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Chop Salon is a full service hair salon located in El Cerrito, California. We offer great hair cuts, hair color, and more! We also promote sustainable beauty and all of the products we use are environmentally friendly!

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Visit our new sister salon!

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Kendall and Betty just opened a new salon as Co-Owners of Blade & Arrow located on Solano Ave, Berkeley. If you would like to book with Betty, Kendall, Lexi, or Helena, they will now have appointments available here. Blade & Arrow is an Hourly salon and the rates are the same at each salon location. We are so excited to have another beautiful space available to our wonderful clients!

Best Of El Cerrito

Chop Salon has recently been awarded the Best of El Cerrito for being the #1 hair salon!

New COVID-19 Procedures

At Chop Salon the safety of our staff and clients is paramount. Below you'll find the procedures that we have put in place to keep everyone who enters our salon safe and healthy. We thank you for your patience and cooperation!

Sincerely,

Chop Salon

  1. You may not bring anyone with you to sit in the salon during your appointment. When you book your appointment, you will be asked for contact information, and we will contact you in your car to let you know we are ready for you.
  2. Masks are REQUIRED to enter the salon. We would like you to bring one, but if you are unable to or you forget, we will provide one.
  3. You will be required to clean your hands when entering salon.
  4. We will not allow anyone to take off their mask in the salon. If you need a drink of water or something to eat, please go to your car and do so. There will be no more complimentary beverages for unvaccinated quests. Vaccinated guests showing a valid vaccination card may have beverages, but a mask is still required.
  5. We will increase our sanitation and disinfection procedures between appointments. This means our schedules will not be able to accommodate as many clients as we are used to seeing.
  6. We are not responsible for spread of Covid-19, we will take every precaution to sanitize and clean before and after every service.
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Hourly Price List

We are modernizing the salon and many of us here are going Hourly! What does that mean?
Hourly Pricing is: Time Based, All Inclusive, Gender-Free and Gratuity-Free.

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Our Mission Statement:

Our Mission is to be as sustainable as possible.  We are always thinking about how we can work to be greener and who we will support to ensure they align with our values. Sustainable Beauty is very important to us and to ensure we feel good about making people look good. We also choose our vendors wisely, putting our resources to support brands that encourage change too. We have also made sure we are choosing biodegradable products, recycling everything possible, composting, low energy appliances, energy-efficient lighting, have installed water-saving faucets-EcoHeads, supporting B-Corp vendors like Davines. We also believe Sustainability goes beyond the chair. We are finding ways to show our commitment to sustainability outside of salon work. Community is important to us. We are doing our part in many ways like ocean trash clean-up, free in salon book library and free plant clippings for clients. We are always finding new ways to show our commitment to your planet and do our part to be the change, not the problem.   We have mastered our skills. We are constantly learning to be the best we can. We have mastered haircuts consisting of short hair, long hair, curly hair, razor cuts, scissor cuts. We have mastered hair color like foilyage, hand-painted techniques, balayage, ombré, color corrections, foils, blonding, bleaching, highlighting, vivids, advanced color services. We use top quality hair color from Davines. It is a sustainable beauty line and a B-Corp. We offer a wide range of color choices including non-ammonia options. We feel it is top quality and safer for us all. The results are stunning coverage, shiny, and beautiful hair. They are also 98% biodegradable. Feel good hair color. Give us a call for your future appointment or book online with one of our lovely team members for your customized hair needs!

Map and Directions

We are 7 blocks from the El Cerrito Plaza BART station. Guest parking is available on the street in front of the salon or in the Marshalls and CVS parking lots nearby.

From East Bay:

Take I–680 North. Follow I–680 North and I–80 West to Carlson Blvd in Richmond. Take Tehama Avenue to Portola Drive in El Cerrito.

From North Bay:

Take US–101 South. Follow I–580 East to Bayview Avenue in Richmond. Take exit 11 from I–580 East. Continue on Bayview Avenue. Take Carlson Boulevard and Tehama Avenue to Portola Drive in El Cerrito.

From South Bay:

Take I–880 North. Continue on I–880 North to Richmond. Take exit 14B from I–80 East. Take Tehama Avenue to Portola Drive in El Cerrito.