Services
This section is all about you
Here at the Big Yin we tailor all our services to fit your individual needs. This is your time to shine and to squeeze every last bit of information out of us so that you can leave the salon feeling confident about your style.
Tell us what you like and dislike about your hair. It will help us understand you and your hair so we can give you the best advice experience possible and will help us recommend products that will leave you feeling like you have walked out of the Salon every day.
All Styling and Technical requirements come with a thorough consultation from your Stylist as part of the service.
Styling
- Cut and Blowdry- You hair will be washed and conditioned with a relaxing head massage in preparation for the cut and blow-dry. Our stylist will use a range of products and brushes to achieve your desired finished look.
- Wet Cut- Your hair will be washed and conditioned with a relaxing head massage in preparation for the cut. (This service does not include a restyle or a blow-dry).
- Blow Dry (Straight)- Your hair will be washed and conditioned with a relaxing head massage in preparation for your blow-dry and GHD straighten. Our stylist will use a range of styling products and brushes to achieve your desired finished look.
- Blow Dry (Curly)- Your hair will be washed and conditioned with a relaxing head massage in preparation for your blow-dry. Our stylists will use a range of styling products and brushed to achieve your desired curly finished look.
- Fringe Trim- This service is to help you maintain your style between hair appointments. The service includes as straightening of the fringe if needed and your fringe trimmed back into shape.
- GHD Curl/Styling- For this service you will arrive at the salon with hair washed and dried and ready to be styled to your specific requirements. This can be either curled, waved, straightened, flicked etc.
- Hair Up- This service is ideal for Brides, Bridal Parties, Special Occasions, Nights out or Proms! Treat yourself with a glamourous hair up, stylist can follow images of styles found or reccommend styles to you.
- Hair Up Trial- Although you may know which style you would like and are certain on the way your hair will look, as stylists we need to check that your hair will be suitable to adapt to the style and practise to identify how the weight and texture of your hair reacts to the style.
- Setting- To achieve a long lasting curl held into your hair we reccommend a set, shampooed and placed into rollers the hair will be shaped into place to create natural looking curls. Reccommended for short hair only.
Technical (colouring)
Please let us know on booking if you wish to have a cut and/or a blow-dry as our technical services only include a rough dry by our Assistants. This will decide how much time we can book you in for. Skin test must be carried out 48 hours before each colour service for new clients.
- Full Head Highlights- Your stylist will recommend what technique and colours will be needed to achieve your desired look. Highlights are applied to the entire head. This will help you achieve a much brighter all over colour.
- Half Head Highlights- Your stylist will recommend what technique and colours will be needed to achieve your desired look. The highlights will be applied to the top half of the head leaving out the bottom half below the crown.
- Tint and Wovens- Your stylist will then recommend what technique and colours will be needed to achieve your desired look. The woven highlights will be applied through the hair and an all over base colour will also be applied around the highlights. This service is best to create a complete coverage look and it's especially well-suited to clients who do not want their natural colours on show.
- Full Head Tint- Your stylist will help you choose the shade you need to achieve your desired look OR can recommend a shade that will best suit your skin tone. The colour is applied straight onto the scalp and taken through the entire length of the hair.
- Full Head Bleach- This is for customers that are already a very bright blonde and wishing to touch up the roots. This is also for clients who have a natural light colour who are wishing to achieve the brightest blonde possible. (This service may need a toner which is of an additional cost).
Extras
These extras are only carried out with or after a technical service
- Colour Strip- This service is for those of you with existing colour treated hair who wish to take the hair to a lighter all over base. After a thorough consultation with your stylist to determine your hair condition, shade and discuss realistic end results, they will be able to determine the best action to take to achieve your desired result. These services can be unpredictable and sometimes several services may be need to be carried out to achieve your goal.
- Toner- This service is for those of you with highlighted hair or all over blonde hair who wish to alter the tone slightly, it can be toned Gold or Ash.