The consultation comes first
Every cut opens with hair dry and unstyled, because that is the hair you go home with. We look at the growth pattern, the crown, the natural parting and the cowlick you have been fighting since school, and we ask the question that actually decides the cut: how many minutes will you give this in the morning?
A cut that needs twenty minutes of round-brush work from a client who owns no round brush is a bad cut, however well executed.
Restyles, and knowing when not to
A restyle is a serious appointment and it is booked as one. We will show you the shape against your own face before anything is cut, and if what you have brought in will not suit you we will say so — with an alternative, not just a no.
Fringes are their own conversation. They are the fastest way to change a face and the fastest way to regret it, and they are trimmed between appointments as a matter of course.
Long hair, and keeping the length
Most clients growing their hair are cutting too little, too rarely, and losing more to splitting than they would to a trim. Length is kept by taking the damage off on a schedule, not by avoiding scissors.
Where the ends have already gone, a treatment at the same visit does more for the way the hair looks than another inch of length ever will.
Questions we are asked
- Do you cut hair dry or wet?
- The consultation is always done on dry, unstyled hair, because that is what you leave with. How the cut itself is executed depends on the hair and the shape.
- How often should I have my hair cut?
- Every eight to twelve weeks for most shapes. Short shapes and fringes need more; if you are growing your hair out, a small trim on schedule loses less length than splitting does.
- Can I book a cut and colour in the same visit?
- Yes, and it is usually the better way to do it — the cut is finished after the colour so the shape and the placement agree with each other.
- Do you cut men's hair?
- Yes, in the Gentlemen's Suite, which has its own menu including beard work.