Bellisima Salon & Day Spa in Monrovia, CA

Amazing place!!! Great services and very clean and good vibes!!! Check them out!!! 626-357-0017

Crystal is an excellent hair stylist! She does beautiful work, especially with balayage. The salon is beautiful and very clean. Bellisima is the first salon I tried when I moved to the area and I have been going there ever since.

I desperately needed my bob trimmed and only gave this place a call because no other hair salon would answer lol. I asked the receptionist what THEIR most convenient time would be to come in, and she said that because I wanted a "specialized haircut" that Maria would be the best stylist for me. Maria was in the background and I heard her say that 9 am on September 13th would work for her, the receptionist repeats this to me. That works for me, the earlier the better. They told me that the base charge would be $65, but once I told them that I wanted an A-line bob, I was told that this "specialized" haircut would start at $75. I'm not even asking for the super short graduated back of the head, just leave my front pieces slightly longer than the rest of the bob. I only need about 2 inches taken off the back anyway. I get to the salon, and it's a ghost town. When I looked them up last week, I saw they open at 10 am, so when they scheduled me for 9 am, I assumed Maria would be here before opening to do my hair. Nope. Waited about 10 mins, called both the Bellisima AND My Chair by Maria phone numbers, nothing. I'm just so confused. Maria herself said 9 am, so why is it 9:23 and I'm STILL not getting my hair done? Super unprofessional, super unreliable, and I'll never give this place a second glance again. Thanks for saving me $75! UPDATE: it's 12 pm, drove by to see if anyone ever showed up -- STILL empty. Couldn't even get a call back. What is going on here???

At first I asked for a dirty blonde balayage but there was a patch in my hair that was completely white and the blending was terrible and uneven. I went back to get it fixed (which was free) and then asked for baby lights to the root to make the blending better (which I didn't mind paying for at all since I didn't ask for it the first time). Instead of spot correcting, she darkened the whole back of my head and only did baby lights in the front. Now the front of my head is chunks of blonde and the back is brown. This all cost me $400 so now I'm going to box dye the front and try to make it better because I can't afford going to a different stylist.

Update: it's been 4 years since my last review and just wanted to say that I have not gone elsewhere since! I meant my last review! I am so happy to have found a person and place I trust with my hair. Thank you, Crystal!