I went into Ellie's studio for a haircut and leg and bikini wax. The staff were both lovely, the salon is nice and clean, the haircut and wax were both very good and I was out within the hour. And it wasn't expensive. I may have found my new regular salon.
I had a cut and blow dry, the blow dry was AMAZING, usually the curl and bounce doesn't last till the end of the day in my hair, but this lasted all weekend and looked great. However when I came to wash and dry my hair myself, it revealed a pretty bad hair cut. My layers have been cut crudely and are uneven - there are blunt edges and "steps" all down the back of my hair - it looks awful. I think I'll have to go to another hairdresser and get it fixed because it looks like I've done a DIY job on it at the moment, it's even noticeable when it's in a ponytail.
The beautician was very nice and the treatment was fine, but I am used to "built in" pedicure stations so a small portable foot bowel was a bit of a come down and not very comfortable. Also there was a real lack of nail colours to choose from.