The Mane Event

New Westside salon makes luxury haircare a social affair

By Jen Smith

Hair House Social is a new luxury salon on the Westside redefining the upscale self-care experience. It debuted in May inside Sunset Canyon Plaza.

“It’s a place where people can gather and feel good about themselves and leave feeling better than how they came in,” says owner and founder Laila Abdelnour, “not just [in] how they look, but [with] their soul.”

The salon offers 12 chairs for about 19 experienced stylists and a separate room for a spray tan artist. As an “extension-heavy salon,” Hair House Social uses 100 percent human hair extensions from Platform Hair Extensions, a company founded seven years ago by a stylist Abdelnour assisted. Additional services include coloring, blowouts, haircuts for both men and women and add-ons like nourishing and smoothing treatments. Hair House Social also carries the full line of Oribe hair care products.

Sleek marble, wood and ceramic details create a homey feel in the roughly 2,500-square-foot space. Abdelnour enlisted the help of a St. George-Utah based designer to create a soothing environment. Beyond beauty services, Abdelnour hopes to offer both a social and educational space within the salon, with guest stylists holding workshops.

“I would love to teach my salon more extension methods, more color methods, even business classes for hair stylists because that’s a huge thing lacking in our industry,” she says.

Abdelnour is a Las Vegas local. She started on the traditional education track but always knew her calling was in the beauty industry. After graduating from UNLV with a hospitality degree and starting a job, she quickly realized she wanted to pursue a career in styling hair. Trusting her instincts, she quit her job and began the process of becoming a hairdresser.

“I believe in signs from the universe and following your gut instincts because that has truly gotten me to where I am today,” she says.

Abdelnour attended Paul Mitchell hair school in Las Vegas, where she garnered her business acumen and spent eight years building her client base. Opening her salon and incorporating that social element was important.

“I’ve had my clients tell me that they’ve been sitting at the processing area, which is more of like a hangout area, and they’ve made friends with other people’s clients, and they’re [meeting up] outside the salon,” she says.

By bringing Hair House Social to the Westside, Abdelnour expresses that she is living her dream.

“All of our stylists are amazingly talented and just wonderful people. I’ve created my dream space with my dream team,” she says. “I’m like, ‘somebody pinch me.’ I still can’t believe it sometimes.”

Hair House Social is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. The salon is closed on Sundays. hairhousesocial.com