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Darby Fields
Darby Fields

Darby Fields

Hair salon in Encinitas, CA

Darby Fields opened in 2017 in Encinitas and is run by its owner, Darby Fields, who also works as the stylist. The salon describes its craft as art first and service second, with the goal of helping each guest feel more confident in a look that is shaped to them.

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About

Darby Fields opened in 2017 in Encinitas and is run by its owner, Darby Fields, who also works as the stylist. The salon describes its craft as art first and service second, with the goal of helping each guest feel more confident in a look that is shaped to them.

Services are grouped into custom color, dimensional foiling and tailored cuts. Color ranges from a quick single-process refresh and a gloss refresh with blowout, through root work and a full color service with a root retouch or melt, an all-over gloss, a deep conditioning treatment and blowout, to a consultation-based red transformation that takes several hours. Highlighting runs from a minimal face-framing and part treatment up to a full head of highlights and balayage. Prices are set in advance, and listed starting points run from $100 for a trim during a color visit up to $515 for the largest highlighting package.

Returning guests have access to the most options, since several color and highlight services are reserved for them, and the salon also welcomes new guests.

Practical details: there is a gated parking lot behind the building off Basil Street, street parking, and a public lot across the street. During appointments, guests can have drinks and snacks, charge their phones, and ask for a music change. Gratuity is not accepted. Cancellations made within two days of an appointment carry a $25 fee per hour reserved, though the fee is waived if the time can be filled, so guests are asked to text as soon as they know they may need to cancel. A 15-minute grace period applies to late arrivals, and cut appointments need clean, dry hair worn down without an updo.

The salon works with the gentlest formulations and lightens slowly, and treatment and client education are part of every visit. Haircuts are dry-cut to show natural texture and growth patterns, and the salon shares the science behind hair health and aftercare.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Color services ranging from a quick single-process refresh and a gloss refresh with blowout, to root work, a full custom color with a treatment and blowout, and a consultation-based red transformation.

  • Express Color $105
  • Treat & Tone $155
  • The Roots $160
  • Custom Color The Works $220
  • The Works $220
  • Red Transformation Price at booking

Highlighting packages from a minimal face-framing and part treatment through partial highlights and sun-kissed grow-out work to a full head of highlighting and balayage, each with zonal toning, a custom treatment and blow-dry styling.

  • Halo Highlight $265
  • Partial Highlight $335
  • Soft & Sun-kissed $405
  • Bright & Bold $515

Cuts shaped to each guest, including a trim during color visits for returning guests, a signature dry cut with light styling, and a vintage shag with crown layers and carved fringe.

  • Dusting $100
  • Signature Dry Cut $125
  • Razored Shag $150

Photos

  • Stylist styling a client's long blonde hair in the salon
  • Client admiring her hair in a mirror in the salon
  • Woman with long wavy blonde hair and bangs holding orange flowers
  • Floral arrangement and comb on salon counter by mirror
  • Three women smiling together in the salon
  • Stylist cutting a client's auburn hair with a comb and shears
  • Two women with long blonde dimensional color styled in waves
  • Shampoo bowl with product bottles and green tile backsplash
  • Bright salon room with styling chairs, shelves of products and plants

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.darbyfields.com (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Coastal color and sun-kissed highlights with seamless grow-out
  • Natural-looking red shades in copper, gold and auburn chosen to suit skin tone
  • Haircuts that blend 1960s and 1970s shapes with modern coastal color
  • Gentlest formulations and slow lightening, with education built into each visit
  • Prices set in advance, with no gratuity expected
Good for
  • Coastal, sun-kissed color
  • Returning guests needing a gloss, root or highlight refresh
  • New guests seeking a custom color or cut
  • Natural texture and wave patterns
  • Red hair in a shade suited to skin tone
Treats
  • Root color refresh
  • Dimensional highlights
  • Gloss refresh
  • Natural red shades
  • Airy, textured cuts
Techniques
  • Balayage
  • Dimensional foiling
  • Zonal toning
  • Gloss
  • Blowout styling
  • Dry cutting
  • Carved fringe and crown layers
  • Single-process color

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