Hair Salons Near Franklin Township, Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook, NJ
By Tiffany Slowinski
There are few things more humbling than trying to explain a haircut using your hands.
“Like here. But not here. More movement. Not layers-layers. Just… layers.”
Excellent communication.
This is why photos exist.
It is also why finding a stylist who understands you is worth the effort.
If you are searching for hair salons in Franklin Township, Somerset, Manville, North Plainfield or South Bound Brook, this guide is meant to help women narrow the local choices based on the services they actually need.
Because hair searches get specific fast.
Women’s haircut.
Balayage.
Highlights.
Root touch-up.
Gray coverage.
Gray blending.
Curly haircut.
Extensions.
Keratin.
Blowout.
Bridal hair.
Color correction.
And sometimes the very urgent “hair salon open Sunday near me” because an event appeared on the calendar and apparently nobody consulted your roots first.
These are real searches because these are real problems.
The useful way to choose a salon is to work backward from yours.
For color, look at the stylist’s portfolio and the salon’s published services.
If you want to go blonde, look at blondes.
If you want dimensional brunette, make sure the portfolio includes brunette work that actually excites you.
If you want gray blending, find someone who shows or discusses that service.
If you have curly or textured hair, search for that expertise directly.
Do not assume every haircut is the same haircut.
For women considering extensions, there is even more to ask.
What method does the stylist use?
How often is maintenance?
How much time does it take?
What does the ongoing cost look like?
How should you care for them at home?
The first appointment is only part of the decision.
That applies to color too.
Some color looks incredible because the client is back in the chair every four weeks.
If you are a six-to-10-week person, tell the stylist. If you are a “see you sometime next season” person, definitely tell the stylist.
Your hair plan should be built accordingly.
This Garden State Circle guide compares hair salons serving Franklin Township, Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook based on the services each business publishes and the New Jersey shop-license record.
The businesses are not ranked.
That is important because the salon that is right for a blonde looking for extensions may not be the one a curly-haired brunette needs for a cut.
Different goal.
Different research.
Use this guide if you are searching for hair salons Franklin Township NJ, salons in Somerset NJ, hair salons near Manville, hair salons North Plainfield, hair salons near South Bound Brook, balayage, highlights, gray blending, gray coverage, curly hair stylists, extensions, keratin treatments, blowouts, bridal hair or color correction.
Then look at the stylist’s actual work.
Do not be shy about asking questions.
This is not the time to be low maintenance about being high maintenance.
It is your hair.
We did the homework here. For the places actually worth your time, money and babysitter, follow me: @tiffanyknowsnj.
The Guide: Hair Salons in Somerset, Manville and North Plainfield, NJ
How We Selected These Salons
Salons in Franklin Township (Somerset), Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook, and the nearby salons people here drive to. Salons are listed alphabetically within each table; the order is not a ranking. Where fewer than five salons in these towns met the criteria, the nearest salons that met the same criteria are listed in a second table, each with the town it is based in.
About This Guide
This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Salons appear here because they meet the criteria described above – a hair salon as the business describes itself on its own website, with a street address it publishes in Franklin Township (Somerset), Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook, and an Active shop license on the state register at that address. That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. No business can pay to be included in this guide, to be listed higher, or to change what the comparison table says about it. Businesses are listed alphabetically, and every detail in the table was verified against each business’s own website and the license register of the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling, Division of Consumer Affairs, in September 2026. The license column reports the state’s shop license on the register on the date shown and nothing else.
Everything under the heading that begins this guide is governed by the rules above, on every guide we publish. Where a sponsor’s message appears above that heading, it is paid for and labeled, and it buys nothing in the guide. Garden State Circle is supported by the businesses that participate in it. Participation pays for our ongoing work: keeping a business’s entry accurate, re-checking its record, and publishing a page of its own details that the business maintains. There is no paid placement in this guide. Participation does not buy a place here, a position here, or anything the comparison table says. Where a row carries a verification date, that is when we last checked that business’s record ourselves. A row without one has not been checked recently – that is a fact about our work, not about the business.
Garden State Circle is published in New Jersey by Tiffany and Jake Slowinski and covers Franklin Township (Somerset), Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: How the guides are made.
Hair Salons in Franklin Township (Somerset), Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook, NJ — Compared
| Salon | Town | Services, as published | Open Sunday, as published | Ownership, as published | New Jersey shop license, checked Sept 2026 | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deidra’s Beauty Palace | North Plainfield | Silk Press, Sew in weave, Wig Application, Highlights, Designer Cut | Not published | Independent (“As The Owner” — Rashonda, About Us) | Shop license · 32WD02984600 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| K. Skye Salon | Somerset | Blowout; Twistout; Fingercoils; Haircut; Relaxer; Color Retouch; Scalp Detox | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03534800 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| The Hair House International | Manville | Coloring; Foil Highlights and Lowlights; Hair Blow Outs; Haircuts; Keratin Smoothing; Barbering | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD00793600 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
Nearby options
| Salon | Town | Services, as published | Open Sunday, as published | Ownership, as published | New Jersey shop license, checked Sept 2026 | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Rose | Based in Somerville | Blonding & Balayage; Hair Color; Haircuts; Hair Extensions | Not published | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03776400 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Hairitage Hair Lounge | Based in Somerville | Curly Haircut; Diffused Curly Style; Color Transformation; balayage | Not published | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03335300 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Opalescence Salon | Based in Somerville | Haircutting Sessions; Styling Sessions; Color Sessions; Smoothing Sessions | Not published | Independent (“a modern, women owned salon”; Opalescence Salon LLC) | Shop license · 32WD03670700 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
Something out of date?
This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — a name, an address, hours, or ownership — tell us and we will check it. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly, and a business that publishes a detail we have recorded as Not published is exactly the kind of correction we want.
And if you run a hair salon that should be on this list and is not: the test is the same one every business here cleared — that you lead with hair in your own published words, that your premises sit somewhere in Franklin Township (Somerset), Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook, and that the shop holds an active New Jersey shop license at that address. Show us that and you go on the page.
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