So Cal Salon in College Area is a women-owned hair salon and beauty-supply hybrid at 5410 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego 92115, offering cuts, color, extensions, braids, silk presses, lash lifts, and bridal styling near SDSU. The salon's dual format combines a full chair-service floor with a retail supply section stocking hair extensions, clip-ins, and styling products, giving clients access to both service and take-home inventory in the same visit. El Cajon Boulevard at this stretch runs through the western edge of the College Area commercial corridor, roughly a mile and a half west of the SDSU campus, and the 5410 building sits in the block where braiding studios, beauty-supply shops, and skincare operators cluster along the boulevard's frontage, including integrative bodywork practitioners at Liberty Bodyworks in the same College Area corridor. Hair-extension services include tape-in, sew-in, and clip-in installations with color-matching available on-site, and the salon's extension coloring service blends custom pigment into wefts before installation to avoid post-application chemical processing. Bridal packages bundle hair and makeup for wedding parties, with trial-run appointments scheduled in advance of the event date. The 92115 ZIP anchors the salon to the College Area sub-community, and the El Cajon Boulevard strip provides direct east-west connectivity between the SDSU campus district and the La Mesa border. Acupuncture and wellness services complement the salon's beauty menu at nearby practices including On Point Acupuncture and Wellness Center in San Carlos. The salon operates by appointment and provides on-site parking behind the building.