Billings’s Top 10 Beauty Salons & Beauty Professionals

The Profile

Ethos Salon champions bespoke extension work and careful color planning, listing handtied extensions and keratin individual extensions among its core services. The team hand-selects pieces to match texture and places them to move naturally, and the salon emphasises matching and placement so clients can wear extensions with confidence and comfort.

Custom blonding, lived-in color and an education-rooted approach are central to Ethos’s service model. Stylists tailor every appointment to the hair's current condition and future goals, aiming for polished results that grow out naturally. The site presents an organised new-guest flow, which helps set expectations and supports continuity between visits.

Ethos also foregrounds a clearly stated team structure, with named stylists and specialties such as precision cutting and dimensional color listed alongside social handles. The salon publishes practical details like hours and a street address on Grand Avenue, which helps new clients plan visits and locate specific stylists before booking appointments.

Why It Made the List and Why It’s Our Top Pick

Ethos earns the top spot because its combined focus on advanced extension techniques, thoughtful custom blonding and a consistent new-guest process delivers both the technical result and the wearing experience clients describe as lasting and manageable. The salon’s emphasis on education and texture-matching explains why many clients return for long-term care.

Good to Know

Ethos posts its address and phone number on site and publishes weekly hours including late evenings on some weekdays; new guests are guided through a three-step booking flow, and the salon asks clients to choose service, meet the team and then reserve time to secure accurate scheduling.

The Profile

Empire Salon occupies a storefront in the historic Hedden Empire Building and leans into a layered, Flapper-era aesthetic while keeping a modern interior. The downtown location gives the business a distinct sense of place and a design-forward presentation that many guests encounter before the appointment itself.

The salon operates as a collective of independent stylists, nail artists and estheticians offering a wide service mix from haircuts and bridal styling to skin care, massages and CBD body wraps. Clients choose services through the booking page before selecting an available stylist, which supports flexible appointments when working with different team members.

Why It Made the List

Empire’s distinctive merit is the combination of a full-service menu and practical downtown conveniences such as three dedicated parking spaces directly behind the building, numbered and marked with an Empire placard, which helps clients arriving from across town or carrying bridal styling needs to plan their visit with ease.

Good to Know

Empire posts weekday and Saturday opening hours and highlights three reserved parking spots behind the building, listed as 12, 22 and 23 in the Caldwell Parking area and marked with an Empire placard for client convenience.

The Profile

Alchemy Beauty Lounge emphasizes extensive blonding services with multiple custom blonding options advertised alongside durations that commonly run three to four and a half hours. The salon presents detailed session times and flags that pricing varies with length and density, making it clear that substantial lightening services are a major part of the menu.

The booking experience includes practical payment choices and client preparation notes: Alchemy offers an in-person Buy Now, Pay Later option for $50 to $4, 000 bookings and asks clients to get approved before their appointment. Many color services list an add-on haircut as a separate item, which signals how the salon structures combined color-and-cut bookings.

Why It Made the List

What stands out at Alchemy is the operational clarity around high‑investment color appointments: published durations, mandatory add-on procedures for cut integration and an explicit BNPL pathway help clients understand time and cost commitments before they arrive, which supports smoother in-salon planning for complex blonding work.

Good to Know

Many Alchemy color services instruct clients to add an “add-on haircut” when a cut is needed and the site recommends getting Buy Now, Pay Later approval ahead of time for larger bookings to avoid day-of payment delays.

The Profile

The Ritzz Salon is a long‑established Billings business owned by Dana Shy since 1997, and presents itself as a multi-disciplinary studio for hair, nails and esthetics. That longevity under consistent ownership is a recurring theme in their public copy and supports a perception of local experience and continuity among stylists.

The salon explicitly stocks and uses Davines haircare products, highlighting that line’s natural ingredient focus and sustainability credentials as part of its retail and in‑service offerings. The service menu covers haircuts, color and extensions plus manicures, pedicures and facial treatments, presenting a full salon toolkit for routine and special‑occasion needs.

Why It Made the List

The Ritzz’s strongest practical merit is its blend of long local tenure and a curated product selection; the combination of decades of local service and a branded retail partnership signals consistent technique and a preference for salon-quality products that clients can purchase to maintain results at home.

Good to Know

The Ritzz lists its location and regular weekday hours, notes Monday as by-appointment-only and posts specific Tuesday–Saturday opening times, which helps guests planning appointments for hair, nails or esthetic services to choose the best day for their needs.

The Profile

Aminga Salon foregrounds specialty skincare and aesthetic treatments such as permanent makeup and Procell microchanneling alongside traditional hair and nail services. The salon promotes a menu that spans PMU, brow services, microchanneling and Oliveda waterless skin care, creating a hybrid beauty-and-skin clinic feel within a salon environment.

Founding and team details appear in Aminga’s copy: the salon was established by Brooke Haider, who has over 25 years of experience, and the business promotes both world-class professionals and a chair-rental community. That mix positions Aminga as a place offering both long-term practitioners and space for freelance specialists.

Why It Made the List

Aminga’s distinctive merit is its integration of advanced aesthetic treatments with salon services; the availability of permanent makeup, microchanneling and specialized skin-care protocols alongside hair and nails means clients can address cosmetic and skin concerns in a single, coordinated appointment slot.

Good to Know

Aminga posts a precise studio address on Central Avenue and lists a phone number and email contact; the site also notes an important policy update about new touch-up fees that took effect on a stated historic date, so confirm current touch-up terms when booking PMU services.

The Profile

Salon Avalon markets itself around a calm, refined bridal experience and seam-free extensions, advertising tailored color work, seamless extension placement and bridal styling designed to feel effortless. The copy emphasises intentional detail in every appointment so clients leave feeling elevated and confident for weddings and special occasions.

The salon highlights custom color that is tailored to skin tone and maintenance, plus a team-based approach where clients can meet stylists and book ahead. A physical address and phone number are published, and social media is used to show results and to help prospective bridal clients preview stylist portfolios before securing appointments.

Why It Made the List

Avalon’s notable strength is the specialised combination of bridal service design and technical extension work: offering both seamless extension placements and an organised bridal workflow makes the salon a practical option for clients who need cohesive styling from consultation through wedding-day execution.

Good to Know

Salon Avalon provides a street address on Grand Avenue and a local phone number for direct booking; the site encourages clients to view stylist pages and the service menu to reserve the correct appointment length for bridal trials and extension fittings.

The Profile

Black Salt Hair Co. publicly commits to a 100 percent vegan and eco-friendly product line, repeatedly referencing Davines as its core brand and citing more than eight years of experience with those products. The salon frames sustainability and product selection as part of its creative identity and technical approach.

The team presentation lists stylists with specific specialities and experience levels, noting that some stylists take new clients by referral only while others are currently accepting new clients; certain staff members are not taking clients under 18, and the site communicates those availability details up front.

Why It Made the List

Black Salt’s defining merit is the combination of an explicitly sustainable product commitment and a collaborative creative team: by centring a vegan product line and sharing stylist specialities and availability, the salon supports clients who prioritise environmentally minded products and specialist matching when booking.

Good to Know

Black Salt uses a detailed color-consultation form for new clients and asks that prospective guests complete it; the site requests 24–48 hours for a reply and includes fields about past color history, goals and reference photos to ensure accurate stylist matching.

The Profile

Fringe Salon & Boutique operates as a full-service salon paired with an onsite boutique that sells custom handmade local jewelry, accessories and trendy clothing. The business presents a blended retail-and-service experience, where clients can browse locally made goods and beauty products while attending hair, nail or aesthetic appointments.

The salon also highlights an in-salon coffee bar and a geographically recent ownership change, noting that the business opened in 2015 and that Paige became sole owner in 2020. Fringe promotes cross-disciplined technicians who keep current with techniques from balayage and nail enhancements to permanent cosmetics.

Why It Made the List

Fringe’s distinctive strength is the multi‑purpose client experience: pairing a relaxed salon appointment with boutique shopping and a coffee bar creates a single visit that can handle beauty services and local retail discovery, which appeals to guests who prefer a one-stop outing.

Good to Know

Fringe recommends calling the salon to schedule appointments at the listed phone number and notes that many technicians remain current with new techniques, so ask when you call whether a specific stylist offers the exact service you need.

The Profile

Studio 406 advertises a private luxury pedicure suite for two with European Touch whirlpool thrones and jacuzzi foot baths, positioning its pedicure offering as a relaxation-focused, multi-sensory treatment. The salon describes added amenities like essential-oil aromas and heated towels to enhance spa pedicure services and foot massage finishes.

The salon also promotes an upbeat, naturally lit hair environment near downtown Billings, and it stocks retail haircare lines such as Verb and MoroccanOil. Hair services include custom designs and balayage, and the website provides direct booking links and a local contact number for appointments and gift cards.

Why It Made the List

Studio 406’s clear practical merit is its focus on an elevated pedicure environment: the private suite, whirlpool-equipped thrones and two-person configuration make it a strong option for clients who prioritise spa-style pedicures alongside conventional hair and nail services.

Good to Know

Studio 406 lists a local phone number and directs pedicure bookings through an online booking provider; clients planning a two-seat pedicure should reserve the private suite in advance to ensure side-by-side availability.

The Profile

Bishops Billings is presented as a salon that focuses on polished beauty treatments delivered with consistent attention to detail; public descriptions emphasise careful handling from the initial consultation through to finishing touches and an overall approach framed around suitability and quality.

The salon copy highlights a welcoming, professional environment where staff aim to balance visual impact with results that continue to feel appropriate beyond the appointment. The language stresses dependability and a refined finish as defining operational values that shape each client visit.

Why It Made the List

Bishops’s principal strength is a consistent, service-minded execution across appointments: by prioritising careful consultations and considered finishing work, the salon targets clients who want reliably polished outcomes and a stable, professional visit rather than frequent stylist turnover.

Good to Know

Bishops provides online booking through its Zenoti webstore and lists service availability on that platform, so check the Zenoti schedule for current appointment times and service options before calling.