Quality hair cut & color?

I recommend the Grove salon in Albany. As for either Bethany or Taylor who do fabulous haircuts and colors. 

They also have the top-of-the-line air purifier system with tall ceilings and our stations are far apart as well as everyone is masked. when you call just say Tammy P  recommended you. 

https://www.grovesalon.com
510•526•9874

Atsuko in El Cerrito Plaza is great with cuts and color. I especially appreciate her environmentally friendly products and practices. She only has one seat but I recall only having to wait a month or so: https://www.schedulicity.com/Scheduling/AT7CQB?service=464735

Oh yes I have someone to recommend!  Rose Bouvier now has her own salon called Golden Salon. It is on Hopkins in Berkeley. She worked for some time at Elixir.  Personally I use her services for cut and formaldehyde-free keratin treatments.  But I've seen her color and she is very very good.  Aside from a skilled cut with attention to detail she offers a salon where she is the only occupant which is nice in these Covid times.  She is plastic-free.  And she is a lot of fun.  I always enjoy my time with her.  She is pretty busy and is taking a vacation soon, but she probably still has some availability.  You can find her here https://rosebouvier.glossgenius.com/.

I am happy with the color and cut I got recently at Raven and Rose on Solano: https://www.ravenandrosehair.com.

Tresca Behling at Glama-rama in Oakland (Telegraph @ Alcatraz, so not far from Berkeley; they also have a SF location) has been cutting and coloring my hair for several years. She's great; I get a ton of compliments. My hair is currently in shades of red, pink, purple, and blue, along with my natural white. I usually don't have trouble booking within 2-3 weeks.

I wanted to spoil myself when I got my hair cut and styled for maternity photos, so I went to PONY salon in Oakland. They were amazing! They have people there that specialize in what you are looking for. They are cutting edge, friendly, and experts in their craft who are passionate about what they do and it shows. I was very happy with their work. I did not get coloring done, but you can look them up for reviews or just call and talk to them. They seem to be taking appointments online. They are on the higher end of cost, but honestly, it was worth it for me. Best of luck!

I haven't had color done there, but I have had short complicated cuts done at The Shop on Shattuck and always walked away very happy with my hair. They don't take appointments - just call the day of and get on the list.

I recently had to find a new hairdresser and found a great one that I love by looking at hairdressers' Instagram profiles and reading their descriptions of their style/philosophy/technique on salon websites. Basically I'd find a salon that good good reviews on Yelp or seemed to suit my style, then I'd search for the stylist's names on Instagram. I think a lot of stylists don't necessarily have a ton of time to post lots and lots of photos on social media (or if they do, they are typically a stylist that already has way too many clients), but if you can at least see a few of their sample haircuts that they are proud of, you can get a sense of whether they'd be a good fit for you. Good luck!

Thanks to all for the tips! Between the time I posted and the time the responses started rolling in, I booked with Lucky at Maru Hair Salon and was really pleased with the experience and the results. She took extra time to make sure both the color and cut were right, and I'm quite 1.5 weeks later. She's also new to town, so it's not YET super hard to get an appointment. I definitely plan to go back for future visits.