Chop Salon
Hair salon in El Cerrito, CA
Chop Salon was established in 2009 and spent nine years in Berkeley before moving to 6493 Portola Drive in El Cerrito in 2018. Street parking is available, the salon is near Interstate 80, and it is about a mile's walk from the Del Norte and El Cerrito Plaza BART stations.
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Chop Salon was established in 2009 and spent nine years in Berkeley before moving to 6493 Portola Drive in El Cerrito in 2018. Street parking is available, the salon is near Interstate 80, and it is about a mile's walk from the Del Norte and El Cerrito Plaza BART stations.
The team is made up of the owner, colorists, extension specialists and independent stylists. Bookings are made by time: each stylist has an hourly rate, and the total cost of a service is that rate multiplied by the length of the appointment. Rates listed on the home page run from $95 to $160 an hour. Pricing is gender-free, and the services are designed to suit any client.
The salon offers cutting and color work, including balayage, blonding, grey blending, lived-in color, alternative color and curly or textured cuts. Gender-neutral haircuts and clipper barber cuts are also available. Appointments range from one to five hours, from a basic haircut and gloss to full balayage and large color transformations. Teen perms for short hair and keratin smoothing treatments are offered as well.
Hair extensions are a separate service with their own charge. A consultation is required before any extension appointment so the stylist can recommend a sew-in, fusion or tape-in option. Keratin smoothing is also chosen after a consultation with a stylist, aimed at smoother, more manageable hair.
Built around sustainability and clean beauty, with services and pricing that do not depend on gender.
Services
Final prices may vary.
Cutting, color, balayage, blonding, grey blending, lived-in and alternative color, curly and textured cuts, and gender-neutral haircuts, booked by time at each stylist's rate.
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Haircutting and Hair Color $95–$160
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Hair Cutting, Barbering, Textured Hair Cuts, Lived-In Hair Coloring, Fantasy and Vivids Color, Hair Colorist, Short Hair $95/unit
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Hair Extensions $95–$160
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Lived-In Color, Balayage Hair Color, Alternative Hair, Gender Neutral Haircuts, Blonding, Grey Blending, Short Hair, Hai $115/unit
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Hair Cutting, Shags, Short Haircuts, Curly, Hair Cuts / Colors, Colorist, Balayage, Alternative Hair Styles, Lived-In, F $120/unit
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Hair Cutting, Curly Hair Specialist, Colorist, Extensions Sew-In and Tape-In, Lived-In Hair Color, Blonding, Balayage an $145/unit
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Hair Coloring, Hair Cutting, Blonding, Grey Blending, Alternative Hair, Fantasy Hair Coloring, Shags, Bobs, Pixies, Live $155/unit
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Hair Extensions 1 Hour: Sew-in 1 Row, Tape-ins, Move-up $160
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Teen Perm Short Hair Style $230
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2 Row Hair Extensions, Combination $320
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Keratin Smoothing Treatment $420
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3 Row Hair Extensions, Thick Hair or Combination $480
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1.5 Hour Service: Curly Cut, Tint Touch-up, Transformation Cut Price at booking
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1 Hour Service: Haircut, Gloss and Blowdry, Dry Cut Price at booking
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2.5 Hour Service: Partial Blending, All Over Color and Cut Price at booking
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2 Hour Service: Haircut & Touch-Up, Face Framing Highlight Price at booking
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3.5 Hour Service: Bleach Blonding Touch-Up, Balayage Lived-in Price at booking
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3 Hour Service: Partial Highlight w/ Haircut, Partial Balayage Price at booking
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45 Wash Blowdry Price at booking
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4 Hour Service: Full Blonding, Full Balayage, Color Correction Price at booking
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5 Hour Service: Big Transformation Color, Platinum Price at booking
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Cutting, Coloring, Keratin Treatment, Grey Blending, Barbering, Balayage, Lived-In Hair Color, Alternative Hair Color, B Price at booking
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Hair Cutting and Hair Coloring, Vivids, Alternative Hair Styles, All Hair Coloring Price at booking
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Hair Cutting, Hair Colorist, Keratin Treatment, Blonding, Hilights, Grey Blending Price at booking
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Keratin Services Price at booking
Sew-in, fusion and tape-in extensions, priced by row and by the time the application takes, with a consultation required first.
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1 Hour; Hair Extensions; Removal Wash/Blowdry, Move-Up Wash Blowdry, 1-Row Sew-in Weft, Tape-ins $160
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2 Row Hair Extensions, Combination Hair Extensions $320
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3 Row Hair Extensions, Thick Hair Added Length or Combination Application $480
Short add-ons and consultations, such as bang trims, scalp treatments, color consultations, wash and blowdries, and clipper barber cuts.
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Hair Color Consultation $35
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Keratin Smoothing Treatment Service $420
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3.5 Hour Service; Bleach Blonding Service Touch-Up, Balayage Lived-in w/ Root Smudge Price at booking
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5 hour Price at booking
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Clipper Barber Cut Price at booking
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1.5 Hour Service; Curly Cut Wash/Style, Tint Touch-up, Transformation Cut Price at booking
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Bang Trim $35
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Hair Consultation for Extensions $35
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Hair Treatment / Scalp Treatment add-on $35
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2.5 Hour Service; Partial Blending, All Over Color and Cut, Grey Blending, Face Framing, Partial Brightening Lightening Price at booking
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2 Hour Service, Haircut & Touch-Up, Face Framing Hilight, Transformation Curly/Thick Haircut Price at booking
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3 Hour Service; Partial Hi-light w/ Haircut, Partial Balayage, Platinum Blonde Touch-up, Lived-in Color Partial Price at booking
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4 Hour Service; Full Blonding, Full Balayage, Lived-In Hair Color, Blonding/Rainbow Vivids, Hair Color Correction Price at booking
Photos
Meet the team
- Annmarie Delgado Independent hair stylist
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Ashley Gardner
Hair stylist
- Aubrey Breedlove Hair stylist
- Betty McCain-Ayala Owner, Co-Owner Blade&Arrow
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Kristal Povich
Independent hair stylist
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Lexi Driscoll
Extension specialist
- Molly Trusky Independent hair stylist
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Monica Lyman
Colorist
- Nate Hernandez Hair stylist
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Rocky Ortega
Hair stylist
- Sarina Sousa-Samhan Hair stylist
- Shiori Shimomura Independent hair stylist
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Ten
Stylist
- Tenzin "Ten" Dorjee Hair stylist
Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.chopsalon.net (opens in a new tab)
- Highlights
- Hourly stylist rates from $95 to $160, with each service priced by its length
- Extension consultation required before service to choose sew-in, fusion or tape-in
- Gender-free pricing and gender-neutral cuts
- Keratin smoothing, which the platform listing says lasts about 5 to 6 months depending on starting texture and home care
- Corrections free within two weeks of service, then charged at the stylist's hourly rate
- Products the salon describes as green and environmentally friendly
- Good for
- First-time hair extension clients
- Gender-neutral haircuts
- Curly and textured hair
- Lived-in and balayage color
- Teens interested in a short-hair perm
- Clients who want smoother, more manageable hair
- Treats
- Frizz and unmanageable hair
- Grey coverage
- Color correction
- Hair length and volume with extensions
- Brightening and blonding
- Short hair styles
- Techniques
- Balayage
- Lived-in color
- Blonding and platinum
- Grey blending
- Keratin smoothing
- Sew-in weft and tape-in extensions
- Fusion and K-Tip extensions
- Razor cutting
- Shags
- Curly cuts
Products & treatments
- Innersense Organic Haircare
- Hairstory
- Cult & King
- Davines
- Reverie
- Kevin Murphy
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