Hair design · Hillcrest
A Hillcrest salon on Rapson Road, known for ombre and balayage work that still looks deliberate months after you leave the chair.
about
Patrick Walsh Hair Design works out of 14 Rapson Road in Hillcrest. The salon's own portfolio leans heavily on lived-in colour, ombre and balayage in particular, the kind of work that is designed around the grow-out rather than against it.
Ombre and balayage are placed so the regrowth line stays soft. The point is a shape that still reads well when life gets in the way of your next booking.
The salon's own description of its ombre work is that it is the low maintenance option, and the finished pieces bear that out.
4.7 out of 5 across 33 Google reviews from Hillcrest and the surrounding Upper Highway.
our work
Colour work is bought on evidence. This is the salon's own finished piece, shown alongside a little professional styling imagery.
The first image is Patrick Walsh Hair Design's own work. The other two are professional styling imagery.
before you book
Each of these opens in its own space, so it stays out of the way until you want it.
Try a colour against your own photo, four quick steps. Or find a cut reference worth bringing to the chair.
Open the studio →
Reserve the products used on you and collect them in the salon. No delivery, no card details.
See the shelf →
Colour guidance, plainly written. Ombre against balayage, planning a grow-out, keeping colour from going brassy.
Read the journal →
the signature
Ombre, placed for the grow-out.
Soft at the root and deliberate at the ends, so it still looks intended long after the appointment.
reviews
The salon's Google rating, across 33 reviews.
Read them on Google →journal
The questions clients ask while the colour develops, answered plainly and with nothing to sell you.
Three techniques that get used interchangeably, and what separates them.
Why the regrowth line should be decided at the consultation, not six weeks later.
The Upper Highway climate swings, and hair notices before you do.
hillcrest local
A lot of Patrick's clients run something of their own. This is a short, deliberately small list of them.
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A handful of slots, kept few on purpose. Monthly rate and availability on enquiry.
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