Vanity Salon

Can’t say enough good things about this salon. The front desk staff works with you to make sure you can be seen when you need to and always ask if you need anything while you are there. AJ is an extremely talented colorist and stylist and fixed my hair entirely when I started going to him. He listens when you talk and spends time every session talking about what you would like to do. I wouldn’t go anywhere else!

Love this place! I found it through Unilocal when I moved to Bergen County. The salon is beautiful and the staff is extremely nice and friendly. I get my haircut with Danielle and she always knows what I want and gives me exactly that! Plus we have the best conversations. Another plus is that the salon is super close to Montclair Bread Company (mmm donuts)!

Once I moved from Manhattan, it was hard to find a place that had colorists and stylists with the same level of training. Vanity is it. Upscale but not pretentious, fun music, wifi, and great stylists. Balayage seems to be a specialty, but they do it all well.

GREAT HAIR SALON LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! I had Antonia and she did wonders on my hair! My hair was fading back to a lighter color and she knew exactly what she was doing! She used swatches and did the exact color and cut I wanted. Never have I ever had a greater hair experience than this place! She used a conditioning treatment also and it helped with split ends and my hair is still soft almost 2 months later. This place has the prettiest interior design ever! Great vibes and great work! #1 recommended.

Came here for a blowout with Antonia. My first time here. Everyone is very friendly who works here and the salon is beautiful. Black and white is the motif. Antonia was a great listener and gave good suggestions on how to color my hair at my next visit. I was offered coffee while I had my service and my blowout came out well. I will definitely be back to have Antonia do my hair again.

Before coming to this salon, I have had the same hairdresser for 5 years and was hesitant about a new place. I moved recently to the Montclair area and needed a new stylist and saw this salon/​the great reviews on Unilocal.It was nothing short of perfect! Samantha cut my hair and did an amazing job — she understood exactly what I wanted and then some! I would highly recommend this place to anyone, especially if you’re looking for a high class new salon. The staff were extremely friendly, welcoming and accommodating. ⁵⁄₅ I will certainly be back!

I moved from LA and was looking for the same quality and highly skilled stylists and I am so happy to say how happy I am with Vanity Salon.
First time I went I had Samantha she is awesome. Today I needed to get in on short notice and while Sam was booked they recommended Daniel and again I am very happy! You can’t go wrong here. I love this salon. Xoxo

Excellent salon, albeit a little pricier than I’m used to. Bianca was fabulous; my hair feels much healthier and lighter than when I went in and she sent me home with some quality products. Highly recommend, especially if you’re looking for a drastic makeover!

Was referred to Vanity by a hair stylist at a blow out bar. Her hair looked great so I asked where she went. She told me about Bianca and I was excited for my first visit. Bianca was very knowledgeable and from our first consultation I trusted her and knew she was going to get me to the color I wanted. Having very dark hair and having had a very bad overly processed ombré I knew she would have to performing a miracle. She explained that it would be a slow process to get my hair to a healthy stage and close to the color I wanted. For session one we got very good progress. I love the color we achieved. My hair feels soft again. And I feel confident that I’m in good hands. Not to mention Bianca was so sweet and friendly. You can tell she really cares about her clients.

This is my first review. I absolutely had to because this was the best salon I have ever been to! From the second I walked in the door it was amazing. The décor is beyond beautiful. I wish my apartment looked like this. I have never seen such a gorgeous establishment. Perfection. The customer service was everything you would want and need. Alyssa was by far the best stylist I have ever had. And I have been through over a dozen in my life. She managed to match the exact red I showed her and even made it better than what I wanted. She helped me through repairing my damaged hair with her vast knowledge of hair care. She also cut and styled it to perfection. She took care of all my needs and I couldn’t be more happy. I finally found the salon and stylist I’ve been searching for!

While this salon has a great atmosphere and fantastic service, I do have to say you should look elsewhere if you have short hair. I’m sure they work wonders with long hair.
Nicole was very nice and tried to make it work, but it just didn’t happen. The cut was off, and wasn’t representative of the picture I showed her of my usual cut. She added way too much styling product, which volumized it so much that it was spherical.
Sadly, I’ll be making the commute to NYC, until I find another place out here.

The professionalism, talent and warmth of this salon is second to none! I’ve had services from cuts and blow outs, to single process and highlights and even extensions at this salon and have never been disappointed. What is even more amazing is the fact that the staff at Vanity literally SAVED my hair from severe damage and then turned my hair into an absolute dream! I never thought my hair was capable of looking so healthy and beautiful. Vanity’s patience, ability to manage my expectations, education and skill level truly shows in my hair. What a difference staff, treatments and products make! Power dose it up ladies and gents! This is the best place to get beautiful in Montclair! And LOTS OF LOVE to Anthony, my hairy god father

Went there for the first time tonight. Great salon. Very busy and perhaps a little pricey but I found it worth it. I had a single process, a glaze, and a trim. Was 160 and change. I paid less in queens but never received the great service I had tonight. Antonia is one up from a junior stylist I believe and was friendly, knowledgeable, and talented. The color came out very nice and the trim also. The décor is trendy and lots of product on the walls. I was offered a glass of wine and cookies. Nothing wrong with that! I would recommend this salon and stylist to anyone.

I had the pleasure of working with Antonia to try and fix the mess I called hair (yikes!) and she did just that.
She informed me and taught me how to get back my hair.
I’ve gone through so many different salons and all have either damaged or left me second guessing my purpose in life.
Thank Vanity Salon for your professionalism, educated and overall 5 star quality service.

I had the worst experience here. I waited long time for a good balayage and I wanted ash blonde tones and my hair turned out to be orange plus I have a damaged hair now. I don’t want to give the name of the stylist since she was a nice person. But I was really disappointed and I think I need a color correction. I wish I would go somewhere else. I don’t recommend this place to anyone.

This salon is by far the best salon I have been to! It is super clean and has a very vogue feel. The people working there are very friendly and welcoming to everyone that walks in. I got my hair blown out by the stylist Alisha and she did a great job! I also got the power dose treatment and it made my hair feel amazing. Alisha is my new go-​to stylist from now on, she is honest and really cares about how I want my hair to look. I highly recommend her and this salon!

This salon is amazing! I found it based on the great reviews on Unilocal.I called the same day I wanted to get my hair done, and they squeezed me in for a color with a master stylist within the hour! They have a gorgeous studio, a back room with water, coffee, tea, and had bagels and cupcakes while I was there.
Everyone is constantly asking if they can get you a beverage or anything, they are all very nice.
I was so lucky that day to get the stylist Sam, who understood exactly what I wanted. I got a cut and partial bayalage. I’m so thrilled with her work, I’ll definitely be going back to her!

DON’T GO HERE FOR ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE BOX. I just had the worst experience ever. I called vanity last week and told them I’d been lightening my hair from black to blonde. It was damaged so I wanted to do a cut and possibly a treatment as well as a color consultation. I’m a tattoo artist so I specifically asked for someone creative cause I wanted something different. I knew I’d have to lose some length. My hair was very long but the damage was more on the top layers and the long part still in fair condition. I called them at about 10:05 because I was stuck looking for a parking spot and arrived a bit late. They didn’t seem like they had an issue with that on the phone. When I got there Christina said she only had 20 minutes and at that point I should have left but she said she could do my cut (which sort of pissed me off cause when I called I said I may want to do a conditioning treatment as well as a color consultation), but I needed a cut bad and also got up early so I could go there and still get to work on time. So I showed her pics of what I liked she said yea (without even taking the phone to look closely) and sent me to the wash area where another girl shampooed me. Long story short she started cutting very quickly. Obviously she was just getting me done fast as possible, and length came off and off. I said,“would you like to see the pics again?” She said no and kept cutting so I asked if this was a cut she was familiar with and she said «oh, yea.» As she got further into cutting my hair I emphasized to her that I wanted EDGY. I said” I DON’T WANT A BOB. I want it to stick up, think Motley Crüe.” She yea, yea’d me obviously not really listening or giving a s**t and started talking incessantly about everything but my hair to distract me. Well at the end of my 20 minutes (literally she spent no more than that on me) she did not ask if I liked it. She knew I didn’t and that it was nothing close to what I’d asked for. It looked like a short bob with some snipped in layers. Not to mention it was frizzy as hell cause of how she quickly blew it out without flattening it in any way like I wanted. No texture, no edge and my long hair was now not even long enough to wear up. I looked like a badly bleached soccer mom. Luckily after I paid and left her tip with the counter woman (who I told I was very unhappy and felt I had gotten the old in out rush job), I called my boss and he said I could take the time to go have it fixed. So I walked to bangz in tears, was greeted immediately by the friendliest gentlemen ever. He listened to me and went and got me a perfect match on the spot. Rachel I think it was. She had short black hair and lotsa tattoos like me. I’ll write a review for her. I gave vanity one star only because I couldn’t give them 0.
**update** I received a text message from vanity today saying they’d give me a refund in exchange for me «rethinking my review». Honestly it wasn’t about the money. I rarely get to treat myself to a nice salon morning and I just felt like they looked at me and didn’t think I’d be worth putting effort into. I’m heavily tattooed but I had a few hundred dollars on me that day and was hoping to feel a little pampered. I would’ve sprung for anything they recommended to me as far as conditioning treatments or products. I don’t blame it all on the stylist because whoever spoke to me on the phone obviously didn’t listen to what I wanted and just threw me in with whoever and didn’t allow even enough time for anything but a quick trim. I don’t want my money back and I feel people should be able to see honest reviews on Unilocal.Who knows how many bad reviews they’ve bribed away. I’m still disappointed and honestly that text just confirmed everything I left thinking about their salon.

First, I have to say my loyalty was clinched after my first visit when they mentioned they do free bang trims for clients. Why is this such a rare service in other salons?
So far, I’ve only been here once for a haircut… and although I’m always on a strict budget, I wanted to try Vanity out. I’m so glad I took a chance and got Bianca!!! I LOVED MY HAIR when I walked out. I’m a young stay at home mom who, at the time of the cut, was just 2 months postpartum. I desperately just needed to feel good and have my hair cleaned up (even if I was completely honest with myself– «I’m probably not going to have a chance to style my hair after this!»). Bianca understood my busy mama lifestyle and listened to my concerns. She confirmed I should get the currently popular Lob. i just loved how she nailed the look for me, in the most flattering way.
Again, I LOVED MY HAIR!
I’m about to make an appointment again for another cut. I’m just so glad I can feel confident in the reliability of Vanity’s staff, especially with Bianca. I no longer have to go to that other salon in the masonic temple ;)

If you want something creative and edgy, come to Vanity. If you need something professional, Vanity’s got your back. If you need both? Again, get over to Vanity.
I spent my life either at «old lady» places that smell like talcum powder or at barber shops attempting to talk about sports with a hairy guy welding electric clippers. I knew I needed a change when a barber told me the look I wanted «was stupid and would make [me] look like a vagrant.»
The Vanity atmosphere is not only for a younger crowd, but I do feel more welcome and at ease here. Although their commercial gives me anxiety, I still prefer Vanity to other Montclair stylists. Not only is the resulting haircut always better than I anticipate, the stylists are super fun to talk to.