5150 Salon

Yay I’ve found my stylist at last! Rosa did her magic on my naturally black hair that stubbornly holds onto ugly red/​orange and turned it into beautifully ashy blonde balayage ombré. I couldn’t be any happier! She is very professional, patient, and SKILLED! She is a hair color wizard if you haven’t notice already from her pictures. I enjoyed talking to her about her passion as a stylist with over 30years of experience and how she stays current by attending classes and seminars. She is also very knowledgeable and I could tell that she takes pride in her work. Thoroughly enjoyed my experience with her and feel so confident and beautiful in my new hair. Definitely will come back and would recommend.

I had a pleasure of meeting this excellent manicurist. I love the way she did my shellack and pedicure. I felt really relaxed with my long massages, i couldn’t even remember how long it was. This lady is a must go for all nail services. Her sister is awesome too. Thank you Cindy! You know to pamper my longing relaxation!

These 5 stars are for Rosa Pinto. I have FINALLY found my go to stylist! I wish I would have seen her sooner! Today I got my hair cut short after having it medium/​long for a long time now. I have been wanting to get it cut off for a long time, but have serious trust issues when it comes to stylists. Even when having another stylist at this same salon trim my hair, I didn’t trust them to cut my hair short. I did my research and Rosa was perfect. She has over 30yrs experience and keeps herself up to date on all the latest hair trends! What really sold me, was when I looked at her pictures. She not only does normal hair colors and cuts, but she does funky colors and punky/​edgy cuts too! THAT is why I wanted to see her. I spoke to her one day, just popped in, and we clicked IMMEDIATELY! She looked at my hair and told me what type of styles to look into, and also what celebrity had hair like mine, so I could more easily see what hairstyles looked good for my hair type. (which is very fine) I made an appointment with her, and a week and a half later (today) I got my hair cut, and colored. She took her time with me, made me feel comfortable, and made the whole experience absolutely amazing! She never once got short or frustrated with me and my 20 questions. She has fantastic bedside manner and customer service skills. Never again will I see anyone else, she’s my girl!

5150 Salon! I love this place but I love Nikki even more! She really know to cut hair and does an amazing job. I had to leave for an early flight and Nikki came to salon at 7 am just for me! Even though she had to rush, it was the best haircut I have ever gotten. I will continue to go her and the price of $ 25 for mens haircut highly impressed.

Came in for the first time ever today– Rosa was waiting with a smile even though I was a few minutes late from being lost. She did a great job and was friendly and engaging throughout. Thanks!

I got my hair cut done by Nikki, who is recommended by one of my friend. She is really a great hair stylist and very detail oriented. She did my hair cut for almost an hour even though my appointment is the last one of the day. I highly recommend Nikki for a hair cut, if you are looking for a change in ur hairstyle.

Have been coming here for my haircuts, Rosa is awesome! Though this time my visit was because I was recommended to come in and book w Cindy for nails. Booked ahead of time for my nails for prom. Cindy was great!
She was very friendly, considerate, and welcoming. Her prices for a full acrylic set were starting from $ 28, but after showing her the reference photo I found online my total was $ 40. She also helped accommodate to a proper/​comfortable nail length since my natural nails are very short, as well as minimizing the amount of «bling» on the ring finger due to my nail size.
Over all very pleased with my visit and will be coming again!

Hello Unilocalers!
I’ve visited Rosa twice since my last post.
I’ve always left a happy customer and enjoyed my appointments. Rosa is a pleasure to talk to, but when she needs to focus, she’ll let me know.
2 appointments ago, she put in deep blue and dark purple into my hair. The color lasted about 9 weeks, then I wanted a change. I got a lot of compliments from strangers and friends asking how the color stays on so well. I really had no problem with fading.
With the arrival of springtime, I just wanted to lighten my color. So I had Rosa put in violet, orchid, and lavender. The result was like a purple balayage. It’s my favorite color to date. I show her pictures of what I want, and she just knows how to bring the vision to life.
Its so nice to have found a stylist who knows color and truly personalizes my hair appointments. I’m more than just a head on a chair.
If you want her services, make sure when you call you ask for her services though.

One of the best uni sex salon. Niki s very detail oriented. It’s amazing to see her attention to detail and she makes sure that you don’t leave unsatisfied.
The price is very reasonable and the quality unmatchable.
In all I would definitely recommend this place although taking an appointment would be highly recommendable.

Best salon in the entire Bay Area! Owner Nikki is very nice and friendly and takes good care of every single customer. You get what you pay for here! They use quality and name brand products. Keep up the good work!

I always go here with my sister and mom for our nails to be done. Cindy is always very warm and welcoming to us. I always had my shellac nails done with her, i have tried other salons but she’s the best. She takes time doing our nails and she’s never in a hurry to finish even if it is late already. She’s sweet and charming thats why we always come back.

Came here to get my hairstyled: I asked for simple curls with slight volume. My stylist did not ask any follow up questions, and when I tried to add additional directions, she was dismissive. At first I was concerned, I’ve had my hair styled at several different salons before, so little things can help me determine whether someone is a good stylist. However, I sat back in my chair and let my stylist go with it since part of the reason I get my hair styled at salons is because these stylists do this for a living, they’re much more skilled than I am, they’re pros.
Unfortunately, my concerns proved true. My hair was horrible. The curls were big and sloppy, my hair had so much volume, with no part. The stylist slicked my hair back and gave me a huge hump of hair. She made me look like the mother in Married With Children (can’t remember her name). I had my birthday event that day, so I ended up washing and restyling my hair myself.
Never coming back here again. They stylists seem out dated, and it reflects in their styling.

Going to this place netted me the worst haircut I’ve ever had. Apparently «I want a pixie cut» somehow secretly means «make me look like a man», even when I show a picture of exactly how my hair was before it grew out several months to the shaggy mess it was today.
While the staff is friendly, that doesn’t really change how awful the service I had was. I don’t know the name of the woman who cut my hair (she never introduced herself) but I wish I had asked. While she shampooed my hair, she was grinding her nails into my scalp, rubbing very fast like you would to a large dog. It was pretty painful, but saying «ow» wasn’t enough to end it very fast.
I showed her my picture when we got to her station and particularly pointed out the short back and slightly longer front. I also made a point of saying «I especially like having these longer pieces of hair left in front of my ears», which I do especially like because they are rather feminine, keep my usual look a little softer, and also help frame my face.
She completely buzzed off the hair in front of my ears, so now it looks like I have giant sideburns. She buzzed the majority of my hair and didn’t blend it no matter how many times I asked, so I have that awesome «bowl cut» line across my head. Regardless of how many times I iterated that I style my hair up from the back and forward with no part while it’s short, she continuously pushed my hair to the right over and over and over, and then even STYLED it that way with gel after telling me she understood what I was saying. I corrected her so many times and she would immediately part it back to the right; I eventually just gave up. To top it off, after getting home, I realized her definition of what she called a «natural neckline» actually meant leaving me with little almost rat-​tails!
I’m out $ 50 for this travesty and will be in a lot of important meetings this week and next, so I get to spend tomorrow morning finding someone and paying out even more money to hopefully get somewhat fixed up, which will be hard considering how short everything is now.
QUICK UPDATE: I went to take a shower to get all the crappy gel out of my hair, and boy, was I in for an extremely painful surprise! The woman savaged my scalp with her nails so badly that my shampoo burned the HELL out of my head, and I see giant red marks all over my scalp!!! WTF?!

I have got my hair cut and color from Ann and I have been very happy with the results.

I have been getting my nails done here with Cindy for about 6 months… and I love her! I come from Livermore for my appointments with her and its worth it! She is sweet and funny and she does an amazing job! Takes her time and makes sure I’m happy with the shape and size. Today I got snowflakes for winter… so cute!
BTW the salon is clean and the staff is very friendly!

I wanted to balayage my hair because it has grown out and the color has begun to fade. Ann knew exactly what I wanted because she listens and really pays attention to detail. I have been going to her since I was 16! She’s so sweet and very good at her job. My hair is now free of dead ends, nicely layered, and colored to perfection. I’m so happy with what I got. ¹⁰⁄₁₀

I had my lightening /​color appointment and trim with Rosa Pinto .
Well most of all I walked in on Sunday and, asked to speak to someone on the cost and if it was doable and that’s when I met Rosa. She was welcoming and friendly and down to earth and truly cared on addressing my needs w what I wanted w the color and such .
So I came in yesterday (December 8) and she sat me down and got stuff ready and informed me on what we were gonna do and did everything gently and in a timely manner and was attentive … (Timely meaning efficient and not forever cause I had a 5 hour experience somewhere else before). She rinsed my hair after it reached the desired level and trimmed my hair and seemed knowledged of what I wanted to know. She was also cool to conversate with along the way. I would definitely recommend her to everyone and my hair lightened to a really good lightness since I have really dark hair naturally and it was my desire to get platinum hair and although I came in to touch up my roots it all blended in good and the roots lightened up quite nice and the cost was far less than my last experience elsewhere. By half.

I love coming to 5150, ladies are accommodating!
I got my balayage hair done by Rosa, she did my hair thee exact way I wanted it to be. I love it ! Thank you so much Rosa Pinto !! Your work is AMAZING !
I’m coming back for sure !

The night I wrote the review, Nikki called me 3 times at 11pm and left 2 voicemails (2:55 EACH). Who calls a customer at 11pm on a Sunday night to badger them to remove a Unilocal review? In her voicemails, she said she had already apologized for ruining my hair and refunded my money so she didn’t understand why I couldn’t forgive her. She wen’t on and on about how she has over 10 years of experience with a TON of clients and then said I was harming and ruining her business by posting a bad review on Unilocal — to TRULY forgiver her is to «remove the bad review».
Just a thought — maybe what’s really harming her business is her horrible work? If I requested 3 inches off and she cut 5, not a big deal, but she took thinning shears to the scalp. I pulled out the shortest hair I could feel to measure it’s length — 0.02 INCHES. I CRIED. The hairs range between 0.02 to 1.5 inches ALL AROUND MY HEAD. I can’t tie my hair in a high pony tail without all the short hairs sticking out. On average, hair grows about 6 inches in a year, so by next November, my hair be about 6.02 inches long. That’s not even long enough for a bob. To put this in perspective, my hair will be back to «normal» in 1.5−2 years, meaning it’s long enough for a bob.
People looking for a new salon to go to, PLEASE take this review into consideration before going to Nikki. I am SO embarrassed with my hair and there’s no way I can style it to make it look better. I’ll be wearing it in a low pony tail with my (ugly) bangs pinned back for the next year…

This review is actually for two of the people here, Ann (hair stylist) and Knock (nail artist). Both operate independently, so you have to contact them directly (and not the salon) to book appointments. That part of the process has been a breeze each time (they’re both very responsive to texts/​calls), and they offer incredibly competitive prices for the quality and amount of work. I’m always more than completely satisfied with the results, and I only wish I still lived in Fremont so that I could come back more regularly.
I first visited Ann when I wanted to try something new with my incredibly boring, stick-​straight, stereotypical black Asian hair. This was a bit before the ombré trend swept America, but I’d seen it in quite a few Asian countries and wanted to try it out. However, having not dyed my hair in about 10 years, I wasn’t very sure on what gradient I wanted. I came in with a few pictures and ideas I liked, and Ann actually helped customize a design for me that came out looking nothing short of absolutely lovely. She’s incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to hair, and she wants to make sure that you love your end result 100%. Later on, when I came back for touch-​ups, she still remembered her original design, and was able to continue customizing based on that starting point. I love her warm and welcoming personality, and completely recommend her to anyone and everyone!
Knock is just as wonderful. I wanted to get some pretty complicated patterns on my nail (in essence, I sent her 5 different photos, with a few designs from each that I wanted on different nails), and she was so accommodating to my requests! She is also the most efficient and talented nail tech I’ve ever met. The quality of her art is levels above anyone else I’ve visited, and yet she somehow finishes her work in half the time! Everything in total took less than an hour and a half, and that includes gel polish removal, french tips on many of my nails, intricate designs on others, and a glorious hand scrub at the end.
You can’t go wrong with these two lovely ladies, they’re simply amazing.