Angie & Martha’s Hair Salon

I’ve been going to Angie & Martha’s since 2013. I desperately needed someone to fix the terrible highlights that another salon had done on my hair and upon finding great Unilocal reviews I decided to try it. I’m so glad I did!
They were able to quickly take out a lot of the brassy color and tone down the highlights a lot. Angie suggested I not get it out all at once since it would be pretty damaging to my hair. I totally agreed and was appreciative she was honest about that as opposed to just charging me more. Martha also did a great job layering my hair just how I wanted.
I went back several months later to get the rest of the highlights taken out and it went super smoothly. Ever since then I’ve been going back for my haircuts and I’m always happy with it. Super affordable too!

I’ve been going to see Angie for over 10 years now. I first started going there when I moved to the city, and I’m so glad I found this place! I no longer live in the city, but I still travel in just to get my hair done by Angie whenever it needs coloring. Angie does a great job of knowing exactly what needs to be done to make my hair look great. I highly recommend both Angie and Martha!

New to San Francisco and was a little stressed about finding a new hair salon. I am so pleased I stumbled upon Angie & Martha’s! My highlights look FABULOUS!!! I got a full blonde highlight in 1 hr 30 min. It was also styled so nicely. Thanks so much!

I got my hair cut here last week by Martha. It was my first time, and it was a great experience! I asked for a trim and some layers. Martha blow dried my hair after and it was PERFECT. She is a magician with a blow dryer, NO ONE has ever gotten it as smooth as she did. I have curly hair, and when I washed it after the cut, it curled up to the perfect length. I will definitely be back!

The best haircut and highlight I have had in a really, really long time. What a find!

I went to Angie & Martha’s kind of anxious, as that may happen when you change hairdressers — especially as there were no pictures of the highlights that they do on this page.
I’m very picky about what I want and often leave unsatisfied when I go get my hair highlighted.
I explained to Angie what I wanted (highlights and lowlights) and showed her a picture. She had different brands of color products and showed me different hair palette color guides.
I was able to pick exactly the colors that I wanted.
Angie did A LOT of highlights and the result is AMAZING, very natural looking thin highlights and lowlights that blend in perfectly together. Very affordable prices (call to get a quote of what you want).
Many clients that come have been going to the salon for years but they have people coming from all age groups.
Note that the salon is not modern (but it is very clean) and that you won’t get an alcoholic drink like in some fancy salons. Personally, I do not care about that (the result is the most important in my book!) so I will not hesitate to go back to Angie & Martha’s.
Make sure to specify if you want a cut too as Martha cuts the hair, she may not be available after you’re done with your color.

Okay, so I’m mad. I feel like they took creative scissor-​happy liberties instead of regarding or respecting my requests. A long-​haired lady’s nightmare this place is.
I emphasized wishing to keep my hair long, and my hair was hacked about double the length I asked. My hair now is unquestionably shoulder length, even though I indicated a couple inches above my elbow. When she was done, she stretches the hell out of the first layer to that spot and says, «See? It’s long. You still have that length!» I politely smiled (what can you really do at that point), but lets be real, I was disappointed and slightly horrified.
Then they instructed their apprentice to blow dry my hair smooth, like I asked. I notice about midway through that she’s TWIRLING each section of my hair with the round brush. I spoke up and politely reminded her to blow dry it straight, to which she feistily flashes me an irritated look as though I had changed my mind.
Secondly, it simply took this apprentice a pretty long time to blow dry my hair. Yes, even for somebody new. She was just painfully slow. Blow-​drying is a time sensitive technique, and my hair was near completely air drying on its own. Thankfully Martha took me off her hands and dried/​styled my hair in 5 minutes.
Pros? The salon was clean, the sisters were pleasant enough, and my layers came out fine. But long hair friendly, this place is not.

My sister and I went here for a quick blow dry and style. She (my sister) has very thick curly hair and the sisters who own the place did a great job ensuring every strand was in place :)

Angie and Martha are the best! Martha does the hair cutting and Angie does the coloring.
I started with a hair cut a couple of weeks ago. There was a little mix up and they didn’t have my appointment on the books, but they still did their best to accommodate me along with their busy schedule, which was really appreciated.
I’m not actually too fussy about the actual style, it can be a little shorter, a little longer, bangs or not, but I need it to be low key in maintenance, easy to style (with or without a blow dryer), and look good as it grows out. When it comes to color, ditto the above, plus I don’t want the highlights to turn brassy and require I come back every 6 weeks for touch ups.
And they both totally delivered. Low Maintenance, it looks good just showered or actually styled, and long enough to pull back when at the gym. And the color is phenomenal! Angie picked a great warm caramel brown that blends in so naturally that it doesn’t look like I color my hair at all… instead, I just have this amazing glow to my hair! And when I asked how soon I needed to come back, Angie said that the highlights would just blend with my natural hair so it wouldn’t require extremely frequent visits! It’s like she read my mind!
They’re really reasonable in cost and very nice as well! Would highly recommend them!

I met Angie and Martha when I first moved to San Francisco in 1999. They did amazing work then. They do amazing work today. I’ve come full circle. Feels good to be home. I feel secure in their capable hands and stoked about myself when I exit their door… I love this salon! My hair looks fantastic. Thank you, Angie and Martha! Smooches!

Top notch straight up haircut from some lovely ladies. What more could I ask for!

$ 45 bucks for highlights on very short (Halle Berry-​like) hair.

I have been going to Angie and Martha’s since my early 20’s. My daughter has been going to them since she was 14 and she is now 26. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my hair nor does my daughter. We always leave feeling happy and beautiful. They really are wonderful inside and out. I highly recommend anyone, men and women going there!!! Thank you Angie and Martha!!!

a good man’s haircut. no fuss.

Great experience. After reading all the reviews of many salons, I felt like these sisters would be the best fit for me. It could not have gone better. Down to earth, good people with VERY reasonable prices. I thought there was a mistake in the price it was so low. I was in and out in less than 2 hours with pretty gold highlights from Angie and a great cut and style from Martha. I’m happy, feeling pretty and put together. Thank you Angie and Martha
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Angie and Martha are absolutely amazing! I am very particular about my hair — colour and cut — and being a traveler, didn’t want to spend a lot of money. So this was an absolute gem to come across. Great prices, fast service and the ladies are absolutely lovely.
Best blonde I’ve ever had, perfect blow dry too!
Highly recommendable.

So now that I’m a little older, my «other blonds» come in a little faster. It sucks. So the unfortunate and costly routine I’ve found myself getting stuck in is:
1. Get hair cut and colored (beautiful ombré highlights/​lowlights) at pricey/​trendy salon and walk out loving my hair.
2. A few weeks later the other blonds start showing. Then showing more… and more. To the point where I can’t take it anymore and my beautiful ombré locks are looking tired, which makes my cut look less appealing to me and I feel I need it all done again.
[NOTE: I have curly, mid-​length hair cut into a very cute, beachy bob. Because of the curls, with a good cut, I should be able to go a while in-​between visits.]
3. Get desperate and break down. Since it’s hard to find someone who will do a good job touching up roots-​only who is conveniently located and affordable, I either surrender and schedule a cut + color and pay too much money or I wait and look like crap in-​between cuts.
Well I’m tired of wasting my money and being inconvenienced. After trying to touch up my roots on my own and totally screwing it up, I sought help via Unilocal.Is there no one affordable who can simply touch up my roots without messing up my highlights?
Well yesterday I found a gift from the Gods: Angie! She’s in my neighborhood, affordable and knows what she’s doing. Because I love my existing highlights/​lowlights, I was concerned she would cover them up, wouldn’t be able to blend in well or get the right base color (as has happened before at another local, trendier salon.)
Angie’s work was perfect. She chose the most beautiful base color, warm and rich that popped my ombré highlights better than before and she painted through using a very natural method while catching all of my roots.
In the end, my hair looks so good that my cut seems like a new do. In the future, I may end up getting my color done with Angie and my cuts from my main person. I don’t know yet whether she can pull off the beautiful ombré highs/​lows around my locks the way I like (very natural and beachy) – she only did my roots. But she did such a beautiful job with them, I have a feeling she’d rock the ombré look, as well. If so, I’ll update my review and let you know!

Sibling’s store. Two sisters joined together to make a difference.
I remember my first experience at Angie and Martha. I was very nervous with trying out something even more so as my hair was involved, but I was made to feel very comfortable by Martha. The cut is always flawless and the highlights always look sensational. Martha just instinctively knows what needs to be done and is very generous with her time and above all is a thoroughly lovely person too.
Highly recommended.

Martha and Angie are sisters working their shop in the area for 30 years. I, on the other hand is a transplant from NY, going to various barber establishments in the area for a year. I gotta say, I should have come here first. Being a guy, I came in, asking for what I believe to be a very vague request for the style I wanted.
«I’d like it a little shorter. I’m not a fan of that short buzz — grunt look.»
I got a perfect, no fuss, 30 minute scissor-​cut complete with shampoo.
20 bucks + 5 dollar tip.
Sure, you can get a 20 minute machine cut at the other places for 13 – 15 dollars, but a shampoo and scissor cut for 20 blew the others out of the water.
My new go-​to place. For sure.
*The price in this review is for the short haired guys. I got about an inch of hair cut off from my noggin.

I went in for a quick bangs trim on NYE, and they were nice enough to take me in without an appointment. Actually they were technically closed and had come in that day just for a few clients, but they were nice enough to see me!
Bangs trim is only $ 5, it was quick and well-​done. She even took the effort to put hair spray and blow dry/​style it. Finally, she insisted I just pay her $ 3! That would have been the cheapest bangs trim I’ve ever had, but I insisted on paying full price. Anyways, very nice ladies and I definitely will be back here!