Lived-in colour and quietly brilliant cuts, from a sunlit studio at the top of Margaret Street. We do the slow, careful kind of hair: the kind that still looks good in week nine.
Upstairs on Margaret Street, behind an arched window that catches the afternoon light, we run four chairs and one basin bay. No conveyor belt and no upsell at the basin: just a long consult, colour mixed by the gram, and a cut that suits how you actually live.
"We book fewer clients a day than most salons in town. That's the point."
Every appointment starts with a proper consultation: ten minutes, no rush, and a straight answer about what your hair will actually do.
Hand-painted so it grows out softly over four to six months. About three and a half hours, with toner, bond repair and a blow-dry.
from $280A forty-minute demi-permanent gloss for shine and tone. The one our regulars book between colours.
$75Cut dry, curl by curl, then a ten-minute lesson in how to style it yourself on a humid February morning.
$120A trial in the studio, then Elsie comes to you: homesteads, gardens and wineries across the Downs.
from $220
Everyone here has done at least a decade of hair. Hover or tab through to meet them; the chair you pick carries through to the booking.
Founder & colour director
Sixteen years behind the chair, eleven of them in Brisbane and London before she came home to Toowoomba. See Mara for colour corrections, grey transitions and the blonde you've been too nervous to ask for.
Book with Mara"Your hair should look expensive in week nine, not just on day one."
Senior stylist & cutter
Precision bobs, short cuts and the cleanest skin fade on the Range. Mateo trained in Melbourne and cuts dry first, wet second, so the shape suits how you actually wear it.
Book with Mateo"A good cut is the one you can do yourself on a Tuesday."
Balayage specialist
Sophie paints freehand, with no foils unless they earn their place: soft, sun-caught blonde, and the copper that has had half of Toowoomba asking this spring.
Book with Sophie"I paint for the grow-out, not the photo."
Bridal & occasion
More than three hundred brides, from garden weddings in Highfields to winery mornings out on the Downs. Soft, undone up-dos that last through the speeches and the dance floor.
Book with Elsie"If it moves when you laugh, it's right."
The eight shades we're mixing most this season. Each is only a starting point: we tune it to your skin, your eyes and whatever your last box dye did.
Oxblood Velvet
Deep cherry-brown with a red that only shows up in the sun. Gentle on dark bases, no bleach needed.
Four from this season's chairs. Scroll, swipe or use the arrow keys.
Plate 01 Long brunette, polished ends by Sophie
Plate 02 Platinum, cropped close by Mateo
Plate 03 Copper, low and undone by Elsie
Plate 04 Honey waves, lived-in by Mara
Three choices and you're in. New colour clients, we'll call first for a quick patch-test chat.
Shop 3, 141 Margaret Street
Toowoomba City QLD 4350
Upstairs from the bookshop. Look for the arched window and the brass handle.
Two-hour street parking out the front. The car park off Russell Street is a four-minute walk.