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Novo is pleased to announce that stylists Karen Bloom and Natalie Page are joining our Hockley team. Both Karen and Natalie have spent many years working locally and both are skilled in all aspects of cutting, styling and colouring.

At novo we aim to deliver the highest quality of hairdressing and service on every visit. We never expect a ‘tip’, but always appreciate it when clients feel they want to show their appreciation for the service they have received by tipping. Unfortunately, our dear friends at HMRC (boo-hiss) expect us [...]

Megan Returns! We are thrilled to announce that Megan will be returning from maternity leave on 4th March. Megan’s journey with novo is a story that began when salon owner Kevin cut Megan’s mum's (Jackie's) hair at a charity event back in 2008. Jackie went on to become a loyal and [...]

Hairdressing is without a doubt one of the most rewarding professions available to a young (or not so young) person today. Hairdressing is a fast paced, fashion influenced and dynamic service industry that offers unrivalled job security (whilst many industries can be mechanised or computerised....you'll never get a computer cutting hair!). Furthermore, [...]

Do you have perfect hair? If you do....great - if you do not, you need to take the 5 mins to read this article. What is Olaplex? Put simply, Olaplex is the magic ingredient that rebuilds the bonds inside your hair - basically, perfect bonds = perfect condition hair. Olaplex [...]

Choosing gifts for loved ones is trickier than ever and your favourite salon has hopefully just made your present shopping a whole lot easier! We’ve teamed up with our friends at Kerastase, Davines, Moroccan Oil and Olaplex to create some fantastic gifts that will not only be really well received, [...]

Thankfully, we are hoping that these latest easing of restrictions marks the beginning of a 'true' return to complete normality. However, it is important for both the safety of our clients and staff that we continue to observe certain measures that will limit possible infection risk and allow our clients [...]

Curly hair is having it’s day again (long overdue!) and the new Curl Manifesto range from Kerastase is here to make your (curly hair) life complete. We have listed below our must-have curly hair products to answer all your curly hair needs: 1) Bain Hydratation Douceur (£23.50) - your go-to [...]

IMPORTANT CLIENT NOTICE. New evidence suggests that clients who have had Coronavirus (knowingly or unknowingly), or who have had the COVID vaccination, may experience an allergic reaction to hair colouring - even on a colourant they have had no previous reaction to. As a result we have taken the decision [...]

We have a date (say goodbye to those roots!) Well, if we cast our minds back to this time last year, there was this notion that things could get quite bad. We may not be able to see as much of our nearest and dearest and, crazy as it seemed, [...]

So you've collected your CaH pack from the salon, or you've had it delivered; what follows is a basic step-by-step guide to mixing, application and removal. Firstly, within your CaH pack will be the following: The colours and developer we use in the salon on your hair Tint bowl Tint [...]

We permit this....just this once Well, we are into week five of Lockdown V3 and it is a little on the taxing side! We hope that the occasional email landing in your inbox goes some small way towards breaking up the monotony. Lockdown V3 is very different from Lockdown V1 [...]

a word from your 'on-pause' salon Strange times indeed... 2020 has drawn to a close (and good riddance to it in many respects) and 2021 had promised so much - less said there the better. So, your new novo newsletter finds you in a third lockdown and it occurred to me that [...]

Novo gift vouchers  Our clients always seem to love giving and receiving novo gift cards and with the shopping restrictions in place, they make a hassle-free Christmas gift. We can supply them in-salon for any amount you require, and we can even send them to the recipient on your behalf. [...]