salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 3, Episode 7 · Aired January 31, 2011
Bqute
Palmdale, California
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
On the show
Season 3, Episode 7 · January 31, 2011 · salon
aired as Tabatha's Salon Takeover
What happened after
Instagram '@bQuteluxehair' (bQute LuXe Hair Boutique) has 1,298 followers; Facebook page ('BQute Beauty Bar') notes 'Appointment Only' as of Nov 2023 at 2140 E Palmdale Blvd Suite P.
What happened on the show
Palmdale, California, was the stop for this third season salon episode of the takeover. The show followed Coffey's set method rather than a preserved storyline: an immersive look at the business, unvarnished assessments of the staff and owner, a restructuring of the team, and a renovation reveal to close. No synopsis has survived to detail the specific incidents, so those stay unstated here. The documented facts are the format and the setting, a Bqute hair salon on East Palmdale Boulevard put through the overnight process. Coffey's argument was the usual one, that a salon's problems usually start with leadership, and that the intervention's purpose was an honest reset the owner could not reach alone. The show's steady argument held, that better results tend to follow a firmer, clearer hand at the top.
After the cameras left
Bqute is open. Its Instagram, under a bQute LuXe Hair Boutique handle, carries over a thousand followers, and a Facebook page noted appointment only operation as of late 2023 at the East Palmdale Boulevard address. The brand appears to have evolved to bQute LuXe Hair Boutique at the same address, treated as continuity of the same salon rather than a distinct rename, and held at moderate confidence. The Palmdale salon reads as a survivor.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.