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Vanilla Salon

Vanilla Salon

Hair salon in Costa Mesa, CA

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Vanilla Salon is a full-service hair salon in Costa Mesa. The salon describes itself as modern, lively and luxurious, and works on all hair types, including brunettes, reds, grey coverage and smoothing treatments. Services span blonding, balayage, highlights, extensions, modern cuts, color, men's grooming, waxing, styling and treatments.

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About

Vanilla Salon is a full-service hair salon in Costa Mesa. The salon describes itself as modern, lively and luxurious, and works on all hair types, including brunettes, reds, grey coverage and smoothing treatments. Services span blonding, balayage, highlights, extensions, modern cuts, color, men's grooming, waxing, styling and treatments.

The salon's approach to blonding starts with a customized plan for each client, paired with quicker maintenance appointments that cost less. Most maintenance visits are booked every 6 to 8 weeks, and each schedule is shaped around the client's goals.

A visit starts with a consultation, which can be held in the salon or over a FaceTime call. Most services include a shampoo and blow-dry style unless otherwise noted. Prices vary with hair length and density, so the pre-appointment consultation form gives a closer estimate, and exact costs are confirmed in person on the day. Stylists are grouped into four levels (Master, Seasoned, Advancing and Emerging) and pricing follows that level. For example, a medium to long haircut starts at $135 with a Master Stylist and $75 with an Emerging Stylist.

Clients can book online, by text, by phone at 714-855-3858, or through a FaceTime consultation. Hours are Sunday and Monday 9am to 6pm, Tuesday through Friday 9am to 8pm, and Saturday 9am to 6pm. For early or extended hours, clients are asked to call for an appointment.

The salon pairs customized blonding plans with lower-cost, quicker maintenance appointments, and each client's schedule is planned around their goals.

Specials & promotions

  • Botox hair treatment for new clients at $195

    $195 (regularly $275)

    New clients only; select stylists; starting at $195

    On their website as of Oct 29, 2026 · Where we saw it

Services

Final prices may vary.

Color services cover classic highlight touch-ups, extreme blonding and bleaching, glosses, root retouches, and all-over color options such as The Lived In and The Natural.

  • Classic Highlight Price at booking
  • Extreme Blonding & Bleaching Price at booking
  • Gloss Price at booking
  • Gloss Add On Price at booking
  • Root Retouch Price at booking
  • The Lived In Price at booking
  • The Natural (All Over Color) Price at booking

Haircuts include bang trims, curtain or new bangs, mini trims, women's short cuts, and medium to long cuts.

  • Bang Trim $15
  • Curtain Bangs or New Bangs $15
  • Mini Trim $45
  • Women's Short Haircut $65
  • Medium to Long Haircut $75
  • The Makeover Haircut $150
  • Curly Hair Experience $195

Extensions include tape-in Micro and Mini Volume options, Volume and Length systems with new hair, and move-ups that reposition grown-out extensions closer to the scalp.

  • Micro Volume Move Up $75
  • Mini Volume Move Up $100
  • Length Move Up $150
  • Volume Move Up $150
  • Micro Volume 16" $220
  • Micro Volume extensions $220
  • Micro Volume 20" $250
  • Micro Volume 22" $280
  • Full Length Move Up $300
  • Mini Volume 16" $320
  • Mini Volume extensions $320
  • Mini Volume 20" $340
  • Mini Volume 22" $375
  • Volume New Hair 16" $750
  • Volume New Hair extensions $750
  • Volume New Hair 20" $825
  • Volume New Hair 22" $950
  • Volume New Hair 24" $995
  • Length New Hair 16" $1,200
  • Length New Hair extensions $1,200
  • Length New Hair 20" $1,300
  • Length New Hair 22" $1,400
  • Full Length New Hair 16" $1,500
  • Full Length New Hair extensions $1,500
  • Full Length New Hair 20" $1,600
  • Full Length New Hair 22" $1,700
  • Length New Hair 24" $1,700
  • Full Length New Hair 24" $1,900

This group covers cuts with hot towel and luxury finishes, a face treatment, a grey blend, and a full wax.

  • Signature Cut $35
  • Face Treatment $55
  • Full Wax $55
  • Signature Grey Blend $55
  • Signature Cut+ (hot towel) $65
  • Luxury Cut $85

Partial highlights add lightness through the front half of the head and are customized to each client.

  • Partial Highlights Price at booking

Maintenance services such as Money Piece, Fake Out (T-Zone) and The Lived In Gloss extend time between full color sessions.

  • Fake Out (T-Zone) Price at booking
  • Money Piece Price at booking
  • The Lived In Gloss Price at booking
  • The Natural Price at booking

These bundled packages for first visits include Treat Yourself, Hair Botox, Shine & Define Treatment and The Glow Up.

  • Treat Yourself (new client package) $100
  • Hair Botox $195
  • Shine & Define Treatment $225
  • The Glow Up (new client package) $225

Beard grooming and face or head shaves come in signature and luxury versions, with hot towels, razor work and masks.

  • Signature Beard Grooming $55
  • Signature Face or Head Shave $55
  • Luxury Beard Grooming $110
  • Luxury Face or Head Shave $110

Styling options include dry styles, blowouts, blowouts with hot iron finishing, and up or half-up styles.

  • Dry Style $40
  • Blow Out Styling $48
  • Blow Out & Hot Iron $55
  • Up & Half Up Style $85

Smoothing and texture treatments help with the condition and finish of the hair.

  • Smooth & Texture Treatments Price at booking

Waxing covers single or full waxes of the eyebrows, nose and ears.

  • WAX $28
  • Wax (eyebrows, nose or ears) $28
  • Full Wax (eyebrows, nose, ears) $55

Photos

  • Before and after of a balayage with dark roots to soft blonde highlights, salon setting
  • Before and after of long brunette hair with added dimension and lighter ends in the salon
  • Before and after of a client with blonde hair freshened up and styled in the salon
  • Long honey-blonde layered hairstyle with soft waves on a client in the salon
  • Stylist blow-drying a client's hair in the salon
  • Stylist blow-drying and styling a client's hair
  • Stylist cutting a man's hair and smiling
  • Stylist with long blonde hair working on a client
  • Stylist with glasses sectioning a client's hair
  • Close-up of hair sectioned with gold clips
  • Woman with long straight brown hair in purple top
  • Tattooed stylist sectioning a client's hair

Meet the team

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

Highlights
  • Customized blonding plans paired with lower-cost, quicker maintenance visits
  • Maintenance appointments typically booked every 6 to 8 weeks
  • Four stylist levels with pricing set by level
  • Hair Botox for new clients with select stylists, with results the salon says can last up to five months
  • Formula 18 bond-building treatment in the Treat Yourself package
  • Extension move-ups and volume or length extensions in sizes from 16 to 24 inches
Good for
  • Blonde maintenance
  • Grey coverage
  • Thinning hair
  • Curly hair
  • Men's grooming
  • Extension clients
  • New clients
  • Mature women's haircuts
  • Brunette and red hair
Treats
  • Grey coverage
  • Thinning hair
  • Color correction
  • Unwanted hair on brows, nose and ears
  • Beard and face grooming
  • Hair length and volume
Techniques
  • Blonding
  • Bleaching
  • Balayage
  • Highlights
  • Lowlights
  • Root melt
  • Gloss
  • Glaze toner
  • Color correction
  • Tape-in extensions

Products & treatments

  • Formula 18

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