Deal with: Brooks & Brooks, 28 Nice Queen Road, London, WC2B 5BB.
“I have been very fortunate to have my hair minimize in a number of London salons – all of them great – however I’ve by no means been happier with a restyle than I used to be after I stepped out of Brooks & Brooks earlier this yr. I hadn’t had my hair trimmed in nearly a yr (shameful, I do know), so the workforce had their work minimize out. However from the second I arrived on the salon – which just lately relocated to a historic Grade II-listed constructing set towards the backdrop of bustling Covent Backyard – the workforce did not make something really feel like an excessive amount of work. Not even a change of my cut up, dry locks.
“I used to be put within the protected arms of Marlon Hawkins, the salon’s Inventive Director who has, because the model advised me, been an ‘integral a part of the workforce for the previous 5 years’. He is a well-respected educator for a number of the largest hair manufacturers within the business, has gained a Visionary Award on the Artistic Head Most Needed Awards – and was a complete pleasure to be within the firm of.
“After an extended and completely personalised session – fuelled by espresso and chocolate brownies – we determined to refresh my balayage, add bangs and provides my lengths a choppier end; all the course of was a complete dream. I bought a complimentary head therapeutic massage, free-flowing refreshments, and Marlon took time to clarify each step of the method intimately. We completed up with my hair trying more healthy than it had in years – and since visiting, the minimize and color have been simple to model myself.
“The salon itself, a takeover of the house as soon as occupied by Charles Worthington, displays each the wealthy historical past of the placement and the progressive spirit of the creative workforce. It is house to numerous elite creative hair stylists from completely different backgrounds who’ve mixed expertise which spans decade. I’ll, most positively, be again.” Sophie Cockett, GLAMOUR’s European Senior Commerce Editor.