Avant Garde Studio

I see Erica at Avant Garde. She really listens to my requests. I am naturally red headed, and it has gotten progressively more dull through the years. Erica has a way of adding color to my hair, to make it look so vibrant, but still natural. The balayage highlights she’s given me, look like highlights from the sun. She is a VERY talented colorist with a great cut to match! Erica is always professional, and prompt to return my calls. However, she books up quickly, so I advise calling in advance to get in!

Lisha is the best! I always leave getting exactly what I asked for. She takes her time and gives an amazing shampoo too! She is completely thorough and precise. She gives the best hair tips and has a wealth of product knowledge! Lisha always has a smile on her face and is as professional as they come. I always feel like a million bucks when I leave her chair. You won’t be disappointed! Well worth the 45 minute drive.

For the price, this is an OK place. I have tried almost all thats available in Davis and I think I will settle for Avant Garde. Roxy is a good hair dresser and a very nice person to talk to. Do call in advance and get an appointment because the wait can the long.

I love going to this Salon. I recommend Ian, he has cut my hair for 5 years and I am happy with his work every time. He is efficient, detail-​oriented and friendly. The atmosphere is open and bright, due to the abundance of natural light! This place is on the top of my list.

I live in LA and was coming home to Davis for a long weekend. I had my hair done at my favorite LA salon the night before my flight, and my stylist COMPLETELY wrecked my color. It was orange and in patches, completely brassy and poorly blended.
I called Erica first thing in the morning upon arriving to Davis and told her my situation. She was able to squeeze me in for a color correct (even on such short notice). Erica went through and added lowlights in the brassy sections, as well as did an all over toner. The result is EXACTLY like the pictures I showed her.
I’m not trusting anyone else with my color now, and will be coming home more often to see Erica!

Lisha is the real deal! I hadn’t had a professional cut in about 9 months and I needed some help and advice for a new cut for my long but fine, curly hair.
What I liked about Lisha is she listened to my all concerns/​routines/​etc, had a solid plan for the cut, and walked me through everything before she ever raised a scissor.
She also has an amazingly warm disposition and demeanor, as well as tons of tips for maintenance and products. Awesome! I’m so, so happy with my cut and will be a repeat client. You never let go of a trustworthy hair stylist.

Jonny, as usual, gave me a creative, sexy and edgy pixie using a razor, and topped off my platinum ice color with titanium at the roots and a vibrant purple on top — gorgeous! I’m pleased with his professional work and positive attitude. Please note he has CHANGED SALONS. Jonny is now at Looking Good Salon & Spa located at 140 B Street, Suite 2. For inquiries and appts. contact his cell at (559) 960‑2562. You’re guaranteed to leave beautiful.

Tricia was wonderful! I had been really hesitant at first to come back since my favourite stylist Giselle had moved from this salon. Since I had such a great experience before I figured I would give it a shot with Tricia. I was sure to ask Tricia if she had experience with asian hair, as some stylists only tend to know how to work with their popular demographic. She assured me she could get the job done.
After showing Tricia a picture of the layered short style I wanted, she asked questions and was prompt to ensure that she understood what I wanted. After an hour of wonderful conversation +shampoo/​condition/​blowout and straightening she gave me one of the best haircuts/​styles I have received in my adult life.
I’m so grateful to her (and her reasonable pricing!) that I can’t wait to recommend and come back to her! :)

Marjan is great! She really wants to please her customers and goes the extra mile to make you happy. I’ve used her for cuts, highlights, and threading for more than two years. when I was called out of town suddenly for a family member’s funeral, she made time to cut my hair and my two sons hair before we caught our flight the next day. Call her cell directly for appointments (530) 220‑5125.

Marjan is awesome! She is punctual, VERY accomodating to her client’s schedules and a perfectionist. Marjan is very detailed as a hairstylist. She takes her time to make sure you feel completely satisfied with your haircut. She also does a fantastic job with color, highlights and Brazilian blowout. My hair has never looked better! Unfortunately, Marjan is no longer at Avant Garde, but is still in Davis and Rocklin. She can be reached at 530−220−5125 for appointments.

I have been a client of Marjan’s for over 8 years now. I absolutely love her work. I have had cuts, color, gloss, threading etc from her and never had one complaint!
Once she started at Avant I thought the studio was elegant but the vibe can get cold in there at times. Marjan was always great at staying upbeat with me and involved.
I am so happy to see she is STILL IN DAVIS AND ROCKLIN her salon’s are beautiful and she is available for appointments. I love that I can call her directly
I always refer her to my clients, family and friends and have ALWAYS received compliments on my hair curly or straight from friends and strangers.
CALL HER THE MONEY IS WORTH IT, YOUR HAIR IS WORTH IT !! 530 220‑5125

I’m sorry, I just did not have a positive experience here like everyone else. Having had really bad cuts in the past, I decided to shell out the big bucks and visit Roxie at Avant Garde. She’s the owner, so what could go wrong, right?
After a few visits, I can safely say I won’t be back. I thought maybe my first bad experience might have been a fluke, which is why I kept going back… bad move. In this case, shelling out a ton of money doesn’t mean you’ll get a good cut, even if it IS from the owner.
Over the 3 or so visits I made to Avant Garde, the following happened:
1) Walk in 10 mins before appt. time, no greeting or indication that they see me. Finally get started 20 mins. after scheduled appointment… no explanation or acknowledgement the entire time.
2) Roxie took cell phone calls in the middle of giving me a haircut. This happened on a couple of visits. She made no attempt to make any conversation with me… just everyone else. She talked to the patrons at the next stations over, made lunch orders with her staff, etc. but barely ever made a peep to me. In the middle of one appointment, she actually stopped cutting my hair so she could go over and mess around with someone else’s. I don’t consider any of this to be professional behavior that’s becoming of a business owner.
3) Roxie frequently «passes off» patrons to her helpers once she’s decided you’re not worth her time any more. Seriously, we’d be in the middle of the appointment and she’d pass me off so she could get to work on someone else… basically juggling several patrons so she can fit as many appointments into one hour as possible.
4) Whenever I tried to explain to Roxie what I wanted, she kept cutting me off. Seriously, she just interrupted me with the rudest interludes: «That’s ALL you want??» «That’s so easy!!» «You could have one of the other girls do this, you don’t need me.» Yes, but I’m PAYING for you because you’re supposed to be the best in the biz… now make it worth my money!
5) It’s funny, cause even though she went on and on about how «easy» the cut I asked for was, it’s not like Roxie discounted her insanely high rate. I think I paid something like $ 75 for a cut that took 20 minutes. With those prices, I almost expect legal advice while I’m sitting in the chair… but I would have settled for an owner that treated me like a human being.
I might have put up with all of this if the haircuts were GREAT. But, they were just decent. Since there were no major hair catastrophes, I kept going back, thinking maybe Roxie just had a bad day attitude-​wise. Nope, as it turns out my hair is just less interesting than whatever phone call Roxie’s taking at the moment.
I’ve moved onto someone who costs half the price and actually treats me like a real person when I talk to her… oh, and to add insult to injury, at the end of my last visit (after once again ignoring me the entire time), Roxie overheard that I have a family of a lot of women, then suddenly became all sweet and made pleasant conversation for the first time ever. She then asks me to recommend her to everyone I know, while passing me a bunch of business cards.
Pffft, you think I want my mom, sisters, and cousins treated like this before you empty their wallets? Gimme a break.

Paid $ 50 for a wash, cut, and style. Tricia was awesome– flexible, friendly, professional, and skilled. The other ladies getting their hair done were varied in their age and style, and I think the other stylists did great work, too.

This place deserves 5 stars for having stylists that are clean, professional, courteous, quick, and great at what they do! (Plus they have an stylist for black hair!!) I’ve been looking for the past 2yrs for someone in Davis who can do black hair. No luck, and the last person I went to in Sac totally screwed up my highlights and now my hair is literally crumbling at the ends. My hair needed refreshing, so I called this place to see if they had someone who did black hair. Johnny scheduled me in the next day, and now my hair looks so good! I had my doubts because my hair is honestly curly, thick, and kinda ridiculous to manage. Just try this place out! I can’t imagine you’ll be disappointed.

I love having long hair and just recently decided to have it cut for the first time at a salon close by, it was way too hot to have such long hair. It was one of the worst decisions I have ever made in my life, lol. My hair was butchered and flat, I felt like I had a watermelon on my head. The new haircut made me feel ugly. I tipped the lady 15 $ and didn’t want to complain, overall I spent about 50 $. I hate being those uptight bitchy customers. On to the next.
A week later, still unsatisfied with my hair… I decided to look for another salon. I came across Avant garde studio on Unilocal,amazingly it was opened on sunday and I decided to make an appointment. I was really queasy at first and did not want my hair any shorter than it was. Johnny gave me a call and next thing I know, Im walking to the studio at 1:30 pm. It was a wise decision. I came into the studio, it was cozy and had many stations. The music was chill and relaxing. It was not overwhelming since Johnny was the only one there. I got my hair cut and did not have to explain much. He knew what to do and knew what I wanted. Awesome cocky guy with years of experience. He is the real deal yall. I would highly recommend him. Overall, my hair cut was 45 $ and I gave him a total of 100 $. He deserved that 55 $ tip for the amazing service, amazing talk, and amazing hair fix. Thank you avant garde studio. I bet all the hair professionals there are highly talented.
I will post a pic pretty soon.

I haven’t colored my hair in 3 years because every stylist I went to took forever only to mess it up. My stylist Jonny was absolutely amazing. I only had to give him a short explanation of what I wanted and I realized afterward that he knew more of what I wanted than I did. I’ve only done fails before this but he had a new French technique called balayage that looks way more sun kissed and natural, plus it compliments me incredibly. He was funny and nice and I felt totally comfortable in his chair. I have never loved my hair more and wouldn’t dream of ever going to another stylist. Highly recommend him!

After accidentally burning part of bangs off earlier today I was in a serious need for help. I frantically began to pace the streets of Davis looking for a salon. This place peaked my interest since it had high ratings and was nearby but Unilocal said it was closed.
Attention! It is not closed Sundays!
I stopped by and Giselle quickly cut my half burned off bangs into an adorable blunt bang inspired by Zooey D.
Not only was she super sweet and sympathetic of my burn accident she did a rocking job.
Oh and someone mentioned here that bang trims are 20? Nope! Mine was only 5! I highly suggest stopping here, even if it isn’t an emergency :)

Roxie is the best; I followed her over from David’s Haircutting (used to be next to Sophia’s Thai Kitchen) and she does the best haircuts and was so kind even to do a fixup trim on my hair the next day when I discovered there was a spot that I didn’t like as much so her kindness towards me was much appreciated! The pricing is a bit high for hair since I’m a guy and usually I go to any old barber for a buzz and trim but when I have longer hair then this is the place I have to go since Roxie knows exactly how to cut and style it for me so I can look classy in my suit for business trips. Otherwise, I usually do hit up a barber for the monthly hair cut but for women, some swear by Avant Garde even at their price so hey, it works for some people! Overall definitely a great place but you’ll have to try it for yourself to really know.

After reading the amazing reviews of this salon, I decided to give it a try. Normally, I get my hair cut and colored in Chico, CA, but I didn’t want to make the trip up. I scheduled an appointment with Marjan, and made sure that she used Redken products (I had my color information from my hairdresser back home).
I went into the salon, and waited for ten minutes before someone even bothered to tell me to take a seat. Twenty minutes after my appointment was supposed to start, Marjan came in. She hustled to get me in the chair, but didn’t have my colors on hand (even though I had called them in a week prior) and had to borrow them from someone else. What’s more, she didn’t believe that my hairdresser had given me the right numbers (and refused to use the developer I requested for the first ten minutes)– I assure you, my old hairdresser knew what she was doing.
She got the color on my hair, and put me under a steam dryer while she went across the street to «get something to eat.» …I’m sorry, what? While she was gone, my scalp started to burn because of the steam (way too hot) and I had to ask another hairdresser to take the heater off my head.
Marjan finally came back, and rinsed my hair. She then added a toner to my hair, which I didn’t ask for and never usually get, and when I asked why, she said the color hadn’t blended correctly. She then proceeded to cut my hair. I wish I had asked her to stop and just walked out of the salon.
She cut four inches off of the bottom of my hair (a trim?) because she insisted it was dead. I told her that I didn’t care if it was dead, and that I wanted to keep my hair. I was very specific with how to layer out my hair, and I left the salon that day with two large choppy layers and honey blonde hair that just passed my shoulders, instead of my normal, long, gradually layered neutral blonde hair. My hair looked like the hair of someone three times my age, and was cut bluntly all the way around. My bangs extended to the side of my head, way past where they should ever go.
She charged me $ 175… and mind you, she told me she gave me a discount. No tip, that’s for sure. She slid my debit card through an attachment on her phone (sketchy). She asked if I wanted to schedule another appointment– absolutely not.
When I went and visited my usual hairdresser after, almost in tears, she was shocked. She said it’s the worst haircut she’s ever seen, and showed me large chunks of my hair where it had just been brutally chopped off with no regard for the previous style. In addition, she pulled up my hair and showed me the big chunks of bleached hair that were the result of sloppy highlighting. I’m taking prenatal vitamins to try to grow my hair back out, and fix the damage Marjan did.

Lisha! Ask for Lisha!
Lisha has been my stylist for 5+ years and she continuously gives me what my friends call «magazine hair.» She can seriously charge double what she charges because she is THAT good. I have long, thick hair and most places don’t know where to even begin.
When I moved out of Davis, I drove 2 hours to see her to get a cut and 2 hours back. Again, she’s THAT good.