Choose from 21 venues offering ladies' half head highlights near Slateford, Edinburgh

Family-friendly Gruagaire Hair Salon & Barbers, in the heart of Edinburgh, specialise in a long list of hairdressing services, including men's hot shaves, ladies' hair cutting, styling and colouring.

This charming addition to Morningside Road opened its doors in January 2019, with a warm welcome and relaxing vibe.

Struggling to find a babysitter? Fear not, the salon occupies a family section or private room where you can enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and wifi.

If you're in the mood for a new look, Gruagaire covers a cross-section of colouring treatments such as Balayage, Ombre, Highlights and many more that the team are happy to assist with.

Easy to reach from the City Centre there's a series of bus stops spanning the road as well as on-street parking nearby.

Whether you're in need of a special updo or just fancy making a change, the crafty team at Gruagaire Hair Salon & Barbers look forward to giving you hair to boast about.

Peter James Hairdressing is a premium and reputable hair salon located in Haymarket, Edinburgh.

Nearest public transport:

Haymarket train station is a short walk away.

The team:

All the stylists have a wealth of experience in all things hair and are friendly professionals known for building human connections.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Very modern and professional.
• Specialises in: Hair (Blonde specialists)
• Brands and products used: Wella, Kevin Murphy, K18, GHD
• Extra touches: Salon dogs

Hairdressing by Wendy is a renowned hair salon based within Noirouge Hair & Beauty in the heart of Haymarket, Edinburgh. Wendy is committed to caring for clients, ensuring they have a relaxing and revitalising experience. All services are bespoke to the individual needs of each client. Hairdressing By Wendy believes that everyone is unique and beautiful, and so every client that visits will be treated as such.

Nearest public transport

Hairdressing By Wendy is easily accessible by public transport, with the West End tram stop and Haymarket station just a five-minute walk away. This makes it an ideal choice for those who prefer to travel by public transportation.

The team

Wendy, the business owner, is a Wella Colour Master Expert and balayage specialist, and the driving force behind Hairdressing By Wendy's success. Her dedication to client satisfaction and her keen eye for detail have earned her a loyal clientele who trust her with their hairdressing needs. Wendy's expertise and warm personality make every visit to the salon a pleasant experience.

What we like about the venue

• Atmosphere: Relaxing, professional, personalised.
• Specialises in: Colour.
• Brands and products used: Wella, K18, and Eleven Australia.

Lavanya Salon is a hair and beauty salon based in Murrayfield, Edinburgh.

Nearest public transport:

Local bus services & tram connect the salon. On street parking is available nearby.

The team:

All the technicians are highly experienced, friendly professionals known for building human connections.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Modern, professional & relaxing
• Specialises in: Hair and Beauty
• Brands and products used: Wella

Don’t knock it til you’ve dyed it at Milly Myatt Creative Colour - Edinburgh. With a healthy dose of all the major colour trends, you'll find this house of hues has an extensive menu of colour services, with options in glossy tints, sunkissed and autumnal highlights and the intricate hand-painted balayage technique - this is creative colouring done right.! Witness the transformation as frizz is tamed, curls are defined, and your hair emerges with a newfound lustre and life. This is not hairassment - this is your sign to pencil in an appointment at Milly Myatt Creative Colour and leave trimming over with confidence!

Nearest public transport:

A 6-minute walk from Haymarket station will lead you to the hairdresser's hot seat at Milly Myatt Creative Colour. Paid parking is readily available in the area.

The team:

This one-to-one service aims to leave you feeling so relaxed and comfortable that you can't wait for your next visit. Milly will leave you feeling refreshed, radiating elegance and in mint condition(er) - absence makes the heart grow blonder!

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Transforming, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: Helping others look and feel their best by harnessing the transformative power of hairdressing.
• Brands and products used: Creative Colour.

Marishka @ The Salon on Glanville is a hairdressing business located in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. The salon offers a variety of hair services including cuts, colouring, styling, and treatments.

The salon has a team of skilled and experienced stylists who are trained to provide personalised consultations to each client, helping them to choose the best hair style and colour to suit their individual needs and preferences.

They use high-quality hair products from well-known brands to ensure the best results for their clients. The salon's comfortable and modern environment makes for a relaxing and enjoyable experience.

Nearest public transport:

The venue is based in Glanville Place, with local bus routes scattered nearby.

The Team: 

They are highly trained hairdressers with many years of experience under their belt.

What we like about the venue: 

• Atmosphere: Friendly and professional.                 
• Specialises in: Balayage.
• The extra: The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Cara @ Strandz Hair is based inside Strandz Hair salon, located in Morningside, Edinburgh. They offer a wide range of treatments, including haircuts, highlights, blow drys and colour, allowing you to indulge in a service performed by a true professional. With treatments that are tailor-made for each individual, book in now, before you miss out.

Nearest public transport: 

Cara @ Strandz Hair is based inside Strandz Hair salon, located in Morningside, Edinburgh is accessible by bus and has on-street parking.

The team:

The experienced team here at Cara @ Strandz Hair salon is all about understanding your needs, personalisation, and bringing out your confidence.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Friendly, knowledgeable and relaxing.
• Specialises in: Haircutting and colour.
• Brands and products used: Goldwell and KMS.
• The extra touches: Venue has on-street parking.

Danielle Carr is a chain of hair salons, one of which is located in Morningside offering a wide range of hair services. The salon is dog friendly and is open until late on Thursdays.

The team of stylists perform an extensive consultation to listen to your needs and to ensure that they create an innovative style specially tailored to you. You can sit back and enjoy your treatment assured that your hair is in good hands. From the moment you walk in the staff make your experience as relaxing and professional as possible.

Please note: Due to COVID19, there has been a £5 temporary price increase for our services. Our prices will return to normal once PPE is no longer required. You will be required to pay the £5 fee in the salon, with either cash or card payments. Alternatively, there is an Add On service that can be booked alongside your treatment.

A hair salon in Edinburgh, James Alexander Hair offers haircuts and hairdressing services and opens late to work around your schedule. With a strong reputation for his expertise, James Alexander has won many awards including 5 times regional finalist of The L'Oreal Colour Trophy.

Being small and intimate, the salon has a chilled atmosphere and lovely surroundings, where you can relax and be part of his team’s social environment. A modern salon with hints of a Parisian style decor and chic designs, it makes the place look spacious and elegant whilst feeling cosy. With lovely service and experienced hairdressers, why not treat yourself to a new haircut, effortless style or colour to bring out your natural beauty.

Revive your locks with a haircut, blow dry or colour treatment before enjoying a manicure at Mel Mackey in Blackhall, Edinburgh.

This fresh salon is run by a team who have decades of experience delivering bespoke service to each client.

Using products from Goldwell, they offer classic cuts and styling to men, women and children as well as beauty treatments including gel nails and brow tinting.

Whatever you go for, you'll enjoy a friendly welcome and personalised experience. Book in today for the hair you've been dreaming of.

Mel Mackey is wheelchair accessible and has free parking outside.

For a head-to-toe experience, Finch & Feather is the place for you. Based in Haymarket, they offer a range of hair, beauty, body, and skincare treatments.

Nearest public transport:

The salon can be found using local bus services.

The team:

All the technicians are experienced, friendly professionals who are known for building human connections.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Friendly, professional.
• Specialises in: Hair, beauty, body, skin.
• Brands and products used: HD Brows, The Gel Bottle, Navy Professionals, Kerastase, Lycon, L'Oréal, Nouveau, ELIM, HyrdaFacial, SkinPen, SkinCeuticals, Aromatherapy Associates.

Located in Morningside, Technik Hair Design is a cosy salon offering a wide range of hairdressing services at reasonable prices. The salon has a funky, fresh look with a bustling and friendly atmosphere.

Enjoy a beverage while the experienced and dedicated team of hairdressers style your hair to perfection. The passionate staff are always inspired to meet your expectations, creating a unique style that suits you and ensuring that you leave the salon feeling pampered and refreshed.

Located in Roseburn, Claire Doig Hairdressing is a small and friendly salon offering ladies, men's and children's haircuts, colouring and much more. The salon is a cosy space, with a lovely antique decor.

Their team create a calm atmosphere, giving you an enjoyable experience. They make sure you feel refreshed and pleased with the results when you leave. Whether you go in for hair up or a full head tint, you can really relax and enjoy being pampered. There is plenty of free parking nearby.

Working from within Loft 28 salon in Edinburgh's Old Town, Hair by Natalia Orszt specialises in bespoke colours and precision unisex cutting.

Stylist Natalia offers a comprehensive colour menu which includes everything from easy to manage, natural-looking highlights to modern pastel colouring and the popular freehand balayage and ombre techniques. In hair styling, you'll find intricate updos, sleek blow-dries, quick trims and complete restyles designed to retain their shape long after you have left the salon. Family friendly, there are cuts for kids too.

Competent conversing in both Polish and English Natalia offers free, professional consultations and aftercare advice on each service. Situated just South of Edinburgh castle, Loft 28 is just a short walk from the heart of Edinburgh and along several main bus routes.

Fiona Johnston Hairdressing is a bespoke styling brand based inside Glanville Hairdressers, located in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

Fiona is a creative director offering an excellent technical ability, customer service and specialising in a range of GHD, Nioxin and Wella hairdressing techniques. She listens to your needs and gives your hair the results that you didn’t think you could achieve, always taking into consideration your individual style.

Found within Lochrin Buildings in Edinburgh, Studio E is a friendly, accommodating venue providing a wide range of hair colouring and cutting services, which, coupled with late night opening hours, makes it the perfect place to visit for all your hair needs.

The team here are creative, hardworking and thorough: they will take the time to listen to your requirements and ensure that you leave with a hairstyle which is completely bespoke to you.

LA Hair Solutions located on Comiston Road, a few minutes away from Morningside Parish Church.

The salon offers a relaxing space with charming decor for you to feel at ease and comfortable. Offering an array of services from tanning, waxing and hair colouring you can be sure to find the treatment which suits your needs. Their therapists are experts in their field with a mission to leave you feeling pampered and fabulous.

Get back to the hair necessities, with Laura Mcquade Hairdressing, Edinburgh and give yourself something to root home about. Through this scissor scholar's expert cutting and colouring techniques, you'll re-discover the art of hair customization and those bad hair days will soon become a pigment of your imagination. Whatever you desire, from raven blacks, copper reds and through to caramel blondes, the spectrum of shades and classic cut services aim to leave you and your hair with a newfound lustre and life. Pencil in and start living for that mirror moment!

Nearest public transport:

An 8-minute walk from Kingsknowe station will lead you to the hairdresser's hot seat at Laura Mcquade Hairdressing.

The team:

This one-to-one service aims to leave you feeling so relaxed and comfortable that you can't wait for your next visit.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Transforming, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: Helping others look and feel their best by harnessing the transformative power of hairdressing.
• Brands and products used: L'Oréal, GHD, Colour Wow and Moroccanoil.
• The extra touches: The venue is wheelchair accessible, plus as you settle in for your treatment you'll be invited to enjoy complimentary beverages, enhancing the pampering experience.

Neil Maclean Hair Studio offers a range of elite hair treatments including keratin blow drys, highlights, bleach tint and ladies' and men's haircuts. Their stylish, chilled, but sophisticated salon is an ideal place to spend an afternoon of pampering. And their passionate staff have the experience and qualifications to deliver the precise look you've requested and ensure that your natural beauty shines through.

No matter the occasion, whether it be a weekend out with your girlfriends or an important evening event coming up on your calendar, you can rest assured that your hair is in the hands of some of the industry's most talented experts. And to match their top-notch stylists and colourists, this salon uses only elite brands like Loreal, Kerastase and GHD.

Located within walking distance from local bus stops, getting to your appointment is a breeze. If you are looking for a stylist with countless years of experience and an innate artist's eye, book your next appointment at Neil Maclean Hair Studio.

It's All About You is a salon that hires the best talent, currently teamed with Loz & Roxy who are very talented in Hair & Make-up , Steph offers Waxing, Lash and Brows (Popular) & Facial Aesthetics , ILP Hair Removal, as well as other beauty services. Including makeup & training courses.

Conveniently located you will find everything you might possibly need to look and feel your best beauty-wise.

Steph trained with leading salons in Edinburgh so is super talented and will provide a real and unique experience for every single client.

Please note: Treatments are for over 16s only.