Treatment Review

 

RESTYLE AND BLOW-DRY, AT ESSENSUALS

Tested by Abby Knight

What it promises: A luxury cut and blow dry with multi-award winning stylist Jim Shaw, using Toni & Guy’s Label M products.

What happens: I’ve been meaning to change the shape of my hair for months, but wanted to make sure the stylist I charged with the makeover would be up to the job. Who better than award winning stylist Jim Shaw, former Salon Director of the Year and Men’s Hairdresser of the Year? To start things off, Jim had a lengthy chat with me to decide on how different, short, or trendy I wanted my new style to be and then my hair was treated to luxury shampoo and condition using the smell-good-enough to eat Oat & Honey Shampoo and Conditioner from the Label M range. If you haven’t yet tried products from the range, I would strongly recommend them. After a blissful 10-minute head massage, I was whisked back to my chair and served with coffee and biscuits while Jim got to work transforming my lack lustre do into something sassy! Within minutes I had a new fringe, different parting, and my new cut had been blow-dried and straightened into something resembling the actress Michelle Williams on her best day. After a final brush down I emerged from the salon feeling fabulous.

The Results: Three days down the line and my hair still looks great. Best of all, it was just as easy for me to blow-dry - something that doesn’t always happen when you visit a salon. I feel like Jim understood my hair, my personality, and my styling routine.

Price: £60 for cut and blow dry.

Location: Essensuals Salons are based nationwide. We visited the Billericay salon, at 65-67 High Street Billericay CM12 9AX. Call 01277 634000 for an appointment. Visit www.essensuals.com for details of salons nationwide.

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