Hair Salons
Small street-level studio on Elmbridge Way near the Canada Line, open four days a week. Cuts and color plus hair weaves and permanent straightening, which is the reason most people phone ahead rather than drop in.
Chemical straightening and weave work are the services that shape how this studio runs. Both take hours rather than minutes, and a small street-level room with a couple of chairs cannot absorb a walk-in for either without wrecking the rest of the day. D'Luxe covers cuts and color as well, but the longer services are the reason most people phone before they turn up.
Book earlier than feels necessary if you want a weekend slot. That is true of any small salon and doubly true of one where a single appointment can occupy most of an afternoon.
Richmond has a lot of hair salons and they split roughly into three groups: the mall chains, the Chinese-language salons clustered around the No. 3 Road malls, and small independents like this one. The independents tend to run one or two chairs, which means you see the same person every time and the relationship matters more than the price list. That is worth something if you have been through a rotating cast of stylists at a bigger place. Ask about pricing for chemical services when you call, because it varies with hair length and condition everywhere, and any number you find online is a starting point rather than a promise. Elmbridge Way sits in the City Centre grid between Lansdowne and the river, close enough to the Canada Line that you can get here without a car, which is not true of every salon in this city.
In the City Centre neighbourhood of Richmond.
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