COLOUR SPECIALIST — COUNTY DURHAM
The work is the revolution. Great hair belongs to everyone.
HAIR FOR THE PEOPLE
Two locations. One standard. No pretension.
Private Studio
Durham City Centre · Hair Colour Studio
Appointment-only. One-to-one.
Address: 10 Victoria Terrace, Durham DH1 4RW
Hours: Mon & Wed 08:30–17:00 • Thu 08:30–21:00
Sun 10:00–17:00 • Sat selective
Services: Colour • Blonding • Balayage • K18 • Rituals • Memberships
40% Student Discount - Rituals - Memberships -Private Studio
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At Clique Salon
Newton Aycliffe · Colour Specialist
Expert colour. Lively salon atmosphere.
Address: 16 Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Newton Aycliffe DL5 6ZE
Hours: Tuesday 10-17:00, Friday 10-20:00, Saturday 09-15:00
Services: Colour • Blonding • Balayage • K18 • Cuts
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Lou Johnston is a L'Oréal trained colour specialist with over 20 years of experience across the US and UK.
The Durham studio is private and appointment-only. One client at a time. No salon floor, no upselling, no rushing. Just considered colour work delivered with full attention.
Newton Aycliffe is a different room. The standard isn't.
The work is the revolution. Great hair belongs to everyone.
Specialist Colour Services
Twenty years of training. A focused set of techniques. Nothing we can't do with colour.
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Brazilian Blonding
Developed by Brazilian colourists and brought to global salons, Brazilian Blonding uses strategically placed, wider sections of lightness to create face-framing and ends-concentrated brightness with a naturally blended root. The result is high-impact colour that still manages to look like it belongs there — lived-in, luminous, and full of movement.
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Anti-halo blonding technique — colour specialist Durham
Anti-Halo is a precision blonding technique designed to redirect lightness where it's needed most — at the ends — while keeping the root area soft, subtle, and deliberately understated. The result is a seamless, natural-looking blonde with genuine depth at the root and luminosity through the lengths and ends.
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Cloud Dancer Blonde
Pantone's colour of the year for 2026 is Cloud Dancer — and it happens to be exactly what we do. A soft, billowy white-blonde with warmth and movement, Cloud Dancer Blonde is the technique that delivers that effortless, luminous finish. Not stark. Not icy. Just beautifully balanced blonde that feels like it was always yours.
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Modern Traditional Balayage
Balayage means hand-painted — but somewhere along the way, the technique got watered down. True balayage is a freehand painting method, applied directly to the hair, creating a soft, sun-kissed result with natural graduation and zero hard lines. This is that. Consultation-led and tailored to your hair, colour, and lifestyle.
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Modern Traditional Highlighting
Highlights done properly leave no lines, no tell-tale regrowth, and no need to panic between appointments. Placement-led and tailored to your hair, this is classic highlighting with a modern eye.
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Vivid Colour
Vivid colour done well is about more than picking a shade. It's about understanding how colour sits on different bases, how it fades, and how to build a result that looks intentional at every stage of its life. Whether you're after a full vivid transformation or a few statement pieces of colour through your existing hair, every appointment is consultation-led and built around the health of your hair first.
