Tasha Marlowe
Owner, colour specialist
Trained in Leeds and spent eight years in city salons before opening Marlowe in 2019. Does most of the copper in this town, and isn’t sorry.
Most hair looks great walking out of a salon. We care how yours looks eight weeks later.
Week eight, side by side
Hair grows about a centimetre a month. Colour painted on in one solid block leaves a hard line as it grows. Colour placed strand by strand grows out soft, so you can leave it longer between visits.
Week 8: about 2cm of regrowth. The block colour has a clear stripe; the lived-in colour just looks a bit more natural.
Prices
Cuts
- Restyle, cut & finish£48
- Cut & finish42
- Curly cut, with Priya55
- Dry cut30
- Blow-dry28
- Kids’ cut, under 1218
Colour
- Root colour£58
- Full head colour72
- Half-head highlights85
- Full-head highlights110
- Balayage, lived-in blonde140
- Toner & gloss30
Occasions
- Bridal & occasion hairfrom £65
- Bridal trial£45
Prices are from, with a senior stylist. Book with Jade, our junior stylist, and most services are about 20% less. We’ll always tell you the price before we start.
New here? Start with a chat
- Fifteen minutes with your stylist
- Skin test for colour, 48 hours before
- An honest quote, no upselling
- Tue to Sat, no obligation
Four chairs
Priya
Senior stylist, curls and texture
Cuts curly and coily hair dry, curl by curl, so you can see the shape as it happens. Will talk you out of a straightener.
Ellie
Stylist, cuts and blow-dries
Precise bobs, grown-out fringes rescued, and the blow-dry people book before job interviews and weddings.
Jade
Junior stylist
Two years in and already fast with a toner. Book Jade and most services cost about 20% less, with Tasha checking the colour.
Talk. Ten minutes, with your hair dry and how you normally wear it. What you like, what drives you mad, how often you’ll really come back.
Mix. Colour is mixed for your hair on the day, not poured from a standard recipe, and placed where it will grow out kindly.
Cut. Cut for how it falls on day forty, not just how it looks under our lights.
Show. We finish it the way you’ll do it at home, with your own hands on the dryer if you want, so Tuesday goes fine.
Good to know
Do I need a skin test? Yes, before any colour if you’re new to us or haven’t had colour here for six months. It takes five minutes and has to be done at least 48 hours before your appointment. Pop in any time we’re open.
Is there a deposit? For colour appointments over two hours we take £20 when you book, which comes off your bill. Cuts don’t need one.
What if I need to cancel? Give us 48 hours and there’s no charge. Less than that and we keep the deposit, because that chair sits empty.
I’m running late. What happens? Ring us. Up to fifteen minutes we’ll still do everything; later than that we may have to shorten things or move you.
Can you fix colour done somewhere else? Usually, though big corrections can take two visits. Book a free consultation first so we can be honest about time and cost.
Do you do curly and textured hair? Yes. Priya specialises in it and cuts curls dry. Come with your hair as you normally wear it.
Is the salon accessible? We’re up one flight of stairs with no lift, which we know isn’t good enough. Tell us when you book and we’ll do what we can, including home visits for regulars.
Can I bring my kids? Of course. Kids’ cuts are £18 for under-12s, and Saturday mornings are the busiest, so book ahead.
How do I pay? Card or contactless. We don’t take cheques, and we never charge for a consultation.
Book a chair
Tell us what you’re after and when suits you, and we’ll come back with a time, usually the same day.
- Tuesday, Wednesday
- 9am to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 10am to 8pm
- Friday
- 9am to 6pm
- Saturday
- 8:30am to 4pm
- Sunday, Monday
- Closed
Upstairs at Cutler Street, above the bookshop. The door’s to the left of the shop window; ring the bell marked Marlowe.