Hair Salons in Mendham and Chester, NJ
By Tiffany Slowinski
If you live in Mendham or Chester, you probably already know that “near me” does not always mean “in my town.”
Especially when the thing you are searching for is someone you trust with your hair.
I will drive farther for a stylist who gets my color than I will for many things that are objectively more important.
That is between me and my priorities.
If you are looking for hair salons in Mendham, Chester or the surrounding West Morris area, this guide is meant to help you figure out what is actually available and which salons are worth a closer look for the service you need.
And service is the key word.
A woman looking for a trim and root touch-up is conducting a very different search from someone looking for balayage, extensions, curly hair expertise or a full color correction.
So do not start with, “What is the best salon?”
Start with, “What am I trying to have done?”
Maybe you want highlights that brighten your face without turning you into a full-time blonde-maintenance employee.
Maybe you want dimensional brunette color.
Maybe your gray is coming in and you are deciding whether to cover it, blend it or finally stop fighting it.
Maybe you need a curly cut.
Maybe you are considering extensions.
Maybe you want a keratin or smoothing treatment.
Maybe you need a blowout or formal style for a wedding.
Maybe you just want someone who can give you a haircut that still looks good when you are the person styling it.
Important distinction.
For any major color service, look at the stylist’s portfolio before booking.
Look for your hair.
Not exactly your haircut or exact shade, but hair with a similar starting point, texture and density.
If you have dark hair, look for dark-haired clients.
If your hair is curly, look for curls.
If your goal is gray blending, look for women whose gray has actually been blended.
The stylist’s work will tell you much more than a generic five-star rating.
Maintenance matters too.
Ask how often you will need to come back.
That beautiful color may be perfect for the woman who enjoys a salon appointment every month and wildly impractical for the woman who realizes she needs a haircut approximately twice a year.
Build the plan around your real life.
This Garden State Circle guide helps women compare salons around Mendham and Chester using the services each business publishes and the New Jersey shop-license record.
The salons are not ranked.
Instead, the guide gives you a researched place to start before you move on to stylist portfolios, consultations and pricing.
Use it if you are searching for hair salons Mendham NJ, hair salons Chester NJ, balayage near Mendham, highlights, gray blending, gray coverage, brunette color, curly hair salons, extensions, keratin treatments, women’s haircuts, blowouts, bridal hair or color correction in West Morris.
Then ask yourself one more question.
Would I realistically drive there every six to eight weeks?
If the answer is no, keep looking.
The perfect stylist 45 minutes away sounds romantic until your roots are involved.
We did the homework here.
For the places actually worth your time, money and babysitter, follow me: @tiffanyknowsnj.
The Guide: Hair Salons in Mendham and Chester, NJ
How We Selected These Salons
Salons in Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough and Chester Township, 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 Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough and Chester Township, 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 Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough and Chester Township. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: How the guides are made.
Hair Salons in Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough and Chester Township, NJ — Compared
| Salon | Town | Services, as published | Open Sunday, as published | Ownership, as published | New Jersey shop license, checked Sept 2026 | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELA LONDON HAIR STUDIO | Mendham Borough | Haircuts; Color; Hair Styling; Texturizing Treatments; Conditioning Treatments | No | Independent (“Angela Londono / Founder & Owner”) | Shop license · 32WD03715800 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Aysun Malta Salon | Mendham Borough | Hair Extensions; Cut & Color; Custom Crown Extensions | Yes (9:00 am – 2:00 pm; summer hours closed every other Sunday) | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03804800 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Great Clips – Chester Springs Shopping Center | Chester | Haircuts for men, women, kids, seniors; Neck trim; Beard trim; Bang trim; Shampoo; Perm; Regular style, Long style, Formal style | Yes (9 AM – 4 PM) | Franchise, franchisee-owned (“Each location is independently owned and operated by a franchisee”) | Shop license · 32WD02946500 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| Le Mirage Salon & Spa | Chester | Women: Haircut, Shampoo/Style, Updo/Formal, Perm; Men: Haircut, Perm, Men Color; Children’s Haircut; Hair Color Services; spa services; nails | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03510500 · Active · checked Sept 2026 | Sept 2026 |
| MaJi Hair Design | Mendham | Hair Cuts; Hair Styling; Hair Color; Hair Texture; Men’s Hair Cuts; Balayage; Blowout | No | Not published | Shop license · 32WD03539400 · 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 Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough and Chester Township, 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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