How Much Time Should I Book? Appointment Lengths for Curly Cuts, Color and Balayage in Berkeley
Blade & Arrow is an hourly salon. Instead of a menu with a price for every service, you book your stylist's time. Each stylist has an hourly rate between $95 and $160, and our pricing is gender-free.
That makes one question really important: how long should I book? Here's how we think about it on Solano Avenue.
Cuts
1 hour: a haircut with wash and style. Scissor or razor, any length.
1.5 hours: a transformation haircut, where you're changing your shape a lot.
2 hours: a curly transformation cut and style.
45 minutes: a clipper cut, or a wash and blowdry.
Curly and textured hair is one of our specialties. For your first curly cut with us, book the longer time. We like to see your curls as they naturally fall before and after we cut.
Color
1.5 hours: a tint touch-up, or a toner with a blowdry.
2 hours: a color touch-up with a haircut.
2.5 hours: partial lightening, gray blending, or color blending.
3 hours: partial blonding with a haircut, or gray blending with a haircut.
4 hours: full balayage, full lightening, platinum blonding, rainbow and vivid colors, or color correction.
As a California Certified Green Business, we use low-tox, ammonia-free color and clean products.
Hair extensions
Tape-ins, K-tips and sew-ins all start with a 15-minute consultation. It's $35, and it's credited toward your service when you book. We'll match your color, talk through which method fits your hair, and tell you how long your install will take. The hair itself is a separate charge.
Booking for the holidays
The weeks before Thanksgiving and the end of the year are our busiest. To get the time you want:
Book color and extensions 3 to 4 weeks ahead.
We're now open Sundays too: Tuesday through Sunday, about 10 AM to 7 PM, closed Mondays.
Our cancellation policy: we ask for 48 hours' notice so we can pass your spot to someone waiting.
Blade & Arrow is at 1722 Solano Avenue in Berkeley, close to Albany, El Cerrito and Kensington.
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