Blush & Blow

30/11/2022

Snow White ❄️💕

By Nicola

19/10/2022

Autumn 🍂 is in full swing 🎃

I’m very annoyed at myself for not taking a before picture as my client hadn’t had her hair coloured or cut in over a year! 😱 her hair was long, still blonde from her previous colour and had a fair bit of regrowth.

It’s fair to say she is very happy with her shiny beautiful colour and cut.

There is 1 appointment on Saturday up for grabs if anyone would like it give us a message!

Nicola

🍂🧡

07/10/2022

Appointment available for this wed (12th) for colour and cut or cut and blowdry with nicola 😘

24/08/2022

It’s a pink kind of day 💕🎀🌸💖

23/08/2022

⭐️Price Increase⭐️

Due to the ever increasing prices of the salon bills and products, we find ourselves no longer able to cover these rising costs. We have delayed increasing our costs as long as possible, but we are no longer able to do so. This will have to take effect as of tomorrow! We hope all clients understand and thank you all for your continued support.

Shona and Nicola 💕

25/05/2022

Graces turn! 🥰

She couldn’t resist after her sister Annie having her hair chopped two weeks ago 💕

More hair off to the little princess trust and a super cute Bob for grace
well done beautiful girl 😘😘

11/05/2022

Annie done it again! 4th time donating her beautiful hair to the little princess trust 👸🏻💓

She is now rocking a cute wee Bob, she was taking selfies right away 📸

By Nicola 😘

02/03/2022

Not often we get the chance to post this…
A Saturday appointment has become available this week at 10.15 with Nicola. Get in touch if you would like it 🥰

27/02/2022

⭐️Cancellation policy enforcement ⭐️

I don’t like to write things that sound negative or that sound like I am being rude so this has taken alot for me and I genuinely am not aiming this at any specific clients so please do not take any offence💗

Over the past few months there has been a HUGE increase in clients who just forget and do not show up for there appointments which unfortunately is just not feesible for us anymore. Emergencys happen which is totally understandable ,these things cannot be helped and are not grudged in anyway. I also understand Covid and other illness’s happen to which again is absolutely justified and I completely understand this cannot be helped and you and your families health must come first 100%💗 For the appointments that have just been forgotten and missed, this is starting to have quite a financial impact on our business. When you are self employed unfortunately if there are clients who just dont show then we do not earn the money our appointment books originally show that we will. Bills become harder to pay and the struggles are beginning to take a toll. It doesnt allow us anytime to refill these empty spaces at such short notice.

Saying this, we are going to start enforcing what our Cancellation policy already is and being more strict with it. Exceptions for those things that cannot be helped and emergencies ofcourse are different 💗

⭐️ Cancellation Policy ⭐️
If you give less than 24 hours notice for cancelling your appointment or just do not show up, you will have to pay for the missed appointment in full. This must be paid before you get to come in for your next appointment.

Sorry again for feeling the need to post this however we cannot risk ignoring this any longer as it’s detrimental to our business. We thank you for your continued support and really hope you understand 💗

Shona and Nicola
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24/12/2021

Nicola and I would like to thank all of our lovely customers for all there Christmas cards, gifts and good wishes for the festive period 🎅🏻🎄

Thank you all for your continued and on going support and kindness all year round❤️We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year 🎅🏻🎄❤️

12/08/2021

A happy client after her first colour in two years!! 💕💕💕

It’s always nice to receive a client selfie to show how happy they are with their hair 😍

I had great fun doing this!

Nicola x

28/07/2021

🔥🔥 hot hot hot 🔥🔥

(ignore the colour strain on the side 🙈)

Nicola 😉

12/07/2021

A Hint of pink accompanied with soft curls..💕🌸

By nicola ☺️

06/04/2021

Thank you to all the clients who came to get there patch tests done last night😬💗 Remember if you have any reaction within the 48 hours of having this done to let Nicola or I know straight away💗 For those who havent managed to come if you could please get in touch to arrange a time no less than 48 hours before your colour service or else we wont be able to carry out your colour service for you. This is only for colours that go directly onto the scalp, not for highlights, unless you have a root tint painted on to the scalp inbetween them😬 Plenty get in touch if you have any queries 💗

01/04/2021

We will miss Abbie so much and wish her all the best in her future! You are so lovely and youll go so far in life babes thank you for being you😘😘😘💗💗💗

31/03/2021

Hello everyone!

The time is coming where we are allowed to once again open our doors after yet another lockdown!! We can’t wait to see you all and make you feel good about yourselves and have nice hair again😬

The same rules will apply as last time. Here is a little refresher of them for you to read💗

Arrive at the salon on your own where possible. Unfortunately we cannot offer a waiting area at the moment so we are limited to numbers in the salon

Please wait to be welcomed into the salon

Please wear a face covering at all times

Please sanitise your hands after entering the salon, we will have this provided at the door

We are not allowed to offer magazines or refreshments but please feel free to bring these with you

You can use the toilet if necessary

Please be aware of social distancing if other clients are in the salon.

Please rest assured that staff will be following all hygiene guidelines in the salon to help ensure your safety.

Thank you so much for your cooperation and patience in advance! We can’t wait to catch up with you all again! Take care and we will see you all soon 💗💗

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26/03/2021

Hello everyone 💗
I will go into the salon on Monday the 5th of April at 5pm untill 6pm to do patch testing!! If this doesnt suit any clients they can message me to arrange a different day that we are in the salon as long as its a minimum of 48 hours before your colour application. This is only for clients who get colour directly onto there scalp as in a root tint or a one all over fullhead colour! It is a tiny dot we will put behind your ear that you leave for 24-48 hours and if you have any reaction following the test or feel unwell please let us know and get in touch asap. Thank you all very much 💗😬😘

25/03/2021

Sorry everyone💗

Due to regulations Trading Standards have informed me we are now not allowed to patch test clients before the 5th of April! We will be in touch with you when we can reorganise this. Sorry for any inconvenience ###

17/03/2021

Hello everybody😬💗

Exciting news for you all yesterday that we get the go ahead to open the salon doors again from the 5th of April!💇🏼‍♀️

We will get round to making your appointments as soon as we can! Please remember we have a back log that is 8 weeks or so long of clients who have been cancelled and everyone is just as desperate as the next person to get in and made beautiful again! It could be a while before we get you in! We will be working as hard as we can to make it as quick as possible! I’ve been up since 5am with worry already about not being able to get everyone in that first, second or third week😩

As you can imagine we have been inundated with messages and we will get back to you when we are able so please dont think we are ignoring you! We do ask however when we do message you to arrange your appointments, if you can respond asap please as it takes us hours to make appointments for people so this would be a huge help to help us get through our gigantic lists😬 If we dont hear back within reasonable times we may not be able to hold your space we have offered you😩 This isnt to be unreasonable we promise! Its just we then have to sit for hours waiting on responses and have so many people to book in who are desperate! Sat till 9pm last night without tea doing so🤣💇🏼‍♀️😬 We are so looking forward to seeing you all again so please please bare with us, we will be be reunited and have fab hair again soon😍💗😘💇🏼‍♀️ ###x

23/02/2021

Hello everyone!! 💗

So sorry we have been quiet on here! Life has been busy with entertaining kiddies and dogs and there has been nothing to report as such🙈 however today Nicola Sturgeon has mentioned she is hopeful for us being able to reopen the last week of April although not set in stone as of yet🤞🏻 As soon as we get a bit more clarity and a definit that the date she mentioned is a go ahead, then we will get in touch with you all and start to rebook appointments. As mentioned before we will do this as fairly as possible. We will start with those who were first cancelled after the closure at Xmas as they have been waiting the longest for there already booked appointments and work our way through the list from that date onwards! Those who would like in who havent already had an appointment booked or said, please let us know and we will add you to the list for when we start our booking. Please when we do start to get in touch we ask if you can reply to us as quickly as possible so we can work faster through the list to get everyone booked in asap! We hope you have all been keeping safe and cant wait to see you all when the time eventually comes! Missing you all!

Lots of love 💗
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04/01/2021

Unfortunately we will have to postpone ALL appointments until further notice as we are unsure of how long this will go on for! 😢We will wait to get in touch with clients who are already booked in until we see when we get the go ahead to start rebooking appointments again. We will then asses what is the best way forward for ALL existing appointments that are booked in to keep it as fair as possible again like last time. Most importantly, stay safe everyone thats the main thing 🥰💗

31/12/2020

Happy New Year to all our fabulous clients🥳🎉🥂

We hope you all have a happier and healthier 2021 and look forward to seeing you in the hopefully near future! We will be in touch with clients when we have an idea of when we are allowed back to work in the salon but until then we hope you all stay safe and well😘🥰

Lots of love and hugs💗

23/12/2020

We would like to wish all of our lovely clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes🎅🏻🎉🥰

Thank you all so much for your continued loyalty and support! We really appreciate everyone of you and the laughs and smiles you give us when you come in! It makes work so much more enjoyable🥰

We will be in touch after the festivities to rearrange those who have to be cancelled due to the forced closure of the salon for the next 3 weeks. We will wait to hear a bit more information from the government incase the closure is made to go on longer than expected. As you can appreciate rebooking each client takes alot of time, so we want to wait to hear definite confirmation that we are allowed to reopen again after the 3 week period before doing this 😬

Stay safe everyone and hope to see you all very very soon😘😘😘

07/08/2020

The beautiful Erin got a big hair transformation today😍 she’s also very kindly donating her lovely long locks to the little princess trust 💗gorgeous as always 😍

17/07/2020

Who likes fruit salad .... 🍇🍉🍓🍑💗

09/07/2020

Hi everyone, Nicola and I cant wait to see you all as we return to the salon next Wednesday😬😬🥳 Abbie doesnt start until the 1st of August so she will put any other guidelines for her up before hand if need be. There are some changes and rules to how we have to operate in the salon! This is quite a long post but hopefully covers all points and questions clients may have.

Please arrive at appointment on your own. Wait outside the salon until we open the door to welcome you in. If you are early for your appointment we are now no longer able to offer a waiting area so we recommend not arriving any earlier than your appointment time unless we have asked you to!

We will sanitise your hands on arrival and ask that you are wearing your face mask and keep this on throughout your treatment. Nicola and I will be wearing visors or a mask and gloves. We will be using gowns once and then putting them straight in the wash as soon as its removed. Everything will be sterilised and cleaned before we use it on you and afterwards.

We are not allowed to offer refreshments anymore or magazines but please feel free to bring your own with you.

The toilet can be used but only if it is absolutely necessary as we then have to clean it thoroughly afterwards which takes us longer than normal.

We are not able to do dry cuts at the moment as we have to make sure the hair is thoroughly washed before being able to remove our gloves to cut your hair so all cuts will be washed, cut and blow dried. If you are having a colour service could you please make sure your hair is freshly washed and dried no more than 24hours before coming in.

Cash payment is still preferable but those who feel uncomfortable with this may prefer to do an online bank transfer

Please give us atleast 48 hours notice for any cancellations. Any less will result in a 50% cancellation fee. If you or anyone you have been in contact with have displayed ANY symptoms of COVID-19 we ask you to cancel your appointment immediately! We cannot risk infecting other clients or ourselves and family! If you arrive to the salon and are showing any signs of COVID-19 we will have to ask you to leave right away. We will be taking names and contact details for the track and trace system to keep us all safe. If you are running late for your treatment , this is likely you may loose your appointment as we are on very strict time scales and cant risk running behind for our next clients. As appointments are at a premium this may result in a very long wait before getting a new one.

As much as I hate to say this Nicola and I will have to put our prices up just slightly! Sorry🙈 With the added cost of PPE, extra cleaning measures and high volume of laundry, this has a big impact on our outgoings. Roots that are ususally just roots may be more like a full head colour, trims may be more like restyles and for those who have been using home kits to colour their hair may need more of a colour correction! please be aware of this and bear with us, we find this all just as frustrating as you and we want you to be able to come in and be pampered again, in a new but hopefully enjoyable way! We will be doing the best we can for you so please try to be as understanding as you can, we can’t wait to have you all feeling nice about your hair again😬💕

Sorry for the EXTRA LONG post! We hope this is everything covered and really are looking forward to seeing you all💕🥰

30/06/2020

Now we have mainly managed to get our clients rebooked who were booked in and cancelled due to coronavirus, if you didn’t have an appointment booked before and would like an appointment and to be added to the list, please let us know asap and get in touch with myself or Nicola via facebook or text😀

Love
Shona🥰💕

24/06/2020

So we have been given a provisional date for opening the salon again, the moment we have all been waiting for , the 15h of July 🥳🍾 I will be in touch with you all regarding appointments asap however it is Jacks birthday today so sorry if I dont respond, but as you can imagine I have been inundated with messages regarding hair and want to spend the time with my birthday boy so will respond to messages from tomorrow!

I will be prioritising those who were first cancelled as lockdown happened and work my way through everyone as quickly as possible 😀 I will be working extra days and hours to fit clients in but please remember I have two small children so I need to do these extra hours and days within reason😀

I cant wait to get you all in again however please remember I have so many lovely clients to see so this may take a little while getting you all booked in as with new guidelines we are not unfortunately allowed to book as many people in at a time like we were able to do before! If you can all try to respond back to my messages regarding appointments as quickly as you can as that will allow me to sort everyone’s appointments out alot faster that way😀

Will look forward to getting in touch and seeing you all again and dont worry I will get you all back in 😀😘😘 so excited🥳💕###

02/06/2020

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY to Blush & Blow💕🥳🍾

1 year ago today I opened the salon doors for the first time to my clients! It was something that happened unexpectedly and happened very quick but I got there and I have all my friends, family and lovely clients to thank for that! Without all you I wouldnt be where i am today! I love my wee salon🥰 So thank you to you all for your continued loyalty and support you give me and the whole salon! And big big Thank you to Nicola and Abbie for all your hard work in the salon you have both been a pleasure to have working there and cant wait to be back together again💕😘

Shona
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28/05/2020

💕Hi everyone 😬 Hope your all safe and well! So we obviously still arent allowed to open yet but really happy we are moving forward into phase 1 as of tomorrow 🥳🙏🏻 As Nicola Sturgeon said, hopefully all going well we can move forward into the next phases more quickly if things continue to be improving!

As we do not know what date we are allowed to reopen, we are unable to book you in until we are given a specific start date! Once we have that date, as I said before, we will prioritise those who were cancelled at the very first week of lockdown, as they have waited the longest, and so on! Fear not, we will work as much as we can within reason to get you all in as quickly and safely as we can and are allowed to!

We are already prepared with PPE within the salon and once we have a start date to give you, we will then let you know the health and safety procedures we will have to follow upon entry and during your visit, to protect not just ourselves but all you lovely clients!

We cant wait to see you all again for an ‘air hug’ and a good gossip! Thank you in advance for your cooperation at these utterly frustrating times! Miss you all!

Lots of love from all of us💕💕

21/05/2020

Roll on July....

We wish it was sooner, as I am sure you all do 😓💕
We are missing the salon and our laughs and giggles with you all. 😣 it’s strange times, and we hope you are all keeping well.

We will continue to keep you up to date with any announcements we receive, lots of love 💓

Scotland have today published that “retail services including hairdressers” will be allowed to open in ‘Phase 3’ alongside pubs and restaurants as part of their ‘COVID-19 – Framework for Decision Making’ although no dates have been announced alongside these phases. Full details of the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy can be found here. https://buff.ly/2TsPLH3

11/05/2020

Keeping a close eye on what we will be allowed and advised to do for our safety and yours🙈

The latest statement from the NHBF following the interview with Dominic Raab on Sky News this morning.

10/05/2020

Finally got round to doing the barbicide course. Keeping everyone’s risks as low as can be when we eventually open our doors again 💇🏼‍♀️
Ps. I think this is the only certificate have got since I qualified in hairdressing 16 years ago... 🤦🏻‍♀️😂💕

06/05/2020

Completed the barbicide course this morning in preparation for understanding and following the correct hygiene procedures for when we are allowed back to work 💕🤞🏻

31/03/2020

We are missing you all!
we hope you are keeping safe and enjoying time at home with loved ones 💓
Try to refrain from box dyes and kitchen scissors! 🙈

23/03/2020

⭐️SALON CLOSURE⭐️

It is with great sadness that we have to unfortunately close the salon temporarily 😥

We are unsure of how long this will be for however we will be watching and following the government guidelines very closely and be ready to open our doors again as soon as possible! Lets keep our fingers crossed that this isolation period helps stop the virus spreading at the rate it is and we all stay safe and get to reunite again soon! Will keep you all updated with any information we have 💕

We will be looking forward to being back to normality hopefully very soon and having you all back in again for hair fixing and catch ups💕

Stay safe and thank you so much for your cooperation 😘😘😘

20/03/2020

⭐️Customer Notice⭐️

Quick update about the salon! For those of you who have messaged and are unsure we are still OPEN for business! We are trying to comply with the government guidelines on social distancing as far as possible in our line of work! So if we can ask nicely that clients due for appointments could please come in on there own to the salon if atol possible as our premises are obviously quite small! We appreciate and thank you for your cooperation in advance 😀💕

17/03/2020

Hello to all clients present and new💕

This is a message, especially for those asking, that we are definitely still open for business as usual😀!

You can rest assured that we are continuing to maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene in the salon and are being extra cautious especially given the present circumstances.

If anything is to change we will let you know asap however given that we are all independently self employed, the last thing we want to do is stop working as that is our only source of income.

We ask nicely if you have any symptoms to please think of not only our safety but the safety of other clients and reschedule your appointment 😀 The last thing we want is to have to shut the salon unless instructed to by the government.

Thank you all for you understanding, hope you all stay safe and well and please don’t hesitate to get in touch😀