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We really are spoilt for choice when it comes to hairdressers in Stamford, with many offering services and products that you’d only expect to find in a large city. Genevieve Potter has an update on just a few of the best hairdressers in our town, from the long-established to some refreshing newcomers
Oliver Lee Salon The Oliver Lee salon is in the location formerly occupied by Sloane’s in St John’s St. Run by Oliver Lee-Follows and business partner Jill Scott, it has a stylish, airy, feel with lots of great little touches to make its clients feel welcome and relaxed. Clients receive a complimentary Shiatsu head massage as well as a hand and arm massage, whilst receiving a tailor-made haircut. The unique Colour Bar allows the team to create the perfect seasonal look, or, for a complete new image, the hand-made Racoon International brand extensions can create a lustrous, long London look. For men, a complete grooming experience is on offer, for example, a Turkish cut-throat shave and a sharp and fresh haircut. The salon uses Paul Mitchell professional products, including XG Paul Mitchell colour and stocks a full retail range including the Mitch male grooming range. TREND PREDICTION: Oliver thinks that spring 2015 will see some hugely exciting trends - inspired by late 60s Rock ‘n Roll and the festival scene. But it’s the finish which will make your hair cut really stand out, with texture, bounce, wave, bed-hair and mod inspired fringes taking centre stage. • Oliver Lee, 11 St John’s Street, Stamford PE9 2DB Tel: 01780 754828 www.oliverleestamford.co.uk
Asembo Asembo is a salon that’s evangelical about colour, specifically Redken colour. It’s a certified Redken salon, using professional products in all treatments and stocking the complete homecare range. All of the Asembo staff can provide educated recommendations on which products will suit clients’ hair the best and both Lisa-Marie and Natasha underwent an intensive colouring course at the Redken training academy in London over the course of a year, both passing with (you guessed it), flying colours! Asembo is also the only salon in Stamford stocking Mizani, a product and service range targeted at the Afro-Caribbean market and those with naturally curly hair. For gents, there are four members of staff qualified to carry out luxury wet shaves and Asembo also stocks the Redken Colour Camo range of products for those men who wish to “conceal to signs of ageing”, (hide those grey hairs). TREND PREDICTION: In terms of hair trends for 2015, the team are expecting their clients to favour a “coming-undone” style, the ‘au naturel’, tousled look that mimics the 1970s rocker trend. There’s also a move towards more adventurous colour and it looks like we’ll be seeing bold, bright colours becoming a much bigger trend this year. • Asembo, 20 St Leonard’s Street, Stamford PE9 2HN Tel: 01780 765337 www.asembo.co.uk
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Browns Browns is part of a chain of six regional salons that all pride themselves on superb customer service. The salon has long opening hours – right until 9 pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; perfect for busy lifestyles. Thursday is colour day at Browns, with 50% off colouring on offer, including ammonia-free L’Oreal colour. The salon stocks a huge selection of products including Kerastase and Redken. There are also express blow-dry appointments – often available on stand-by. Wedding and prom hair are well catered for and Browns offer a Brazilian blow dry treatment which guarantees smooth, glossy hair. The team are predicting that natural waves and curls, as seen on the spring 2015 catwalk, will be a huge trend as we head in to spring and
summer, with middle partings, soft fringes and cooler colour shades also making a comeback. If you’re a new customer you’ll receive 20% off your first cut and finish – contact the salon for more details. • Browns Hairdressing, 3 Red Lion Square, Stamford PE9 2AJ Tel: 0844 999 3365 www.browns-hair.co.uk
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