Bliss Salon & Barbering

Don is the best barber here… don’t go to any other place but Bliss! ask for Don!

Ask for Donald he is probably the best person to cut my hair and I been living here 6 years best to make a appointment few days in advance but it’s worth it!

Best cuts on the islands right here! Ask for Donald and he’ll clean you up real good.

One good place to get proper cut, that you want. Not a bad price either for the work they do. Recommended

First off: Make an appoimtment ahead of time! These guys are always booked!
Jo-​Ann, Donald, and Isiah.
These three make up Bliss. One of the only haircut studios that I have not seen one single girl client in… literally! all the clientell are local guys. I feel like a baller every time I get my haircut here! In Hawaii, u know it’s a good business when you see families, friends and giant trucks with 9 people in the back pull up to this barber shop. Not only have I had some of the coolest hairstyles here but I’m going off of three years of haircuts! This review is long overdue. They promote local hair gel products and if you want to design carved on the side of your head they will do it. Me? I’m just a simple haircut guy I want to look good, professional and fun they helped me find my style and I’ll forever be in your debt. Thank you bliss

Best place to get a hair cut never a disappointment and always great service thank you donald

I been trying to make a routine of maintaining my short cut every 2 weeks and after today’s antics I will be moving on. Over the last few months Ive had nothing but the worst service. Ive had someone cut my forehead with a safety razor and leave burn marks with an edger on my sideburns in the same visit. Another time I witnessed 2 barbers cussing each other out while I was in the chair. Not just casual swearing but really digging in to each other. Today was the last straw… With an important event tomorrow I needed to look sharp so I walked in this morning to make an appointment. The barbers told me Isaiah would be coming in about 20 mins so call back. I left and called back to schedule an afternoon appointment. To my surprise when I arrived half an hour early for my appointment, the shop was closed. Ive never seen the shop close before 330pm, but I guess today was some exception. I’m a loyal person who was just looking for a local establishment I could frequent. My money will be spent elsewhere and everyone I know will hear about these events.

My barber was Isaiah. He was gentle with the clippers and did a pretty good job. I didn’t have an appointment and only waited a few minutes. I got a medium skin fade and clippers up top. He lined up my front and used shavers on the back of my head. Not many places do that anymore. He offered gel but I didn’t need it. Cost was little over 20 for the cut. I’ll keep going here since it’s a block from my place and they use shavers to give you that really close cut. I like it better than barbers on base or Thoms.

I needed a change up in the hairstylist department. Previously, there were only two barbers on Oahu I trust (King @da wig shop and Veekz @ south side barber shop) and every other week for the last 2 months I’ve been getting «freshness» on here at Bliss! Joanne is dope, cool, fastidious and skilled hairstylist and has yet to disappoint me… which doesn’t come easy with my pickiness and how particular I am with my haircut. I can’t help it… I like what I like and how I like it! Joanne meets my standards and beyond. She always answers her whenever I call to make an appointment and always tells me to just come over. After my 1^st visit she already programmed how I like my hair cut, 2^nd visit revealed this as I just sat in her chair and she buzzed and clipped away. Btw, she even covered my Air Jordan’s with a towel before cutting my dome! As you can tell, I could go for days about Bliss and how great a shop it is… but I’ll stop here because you should experience it for yourself. Real talk! $$=Quality & Bliss=100% Excellent Quality

2013−17−13 was my first time experience at bliss haircut salon. Overall, this is the best by far to me. I have tried many different barber shop in the island of Oahu, but bliss stands out the best. At least I had been in six different barber shop location, but none of them is like bliss. Joanne was my barber at the time, and she is really nice. The way she was cutting my hair was calmly, consistent, with a soft touch. I didn’t feel she was rushing unlike other barbers. I would definitely recommend to other people to check it out, see for themselves. I think I found my new barber shop. #Bliss#number1#Bestbyfar
Mark

I want to start off by saying that I’m REAL picky about my hair cuts. I once went through 6 barber shops before I found one I liked and that did a decent job. I stayed with that barber for nearly 6 years!
I really like Bliss and I got excellent hair cuts. I really want to go back. But as I’ll explain further, if I make an appointment, I don’t want to wait 90 minutes before I can get cut.
Pros:
Super friendly staff
Quaint, local atmosphere
Great hair cuts, for me anyway
Cons:
Even with an appointment, I had to wait. The first time I went, I had an appointment at 1:00. I waited about 20 minutes. That’s fine. The 2^nd time I went in, I had an appt at 2, but waited about a half hour I would say. The 3^rd time I went, my appointment was at 1:00. When I arrived, he informed me that he had 3 people ahead of me. I was welcome to wait. ??? Imagine my confusion. I have an appointment at 1, it’s 12:55. There’s 3 people before me. Either he is running way behind, or he stuck 3 people in. What was the point of making an appointment? He offered another person to cut my hair, and I opted for that. She was really nice and she did a decent job, she just didn’t seem to invested in the cut. Which is okay. I wasn’t bothered by it.
As I mentioned, I really want to go back. I just didn’t get any sense of being important as a customer. Maybe other people will have a different experience. Maybe I’ll give it another shot one day. If I do, I’ll be sure to update my review accordingly.

Small shop but great people. Clean and friendly is my two very favorite things about a place! My son was totally stoked with his haircut from Guyson! We will surely be back real soon!

At $ 18.75 a cut I wasn’t all that in a rush to try it out, that being said, at $ 15 a cut, I was walking out of places wishing for my hair back on my head or wishing I paid a little more! Savannah gave me a nice fade and knew how to use the scissors so I’m sold. It’s a tiny place with very powerful AC. It’s more on the urban style of a barbershop so if that’s what you’re into and you like fades I would definitely recommend Savannah at Bliss and I’m sure you’ll agree! It’s also very conveniently located next to Ward center so if you want to get a nice cut and look fresh on the way to dinner or movies you can kill 2 birds with one stone as they say!

*Note: This review is done on behalf of my friend who got her hair done here.
My friend just recently got her herrrrrr did by Guyson over at Bliss, and she is absolutely thrilled with her new ‘do! It was her first time trying something out of the ordinary (as far as hair styles go), so she was a bit nervous going into it, but Guyson’s expertise, cool, and calm reassured her. The fact that Bliss was able to see my friend the same day she called in was also a plus. Unlike some salons, this place is unpretentious and laid back, which is probably due to the fact that it’s partly a barber shop and has that urban feel to it. The salon is located right by Harry’s Café, and it doesn’t really look like much from the outside (check out the gnarly graffiti art on its outside walls!!), but don’t let that deter you. If you’re looking for a stylist specializing in edgy and unconventional, stop by and say hello to Guyson.
Check out my friend’s cool ‘do in the photos section; just look for the chick w/​the shades and EKG on the side of her head! lol.
Special offers:
1^st time customers get 10% off
Refer a friend and get 15% off
$ 15 haircuts Monday-​Wednesday w/​valid student ID

HORRIBLE! Can’t even do a simple layer cut! I will have to pay more now to get this hack job fixed! No customer respect, they have the radio blaring the tv blaring and yell over it all to b heard! While they are nice people they act like high schoolers cracking jokes and making comments no one wants to hear. Girls stay away!
I was embarrassed to b there! It’s expensive because you will have to pay twice once there and again to get it fixed!

First things first! Shout out to Fresh! She did a AMAZING job on my hair. We talked about what I wanted, I showed her a picture and ta-​da she delivered!
So onto the things that I noticed :
While this place seems to primarily cater to men, I think it would be nice if they could set up with a boys side and girls side. They would have to move to a bigger place because it is a real small. I was in a chair right in the middle of two guys getting their hair cut and didn’t feel comfortable chatting.
Parking is okay ONLY if you go early and can be out by 330pm. It’s mostly metered parking and since I was getting highlights I was checking the time and noticed I only had 30 min left. Then a officer showed up and luckily one of the guys in the shop went outside to see if I had to move my truck. I did, so instead of making me leave the building with foil in my hair the other lady working in there moved my car for me. That was really great customer service!
So while I was getting my hair done it seemed to be getting hotter and hotter, well the AC stopped working so everyone in shop was sweating. As I hear it, it happens a lot so they might want to get that checked out.
The only other thing is the website could use some more info. More pictures, perhaps of bio’s of the people who work their so you can gauge their experience level. Also there is a picture of the outside of the salon, it looks better that way. More professional.
So I got a groupon and that is why I came here. Would I have come otherwise probably not. Will I come again, sure would, like I said Fresh did a great job, I would just park in a lot and walk next time so I don’t have to worry to much about the metered parking.

It’s a small barbershop near Ward. They recently painted the outside with graffiti so you can’t miss it. I think Bliss started getting popular because of Kaliq and his designs but for about half a year he’s been doing his own thing in down town somewhere. Nevertheless, my boyfriend continues to get his hair cut here because of the friendly service and convenient location. We usually run errands together on Fridays so I always tag along for his weekly hair cut here. Now he goes to a barber named Donald. I don’t know much about guy hair cuts and lining up or whatever but Donald’s a cool guy and my boyfriend’s always really happy with the service and looks fresh after his hair cut every time we leave. 5 stars for you Bliss!

Wow! The salon was being painted today and it looks beautiful, very colorful so u can’t miss it the place when u drive by.
I came in for my 2^nd eyelash extensions today. I even rode my bike home and the long lustrous lashes stayed in place for at least one week.
I am super impressed with the high level of customer service here. They want they’re customers to be happy and keep checking in with you throughout ur service to make sure u like.
UPDATE: My eyelashes are still in place a week and ½ later. Yay!
When I explained my bike riding concern to Nani, she went the extra mile to apply a different adhesive and even blew dry them for me before I left. I’m impressed that they’ve stayed put through my vacation which included 2 long distance runs and cold wind.
Although the lashes are not as full and detailed as other salons, for the price and only about an hour service time the lashes are worth getting for a special occasion.

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I’m gonna have to minus 2 star’s on my latest visit, and remove it from my «Best of Hawaii» lists. This shop needs a better appointment keeping system. Time is definitely money… and Time after time, when I’m sitting on the chair getting a cut, I always hear the excuse when the phone rings, that they are fully booked, behind, and that the salon’s assistant is out. That was about 3 weeks ago, and now I hear the same thing when I return.
I would like to suggest/​recommend that when taking an appointment, you ask what type of cut they want done to allow other appointments not to run behind, or to reschedule one’s appointment completely. A customer should not have to wait by any means. If you have to block out an hour due to a custom cut, then do it by all means. Don’t waste a customer’s time, or they will find service else where.
By Appointment Only: No, sometimes you can walk-​in. It’s worth a try. I did. If you do schedule an appointment, make sure you have the day off, a lot of time or something, due to the excuse of «Running Late or behind in appointments.»
Service:
Again, I went in for a fade, and left very satisfied.
Atmosphere:
An intimate Salon. Chill. Great location.
Price:
As long as I get the proper fade, I’ll pay whatever they ask, and I’ll be back for more.
Parking:
Mostly metered street parking.

Bliss is certainly the new kid on the block, when it comes to Salons in Hawaii, but this place stands out from the rest when it comes to customer service. After calling a competing salon to check if my barber was available I decided I would give this location a try. Walking in the door you are quickly greet by a receptionist who is eager to help you find a barber that fits your needs. Here is a quick break down of who to check out when you arrive:
Alfred: As my barber for the past year, I can attest to this mans skills with a set of clippers, if you are looking for an close fade with a southern touch, sit down in this mans chair, you will not be disappointed. By the way ladies he is also a cosmetologist.
Good (Yes his name is actually good!) Good is a master barber from Vermont with clipper and straight razor skills. If you are looking for a barber that can handle your eyebrows, your edge up or you just want to take a few years off your look… sit down and let Good take care of you.
Though I briefly met the final barber, I could not recall his name at the time of this writing, but he hails from Atlanta and his skills are second to none.
Take a moment to stop by this location and let them take great care of you. They are located close to ward theater across on 435 Kamakee St
next to the AT&T store.