Michael Barnes

I recently went to michael barnes and had Brett the manager there for my hilights and cut. this is easily one of the best haircuts and colours i have had sinve moving to london 5 years ago. Brett was not only charming but kept me laughing with a light banter ( the only time i have gone to a hairdressers and not grabbed a magazine totry and excape the usual chats the hairdresser throws at you. The drinks menu i was offered covered everything from organic teas hot chocolate but i just had to have a nice glass of red wine. i have no hesitation in recommending this salon and brett to all of my friends and have done so. My new favourite happy place in london

I went to this place for an Assymetric hairstyle, I have curly hair, and the hairdresser (a lovely young lady) does not know how to deal with this. She spent most of her time telling me what products I should use, when I don't use products, and I thought I made it clear I'm more masculine than feminine. She bleached my hair alright, but the rest was awful. I'm sad I couldn't say anything at the time, because it's hard to turn around and say "I hate what you did to my hair" when the hairdresser is a lovely person and you're there on your own and suffer from mild social anxiety anyway. I was also given a "Moroccan oil" treatment, which I asked not to have, didn't do anything, and was expensive. Which is bad because I'd budgeted a precise amount to go to this place, even with my voucher, it was expensive.