salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 1, Episode 7 · Aired October 2, 2008
Hairlab
Woodland Hills, California
Good outcome here: the business is still trading today.
On the show
Season 1, Episode 7 · October 2, 2008 · salon
aired as Tabatha's Salon Takeover
What happened after
Two active Facebook pages (Hairlab LA / Hairlab Salon & Spa) and a Yelp listing under 'Hair by Julie - HairLab Salon' at the same Clarendon St address. No dated recent post or current hours independently confirmed, so medium rather than high confidence.
What happened on the show
This first season episode brought the takeover to a salon in Woodland Hills, California. The show ran on Coffey's dependable sequence: an inside look at how the salon operated, assessments delivered without any softening, a staff shakeup, and a renovation ending in a reveal. No episode synopsis has survived to record the specific moments, so those stay unstated here rather than fabricated. The documented ground is the format and the business, a hair salon in the San Fernando Valley put through the overnight process. As in every installment, Coffey's argument was that a salon's troubles usually start at the top, and that the value of an outside intervention is forcing an owner to confront the operation honestly before deciding what the renovation should actually fix.
After the cameras left
Hairlab appears to be open. Two active Facebook pages and a Yelp listing under a stylist branded name sit at the same Clarendon Street address in Woodland Hills. No dated recent post or current hours were independently confirmed, so we hold the open verdict at moderate confidence. The Yelp name suggests an in house stylist brand operating under or alongside the Hairlab name, though whether that is a full rebrand or co branding is unclear. The salon shows signs of continued operation.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.