Hair styling can be a tricky game and it takes guts (or should we say cuts?) to lay trust in someone to take to our hair with scissors. Changing up your style can be daunting enough and once the chop begins there’s no turning back. That’s why we’ve done the hard work for you and researched the top Brisbane hair stylists where your tresses will be well tamed and in the safest of hands. Ready for a change? Explore below!
Oscar Oscar Salons | Various locations
It was a no-brainer that Oscar Oscar Salons made the cut. With 14 salons nationwide, this Brisbane-based hair powerhouse is across tress trends from around the globe, and have been at the forefront of the hair industry for over 30 years. So, what have they seen so far in 2020? It’s been all about the effortless beach wave and brighter, contrasting colours to frame the face, which is where Oscar Oscar’s team of stylists thrive. Each style is strategically planned out to ensure complexion and face shape is complemented, while the client’s lifestyle is also considered for maintenance and upkeep. With waved looks being one of their many specialities, the stylists work to ensure the style can hold up strongly – even after being slept in. Otherwise, a half-up, half-down ’do never goes astray, creating a simplified and polished look while simultaneously feeling effortless. From trends to tailored and daring ’dos, the Oscar Oscar teams can do it all with passion and innovation the foundation to their award-winning success. For hair that’s completely you, check out your closest Oscar Oscar salon.
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Orb Hair | New Farm
From London to Brisbane since 1999, Salon Director, Deb, has seen the style trends change with the times while her skillset and talents grew from strength to strength and continues to flourish to today. With this extensive experience and industry history, Deb has curated a team of talented stylists who she mentors and leads – sharing her expertise along the way – to result in beautiful hair designed with with expert precision and unhinged creativity. This has ultimately led to Orb becoming one of New Farm's go-to destinations for enviable hair. From lived-in locks to bespoke bobs and creative cuts, the Orb Hair stylists never shy away from a challenge and enjoy creating a tailored look true to a client's style (one scroll through their Instagram and you’ll see exactly what we mean). If you’re looking for a relaxed and rejuvenated experience where your hair is in the best of hands, Orb is your answer.
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Paris Texas Hairdressing | Milton
At this relaxed boutique salon, the style possibilities extend far beyond your hair. If you usually rock the bluntest bob but want to walk on the luxe and longer side for your next night out, Paris Texas is the place to be because they’re the master weavers of exceptional hair extensions in Brisbane. The highly skilled professionals here spout all the qualifications so you can ease into the look you want with confidence, indulgence and serenity. From bold braids to lovely, lengthy locks and curls that will have heads spinning, Paris Texas will always go the extra mile to help you achieve all your hair goals and so much more.
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Revolution Hairdressing | Wilston
We don’t mean to make it personal but when there’s an event at Style HQ, you’ll find us here for a lunch break hair-fix that lasts all night long and beyond! Our neighbours have mastered the fine art of combining technique and visual sculpting to create looks that have beauty built into their structure. With natural texture, waves and curls currently all the rage, Revolution is armed with tips and tricks to craft flawless layers and shapes around your face that are designed to bring out the best you. Plus, they can even help you bring home the salon style as they also sell world-class styling tools that even the most amateur hair enthusiast can wield to perfection!
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Rokstar | West End
With an impeccable reputation nationwide, Brodie Lee has led the Rokstar team to award-winning heights and there’s no question as to how and why. Consistently in our ranks of best hairdressing articles, it’s no surprise the West End salon has made the cut for best stylists too. When it comes to style requests, just about anything and everything is a go lately with nothing off-limits or to be feared. The classics are always a stunning staple, however, with low, sleek pony tails and buns having a resurgence to create a fail-safe, glamorous look, which the Rokstar team absolutely nail. Did you see Olympia Valance’s hair at the 2019 TV Week Logie Awards by Brodie herself (see below for the ultimate sleek bun!)? Each stylist is highly skilled and have all worked behind the scenes at numerous fashion weeks, creating leading runway looks that influence the fashion and style industry from the get-go. The creativity behind the Rokstar work in partnership with the technique and talent of the team clearly produces the goods and a signature style, housed only at this West End salon.
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Salon X Papas | Newstead
Big changes are a breeze when you place your trust in the highly skilled hair artisans who are part of the multi award-winning team at Salon X Papas. Whether you’re braving the chop from long locks to shorter styles, replacing your dark locks with gorgeous blonde tones, or taking bold coloured hair to silvery greys, they understand what's necessary to take you where you want to go. Forget fussy looks with litres of hairspray and an army of bobby pins weighing you down; their modern styles are polished, effortless and timeless. As a team, Salon X Papas has unparalleled years of high-level hairdressing expertise under their roof, so it’s safe to say working wonders is just part of their daily routine. Plus, if you’re after a sense of luxury, then you have found your new hair haven.
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Samantha Jones Hair Co | North Lakes
Taking the trending styles from the ‘gram to your crown without compromising your hair’s health is just one of the glamorous ways Samantha Jones Hair Co will help you standout for all the right reasons. Any style will factor in your hair goals, the event, outfit, hair colour and face shape to consistently deliver flattering and stunning results. With many people taking time in isolation to embrace their more natural look, the team have noticed a slight trend toward more low maintenance styles and natural tones, which they create with the perfect touch of flair. By carefully listening to what you want, they can offer beautiful alternatives infused with subtle creativity to deliver a look that wows, while still matching with your everyday (see the most gorgeous lavender example below).
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Sol Hair | Paddington
Down-to-earth hair nourished with glam is what’s created in this salon of the senses. At Sol Hair, they know that on every head of hair, each curl, wave and flick sits in its own unique way, and when you’re sitting in their salon chair, they are completely in tune with yours. They’ll take the time to understand what you do and don’t like so they can create the perfect niche between the hairstyle you want and the style that best suits you. Are they the ultimate experts or gifted mind readers? It’s honestly hard to tell because not only will they take the exact look you pictured in your head and put it on your head, but they’ll do so with an unparalleled commitment to care, indulgence and charm.
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Tigerlamb | Various Locations
Wear your heart on your hair in a gorgeous style that’s full of life, body and definition in all the right places thanks to the pros at Tigerlamb. While any request will be approached with expertise, creativity and only the most nourishing products, their number one request by far is their modern twist on the medium length choppy bob, or as they like to call it, The Chob. Crafted with the glorious, healthy and shiny hair Tigerlamb artists are notorious for creating, it’s the style made for living in the real world. They’re also no stranger to the classic and bouncy party ponytail and will completely customise it to your look, hair and face shape, whether that be a sleek off-the-face look or a softer face frame to add whimsy and fun.
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Toni & Guy Bulimba | Bulimba
Over their many years of delivering tantalisingly tailored styles, Toni & Guy Bulimba have truly seen it all and created only the best. From shaved panels, asymmetry and micro fringes, no challenge is too big, and no challenge is conquered without being aesthetically pleasing and complementary to the person who owns it. Today they’re throwing it back to the ‘70s and ‘90s with shaggy layers and long fringes sweeping out of the salon, but the timeless styles they are renowned for that accentuate your features to the max will always be making an appearance. We’re talking soft, loose waves and mean bobs that not only look stunning on day one but are just as gorgeous six weeks later!
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Tribe Hair | Woolloongabba
Known for being the home of the lived-in blonde, the Tribe team have the perfect styling to compliment this look. Their signature styles this winter season are fresh blunt bobs for the short hair lovers amongst us, and 70s boho bangs to change up those long beachy waves or to add interest to a textured up do. Each style is completely tailored and personalised to you, taking into account your face shape, lifestyle, maintenance routine, and, of course, your own personal style. Bohemian, breezy and effortlessly cool, you can’t go wrong in the hands of the Tribe stylists. Work with their creative vison and industry expertise to create a style that truly represents you.
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Urban Chic | Ashgrove
From editorial style to everyday glam, the creative collective at Urban Chic are on top of all the trends because they help set them. One peek and scroll through their Instagram will reveal Urban Chic’s passion for bringing the catwalk to their clients, with the utmost service and expertise. Delivering exceptional colours and cuts on the daily, Urban Chic also provide the full indulgent experience with luxe touches to create an experience rather than appointment. Known for creating effortless and undone looks, the Urban Chic artists have seen styles elevate with lived-in texture, bouncy blow dry’s, big hair and volume, volume, volume. Alongside this, the requests have been rolling in for ponytails and half-up half down and everything in between. Have a look at their socials for some inspiration and see their work for yourself.
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William Joseph Hair Co | Chermside West
While a scroll through their feed will reveal flawlessly sleek locks with not a single hair out of place, this salon is anything but strait-laced. William Joseph Hair Co is continuously elevating the customer experience and attending top-notch education and training on the latest trends because luxury never goes out of style. Specialising in all things blonde, they’re the masters of a timeless balayage, as well luxe hair extensions, and face-framing money pieces that have been leaving their salon as of late. From foils to fringes, their skills are refined to the max so they can spend their whole time making you feel like the queen that you are.
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Bach Hair | Paddington & Chelmer
Bach Hair is making waves in more ways than one. Behind the doors of the Paddington and Chelmer hair hubs, waves are where it’s at. From beach waves, tousled, glamour and smooth waves, the taste of 2020 is all in the texture, volume and movement of manes. The Bach team have seen clients request and embrace natural texture while enhancing shine and a polished finish, but it doesn’t stop there. Alongside a tidal of wave requests, buns are having a hot moment! Tall and smooth is taking over the donut bun we’ve seen in recent years and this is something the Bach stylists are all over. Keeping ahead of the trends, the team is incredibly passionate and try new techniques and products behind closed doors before extending their knowledge and professionalism to the salon floor, ensuring to uphold their stellar reputation. With a diverse team at the helm, there’s not much they can’t do and no matter the request or style ambition, they’ll nail your hair goals time and time again.
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Black Avenue Hairdressing | Clayfield
Creative styling is where Black Avenue Hairdressing thrives. From bespoke brides to everyday, lived-in styles, the team are ready and waiting to tame tresses and approach trends with a new perspective. Their signature BLKAVE wave has had heads turning for all the right reasons; it’s an effortless, loose-textured wave that has formation while being less structured than the average curl, making for an everyday, unforced look. For something with bounce yet missing bothersome maintenance (and also happens to be their most requested style so far this year), the textured bob with a signature wave is flattering to any face shape and complexion. The salon's expertise doesn’t end here though, with each stylist ensuring to teach clients tool techniques and hair hacks so salon chair-hair happens at home too. If you’re a budding bride, chat to the Black Avenue team as when it comes to ‘I do’ ’dos, a bespoke look is just the beginning.
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Cameo Rose Hair Boutique | Wavell Heights
Waves are the way to go when you’re pampered by the highly trained team at Cameo Rose Hair Boutique. A surf through their Instagram feed will showcase gorgeous curls in all shades, as well as texture you’ll want to reach through the screen to touch. Whether you’re heading to a formal, wedding or just looking for a little weekday glam, the stylists’ dedication to your satisfaction will be more than apparent in the thorough consultation, thoughtful design and impeccable execution. As A+ experts they always make sure they do their homework on all the latest trends so they can masterfully manipulate each style to suit you in every possible way! In other words, you can do no wrong for all your styling needs at Cameo!
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The Cleo Collective | Moorooka
The Cleo Collective team are all about a post-COVID creative change and are ready to treat their clients to a refreshing revamp. The team have been working on tailoring styles to create the usual trends often requested, but with a bespoke edge for clients to feel happy, beautiful and authentically themselves. The Cleo Collective is starting to see a range of styles and trends coming through from those wanting a change after months cooped up. While that sounds dreamy, the team is ensuring the desired change is complementary to the client's features and lifestyle, so salon quality hair can be part of your every day. The stylists have been finishing their colours and cuts with beautiful, bouncy curls, tousled beach waves (both are their specialities!) or sleek and straight to create a lustrous look. When it comes to colour, they suggest a Smartbond treatment to prevent breakage as we enter the cooler months. With a diverse team on hand, The Cleo Collective are go-to stylists ready and waiting for you.
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Cobelle Creative | Toowong
There’s no question that the home of the 2019 Australian Salon Stylist of the Year (and 2019 QLD Hairdresser of the Year) will shape your hair to perfection. Creative collaboration is a pinnacle of the process at Cobelle Creative, so they’ll be sure to pay close attention to your hair vision before using their expertise and world-class training to craft it into reality. Fitted out with all the very best in hair styling tools and not afraid to walk the cutting edge, the team are not only masters of all the latest trends but are constantly setting new ones in Brisbane and beyond. Lately, their styles have been all about natural texture and manageability with shorter styles that exude luxury with a glossy finish. Amongst the multi-award winning and innovative group is a leading expert in all areas of hair and together they will work their magic on your locks to create a look that’s a true showstopper time and time again.
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Elizabeth JJ’s Hair | Ashgrove
Your up-do, down-do or anything in between will be naturally beautiful in more ways than one with this 100% vegan salon in your corner. The creative flair is firing away every day inside Elizabeth JJ’s on the Avenue to inspire seriously stunning and enticingly intricate styles that will have all eyes on you and compliments rolling in aplenty. Renowned for their woven looks and carefully crafted curls, they’re a go-to for weddings, formals and any other kind of special event for all ages. Bring in your inspo or let the tasteful team take the reins then be prepared to have a Cinderella moment as you watch yourself be transformed right before your very eyes from the comfort of their salon chair!
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Epic Hair Designs | Multiple locations
Your colour will shine in any style when it’s crafted by the brilliant hands of an Epic Hair Designs master. Their exceptional blonde, balayage and colour correction skills are flexible to all lifestyles and maintenance schedules so your hair will not only be the perfect accessory to all your looks but also the main event. Their reputation for being able to achieve it all has even made them the go-to for the La Boite Theatre and Queensland Theatre to create animated upstyles and vibrant colours audiences can’t keep their eyes off. Plus, with their new salon memberships, your loyalty will reap you even more rewards; you can pay either $13, $23 or $33 a week to accumulate money into your account and receive discounts on services and products.
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Fluid the Color Salon | Camp Hill
When you’re in the hands of a New York Fashion Week hair stylist, it’s safe to say your look is going to be a winner, and that’s the exact experience you’ll receive at Fluid. While they’re always ready to give you beautiful bouncy blow outs and waves on waves on waves, low maintenance styles have been their go-to lately. Post-iso cuts are all about embracing the simplicity and ease of styling by chopping into pixies and lobs that are much easier to manage, and Fluid will give you all the hot tips for your new effortless look. Upskilling and finessing is their jam, so they’re always ready for anything you throw at them and when festivals are back on the cards (or if you’re just looking to boogie in your room), their vibrantly coloured festival braids will be part of your best look yet!
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Fruition Style Ambition | Wilston
Sure, to be named one of Brisbane’s best hair stylists is a bold claim, but Fruition Style Ambition has earnt the title time and time again for a reason. With the current AHFA Australian Hairdresser of the Year, Craig Smith as the Salon Director, Fruition is renowned for bringing world-class hairdressing to Brisbane for over 21 years. The salon team is an artistic ensemble united by their love of hair design, impeccable skill and great taste. Whether it’s a sleek and straight middle part or tousled curls for a night out, the stylists have you covered from the everyday to the out of the ordinary. If there is one thing Fruition love and are known for, it’s creating beautiful and memorable hair with an edge and an added air of luxe. For some ultimate style inspiration, check out their Instagram and let your creativity ignite.
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Hair By The Collective | East Brisbane
Hair By The Collective welcomes back the fringe and tackles the evolving hair trends of 2020. Texture is the theme of the year — whether it's natural, beachy, shaggy, or braided, these styles will vamp up any look. According to Owner Michael Pierro, “If there’s one hair style that will reign supreme this year, it’s the French bob.” Clients who want versatility can easily achieve a sleek and sophisticated bob with the right length for their face shape. Pair the cut with a short fringe and voila! Try adding some tousled texture for a more youthful and casual look. For clients with longer hair, their accredited colourists are currently loving copper, golds and peaches coupled with a cool-girl curtain bang, centre part and long face-framing layers — making for a very retro, very chic, but very refreshing vibe. From textured pixies to romantically tousled layers, Hair By The Collective will deliver!
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Hairytales Hair Salon | Wavell Heights
Edgy meets elegance in the cool girl waves that always strut out the door of the sleek Hairytales salon. From gently tousled to mermaid moves and sharp edges that more than make the cut, this is the place to be for the most elevated effortless looks. Before you leave the salon with an ‘I woke up like this’ style that doesn’t have a single hair out of place, the talented team will be completely dedicated to your experience, ensuring your journey to hair goals is filled with comfort, expertise and confidence. Although they specialise in creating bombshell blondes, they’ll bring out the beauty in all shades with all the right twists, flicks and tricks. Check-out their Instagram for some inspo and get ready for the ultimate hair style revamp.
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Hannah Kate Hair | Hendra
When it comes to a refreshing new style, Hannah Kate is all over it and her work is an absolute testament to just that! Lately, Hannah has seen an influx of beaut classic trends trickling their way through her salon doors. We’re talking Farrah Forcett shaping waves and '70s style blunt cuts with face framing and voluptuous waves, and Hannah always rises to the occasion. However, her talents nor requests don’t stop there. Not one to shy away from a challenge (have you seen her bright pink colours?!), there’s been a new wave of requests heading her way for modernised mullets and Hannah loves the challenge. When it comes to styling for events, it’s all in the swing of a basic yet bouncy ponytail with a gorgeous, soft wave to it. No matter your style, Hannah will ensure your new ’do is flawless for both you and your lifestyle, and will leave you with some new-found knowledge on how to tame your new tresses. For some style inspo, scroll through her Insta and let the creativity begin!
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Helmet Hair Co. | Nundah
Helmet Hair Co. is the current Australian Hairdresser of the Year with the overall team priding themselves on providing one of the best salon experiences you can find in Brisbane and beyond. It's all thanks to their expert cut, colour and style techniques, repertoire, expertise and attitude. The unique experience starts from the moment you walk in the doors as you enter their world of industrial glamour, bathed in a cutting-edge aesthetic. Helmet is the place where creative and bespoke styles begin, from street style, editorial style and –most importantly – your style in every single appointment. When it comes to said styling, the team understand the importance of high impact looks with minimal fuss achieved with world-class products and that’s exactly what they deliver. Whether you want a sleek and high Ari-style pony, voluptuous and tumbling Gigi curls or a glamorous Lady Gaga-esque up-do, they will get you there.
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Infinity Hair Design | Albion
Versatile and personal are just two ways to describe the aim of the game at Infinity Hair. Every client who walks through the doors of their Albion salon is in for a unique and bespoke experience, where style is effortlessly taken care of. Whether it be for a complete change or routine touch-up, the team have been trained to ensure each wave is different to the next and all aligns to the personal flair and lifestyle of each client. Texture and lived-in hair have been the flavour of 2020 at Infinity, with volume being the most requested vibe; think effortless waves and easy maintenance with a ‘I woke up like this’ aesthetic. This goes for up-dos, too, as many brides opt for graceful, undone, loose braid crowns and up-styles. No matter your style goals, Infinity will ensure the look is bespoke and completely you, while ensuring realistic hair goals and maintenance beyond the salon doors. No wonder they’ve made this list many times before!
Ink for Hair | Newmarket
Taking looks from the runway to their distinguished hair haunt in Newmarket, INK for Hair are all over both national and international trends. Wendy and the team see hair as an enhancing addition to your outfit and overall look, that reflects your personal style and individuality. This season, they’ve been creating an array of looks oozing effortlessness, natural textures and soft blends in layered lobs to suit all levels of luxury. When it comes to choosing a style, the team incorporate your face shape and personality in their design to ensure the cut is both flattering and bespoke – there’s not a one size fits all rule and this goes for your hair and scalp health, too. Using the latest technology, their diagnostic camera ensures the tone and products used will work for you and not against you, from high end products to colouring blends and everything in between. Speak with the team to begin your hair journey and leave the rest of the work to the talented stylists at INK.
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Kelly Elle Salon | Greenslopes
As part of the Paul Mitchell Creative Team, owner and director Kelly is at the forefront of the industry, making waves in more ways than one and for all the right reasons. From the Paul Mitchell team to her own at Kelly Elle Salon, she’s all about educating her staff, enhancing the client experience and, of course, delivering impactful and bespoke hair that can only be created with over 20 years of expertise and experience in the industry. While colouring is a speciality at the salon, it’s her team's attention to detail, creative vision and precision that makes their style cuts stand out. From shaped lobs to lived-in effortless curls with blunt ends, no matter the request, the stylists will ensure to provide a realistic and achievable journey to create results that are beyond expectations while optimising hair health.
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The Lounge & Co | Newstead & Ormiston
If you’re looking for a luxurious experience with your locks and beyond, you’ve found your people and your salon. Consider The Lounge & Co. an oasis where ‘you time’ is just the beginning. With a mimosa in hand, personalised note on the mirror and bespoke interior surrounds, let the team transform your hair into the epitome of your style while you relish in their trademark ambience and indulgent touches. Whether it be a complete transformation or routine touch-up, the expert stylists will create a bespoke look tailored to your lifestyle, maintenance and dream goals. Hair health and integrity, however, is certainly not left behind with Director Candice ensuring education and optimal products are of the highest and most exceptional standard.
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Or, for some style a little north…
Ms Monaco Hair Society | Sunshine Coast
Formerly known as the VIP Collective, the VIP touch has certainly not been lost in the reinvigoration of this Sunshine Coast salon. Introducing, Ms Monaco Hair Society; with the same team and same expertise, their skillset and style ambition is at an all-time high. Known as the Coast’s blonde experts, the team are just as talented when it comes to hair styling. Boasting a portfolio of blunt bobs, lived-in curls and lustrous layers, the team can do it all while ensuring hair health is optimal and lifestyle maintenance considered. While you’re there, relish in their trademark experience with a champagne or espresso martini in hand, scalp massage and beautiful, nourishing hair treatments. Explore their luxe service menu of personalised treatments and enjoy the ultimate hair experience and style.
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Header image: Shay Mitchell & Ashley Benson
