Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions before book? We’re here to help.

  • Alchemy Salon Houston is located in East Downtown Houston (EaDo) at the corner of Pease Street and St. Emanuel Street. We are just minutes from Downtown Houston, Daikin Park (formerly Minute Maid Park) and Shell Energy Stadium, making us a convenient salon location for guests throughout the Houston area.

    Free street parking and nearby lot options are available for guests.

  • Alchemy Salon Houston is known for lived in color, low maintenance hair color, dimensional brunettes, custom blonding, and personalized haircuts designed around each guest’s lifestyle and maintenance goals.

    We focus on creating hair that grows out beautifully and fits your calendar. Not the other way around.

  • Yes. Alchemy Salon Houston is an inclusive, non-gender pricing salon. We welcome all genders, identities, hair textures, and personal styles. Our pricing is based on time, technique, and hair needs, not gender.

    Our goal is simple: come as you are, feel like you.

  • Non gender pricing means services at Alchemy Salon Houston are priced based on the time and technique required, not gender identity. This allows us to provide fair, customized services for every guest.

  • Yes. Alchemy Salon Houston offers complimentary 30 minute consultations for new guests who would like to discuss their hair goals before booking a full service.

    A consultation is designed to review your inspiration photos, maintenance preferences, lifestyle, and budget so you and your stylist are fully aligned before committing to a color or major service.

    Please note: a consultation appointment does not include time for a full color or haircut service. If you are hoping to receive your service on the same day, we recommend booking both your consultation and your color service together to ensure enough time is reserved.

    Our goal is to create clarity and confidence before your appointment, so your experience feels seamless from start to finish.

  • Lived in color is a low maintenance hair coloring technique designed to grow out softly and naturally. At Alchemy Salon Houston, lived in color allows guests to extend time between appointments while maintaining dimension and brightness.

  • Maintenance schedules vary depending on your goals, hair type, and lifestyle.

    At Alchemy Salon Houston, we design personalized hair plans so your color fits your calendar, not the other way around.

    Some guests prefer maintenance appointments every 6–8 weeks for root touch ups, gray coverage, toners, or gloss services.

    Others visit every 12–16 weeks for partial highlights, face framing pieces, or a few dimensional foils to refresh brightness.

    Many of our lived in color guests choose to do a full transformation or major color service once or twice a year, maintaining it in between with smaller, strategic appointments.

    During your consultation, your stylist will recommend a maintenance plan tailored specifically to you.

  • Yes. Alchemy Salon Houston is an education driven salon with structured, ongoing training throughout the year.

    We host 4–5 private, in salon advanced education sessions annually. Salon owner Jaclyn personally curates these trainings by bringing in specialized educators based on the skills and techniques our team is actively working to refine, whether that’s advanced foiling, efficiency, dimensional color placement, or modern cutting methods.

    As a Paul Mitchell salon, our stylists are also invited to exclusive local and regional education opportunities through John Paul Mitchell Systems.

    In addition, we invest in annual travel based education experiences and maintain an internal education fund so each stylist can pursue continued training outside of our in house programs.

    Even our front desk and leadership team receive ongoing education in guest experience, communication, and management to ensure every part of your visit feels intentional and elevated.

    At Alchemy Salon Houston, education is part of our culture, because better trained stylists create better guest experiences.