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Sian Victoria © - Blonde hair, blow-dry, JYG Hair & Beauty, Birmingham

Top Hairdressers and Hair Salons in Birmingham

I’m always looking for reputable trendy hair salons in Birmingham that use the latest hair colouring products and treatments such as Olaplex.

Although these places tend to be pricier, their hair bonding treatments are worth it to prevent hair damage during the bleaching process. If you are anything like me and you are always trying to achieve the strongest and blondest hair you can, then you may find my list of highly experienced hair salons helpful.

If you search ‘best hairdressers in Birmingham’ nothing visually useful turns up. Therefore, I thought I would share my experiences and before and after photos at each place, taken over the past three years to give you a better insight from a customer perspective of some of the top hair salons in Birmingham.

So, here are just a few hairdressers near me that I recommend:

1. Bad Apple

Sian Victoria © - Bleach blonde, before & after, Bad Apple Hair salon, Walsall, West Midlands

This list is in no particular order; however, my favourite hair colour of all time was achieved at Bad Apple Hair Salon in Walsall with the lovely Ciara who gave me exactly what I wanted, silver blonde hair root to tip!

You can find Bad Apple all over the West Midlands, but their Birmingham salons are located in Topshop Bullring and Burlington Arcade.

Colour prices start from £60 and for a blow dry & cut from £41 for women.

2. Rumours

Sian Victoria © - Rumours of Harborne, Bleach blonde before & after, Rumours Hair Salon, Harborne

Nardia from Rumours Hair Salon in Harborne created this lovely balayage by painting on bleach through the ends and using a purple toner to make hair silver.

To prevent my hair from damage Olaplex was used so my hair felt great afterwards.

A cut & blow dry starts from £43 and foil highlights start from £85.

3. Hazel & Haydn

Sian Victoria © - Hazel & Haydn, Blow dry & cut before & after, Jewellery Quarter

Lauren from the independent Hazel & Haydn hair salon in the Jewellery Quarter brought new life to my hair with a wash, blow dry and cut.

The salon has an industrial stylish look and an adorable dog to greet you on arrival.

A ladies cut & dry starts from £40 and a full head of foils start from £90.

This place has won many local awards, so the hairdressers here know their stuff when it comes to a decent cut and colour.

4. Blow Ltd

Sian Victoria © - Blow Ltd, Boho curls & milkmaid braid

Blow Ltd style and blow dry hair on the go, they can be booked for a home visit when you have a special occasion, or you can visit their beauty bar at Debenhams in the Bullring.

Stylist Marie visited my home to create five summer festival hairstyle ideas, which I absolutely loved!

Blow Ltd are available in Birmingham, London and Manchester and prices start from £35.

5. Regis

Sian Victoria © - Regis, Blonde curly hair, L’Oreal Smartbond treatment, Birmingham

I visited Regis Hair & Beauty Salon in Birmingham located on Corporation Street for a bond strengthening treatment and blow dry.

My hair looked and felt amazing afterwards, so I highly recommend the treatment if your hair is weak and damaged, especially if you have recently coloured your hair and its condition needs a boost. Especially if you experience hair loss and are seeking ways to strengthen your hair to prevent hair loss and encourage growth.

6. Francesco Academy

Sian Victoria © - Francesco Group Salon & Academy, before & after bleach blonde by Heather Shaw

Sian Victoria © - Francesco Group Salon & Academy in Stafford, Before & after bleach blonde by Heather Shaw

Francesco Group have professional hair salons all over the West Midlands and one near Victoria Square in central Birmingham.

However, I visited the Francesco Group Salon & Academy in Stafford where Gold winner colour expert Heather Shaw sorted out my faded dull blonde and transformed it to this beautiful ice blonde tone and gave my hair a much needed chop to make it look thicker and healthier.

After loving what Heather did to my hair on my first visit, I've been back a second time and got this lovely pink hue look.

7. James Bushell

Sian Victoria © - James Bushell, Before & after bleached blonde roots, Birmingham

There are two James Bushell hair salons in Birmingham, one in Edgbaston and the other in the Mailbox. I've visited both, however on this occasion I went to the Edgbaston Village salon where I had a colour, cut and style with the lovely Sophie who coloured it and Harriet who cut and styled.

To get rid of my brassy roots that occured from a root drag given to me by another salon, Sophie bleachd the roots and worked some through the lengths for a more even colour to get rid of the three bands - bleach blonde, brassy root drag and virgin hair.

Harriet then finished by creating big bouncy curls. A ladies cut & finish starts from £45 and a full head of colour from £89.

If you crave for the lightest white blonde you can get, you may be interested in my how to get rid of brassy hair post. It has photos on my process of getting rid of unwanted tones with purple shampoo.

8. JYG Hair & Beauty

Sian Victoria © - Before and after wash and blow dry, JYG hair salon Birmingham

Another fantastic hair salon located in Edgbaston Village is JYG Hair & Beauty where I popped in for a quick wash and the most perfect blow dry that I've had in a while. The stylish hair salon with large silver ornate mirrors is highly experienced at working with all hair types and providing hair cutting, colouring and styling services.

If your hair is lacking volume and moisture they also provide Moroccanoil, Kerastraight, Redken and INNOluxe treatments. A wash & blow dry is £20-£24 and it can take 30-60 minutes so you'll be walking out with fresh voluminous hair in no time.

You can read about the experience in my beauty treatments and dining in Edgbaston Village post.

To conclude

So, there you go, my list of some of the best hair salons in Birmingham from my personal experience. If you know any reputable hair salons I should try let me know and I may visit to see if they are worthy of being on the list.

But please rest assured there’s one chain salon I’ve visited in Birmingham that definitely won’t ever make it to this page. I only add salons to the list who I’ve had great experiences with, in terms of the finished hair results, customer service and in some cases management so if they don’t tick all my boxes they won’t be added.

I've had my share of terrible hair salon visits in Birmingham and the surrounding West Midlands, so only the best experiences of me walking out the salon doors 100% happy get featured.

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