Moxie Blowdry & Beauty Bar

I have been to Moxie several times already for blow outs only. I have super curly hair so sometimes when I go to a salon they leave my hair frizzy because they didn’t know how to perform a proper blow out. This is not the case at Moxie. These stylist are highly skilled at bow outs specifically and will leave your hair looking fabulous. I recommend Shirley or Sasha both do really great blowouts. I have not tried the other stylist yet I am sure they probably will do a great blow out as well. The best part about Moxie is that you make an appointment for a blowout and you could rest assure you will be out of there in an hour which is amazing compared to other places. Tip: They offer blow out packages which saves money. For example the 5 blowouts for $ 100 package. Overall I feel I would only go to Moxie for blowouts not for any other styling and I recommend you try it out for yourself.

I got a nice haircut, but the whole experience was very odd. Everyone there seemed tense, there was a lot of garbage on the counter and the stylist hardly talked to me. She had just smoked a cigarette and I held my breath and she cut my bangs and evened out the front because I could smell it on her hands. This place looks so modern and fancy, and with the cost of haircuts you think you could expect better.

Customer service is really not their strengt. I called 3 times and got put on hold 3 minutes + and hung up on twice. I went in for a blowout and was never even asked what style I wanted and they ended up using a curling iron and doing tight curls when I wanted wavy and natural look. The stylist was very nice but overall the team seems unprofessional
I guess the place can still be worth it for the price…

Horrible experience. If you have Groupon, please save yourself money and go to professional salon !!! I was getting partly highlights, hair cut and blow dry. I was done within an hour. She was cutting my hair like this was a marathon! She had horrible attitude and et the end she didn’t even blow dry my hair. Left me sitting on the chair.
My hair cut is terrible, hair is in even. This is the worst hair cut I’ve had ever had. I have to go my stylist to fix my hair.
This salon has very nice interior but is not clean.
I will never go back again to this salon !!!

Went to Moxie this past Saturday for the start of a Bachelorette. We set up the day to have staggered appts from 10:00am-5pm so no one would be rushing and we could enjoy ourselves. By 2pm they were telling us that there are no more artists to help us out. We had to practically beg to have a blowout for our last girl.
Everyone’s hair came out well but the makeup was horrible. There were two makeup artists for the day and one of them was just awful. She didn’t ask anything about looks and rushed through the whole thing. I had to ask her to actually blend the eyeshadow.
The attitude of Moxie is just so terrible that I will not return and I will give my honest opinion to those who ask how my day was here.

Great experience today. I don’t write many reviews but today I will because I love my hair cut and blow drying experience. I made the appt last minute, didn’t wait at all, washed, cut and blow dry in less than one hour. With a full time job, two kids and a full weekends I don’t have much time and this was so easy and I was in and out. So I recommend Cynthia. Now I can go at lunch time. Great job. Love my new hair cut!!! Thank you

I had a great experience here. Gia gave me an amazing single process color, cut, and blowout. i will definitely be going back to her from now on! Also, she gave me honest and genuine advice about my hair and didn’t just try to sell me unnecessary services to make more money. Loved her!

Tiagea gave me an amazing blow out and style. If you have natural hair (I’ve been transitioning from a relaxer) then I highly recommend her! Even if you don’t, she’s awesome and will have your hair looking amazing by the time you walk out the door!
I also love love love the cut Isabelle gave me!
Highly recommend both ladies!

I absolutely love this salon! After trying out a few places and not being 100% happy I decided to try Moxie in Montclair per a friends recommendation. I have been happy with all the services I received… cuts, blowouts and color! All the girls have been very accommodating and go above and beyond to make sure that I am comfortable or need anything (yes, I will have a cappuccino please!) Lately, I have been getting a lot of compliments on my cut and color thanks to Moxie and my hair stylist Sam! My mother has recently started getting her hair/​color done at Moxie and she comes all the way from Manhattan!!!

BAD EXPERIENCE!!!
I bought a groupon and the staff made me aware that this was even more expensive than what I would pay originally. I could not get reimbursed because I already bought the groupon and I was not offered additional services for the extra amount that I paid.
I was told my stylist would be ***** but then when I went for my appointment I was switched to ******. This was not fair considering I choose my stylist based off online reviews and IG posts of hair styles she has done.
I was supposed to get a full highlight but that is not what I walked out the door with! For someone who has been getting their hair done for years, I understand a full head of highlights takes several foils and some time. My process and cut was all done under one hour. I walked into the salon with an ombré style (keep in mind). When I was given highlights, I was only given a partial highlight and color was only applied to my roots. Right now I have several colors in my hair considering the highlight was not brought through the ends of my hair to blend in with the ombré color at the bottom. The stylist gave me two huge highlights at the front of my face and these are bright yellow when the remaining highlights are almost a silver/​white. My hair honestly looks awful and not close to what I was looking for. I even showed a picture of what I was aiming for.
Now for the cut — I understand that in order to keep your hair healthy you need to keep up with trims to avoid split ends. I told the stylist I only wanted a very light trim as I have been trying to grow my hair out. I also said keep it as is, as I didn’t want any more layers. Two inches were cut off my hair and I now have dramatic layers.
The sink my hair was washed in had someone else’s hair in it and every brush used was full of someone else’s hair. The salon was unsanitary.

Love Moxie and the hours! Darlene is fantastic and consistently gives me great cuts, color and blow outs! Love that I can go on Sunday’s. Highly recommend going to the Montclair Moxie.

This review is based on haircuts only. I came here a while back based on my girl Marthy’s recommendation and I also bought a Groupon. I got a haircut and blow out done by Cynthia and she did a fantastic job on my hair!
I let Cynthia know that I had a wedding to attend to later in during the day (trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone here. There’s no better time to get a blowout/​haircut when you have a special event later so you don’t have to do your hair yourself lol) and she did some extra curls in my hair. I felt like a million bucks walking out of Moxie! I was very pleased and happy with how my hair came out. My hair stayed throughout the night. I highly recommend Cynthia!
I absolutely LOVE the ambiance here. The salon décor is so cute, pretty and clean. The salon has great hours of operation (for you busy gals). It’s street parking but there’s always plenty of parking spots on Bloomfield Ave. I definitely would come back!

I absolutely dreaded my blowout. I cant believe i let ‘marissa’ blow it out. I walked in there expecting better service than my usual salon, which i love, julio angel, but they were booked up. so i tried moxie and it was the biggest. Mistake. Ever. so first of all, she didnt properly wash my hair… the center of my hair was still dirty, and she didnt know how to blow dry it either. She did a crappy job by partially blowing it out and then proceeded to use a brush. but by that time my hair was already frizzy and unmanageable and she continued to blow dry it with a brush. I showed a picture to her of my last blowout and wanted the ends flipped and i was getting a trim. I cannot believe she half assed the entire cut, im sure my stylist is going to laugh at me when i go back to see him… and when the half ass blow out was ‘complete’, it looked nothing like how i wanted. My hair looks dry, brittle, damaged and not even soft to the touch. The whole experience was terrible. I will never go back, and i will def tell my friends everywhere not to waste their time. The stylist said she loved her job, but i couldnt tell…

Needed an early morning blow-​out, showed up at 7:30 and found the place closed. Not a soul in sight! The opening hours said 6:00am on the door! That is just poor buisiness.

I like Moxie in Ridgewood & Fair Lawn BUT AVOID this Montclair location like the PLAGUE! And the reason? Simply put… The Manager. She is unprofessional, immature and has No Customer service qualifications whatsoever. This manager is of the belief that if you ask to be blonde and they say OK but, make it dark brown instead, you should go ahead and pay for that anyway! So apparently she is Stupid too! So, she’s got that going for her.
I will never step into this place again! If I could give 0 stars I would.

Darlene gets it!
She knows color, extensions, and cuts!
And she’s great to talk to.

Got a blow out on the fly and Nicollette rocked it! Not only was it bouncy n shiney– without a ton of product– but it was quick n stayed pretty straight after some heavy Crossfit classes.
The Receptionist, Karissa, was also very sweet!

Ugh. I also tried this place out with a Groupon. Hated my experience there.
First off — the staff is not friendly. Not outright rude, but definitely did not seem like they wanted my business. Maybe it was because I was using a Groupon? Second — I hated the hair cut I got. I am wondering if they gave me a student or trainee. She literally just cut off the bottom 2 inches of my hair straight all the way around, despite the fact that my hair is heavily layered. She barely spoke a word to me, and the cut took about 15 minutes and then I was done. Didn’t ask me how I liked it. Didn’t touch up my bangs either. I could have asked her to do it but honestly I was too afraid she would totally mess it up. I hated the experience so much I just left to figure out where to get my hair fixed. Never ever going back there.

My Moxie story…
FIRST TIME:
Stumbled upon this salon thanks to a Groupon deal and my first experience was a bit shaky. Deal was for a single process, cut and style.
The stylist who did the color (no names mentioned because she no longer works for this company) seemed super confident in her expertise on color. Although she was young, I trusted she knew what she was doing. Color came out horrible! The color didn’t take the first time so they had to lift it (again) which meant washing me out and then doing the color process for a second time. Hours later she said it took and then we moved onto a hair cut and style.
Stylist (Veronica) who did my cut and blow out is amazing. Although I still was not happy with my color — color was uneven and different shades all over, I felt slightly better with the cut and blow out. So happy that I had a wedding a few days after this appointment and booked a blow out with her.
SECOND TIME:
When I came back, she recognized me and remembered the color experience I had. She was truthful and said that the color was uneven and she would work on it (at no charge) if I had time to spare. And I’m glad I did have time because she evened out everything like magic!!! She was really compassionate in wanting to make sure I was really happy with the end results of my appointment from last time.
If it wasn’t for this second experience (and Veronica) I most likely would not have come back here.
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Overall I really like this salon.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS:
— unbeatable salon hours of operation.
— They gladly accept walk-​ins and are fully staffed.
— Salon is clean and they use premium products.
— I’ve been here a couple of times for blow-​outs with different stylists and they all have great technique. Just this passed weekend I had a wedding and Cynthia did an amazing blow out with curls. She even pinned the front for me so I could let it set more. (I got that asian straight hair)
— Street parking on Bloomfield Ave. but if there’s a lot between Park St and Midland Ave (entrance on Claremont Ave) where it’s metered for a max of 3 hours.

Moxie salon is ok if you have thin straight hair and you’re looking for a blow out. It’s a «blow dry bar» so that makes sense. However, if you’re looking for a very average or decent haircut, I wouldn’t touch this place. I got my hair cut here and it is so choppy. The girl gave me a lot of attitude about «what needed to go» as far as length, I told her 1.5 inches and she cut off a little more than 2. I know, i held the locks up against my fingers to accurately measure. I have long wavy hair so YOU can’t really tell the unevenness, so i’ll deal with it.
I’ll admit, my hair is a little dead from bleaching it, but ‘G’ didn’t even do a good blow dry job. #1 she blew my hair out with a square/​rectangle ceramic bristle brush which was sign number like 15 this girl is not a good stylists (first sign-​her hair is super short and choppy). I’m 26, I have gotten more than 75 haircuts, ranging from $ 20 to $ 200 since i was 14, and NEVER have I seen someone blow out hair with a rectangle bristle brush. On top of that, she used no product for heat protection. I don’t use a lot of product on my hair, which is probably why it’s dead but I use a little something, even if its a dime size of mousse.
At the very end something possessed her to take a flat iron to only the ends of my hair she even did a crappy job of that. She smushed my hair with the flat iron, making my ends super crinkly. I’m sure she was trying to smooth out her crappy blow-​dry job but it made things worse.
The reason I’m not giving this place 1 star is because my friend got her hair done here like 4 months ago and it was really really nice, hence why I tried Moxie in the first place. I’m not giving out her name because I’m a nice person, but I feel like she is undertrained and she had no enthusiasm to better her techniques. I also looked at the woman who was getting her curled for a wedding or something and that girl was doing a low grade curl job. Overall, I wasn’t impressed and i hate the haircut. It’s hair so it will grow back, i’m not that up tight but if you’re looking for a quick trim that doesn’t cost $ 75-​$ 100 like I was, maybe you should just spend the extra money to go to a beautician you trust.