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Frequently asked questions

Helpful guidance on choosing the right colour service, preparing your hair for appointment day and booking your visit.

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Choosing and pricing colour

Balayage or full foil highlights: how do I choose?

Think about how you want your roots to look six weeks from now. Choose dimensional balayage for soft natural depth at the root, sunlit ribbons through the lengths and low-maintenance visits every three to five months. Choose full foil highlights for brightness right from the parting, usually refreshed every eight to ten weeks. Still unsure? Book either one and your colourist will fine-tune the technique at the consultation.

Why do some colour prices say “from”?

Starting prices include the standard colour allowance, bond-rebuilding protection, a custom gloss toner and a blowout. Waist-length or extra-dense hair needs more lightener and more application time, so the price scales with the product used. Your stylist always confirms the exact total in writing before mixing any colour.

Do I need a consultation before a colour appointment?

For haircuts, root retouches, highlights or balayage on healthy hair, no separate visit is needed, because consultation time is built into the appointment. If you have dark box dye, henna or metallic salts, or are planning a major change such as dark brunette to platinum, book the complimentary fifteen-minute colour consultation first so a strand test can be taken and the right chair time reserved.

Contact

Getting in touch and what happens next

Can I request a particular stylist?

Yes. Name the stylist in the message field of the contact form. The salon confirms when that stylist is free, and if they are fully booked it offers the next date rather than moving you to somebody else without asking.

If the question is not here, the contact form reaches the salon directly and an answer does not require an appointment. Send a question instead.

Does the website confirm a booking?

Not on its own. The form sends your request to the salon and a person replies. A date is held once that reply has been agreed, which is also when the length of the appointment is confirmed.

What is the cancellation and rescheduling policy?

Multi-hour colour appointments are reserved just for you, so please give at least 24 hours’ notice to cancel or move one, by message or telephone. Changes made with at least 24 hours’ notice carry no fee; late cancellations or missed appointments may incur a partial chair-time fee.

Practical

Preparation and hair care

How should I prepare my hair before a colour or curly cut?

For colour, arrive with clean, dry hair washed 24 to 48 hours before, and skip heavy root-cover sprays, silicone oils and thick dry-shampoo build-up, which can block even lift. For a dry curly cut, arrive with curls washed that morning or the day before, detangled, completely dry and worn down, with only a light leave-in, so your stylist can read your true curl pattern.

Are bond builders an extra charge on lightening services?

Never. Protecting the hair’s internal bonds is non-negotiable whenever hair is lightened, so bond protection and a cuticle-sealing gloss are already included in every highlight and balayage service on the menu.

Start with a colour consultation

It is complimentary, takes fifteen minutes, and ends with an exact written price before any colour is mixed.

New work, occasionally

An email when new colour work goes up in the gallery or a chair opens. No fixed schedule, and one link in every message removes an address from the list.

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