Wild about Wildilocks

April 11th, 2010 by johubris Leave a reply »

There’s a new hair salon in town, and it’s rather special. Wildilocks is from Australia originally, but now they’ve opened up a branch at 225 Cuba Street (where Eyeball Kicks used to be – don’t worry, Eyeball Kicks is still around). As well as being a salon, Wildilocks also sells clothes, accessories and hair products. As you can see from the listings on their webstore, they’ve got a particular focus on the gothy-ravey-steam punky aesthetic, so if you’re after oversize goggles or Special FX hair dye, this is the place you want to go.

I’m particularly intrigued by their pricing structure – you pay per hour (billed in quarter hour increments), with stylists ranging from $55 to $85, depending on their expertise. Another awesome service they offer? Vintage hair dos! I was lucky enough to get to model for them as Dom and Charlotte were trained by Kat from Australia, and the Victory Rolls I got were seriously awesome. Photos are after the jump.

This photo illustrates why I shouldn't cut my own fringe. Luckily they fixed it for me.

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The blue robes are great. My face in this pic? Not so much.

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I could sit and have people play with my hair all day. This only took 80 minutes though.

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I took my Victory Rolls out to Mighty Mighty to celebrate

me at the end of the night

How my hair looked at the end of the night. There were 50 pins in it.

I wish I could tell you exactly how it was all done, and that I had some proper photos of the back of my hair to show you because they were seriously amazing, but alas, those photos are on other people’s cameras. I’ll update once I find them though!

If you’re going somewhere special and need an amazing hairdo, or just even a regular cut, I definitely recommend Wildilocks. I’ll be going back, just as soon as funds allow it.

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6 comments

  1. Selina says:

    Wow! Just gorgeous. This may require a special visit to Wellington just so I can get me a vintage hair do. Like you I can totally sit for hours having people play around with my hair!

  2. johubris says:

    I think you should come to Wellington pretty much every week. And give me a manicure.

  3. Amy says:

    Wow! Just gorgeous. This may require a special visit to Wellington just so I can get me a vintage hair do. Like you I can totally sit for hours having people play around with my hair!

  4. Cass says:

    Thanks for the lovely review, and so glad you enjoyed your time with us!

    xoxo

    Cass

  5. johubris says:

    It was fantastic, Cass, any time you guys need a hair model, I am more than happy to volunteer!

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