salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 2, Episode 5 · Aired December 1, 2009
Plush Salon
Chatsworth, California
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
On the show
Season 2, Episode 5 · December 1, 2009 · salon
aired as Tabatha's Salon Takeover
What happened after
Instagram (@_plush_salon) lists current hours (Tue-Sat 10-6) at 10228 Mason Ave; official site plushhairsalon.com referenced; 55 reviews on BestProsInTown, 5/5 (20 reviews) on Unilocal.
What happened on the show
This second season episode brought the takeover to a salon in Chatsworth, California. The show followed Coffey's set method rather than a preserved storyline: she immerses herself in the business, sizes up the staff and the owner with her characteristic bluntness, reshuffles the team, and stages a renovation reveal. No synopsis has survived to detail the specific moments, so those stay unstated here rather than fabricated. The documented facts are the format and the setting, a Plush hair salon on Mason Avenue in Chatsworth taken through the overnight process. Coffey's consistent argument was that a salon's problems usually begin with leadership, and that the intervention's purpose was to make an owner confront the operation honestly before the makeover. The show's steady logic applied, that fresh energy on the floor starts with the person who is leading it.
After the cameras left
Plush Salon is open. Its Instagram lists current weekly hours at the Mason Avenue address in Chatsworth, an official site is referenced, and the salon carries strong ratings across review platforms. The current hours and multiple review listings make this a high confidence survivor. The Chatsworth salon came through its takeover and kept its chairs running well past the episode.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.