Hair Salons in Chatham, Madison and Florham Park, NJ
By Tiffany Slowinski
Hair is one of the few things we routinely hand over to another person and then stare at ourselves while they change it.
No pressure.
That is probably why finding a new salon can feel so much more important than finding almost any other local service.
If you are searching for hair salons in Chatham, Madison, Florham Park or the surrounding area, this guide is designed to help you make a smarter first cut at the options.
Pun completely intended.
Most women are not really searching for “a salon.”
They are searching for a result.
Natural-looking highlights.
Balayage that grows out well.
A richer brunette.
Gray coverage.
Gray blending.
A sharp bob.
Long layers that somehow give movement without sacrificing the length you have spent four years growing.
A curly cut.
Extensions.
Keratin.
A blowout before an event.
Bridal hair.
A color correction that we will refer to only as “the incident.”
Those searches deserve more than a generic list of businesses.
Start with the salon’s published services, then go deeper into the stylist.
The stylist matters.
A salon may have a dozen talented people whose specialties are completely different. One may love dimensional blondes. One may be known for cuts. One may work more with textured hair. Another may focus on extensions or formal styling.
If you know what you want, look for evidence of that specific work.
This is especially important with color.
Photos matter.
Hair similar to yours matters.
Maintenance matters.
If you are naturally dark and want to go very light, ask what the realistic process looks like. If you want gray blending, ask what the grow-out plan is. If you want extensions, ask about the method, maintenance schedule and total ongoing cost.
Hair appointments can be expensive.
The surprise should be how good you look.
Not the maintenance calendar.
For women in their 40s, 50s and 60s, I also think there is a different salon conversation happening.
Hair changes.
Texture changes.
Gray changes the way color behaves.
You may want more movement or volume.
You may want to embrace your natural color without feeling like you have simply stopped coloring it.
You may want a modern cut that does not come with some imaginary age restriction.
Find the stylist who understands that.
The Garden State Circle guide below compares hair salons in Chatham, Madison, Florham Park and the surrounding towns using what each salon publishes about its services and the New Jersey shop-license record.
It is not a ranking.
Hair is too specific for a generic winner.
Use it if you are searching for hair salons Chatham NJ, hair salons Madison NJ, salons Florham Park, balayage, blonde highlights, brunette color, gray blending, gray coverage, curly hair stylists, hair extensions, keratin treatments, women’s haircuts, blowouts, bridal hair or color correction.
Then stalk the stylist’s work.
I mean research.
Professionally.
Look at before-and-afters.
Look at clients with your hair type.
Read the service descriptions.
Book a consultation if you are making a major change.
Because the goal is not merely to find a salon near you.
It is to find someone who gets it.
When you find her, protect that appointment like a medical specialist you waited six months to see.
We did the homework here.
For the places actually worth your time, money and babysitter, follow me: @tiffanyknowsnj.
The Guide: Hair Salons in Chatham and Madison, NJ
How We Selected These Salons
Salons in Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township and Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette), and the nearby salons people here drive to. Salons are listed alphabetically within each table; the order is not a ranking.
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 Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township and Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette), 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 Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township and Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette). Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: How the guides are made.
Hair Salons in Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township and Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette), NJ — Compared
| Salon | Town | Services, as published | Open Sunday, as published | Ownership, as published | New Jersey shop license, checked Sept 2026 | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy D’s Hair Design | Florham Park | Haircutting (Men’s, Woman’s, Boy’s, Girl’s, Bangs & Neckline); Blowout; Coloring (Single Process, Crown Foils, Partial Foils, Full Foils) | Yes (9:00 am – 4:00 pm) | Independent (“Founded by Cathy in 1996”) | Shop license · 32WD02295000 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Great Clips Valley Mall | Gillette | Haircuts for men, women, kids, seniors; Hair Styling; Neck trim, Beard trim, Bang trim, Shampoo, Perm | Yes (09:30-16:30) | Franchise, franchisee-owned (“All Great Clips salons are owned by independent franchisees”) | Shop license · 32WD03471700 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Hair We Are The Family Salon | Madison | highlights; cut & blowdry | Yes (9 AM – 2 PM) | Not published | Shop license · 32WD02913900 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Heaven a Hair Boutique | Florham Park | Womens haircut; Styling; Updo; Mens haircut; Sun kissed highlights; Scalp treatment | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03212600 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Luxe on Main Salon | Chatham | Hair Styling (Womens cut & style, Mens Cut & style, Children cut & style, Blowout); Hair Coloring; Hair Extensions; Keratin Treatments | Yes (10:00AM – 2:00PM, appointment only) | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03530400 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Mane Salon | Stirling | haircut; haircut + blowout; blowout; single process; full/partial highlight; balayage; MEN’S grooming | Not published | Independent (“CHRISTY owner” / “Christy, co-owner of MANE”) | Shop license · 32WD03569100 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Marc Anthony Salon | Madison | HAIRCUTS; STYLING; COLORING; EXTENSIONS; BLOWOUTS; also nail services, waxing, skin care | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03324300 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Salvatore Minardi Salon | Madison | cut and style; dimensional color; complete makeover | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD02190900 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Studio 360 Salon | Chatham Township | precision haircuts, expert color, smoothing treatments, premium extensions, special occasion styling | Yes (9AM – 3PM) | Not published | Shop license · 32WD02827800 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| XO SALON | Stirling | Women’s Cut; Children’s Cut; Men’s Cut; Perm; Keratin Treatment; Blowouts; Single Process; Partial/Full Head Highlight | Not published | Independent (“Lori Rillo … Owner and Stylist”) | Shop license · 32WD03733500 · 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 Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township and Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette), 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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