Welcome to Zhanna The Salon House 

Zhanna Grigorian is doing what she always wanted to do. As a young girl, she loved playing dress up and experimenting with her own hair and makeup. And that dream led to a perfectly focused career path.

After moving away from her native Armenia at 6 and going to school in Glendale, she began studying cosmetology at 14, and actually earned her license at the tender age of 17, working in the salon that she would one day own.

After four years at that Salon—Alex and Friends—she went to work cutting hair for the well-known Beverly Hills hair stylist Frederick Fekkai. Eventually she returned to Pasadena, where as it turned out, most of her clients, lived anyway.

Then one day, happily working at a nearby salon, she learned that Alex and Friends has closed.

Zhanna took over in September of 2013, and Alex and Friends became Zhanna the Salon House. She recruited and hired her own team.

Nowadays, the boutique specializes in color, cuts and classic looks.

She caters to a number of professional and corporate women, working in the nearby offices and surrounding areas, and her loyal client base continues to grow. “They were all really helpful to me when I first opened here, and I am very grateful.”

Where other salons specialize in “edgy,” she describes her own style of hair design as “classic and traditional for successful women. It’s modern and classy at the same time.”

by EDDIE RIVERA, Editor, Living Section