Hair & Beauty

Bath

Artizan 5 Bartlett St. Tel: (01225) 420611 & 8a George St. Tel: (01225) 447087 Friendly, professional and more than a little classy hair salon charging what you'd expect from a top-notch salon (£30-£47 for the ladies, a little less for gents). They lavish Aveda products on your locks.

Courtyard 10 Monmouth Place. Tel: (01225) 338334 discount for students on cuts and colours. Ladies, expect to pay anything from £35, fellas £24. GHD is their product of choice.

The Cutting Den 10 Rivers St Place, Julian Rd. Tel: (01225) 445566 Ladies' cuts from £25 with gents coming in at £20. Book your appointment between Tues and Thurs, and show your NUS for a discounted women's price of £21, fellas £17.

The Edge 13a Westgate Buildings. Tel: (01225) 315600 Walk-in basic men's cuts and barbershop cough up £12 and your locks are sorted.

foof 3 Bladud Buildings. Web: www.foofcolour.com Now listen up: Bath is now home to Britain's first studio to specialise just in hair colouring. No cutting or styling is offered, but you can blowdry your own hair and get free help and tips on styling while you're there. Colour-select service includes personality and skin/complexion consultancy. Vibrant, high-tech studio with professionally-trained, graduate-level consultants and colourists. This place is gonna be big. Prices from £25 with opening discounts offered.

Frontlinestyle 4-5 Monmouth St. Tel: (01225) 478478 Find up-to-the-minute beauty treatments, like Vibroderm facials and steam-capsule sessions (the latter just £10), plus stylists snipping away at the latest hair trends. Book in with Tom, the creative director, and pay £45, senior stylist Amie charges £34.

Hacketts Green Park Station, Green Park Road. Tel:(01225) 465200 Stylish man's shear-shop strong on cutting and the latest styling prices from £14.85 for a dry cut.
Ten percent discount for those still in full-time education.

New Saville Row 14 Northgate Street, Tel: (01225) 310110 Traditional city centre barber shop, complete with stripy pole a Bath student institution and chance to brush shoulders with some real Bathonians. Cheap as chips - £13 for a wet cut, £3 for a beard trim.

Nino's Barber Shop 3 Hayes Place, Bear Flat. Tel: (01225) 465115 Tiny boyzone neighbourhood barbershop watch TV and browse lads mags while you wait. Slightly out of town so budget-priced.

Shampers 21 Moorland Road. Tel: (01225) 331213 Useful unisex cuts and colours at affordable prices in prime student residence territory.
Ten percent student discount given.

Toni & Guy 2 New Bond St. Tel: (01225) 484284 & 31 Southgate. Tel: (01225)329555 Ubiquitous salon offering the most trendy styles imaginable. Ladies' cuts from £38 and colour from £47. Students: book your appointment between Monday and Thursday and receive a cut for £30 and colour treatment for £33.

Bristol

AKA 23 Zetland Rd, Redland. Tel: (0117) 904 2244 Friendly salon offering cutting-edge styles and specialises in colouring. Prices vary - ladies' cuts range from £25-£41, gents' £16-£20 - but you can get a whopping 15% discount if you show your NUS. Also offer a range of treatments including glosses, repair and intense moisturising alongside chemical straightening, perms and suchlike.

Avalon Beauty 91b Whiteladies Rd. Tel: (0117) 923 7630 Facials, electrolysis, waxing, tanning, massage and other such treatments.

Bespo'ke 124 St Georges Rd (just off College Green). Tel (0117) 927 7127 Maleä grooming on offer here from face shaves and mini facials to haircuts and massage.

Bonomini 20 Alma Vale Rd, Clifton. Tel: (0117) 923 9169 Stylish, sassy and award-winning salon offering good quality cutting and innovative colour techniques. Bumble & Bumble, Lazartigue and Philip Kingsley products used. Student discount: 10% Mon-Fri between 9am and 5pm.

Carrefour Health & Beauty 15-29 Union St. Tel: (0117) 933 8600 See Health. Treatment rooms and a wide range of tanning from sunbeds to spray on.

Central Studio Centre Gate, Colston Ave. Tel: (0117) 929 2348 & Queen Charlotte St. Tel: (0117) 929 0120 Long-serving salon renowned for colour (they won the L'Oreal Colour Trophy in 2002 and the Western L'Oreal Colour Trophy and Western L'Oreal Men's Image Award this year). The newer Queen Charlotte St salon boasts a colour bar, juice bar, nail bar, make-up, ear-piercing, airbrush tanning and plenty moere.

Consol Suncenter 34 Cannon St, Bedminster & 5 Gloucester Rd & 589 Fishponds Rd & 135 Whiteladies Rd & 42 Old Market St. Tel: 0845 450 9100 Top up your tan from just £2.20 at this tanning salon chain. It offers top-of-the-range sunbeds and is committed to responsible tanning - as you should be.

Franco's Barbers 63a Overton Road. Tel: (0117) 944 6265 Traditional barbers, offering value hair cuts for men. £10.50 for wash and cut but discount with Venue student guide voucher; stocks variety of male grooming products.

Gary Henri 8 Charlecombee Court, Westbury-on-Trym. Tel: (0117) 962 3948 & 8 Clifton Down Rd, Clifton Village. Tel: (0117) 973 7224 & 98 Henleaze Rd, Henleaze. Tel: (0117) 962 3331 & 73 High St, Nailsea. Tel: (01275) 810372 Ladies' cuts from £33.85 at their Clifton Down salon.

Grades 44 Broad St. Tel: (0117) 926 8332 & 49a West Park Rd. Tel: (0117) 973 1866 A modern barbershop with cuts for students from £7.50. Show your NUS card.

Hair @ 62 62 Colston St. Tel: (0117) 925 1728 Late-night opening and discounts for students and NHS staff.

Hobbs 50â Park Row. Tel: (0117) 929 1635 Respected hair salon that boasts landscaped gardens, a cappuccino bar and a very cool, split level interior. Owner Doug Hobbs is an international guest artist for Matrix products. Ladies' cuts range from £32-£45, gents' £21.50-£30. Good student discount for NUS cardholders.

John Hurst Hairdressing 18 Cotham Hill. Tel: (0117) 373 0044 Swanky salon with eponymous London-trained stylist at the helm. Upstairs there's a custom-built colour room. Offers a range of MOP products including the organic C-system for coloured hair.

Mack Daddy's 8 Perry Rd. Tel: (0117) 929 3866 & 22 Park Row. Tel: (0117) 933 0948 Friendly, independent salon with innovative looks from the crew of young stylists.

Mark Justin 215a Gloucester Rd. Tel: (0117) 924 0168 Cutting, Wella colour care, free consultations and large student discounts at this neighbourhood salon. It'ìs rather nice inside, too.

Reflections 131 Whiteladies Rd. Tel: (0117) 973 8718 & 44 High St. Tel: (0117) 925 5516 & 53 Queens Rd. Tel: (0117) 926 0957 & 16 Straits Parade, Fishponds. Tel: (0117) 965 4189 National chain with a high standard of cuts, colours and treatments. Student discount: 20% on particular days - call ahead for details. Ladies' cuts start at £27.10.

Siren 12 Chandos Rd. Tel: (0117) 974 1559 Joico-appointed salon. Chandos Rd may be a traditional neighbourhood street but Siren adds a bit of colour (literally - its outside is bright red) offering innovative, trend-driven cuts and styles.

Sisu 159 Whiteladies Rd. Tel: (0117) 973 0852 Lovely, friendly salon that comes highly recommended. Find ladies' cuts from £31, gents' from £20 with a range of colour treatments available too. Students get a 10% discount.

SK109 109 Coldharbour Rd. Tel: (0117) 924 7981Friendly salon renowned for colour. 10% discount available to all NUS cardholders on Mondays and Tuesdays. Ladies' cuts from £30 with gents' at £18.

The Style Collection 107 Whiteladies Rd. Tel: (0117) 973 8373 Ladies can get a cut from as little as £25 with gents receiving a trim from £17. Also do colour work.

Toni & Guy 1-2 St Augustine's Parade. Tel: (0117) 930 0077 See Bath listing.

The Treatment Rooms 14 Park Row. Tel: (0117) 922 7711 web: Beautifully-decorated salon offering every treatment (beauty and holistic) you could www.tr-bristol.co.uk wish for from hypnotherapy to Hopi ear candles. The Brazilian waxes, though a tad expensive, are the best around.

Urban Halo Tel: Kaarina Neate on (07951) 357982 LA-trained stylist and make-up artists Kaarina visits homes and halls of residence to cut hair. 10% discount for group bookings of four or more - ideal for parties, pre-club/ball.

Wish Beauty 24 Gloucester Rd. Tel: (0117) 907 7446 Regular treatments - waxing, manicures, massage - at pretty good prices. Even better, when you take along your NUS card on Monday - Friday - you'll receive a 15% discount.

Boyzone: Bristol's Top Five Barbershops

Bristol Barber Company 17 The Mall. Tel: (0117) 970 6466 Wonderfully traditional, selling great products plus good haircuts.

Franco's 63a Overton Rd. Tel: (0117) 944 6265 Popular neighbourhood barbershop owned and run by Franco himself. Cuts from around £8.

Goodfellas 172 Raleigh Rd. Tel: (0117) 963 3852 Another neighbourhood stalwart with good value cuts.

Grades 44 Broad St. Tel: (0117) 926 8332 & 49a West Park Rd. Tel: (0117) 973 1866 See listing.

Mr Swanton's Park Place, Queens Rd. Tel: (0117) 973 6157 Authentic Victorian barbers with marble worktops and wood panels.

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