A Pink Hair Salon Near Me in the Mission: Glama-Rama Salon

San Francisco voted Glama-Rama Salon onto its Legacy Business Registry on December 8, 2025, more than 31 years after the salon first opened on April 1, 1994. Today it is Glama-Rama Salon at 304 Valencia Street, a pink storefront on the block between 14th and 15th Streets in the Mission. For anyone typing hair salon near me around Valencia, the junior-stylist menu starts with a $60 short cut, and the San Francisco flagship is open 10am to 7pm, Tuesday through Sunday.

Deena Davenport founded Glama-Rama on April 1, 1994, at 419 South Van Ness Avenue, with just five chairs. According to the salon's Legacy Business application, the shop quickly became a hangout for the city's drag and queer performance scene, and Davenport was part of Trannyshack, Popstitutes and Klubstitute in the 1990s. Her role in that era is described in Alvin Orloff's book Disasterama. Stylist Adrienne Scissorhands says she once assisted Davenport at Bladerunners Salon before Glama-Rama existed.

On April 1, 2007, exactly 13 years after opening, the salon moved to 304 Valencia Street. In the early 2000s Davenport organized local merchants against a chain store coming to the neighborhood, and that campaign led her to co-found the Valencia Corridor Merchants Association. A second Glama-Rama opened at 507 Alcatraz Avenue in Oakland in 2016. A Tenderloin branch at 116 Taylor Street ran from 2018 until COVID closed it in 2020.

Davenport sold the salon in 2017 to Scoots (Katey) Mckee, who earned her cosmetology license through Laney College in 2012 and started at Glama-Rama the next day. The city application says Mckee helped coin the term gender-affirming hair services for trans and nonbinary clients, and she built the salon's assistant training program. Her stylist page lists curly cuts, color correction, platinum blondes and extreme changes as her specialties.

Supervisor Jackie Fielder nominated the salon on September 2, 2025. The Historic Preservation Commission endorsed it on November 19, and the Small Business Commission approved it on December 8. The application is unusually candid: the landlord raises rent about every three years, by as much as $500 a month, and some months Mckee covers losses herself. Her succession plan is to sell to an employee or turn the salon into a co-op.

The published menu shows junior-stylist prices, and senior and master stylists charge more, so the stylist's booking page sets your real total. Short haircuts are $60 and long haircuts $65, and gender-affirming haircuts cost the same. A bang trim is $25, a neck trim $40, an undercut or side shave $45, and a cut for children 12 and under $55. Beard trims are $25, and beard fantasy colors are $120.

Color is where most of the money goes. Root color or gray coverage is $110, a toner or glaze $130, partial highlights $200 and full highlights $300. Balayage runs $300 partial and $400 full, and color correction is billed at $175 an hour. Styling is cheaper: a blow-dry with shampoo is $50, an updo $90, wig styling $150 and a day-of bridal style $175.

Bookings run through Vagaro from the salon's homepage, and you choose a stylist rather than a generic time slot. Cancel at least 24 hours ahead: the services page says a last-minute cancellation or missed appointment is liable for 50 percent of the service fee. Consultations are free, and they are mandatory before a first-time bleach and tone, which costs $400, and before any Creative Color booking.

Bring cash. The menu notes that many stylists accept cash only, so ask for a stylist who takes cards when you book if you need one. Creative Color must be booked at least 24 hours in advance, and appointments booked without a consultation are canceled. First-time Creative Color costs $400 for short hair and $500 for long hair, and retouches cost $300 short and $400 long.

The roster lists 18 stylists across both salons, and their bios make choosing easier. Carol Sheppard, a master stylist licensed in 2006, works at the San Francisco flagship with razor work, texture and curls. Jen Hofmann has been licensed since 1989 and has worked at the Glam for more than 20 years; she does color, arty haircuts and wigs. The salon has also hosted art shows of her work.

Sierra Rose grew up in the Haight and does rocker cuts and curly colors. Hunter Helms likes mullets, shags and pixies. Angie Nunez and Dustin both offer silent appointments if you add a note when booking, and Dustin also speaks Mandarin. Van Novak is an apprentice whose services are discounted for two years. The city application lists burlesque performers, drag artists, musicians and activists among the salon's regulars.

Don't try to book a same-week platinum or rainbow overhaul. Creative Color without a consultation gets canceled, and a first-time bleach and tone costs $400, as much as a full balayage, before any vivid color goes on. Book the free consult first and choose a stylist whose bio lists bleach and tone, such as Evan Van Rees. With 606 Yelp reviews, results vary by chair, so pick by specialty rather than by the first open slot.

Glama-Rama is closed on Mondays, and if every chair is full and you just need a clipper cut or beard trim, People's Barber and Shop is a short walk away at 321 Valencia Street. Its own site lists weekday hours of 10am to 8pm and weekend hours of 9am to 6pm. It is a barbershop, so color and wig styling stay at Glama-Rama.

The salon's building at 300 to 320 Valencia is rated 'A - Historic Resource Present' by the Planning Department, and surveys in 2004 and 2011 found it appears eligible for the California Register. Walk south a block to Four Barrel Coffee at 375 Valencia Street, between 15th and 16th, for an espresso before a long color session. Go north instead and you reach Zeitgeist at 199 Valencia, a bar with a big backyard beer garden at Duboce Avenue.

For something to look at while your toner settles in, walk south along Valencia just past 17th Street and turn east into Clarion Alley, which runs through to Mission Street. The alley's walls are covered in murals that change regularly, and they are a good backdrop for photographing new color in daylight. Afterward, walk back up Valencia, past the 16th Street corridor, to return to the salon or the BART station.

Address: Glama-Rama Salon, 304 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, between 14th and 15th Streets. Hours at the San Francisco salon: 10am to 7pm, Tuesday through Sunday. The Oakland branch is at 507 Alcatraz Avenue, and takes calls or texts. Book through Vagaro, cancel 24 hours ahead, and bring cash for many stylists.

Transit: 16th Street Mission BART is about two blocks south and east, and the 14 Mission bus runs one block east on Mission Street. For drivers, the salon's contact page points to the city-owned 16th and Hoff Garage run by SFMTA. Locs, twists and detangling are billed at $100 an hour. Ask Karpo in the Karpo APP for a coffee or dinner stop on Valencia Street to plan around your appointment.