Sorrel&Shear
Seen from directly behind: a glossy dark bob cut above the nape, against a black ground.

Cut to grow out beautifully.

Four chairs on Quillfeather Lane. A consultation before the scissors, seventy-five minutes for a cut, and the price confirmed before the cape goes on.

i. A first visit

Seventy-five minutes.

What a first visit actually looks like.

  1. Tea, and your hair as it is today.

  2. On the sofa: how you wash, dry and part it on a Tuesday.

  3. Wash, without hurrying the scalp massage.

  4. Cut dry, then wet, then dry again.

  5. We show you how to style it with your own hands.

  6. A card goes home with you: when to come back, and what to skip buying.

A stylist’s hands holding a section of wet dark hair between two fingers and cutting it with scissors.
0:30Wet now. It gets checked dry again before you see the mirror.
Two small unlabelled amber glass bottles lying on loose cotton gauze in warm light.
1:15What goes home: a card, and only what your hair needs.

iii. Looks

Shapes we cut often.

All six shapes
The back of a glossy chestnut bob cut in one blunt line.

Blunt at the jaw

One length, cut dry so the line sits exactly where you want it.

Long brown hair falling in a loose S-shaped wave over a bare shoulder, seen from behind.

Loose S-wave

Long layers placed so a natural bend falls the right way.

Long wavy hair from behind, deep brown at the root melting to honey at the ends.

Honey at the ends

Painted lightness from mid-length down. Roots left as they grow.

Photographs are licensed stock images used for this demo, not clients of the studio.

A quiet cutting station: a round mirror on a cream wall, a wooden counter and a hairdryer, in low afternoon sun.

iv. The studio

Two sinks, four chairs, a kettle that is always on.

Step-free entry. A quiet hour on Tuesday mornings, music off.

The studio and the stylists

Tuesday to Saturday, by appointment.

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