The Hairdressers

Amwell Street is a gem and wanting to support my local businesses for fear of chains moving in, I booked in for The Hairdressers. 30 GBP for a junior hairdresser (they explain this as a talented person who has not yet built up their clientele). Crissy did a great job on the cut and blow dry and was very consultative in her approach.
The salon is cute and has a low key vibe – but could have done without the kids crying.
Bumble and bumble products which is also great.
I’d recommend… more senior stylists cost 50 and I think the owners charge 65.

Had an amazing cutting experience here today, after 6 months of avoiding hairdressers after a bad experience. Rebecca was my stylist and made me feel comfortable and at ease as she made a start on correcting the ‘butchering’ that i had recieved. Love my hair, she’s done the layers really good and did me a fabulous wavy finish. The hairdressers itself is a little hidden gem — tucked away on the curious Amwell street, yet central and just a 5 min walk from Angel tube. The salon is relaxed and freindly with a funky kitchen table to sit around and chat while you are waiting. I wil definatley be back!

The old maxim «all advertising is good, even bad advertising» does not apply to the only form of advertising I care about, which is, of course, the self-​promotion of me. Sadly I have been recently informed that not cutting your hair for 3 months could be classified as «kind of gross», which is not quite the reaction I was expecting from the rogueish pirate-​y look I was going for.
So I stopped ignoring the repeated reminders in my calendar that I was months past due for a hair cut and went to the aptly named The Hairdressers. I like the name, I mean, it’s clear, it’s concise, and you aren’t exactly going to get it confused with a haberdashery now are you?
If you can imagine getting a hair cut in the living room of a professional stylist who also happened to have a barber’s chair and wash basin in his living room, then you have successfully imagined the interior of The Hairdressers. It’s really pretty funky, set in one of the many Georgian terraces of Islington. The walls have been graffiti’ed with crayons which helps convey the impression that you are in a very hip young family’s home.
I’ve been here twice now and had two different hairdressers. Both have been young and far more stylish than me, and seem to have the miraculous ability to somehow impart some of their stylishness to my hair. This could in fact be the hair product they use as my hair never seems to be quite as good the next day when I try and replicate the result.
The only thing I don’t like is the price; a guy’s haircut is 35 pounds (you get a 10% discount for booking your next appointment on the day). I don’t know if that’s a lot by London standards but it’s certainly a lot by my standards. Still, I guess you get what you pay for and I’ve certainly felt that was the case both times.