Cuts and styling.
At your kitchen table.

Cut and blow-dry

From £35 · about 55 minutes

The standard appointment, and the one most people book. A consultation first — longer if we have not met — then washed and conditioned, cut wet in sections and cross-checked, rough-dried to about eighty per cent, then blow-dried section by section on a round brush with proper tension and finished with a cool shot so it holds.

Fifty-five minutes is the honest figure for short to mid-length hair, and it is bang on the national average for a salon appointment. What pushes it past that is density and length rather than the cut itself — thick, long hair can add fifteen or twenty minutes on the drying alone. Blunt one-length lines take longer too, because there is nowhere for an error to hide.

Restyle

From £45 · about 70 minutes

A restyle is not a longer haircut. It is a different conversation. Before anything is cut we talk about face shape, how thick and how coarse your hair actually is, and — the part people forget — where it grows. A cowlick, a double crown or a whorl at the nape will each quietly veto certain shapes, and it is better to know that before the length has gone.

We also talk about how much time you will genuinely give it in the morning. A shape that needs twenty minutes and a round brush every day is the wrong shape for someone who has four minutes. The cut itself usually changes the internal structure rather than just the outline, so there is more sectioning, more cross-checking, and very often a second pass after the blow-dry, because a new shape only shows its real fall once it is dry.

The honest caveat: some changes should not be done in one visit. Taking a lot of length off curly or coarse hair, or cutting a shape that fights the way the hair grows, is better done in stages. I will say so if that is what I think.

Blow-dry

From £22 · about 35 minutes

Wash, condition, heat protectant, rough-dry, then section by section on the round brush. Smooth, with volume, or with movement — whichever you want on the day.

It lasts two to three days for most people. Thirty-five minutes is right for short to mid-length; long or thick hair genuinely needs forty-five to sixty, and I would rather book the time than rush the ends.

Curly blow-dry

From £27 · about 50 minutes

A blow-dry finished with curl. Dried smooth first, then set with the round brush and tongs and dressed out, so it has bounce and movement and holds through an evening rather than dropping by nine o'clock. Your own hair does not need to be curly for this — most people who book it have straight hair.

It is longer than a standard blow-dry because there is a whole setting stage after the drying. It is a finish, not a cutting method — it does not change your cut, and it washes out.

Gents cut

From £18 · about 30 minutes

Clipper or scissor cut, whichever the shape needs. Scissor-over-comb or clipper-over-comb through the sides and back, scissor work on top, then the neckline and around the ears detailed properly, and a quick dry finish.

A gents cut is about shape and length. Four to six weeks between appointments for a scissor cut. What makes it run longer is heavy density, or longer men's hair that needs real layering rather than clipper work.

Faded gents cut

From £21 · about 45 minutes

A fade is not about length, it is about blend — a controlled gradient with no line in it anywhere. That is what the extra fifteen minutes buys. It is built in several passes through different guard lengths and lever positions, then checked from three or four angles in good light, because a fade that looks perfect from the front can have a step in it from the side.

A skin fade runs all the way down to bare skin, finished with a razor or foil shaver to take out the clipper shadow. A fade kept off the skin is blended through the guard lengths instead — softer, and considerably more forgiving as it grows. Same price; the difference is how often you want to be re-cut. A skin fade wants freshening every two to three weeks because the shaved skin grows in first and the gradient blurs into general shortness. Off the skin will hold four to five.

Children’s cut

From £12 · about 25 minutes · under twelve

At home, which is usually easier on everybody. No waiting room, no strange chair, no queue of adults watching. If your child finds haircuts genuinely difficult — the noise, the bright lights, being touched, or simply someone coming at their head with scissors — say so when you book.

There is a lot that can be adjusted. Scissors instead of clippers, so there is no noise and no vibration. A tablet or the television left on. Sitting where they can see what is happening rather than being turned away from it. And no rush: it is better to take two goes at it than to force one.

Book it alongside an adult appointment and it is one visit, several chairs and one card payment at the end.

Hair up and occasion styling

From £60 · about 75 minutes

Hair up for an evening out, a christening, a party, a race day or a big birthday. Buns, chignons, French pleats, half-up styles, plaited and braided work, and soft or Hollywood waves. Fascinators and hats need a style built to take a comb or a grip at a particular angle, which is worth mentioning when you book rather than producing on the day.

Bring a photo of what you want and tell me about the neckline of what you are wearing — it changes the answer more than anything else. Hair is best washed the day before, or washed the same day and dried completely. Never damp: freshly washed hair slides out of grips, and day-old hair holds them.

Weddings are a different job with a different shape, and they start with a phone call rather than a booking form — the bridal page explains why and what to have ready.