Bella Beauty Salon

I use to go to this place just to get my hair straightened they do a good job but they never give me the same price. I went in to get my hair washed and straightened and it was 20 I went in today and just got my hair straightened and it was 25. This place is very unorganized with their prices. I will not go to this place again.

Went to get my nails done on a Thursday mid afternoon. They took less than 30 mins to do my nails, no cuticle oil was applied, no hand massage, and all the uv light machines were extremely outdated. There was a huge mark on one of the nails, I informed the specialist and all she said was its a fuzzy and proceeded to scratch it off. Also, color selection is VERY LIMITED– and many are repeated. Paid 25, very dissatisfied, and will not be returning.

Love this place! They are simply wonderful! I go to Tudy, and she is amazing!!! I get the Brazilian Blowout, color and cut! I’ve been coming here for about a year. Wonderful customer service! Such hard working staff! Thank you all!!!

I love Vivian. She does a great job coloring my hair. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have a great eye if you give her a photo of what you want because the hair color is hard to choose, perhaps? Other than that, if you know what you want, she’ll do it for you. I’ve gone to her for over a year, every 2 – 3 months for touch up. She needs pictures of her work! She’s always booked, so call her in advance. I suggest going in the morning where there’s actually sunlight and she can see the colors right. Again, she’s super busy and you can’t imagine how tired she’ll be at the end of the night.

I’ve went today to get my nails done for the very first time for a wedding I had to go to, and I showed her a picture of what I wanted. She did a really good job and everything, I just didn’t like the manicure part where she filed my hands and made my thumb bleed from filling it too much :-(and she charged me $ 30?! For a regular manicure? I thought $ 30 was for the gel? Mine wasn’t even gel! Wasn’t sure if she charged for her own tip in without telling me or what??? overall for design, it looked decent; just a bit sloppy and my cuticles were filed down too much.

I’m updating my review! I came in for a haircut because I went across the street and got my hair massacred at studio 8. Vivian was able to fix it and make it look exactly the way I wanted. I was lucky that I caught them when they weren’t busy :)

Seriously the best. I made an appointment with Vivien on the recommendation of someone I just met. I’m new in town. I have highly processed hair. I was nervous. Have to say that my hair has never looked better! The salon is comfortable and convenient. Vivien is very friendly and knowledgeable. I am 100% that I have found my girl! Didn’t leave without making my next appointment!

I have only lived in Elk Grove for two years and haven’t found anyone who I can trust to cut my hair. Well, on my search to find donations for MTHS fundraiser I stopped into Bel

Went in to get my hair colored. I showed the lady a picture of exactly how I wanted my hair done which was an ash blonde color throughout the hair but instead she gave me highlights and it looked nothing like the picture. I expressed my unhappiness with her and she then tried to fix it, accompanied by another stylist and by the end of it I had like 4 different shades of blonde including an orange like color. Won’t be coming back ever. Most horrible experience I’ve ever had.

By some strange act of fate my mom told me to come here but didn’t remember the name and she had already scheduled u appointment so I kept it since it was with a different person. To be fair, I’m updating my review because I saw tudy and omfg she did the absolute BEST set of nails I’ve ever gotten. She’s personable sweet and clean and amazing. I adore her and lucky for Bella beauty salon that they have her or else I’d have never gone back and I’d have spread the word about my horrible experience.

Let me start off by saying I have been going here for at least 5+ years. I don’t let many people touch/​cut/​color my hair and Vivian always does a great job with cuts and any color I have had done. I probably will continue to go in for cuts but not color. Last time she gave me highlights, she left to go run a personal errand as my hair had bleach on it, when she came back it was too late and she had to spend extra time darkening it because it came out too light! As the owner of the business she should know that this is not acceptable behavior. Also, as the business owner she should be much more friendly than she is. She’s always nice to me, but I have taken friends and relatives in and they all comment on how unfriendly she comes off.
I used to get mani/​pedis here regularly, but their new older lady makes me feel so uncomfortable. She obviously does not enjoy her work and stares out the window instead of paying attention to my feet or what she is doing, not to mention she pulled some skin off and made me bleed when she was trimming my cuticles. She also then proceeded to tell me that (TMI for some of you, sorry!) since I tend to get ingrown toenails on my big toe that I should not touch them or take them out, «Okay, I’ll just stay in pain lady!»… get real. She makes you feel like you are a burden to her and she is so uninterested in her work, essentially you, that it is just an unpleasant experience.
The condition of the place itself is also lacking, they need a paint job, the décor is seriously early 90’s and the ceiling tiles are stained (at least one prominently). They need new waiting chairs and some new style books and mags. When you walk in the other stylists are lounging on the spa chairs, that don’t all work, and they tend to speak in their language to each other more than to the customer. Answering personal cell phones while working on you, either mani/​pedi/​cut/​color, is pretty much guaranteed and styling tools can still be spotted with hair from the previous customer on them. I used to not mind the slacking standards but after the highlight debacle and the new mani/​pedi lady, I have seriously cut back on visits here. I can safely say if I find another stylist that can do my hair like Vivian, I won’t come back. The only reason I give this place 2 stars is that Vivian does know how to cut and color hair, IF you can get her to actually stay and pay attention to you. Sorry ladies, but you have to make an effort if you want to keep my business, otherwise I will take my business where it is appreciated.

I have been going here for about 3 – 4 years now to get my hair done by Vivian and I LOVE her, she does such an amazing job when it comes to hair because she keeps her knowledge up to date with every hair styling/​coloring trend.

Went to this salon a few weeks ago for highlights and a cut. Overall it turned out fine. I should mention their style of cutting is to start whacking off a bunch of hair in a quick fashion. They call it «texturizing.» I’ve had my hair texturized before and it wasn’t their speedy whack off process. Either way it turned out ok. I just didn’t want that much cut off. Also, they try and upsell you on everything. If you’re there for color, they force the cut on you by saying «you need it, you have a lot of split end.» Or you need eyebrows waxed… etc. etc… — they don’t take no for an anwer. All in all prices are reasonable, just be aware of their tactics. (also this is funny — the picture shown for their salon is no where related to anyone who works there!!!)

My review for this salon has been long overdue. I had my very first perfect haircut, a few years ago and have been going to this Salon since then. Qi is amazing, she always does a great job with my hair (cut & flat iron). I’ve also had waxes a few times and they’ve been a positive experience as well. Prices are very reasonable!

I have had a few pedicures here and have always been pleased. The staff is always friendly, there is a large color selection and I have never had to wait. If you want a relaxing pedicure in a clean, well-​staffed Elk Grove salon check out Bella Beauty

I rarely get my nails done but I wanted to get a pedi since summer time equals sandals and flip flops.
Reasonable prices but less than stellar service. I came in and informed them that I wanted a pedicure. There were three of them working. Two of them were occupied. I was picking a color when two other girls came in wanting to get their nails done. The available manicurist decided to work on them first. Grrr. Is it because the lady only specializes in manicures and doesn’t do pedicures?! I decided to let it go and wait patiently. It took about 20 minutes before one of them got to me. I believe my toes were pruning from soaking them so long! While giving me the pedicure, my manicurist offered to turn on the massage chair. It didn’t even work! :/​In the end the pedicure was ok but nothing to rave about.
Their nail polish selection includes OPI and China Glaze. The selection isn’t too big but they did have some nice colors.
Bella Beauty Salon is located in the Safeway shopping center. They also do hair, waxing, and facials.

It’s like 2 days before my wedding and I realize the place (on Stockton Blvd, a pretty much kinda run down place but very inexpensive and my mom had gotten her hair permed there and I was like, well they know Asian hair so why not but it’s nowhere close to my house nor the church) where I had made an appt for an updo isn’t going to work out.
So I asked my makeup artist if she can recommend anyone close by where we will be doing our makeup that I can run to right after the makeup and then get on the freeway and get to the church. She recommended this place. I called and Vivian was the lady who answered my call and said they open at 9 and wasn’t really willing to come in earlier for one person since they have to work till 7p no matter what time they start working in the morning (understandably). So I begged a little and she said she’d come in at 8:45a for me.
So I got my makeup done and rushed over there. Actually she called me at 8:45a exactly to see where I was and I had to tell her my makeup person took a little longer than expected. Anyways, so I get there and I gave her a red envelope ($ 10) for coming in early and helping me so last minute. So she gets started and she’s FAST. I mean, she’s pinning hair bobbi pins left and right (I pulled out 47 of them on my wedding night!) and was spraying hairspray like she’s dousing out a fire. Anyhow, she did a great job, I really have to give it to her. There were no hot curlers (nor time for them, just a curling iron) and yet she managed to create these nice curls all over the head and it just turned out really good overall. I’m happy with her work.
The Salon’s menu of services listed updo’s as $ 35 and up, which if it were closer to $ 35 then it’d be a GREAT deal. But when she was done, she charged me $ 65 and I think she knew she could b/​c I was in a bind and she came through for me and quickly (!) So anyways, the whole thing cost $ 75 which isn’t bad considering she really did do a great job (I’ll post a pic of the back of my head later when I go through all the pics to see if there is one) but I also felt she gouged me a little. So brides, do your homework when you are looking for an updo done. I got quotes anywhere from $ 30 up to like $ 175 (wth (eck)?!) and being the bargain-​hunter I was, I really wanted to stay around $ 50 (yes, that’s right, I’d rather spend my $ at a good sushi buffet or on some nice prime rib than on my updo for my wedding day! haha…) but since Vivian did a great job at a good pace (she’s really a speedy gonzales and obviously knew how to approach my hair right away) I think the money I did spent was well worth it.
Finally, I would also suggesting going in previously and picking out the style you want in advance. Some places charge a trial fee (better not be more than ½ of the actual updo cost though, otherwise, it’d be like paying twice, right?) so watch out for that. I just went in the day before (remember, I called on 8/​6, went in on ⁸⁄₇ and got married yesterday on 8÷8÷8, haha) and went through their books and picked out one that I liked.
So before this turns into a full dissertation, I think Vivian did a great job and «yay! I’m a fan» although she could smile more and be more friendly and I did feel a little bit like her and the other 2 Vietnamese stylists were talking about me (a little) in Vietnamese some of that time, but a lot of the time they were just speaking in English and made small talk with me and were friendly. They were also analyzing my hair (or they were all looking at Vivian’s work of art atop my head) while speaking in Vietnamese so they weren’t necessarily talking about me just about the updo.
Vivian’s a skilled, decisive, and efficient stylist and for that I give her kudos. Since I’m not getting married again, I can’t review again but if I happen to need another updo in the future (like if as a bridesmaid), I’d definitely go back (and ask for a return customer discount! haha…). Hope my review helps! Feel free to email me if you want to know more.