Hair salons in Pretoria: braids, wigs and installs

What braids and installs cost in Pretoria

Where to buy hair in Pretoria

Hair salons in Pretoria, and what they charge

Hair salons in Pretoria, before you book

If you are searching for hair salons in Pretoria, start with what they charge. Luxora does not list stylists here yet. We list a stylist only after we have checked their work, prices and WhatsApp number, and no Pretoria stylist has passed that check. What follows is what public price lists showed on 6 Oct 2026. Most Pretoria salons on Fresha sit in the east, in Moreleta Park, Menlyn, Garsfontein, Faerie Glen and Willow Park Manor, so a salon in the north or west may price differently.

What braids cost

Pretoria salons rarely show knotless prices online. Two list plain knotless at R600 and R650, and two list boho knotless at R2,690 and R2,800 for about five hours, so ask what the long price includes. For box braids, one salon lists a medium, bra length style at R1,000, with a free wash from Monday to Friday. Johannesburg, the nearest metro with enough listings, has a middle half of R800 to R950 for box braids.

Cornrows are where the Pretoria lists are fullest. The middle half of nine prices at eight salons was R250 to R350, and the full range was R150 to R450. A listing on Fresha's Booysens page has plain cornrows at R150, a Menlyn listing and a Pretoria East listing are both R300, and an adult cornrows listing in Willow Park Manor is R450 for two and a half hours.

Wig installs, sew-ins and extensions

Basic wig installs ranged from R250 to R580 across seven salons: from R250 in Danville, R350 in Pretoria East, Moreleta Park and Pretoria Central, from R400 in Menlyn, R500 in Moreleta Park and R580 in Constantia Park. Frontals are rarely priced separately. One Menlo Park salon lists a basic frontal ponytail with your own hair at R650.

Sew-ins ranged from R250 to R1,100 across seven salons, and five of them sat between R350 and R750. Weft extensions are a different job and a different price. Listings show a one row butterfly weft install from R450 in Magalieskruin, a weft installation at R1,000 in Alphen Park, R1,050 and R1,550 in Moreleta Park and R2,321 in Nieuw Muckleneuk, a one row install at R1,000 and a two row install at R1,580 in Garsfontein, and a three row install at R3,410 in Moreleta Park. Ask whether the hair is included.

Where to buy hair and wigs

Hair City's store locator lists a Pretoria branch at Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, and The San Hair has a branch in the same centre. Exclusive Virgin Hair lists a shop in the Pretoria CBD and one at Waterglen Shopping Centre in Waterkloof Glen. Cosmetic Connection's locator has no Pretoria branch, and the nearest is in Soshanguve, which Wikipedia places about 30 km north of Pretoria. Clicks and Dis-Chem both have stores at Menlyn Park, and Clicks has one at Station Square. We have not visited these shops, so call before you go.

Pretoria weather and your style

Wikipedia says Pretoria has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate, with long, hot, rainy summers and short, dry, mild winters when frosts may be sharp. Winter night lows in recent years have ranged from 2 to minus 5 degrees, and in January 2013 temperatures went above 37 degrees on several days. If you are booking a big style for a hot day, ask how long it will last in the heat and how to care for it. The city is nicknamed the Jacaranda City, for the trees that bloom each October.

How to book, and what to ask

The Pretoria Fresha pages we read had no deposit or cancellation rules, and many salons are listed as call to book. Ask whether the hair is included, how many hours to set aside, and whether a deposit is needed, and get the answers in writing on WhatsApp.

The British Association of Dermatologists names tight braids such as cornrows, and attached weaves or hair extensions, as common causes of traction alopecia, and says regrowth may start around three months after you stop the style. If a style is tight or sore, say so at once.

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