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Mahogany
30 Little Clarendon Street, Oxford Tel: 552494
If, like me, the very word hairdresser strikes terror into your heart,
and you are reduced to a trembling idiot on walking into the shiny,
mirror-encrusted interior of the hair salon, then do not fear, for
this is the place for you. Mahogany might be a busy, trendy haircutting
centre, but it also manages to cater for the hairdressing coward such
as myself who requires gentle handling at all stages of the ordeal.
Those impossibly cool people who always inhabit hair salons are not
by any means as intimidating once you get inside, turning out to be
normal humans who are friendly, unpatronising and helpful and who,
most importantly, made me feel welcome.
I had a cut and finish with Luke. He calmly and efficiently dealt
with my disobliging hair and proceeded to banish the persitent split
ends and shape it into a sleek layered style. When I admitted my ineptitude
with all things hair-related, and my consistent inability to crack
the glamorous hair secret, he told me to get a good shampoo, and showed
me how to apply that gloss and even how to hold the hairdryer. He
also went to the trouble to straighten my wavy hair, a thing I had
not believed possible and which was astonishingly successful.
Furthermore, the service is excellent, with tea, coffee (comes with
proper little coffee-shop biscuits) and mineral water available on
request. The salon itself is small and very personal, and there is
always someone around to help you out. This must be the first time
ever that I have actually enjoyed a visit to the hairdresser.
This may be, according to Elle magazine one of the top five
colour hairdressing salons in the UK, but it certainly manages
to avoid the pretention that should accompany this accolade. Theyll
cut your hair wonderfully, and are human along with it. I left with
that just stepped out of a salon feeling, and will certainly
step in again. Definitely the place to go in Oxford....
Jane
Labous
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