oil, Kenra, Brazilian

Established: 2005

Reservations/Appointments: Required

Staff Size: 1 person

Parking: Parking lot

Handicap Accessible: Yes

Good for Kids: No

Pro Tip: Relaxed and courteous atmosphere catering to all hairtypes

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Mary Ann Matteson draws on products from Redken, Paul Mitchell, and Sebastian while styling her clients' hair. Matteson specializes in color, performing an array of services form single process to blending highlights and lowlights.

On the sun-dappled streets of Long Beach, the broad glass windows of 2nd Street Beauty’s pristine flagship store sparkle just as brightly as the cosmetics that rest behind them. Inside each 2nd Street Beauty location, sleek white beauty displays showcase Stila blushes and Smashbox cosmetics that stand in perfectly straight lines. With a vast selection of professional hair, skin, cosmetic, and nail products, the staff members at 2nd Street Beauty guide guests through dozens of elegant high-end products, and even performs luxurious facials and hair services just steps away in the adjacent salon.

The highly trained beautifiers at D’Aversa Salons' locations patiently listen to each client's aesthetic concerns before sprucing up exteriors with hair, skin, and nail treatments infused with products by Aveda, Aquage, Moroccanoil, Opi, and Zoya. The team restores lackluster 'dos to healthier states with custom haircuts, coloring services, and nutrient-rich Brazilian blowouts that smooth flyaways and unwanted frizz with a nourishing protein shield. They also imbue visages with a revitalized glow, using an arsenal of exfoliating AHA's and vitamin-rich masks during custom facials. After skin is fully rejuvenated, waxing services whisk away unwanted hair from the face and body so that clients can confidently strut onto a beach or out swim a yeti.

Featured on the Bravo television show Tabatha's Salon Takeover, the staff at The Loft consults with clients to provide face-flattering precision cuts and coloring, as well as rejuvenating spa services. Amicably part with split ends with a customized haircut (women's $45–$55, men's $25–$35), put muscles back in their proper appendages with a muscle-moving massage ($45 for 30 minutes), or allow their waxologists to preen and primp brow mustaches ($15) by purchasing up to three of today's beautifying Groupon.