BEST HAIR SALONS in DALLAS, The

D Magazine, May 01, 2004

BEST DRINK AND DRY

Salon Pompeo,

3227 MCKINNEY AVE., STE. 103,

214-979-0440

Beer, wine, and $35 blow jobs (their words not ours). Need we say more? You can donate your hair to make hairpieces for financially disadvantaged kids (18 and under) suffering from medical hair loss.

Price for cut: $30-$150

Price for color: $50-$150

Services offered: cut, color, extensions, thermal reconditioning, facial, body wrap, massage, airbrush tan, mani/pedi, microdermabrasion

Specialties: thermal reconditioning, extensions, airbrush tan, $10,000 ultimate beauty package

Celebrities served: Stephen Jones, Christopher Martin, Victoria Snee

Products offered: Alterna, Kerastase, Prive

Best master stylist: Deanna DiPizio

Best classic stylist: Alex Ste. Marie

Best trendsetting stylist: Ashley Warnick

Best blow-dry stylist: Xristofer Crowder

Best special-event stylist: Sam Cathey

Best hair colorist: Del Woodrum

Best children's stylist: Casey Pollan

Best stylist for African-American haircut/color: Xristofer Crowder

BEST EUROPEAN FLAIR

Compagnia Della

Bellezza/Claudio & Valentino

19009 PRESTON RD., STE. 112.

972-380-2454

Owners Valentino Fuschini and Claudio Movizzo take turns traveling to Rome to check on their second salon. Should you decide to join them, you can book a trip with Guilio Covello the on-site travel agent.

Price for cut: $40-$80

Price for color: $48-$120

Services offered: cut, color, style, makeup, microdermabrasion

Specialties: cut and color

Products offered: Brocato, Kerastase, Redken

Best master stylist: Alessio Apostoli

Best classic stylist: Inge Bhatia

Best trendsetting stylists: Claudio Movizzo, Valentino Fuschini

Best blow-dry stylist: Maya Mahin

Best special-event stylist: Nadia Bakht

Best hair colorist: Daniela Cataldi

Best children's stylist: Joanna Pedraza

BEST KITSCH

Select Studio and Salon

3526 CEDAR SPRINGS RD.

214-727-9879

Owner Mark Mahan spends his off-time searching high and low for one-of-a-kind items, such as Bauer pottery and antique chandeliers, to sell in his salon.

Price for cut: $40-$75

Price for color: $50-$200

Services offered: cut, color, style, massage, facial, mani/pedi, eyelash extension, makeup, wax

Products offered: Alterna, Aquage, Cellex-C, L'anza, M.D. Formulations, Redken, Sebastian, Sorbie

Best master stylist: Vicki Bonnheim

Best Classic Stylist: Steve Hickman

Best trendsetting stylist: Christin Cobb

Best blowdry stylist: Kim Woods

Best special-event stylist: Ali Marsden

Best hair colorists: Bill Ory, Margaret Mustantig

Best children's Stylist: Mary Ann Ring

BEST SUNNY DAY STYLE

Osgood-O'Neil Salon

6932 SNIDER PLAZA,

214-373-6336

When the weather is nice, the fashion-forward stylists at Osgood O'Neil work their magic on the outdoor patio shaded by wisteria, a tranquil setting for the friendly staff.

Price for cut: $45-$85

Price for color: $55-$220

Services offered: cut, color, style, updo, thermal reconditioning, makeup, chair massage

Specialties: cut and color

Best master stylist: Cecillia Nguyen

Best classic stylist: Mike Murphy

Best trendsetting stylist: Jenny Miller

Best blow-dry stylist: Erica Lovelady

Best special-event stylist: Kimberly Crawford

Best hair colorists: Molly Schwartz, Elizabeth Oxley

BEST SHOP AND CHOP

Trio: Salon, Gallery & Special Events

2404 McKINNEY AVE.

214-855-0500

Love the chairs you're sitting in while you wait for your cut? Owner Dana Jackson will sell them to you. Everything in her 3,000-square-foot space, down to the CD playing in the background, is for sale.

Price for cut: men's: $35+; women's: $65+

Price for color: highlights: $25-$100; full: $50

Services offered: cut, color, style, mani/pedi, makeup, facial wax, chair massage

Specialty: Pampering Parties

Celebrities served: Gary Busey and ex-wife Tiani

Products offered: Trio, the salon's exclusive line

Best master stylist: Sara Schoenborn

Best classic stylist: Chad Dingman

Best trendsetting stylist: Jessica Lunsford

Best special-event stylist: Sara Schoenborn

Best hair colorists: all

Best men's stylist: Chad Dingman

BEST CUTTING-EDGE

Matthew Tully Hairdressing

2815 ALLEN ST., STE. 126.

214-999-1116

Matthew Tully's mod salon attracts the Uptown coot crowd and their young, hip friends, as well as some of our favorite Mavericks.

Price for cut: men's. $35-$65; women's: $50-$80

Price for color: one process: $45-$90; highlights: $75-$135

ervices offered: cut, color, style, updo

Specialties: cut and color determined by hair type, facial type, and lifestyle

Celebrities served: Mike Modano, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki

Best master stylist: Matthew Tully

Best classic stylist: Brian Allen

Best trendsetting stylist: Ian Flannigan

Best blow-dry stylist: Tania Munoz

Best special-event stylists: Tania Munoz, Matthew Tully

Best hair colorists: Matthew Tully, Brian Allen, Tania Munoz, Ian Flannigan

BEST CHEER

Premier Atelier

8201 PRESTON RD., STE. 110.

214-696-4074

Jose Eber may have hung up his Dallas hat, but a few of his staff remain at the newly christened Premier Atelier, the "official salon of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders."

Price for cut: men: $60; women: $85-$95

Price for color: $85-$160

Services offered: color, cut, style, updo, Kerastase deep-conditioning treatments, permanent hair straightening, mani/pedi, wax, facial, massage, body treatment, makeup lesson and application