Billings’s Top 10 Hair Salons & Hairdressers

The Profile

Ethos Salon places education and creativity at the centre of its work, presenting a clearly structured new-guest pathway that begins with selecting a service, meeting the team and booking an appointment. The team emphasises authenticity and growth so every consultation is treated as part of an ongoing hair story rather than a one-off task.

Ethos Salon’s technical range covers modern cut and colour alongside a focused extensions programme: handtied, keratin and individual options are offered and every extension job is hand-selected and placed to match texture and movement. Custom blonding is handled with the same intentional approach, aiming for a polished, natural grow-out rather than an over-processed finish.

Ethos Salon operates from a central Billings address and publishes clear weekday and weekend availability including appointment-only Monday openings and extended weekday hours, making follow-up and maintenance straightforward. The salon’s client-centred language and visible emphasis on tailored plans help clients move from consultation to long-term colour or extension maintenance with practical care and consistency.

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

Ethos Salon stands out for pairing broad technical capability with a deliberate client pathway: the team’s focus on education, tailored blonding and meticulous handtied and keratin extension methods creates durable, wearable results that follow a clear maintenance plan, which is why it functions as a dependable primary destination for complicated colour and extension work.

Good to Know

Ethos Salon asks new guests to use its three-step new-guest flow, choose a service, meet the team and book, and posts detailed hours including appointment-only Monday availability; the salon’s central address and published phone number make coordinating multi-step extension or colour plans easier.

The Profile

Bishops Billings operates as a neighbourhood-cut destination on North Broadway with a hybrid barbershop-meets-salon model that welcomes walk-ins while also supporting booked appointments. The location offers a full range of cuts and styles from short and long haircuts to buzzes, shags and kid-friendly first-haircut services, supported by practical daytime opening hours.

Bishops provides a wide colour menu and a free consultation policy that helps clients plan everything from natural glosses to full bleach-and-tone transformations; stylists are licensed and regularly trained, and the salon advertises inclusive pricing that is based on time, technique and length rather than gender.

Why It Made the List

Bishops’ distinctive strength is its relaxed, community-driven service model: walk-ins are welcome across most services, consultations are free for colour planning, and the hybrid format means clients can drop in for quick trims or book more involved colour work with a stylist who will tailor timing and technique to the hair’s condition.

Good to Know

Bishops accepts walk-ins at its 108 N Broadway shop but recommends booking for complex colour services; the shop runs Monday to Saturday roughly 10: 00–19: 00 and the salon phone is listed for quick scheduling questions.

The Profile

Black Salt Hair Co. emphasises sustainability through its exclusive use of a 100 percent vegan, eco-friendly product line, working with Davines for over eight years to build colour and care protocols that prioritise scalp and hair health. The salon positions environmentally conscious formulations as part of everyday technical work rather than an optional extra.

Black Salt’s small team brings a mix of senior experience and specialist interests, from precision cutting and razor work to lived-in natural colour and grey blending, and the booking structure shows some stylists accepting new clients only by referral while others are currently taking bookings for established services.

Why It Made the List

Black Salt’s sustainability-first stance and long partnership with Davines shapes everything from product selection to colour recipes, producing considered, lower-impact services that still cover precision cutting and advanced colour work; that combination of ethic and technique is the salon’s defining feature.

Good to Know

Black Salt notes that some stylists take new clients only by referral and a few set age boundaries for bookings; for custom colour queries clients are asked to contact Veronica directly at the local number provided to discuss availability.

The Profile

Empire Salon occupies the historic Hedden Empire Building in downtown Billings and pairs a vintage, flapper-era sensibility with contemporary salon design; the space is described as smoky and secretive in mood yet modern in execution, which shapes an appointment experience that feels both theatrical and comfortably professional.

Empire functions as a collective of independent stylists and beauty professionals offering hair, nails, waxing and massage, and the salon’s booking system lets clients select services before choosing from available stylists; practical client conveniences include three designated parking spaces behind the building reserved with Empire placards.

Why It Made the List

Empire’s standout practical merit is its mix of independent, bookable stylists operating from a distinctive historic setting combined with on-site, reserved parking spaces behind the building, which reduces logistics friction for downtown clients and supports longer multi-service appointments.

Good to Know

Empire provides three numbered parking spaces directly behind the salon that carry Empire placards, lists a downtown address and a local phone number, and publishes weekday hours that suit daytime appointments for clients who prefer driving into downtown Billings.

The Profile

Fresh Hair Studio is built around extension services designed to add natural-looking fullness and length for fine hair, offering custom extension consultations and a focus on seamless colour that integrates extensions with existing hair. The studio stresses practical, wearable results that simplify daily styling while delivering visible fullness.

Fresh Hair’s small team, led by stylists such as Alice, Elle and Alexis, promotes a calm, connected salon culture and asks new clients to choose a new-guest service and select a stylist when booking, reinforcing continuity of care between the initial consultation and regular maintenance appointments.

Why It Made the List

Fresh Hair’s core strength is its disciplined extension programme combined with a studio culture that supports long-term maintenance and client connection, including stylist-led community-building activities that extend contact beyond the chair and help clients adapt to extension upkeep routines.

Good to Know

Fresh Hair Studio lists specific opening hours, notes alternating Saturday availability and evenings by appointment, and asks new clients to book via the new-client service page and select a preferred stylist to ensure continuity of care.

The Profile

The Ritzz Salon has been locally owned and operated by Dana Shy since 1997, positioning the business as a long-serving Billings destination for hair, nail and facial services; that extended tenure contributes to an established client base and a reputation for steady, multi-decade service continuity in the local market.

The Ritzz presents a full-service offering and explicitly uses Davines professional products in-salon, curating retail and treatment items that pair salon services with at-home care; practical details such as a clearly stated weekday schedule and a published local telephone number support straightforward appointment planning.

Why It Made the List

The Ritzz’s defining merit is its longevity and local roots combined with a broad in-house service menu; nearly three decades of steady ownership and a commitment to professional product lines give clients the option to book integrated care across hair, nails and esthetics in one familiar location.

Good to Know

The Ritzz publishes hours with Monday by appointment only and regular Tuesday to Saturday openings, and the salon lists a local phone number for bookings and enquiries to help clients coordinate multi-service visits.

The Profile

Billings Blonding is a specialist studio led by Cate Queen that focuses purely on premium custom blonding and hair health, promising bright, long-lasting blondes with an emphasis on grow-out and reduced brassiness. Services are positioned as tailored and education-driven so results stay photo-ready for months rather than requiring frequent correction.

Billings Blonding uses an all-inclusive pricing approach for its signature blonding sessions that typically include a trend-aware haircut and a bouncy blowout; the studio runs a fit-check process so clients and stylist can confirm suitability, hair history and a realistic maintenance plan before major transformations begin.

Why It Made the List

Billings Blonding’s practical advantage lies in its concentrated expertise: a single specialist-led environment that combines comprehensive blonding technique, clear fit checks and hair-health priorities with all-inclusive sessions that reduce surprise fees and support staged, sustainable colour changes.

Good to Know

Billings Blonding asks prospective clients to complete a fit check and warns that those with at-home colour or a wish for a single-session quick fix may not be suitable; the studio suggests commitment to a simple care routine to retain bright, healthy results.

The Profile

Rituals Spa and Salon operates as an Aveda concept salon, using Aveda’s plant-based, pure flower and plant-derived formulations across salon services and offering a complimentary Aveda Sensory Experience with visits. The Aveda connection frames both product selection and the salon’s environmental leadership messaging.

Rituals combines salon cuts and styling with a wider spa programme that includes facials, packages and body treatments, and the business promotes gift cards and retail Davines and Aveda products; practical opening hours span weekdays and Saturday mornings, servicing both salon and spa appointment patterns.

Why It Made the List

Rituals’ point of differentiation is the integrated Aveda spa-and-salon model that pairs plant-forward professional products with sensory, spa-style elements, delivering an experience that blends hairdressing and wellness treatments under a single environmentally minded brand umbrella.

Good to Know

Rituals requires a non-refundable deposit for new guests and enforces cancellation and no-show charges with specified notice windows; the salon also applies a small credit-card surcharge and posts clear opening hours and contact numbers for bookings.

The Profile

Hippie Hair is a single-stylist studio run by Kayla Marin, who brings more than fourteen years’ experience and a holistic, laid-back approach to lived-in colour and extensions; her practice emphasises low-maintenance, natural finishes and a relaxed appointment atmosphere where the stylist-client relationship is central.

Hippie Hair’s services focus on natural-looking balayage and seamless extension work tailored to the client’s lifestyle, and the studio encourages long-term hair goals over rapid, high-maintenance transformations; the private studio environment is intentionally calm and geared toward clients who prefer a quieter, personalised experience.

Why It Made the List

Hippie Hair’s defining merit is the combination of a long-tenured, single-stylist focus and a personal, intuitive approach to colour and extensions that suits clients seeking consistent hands-on care from the same practitioner in a private studio setting.

Good to Know

Hippie Hair operates Monday to Friday from late morning into the evening and is closed weekends; new clients can take advantage of a first-colour discount and should note the studio address on Central Avenue when booking.

The Profile

Aminga Salon combines hair and beauty with advanced aesthetic services such as permanent makeup, Procell microchanneling and Oliveda waterless skin care, presenting itself as a multi-disciplinary beauty destination rather than a single-focus hair studio; the menu extends to nails, lashes, spray tanning and brow lamination.

Aminga is run by Brooke Haider and a team of experienced professionals with more than twenty-five years of collective leadership experience; the salon advertises chair rental opportunities for stylists, an in-house team approach, and an extensive treatment list that supports both cosmetic and hair-related needs.

Why It Made the List

Aminga’s distinctive strength is the integration of specialist cosmetic services such as PMU and microchanneling alongside everyday salon offerings, enabling clients to combine aesthetic procedures and routine hair appointments in one place under experienced professional oversight.

Good to Know

Aminga lists a local street address and phone number for bookings and notes that touch-up and PMU policies have been updated with new touch-up fees effective from the published date; clients with specific PMU questions are encouraged to contact the salon directly.