hair and beauty in Lothians

McLaren Ross Hair Studio in central Edinburgh is a well-established spot for precision cuts, creative colouring and elegant styling.

This chic salon is home to a dream team who together have more than 20 years of experience bringing men, women and children the best haircuts around.

They're known for their impressive colour skills, giving you highlights, tinting and balayage that will really lift your features and put a spring in your step.

Classic blow drys and updos are also available to get you prepped for that big event.

McLaren Ross Hair Studio is wheelchair accessible, just five-minutes from Haymarket Station and has bus stops nearby. Book in today and refresh your locks.

Welcome to Salon Fairnington, a premier high-street hair design studio in Edinburgh. This modern space offers a perfect blend of expert styling and a relaxed, neighbourhood atmosphere. It is the go-to destination for clients across the Southside of Edinburgh looking to elevate their look, maintain a precision style, or enjoy a completely personalised hair transformation. The salon operates with absolute technical mastery over cut and colour, specialising entirely in precision ladies' cuts, creative blow-dries, and advanced foil highlighting techniques. From clean structural trims and dramatic re-styles to tailored t-section, half-head, and full-head highlights designed to add radiant dimension, every service is customised to complement your unique features and lifestyle. Utilising premium, professional-grade hair care ranges, ensuring that your hair leaves looking vibrant, healthy, and perfectly finished.

Nearest public transport:

The venue is conveniently situated close to plenty of public transport options, ensuring a hassle-free journey to the venue.

The team:

You are welcomed by a dynamic and highly talented team of specialists with years of master-level industry experience. This collaborative group of passionate stylists work seamlessly together to deliver a top-tier salon experience.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Bright, stylish, and welcoming.
• Specialises in: Precision ladies' cutting, multi-dimensional highlighting transformations, and premium hair health systems.
• The extra touches: The venue is wheelchair accessible.
• Brands used: Wella and Jadus.

Enhancing one's natural beauty can feel empowering and at Beauty Boutique Nails - Cameron Toll, Edinburgh, that is the ultimate goal. With an extensive list of tried and tested treatments, that'll remind you of the goddess you truly are. Perfect, for lovers of everything and anything beauty-related, if you're looking to be primped, preened, polished and pampered, then go ahead and spoil yourself with a trip to Beauty Boutique Nails.

Nearest public transport:

The venue is conveniently situated close to plenty of public transport options, ensuring a hassle-free journey to the venue for all beauty enthusiasts.

The team:

Together with their skills, experience and a great eye for detail, this talented team aim to have you looking and feeling your best.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Vibrant, modern and friendly.
• Specialises in: Cultivating a welcoming and comfortable environment, where clients feel valued, respected and at ease, as well as providing expert advice and guidance.

Discover By Becki Vernon in Edinburgh — a place dedicated to the beauty of hands and feet, offering unique creations and treatments tailored to your needs and desires. Becki, a passionate and professional nail technician, welcomes you with a smile. She offers a wide range of services to enhance the beauty of your nails. From polish application and hand and foot care to nail extensions and nail art, everything is designed to pamper you!

Nearest public transport
Just a three-minute walk from Balerno Main Street bus stop.

The team
Becki is fully committed to ensuring a pleasant and satisfying experience for every customer.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Enjoy a welcoming and friendly setting.
• Specialises in: Nails Services.

Machi Massage is a distinguished massage & therapy location nestled in the heart of Leith. This venue offers a tranquil and peaceful retreat for those seeking a relaxing and revitalising experience.

Nearest public transport:

The venue is easily accessible by public transport, and it's just 2 minutes walk from Leith Links park. Buses stop (lines 1, 35, 25, 49 and others).

The team:

Daniela is a highly skilled therapist who delivers massage with intuition and care. She has a diploma in Holistic Massage as well as Reflexology, and is currently studying clinical studies. She applies various aspects of her long learning trajectory, delivering a holistic experience that encompasses anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and therapeutic practices.

At Machi Massage the priority is your comfort and wellbeing. All aspects of the condition you are presenting with are taken into account, whether it be stress, sleeping issues, digestive imbalances, muscle tension, etc. Treatment is then tailored to tackle these issues in their totality.

The therapist brings experience, unmatched skills, and a deep understanding of customers' needs, ensuring everyone feels valued and taken care of.

What we like about the venue:

• Specialises in: Holistic massage and reflexology.

Love is in the hair with Alana Clarkson Hair, within X Creative Collaboration, Edinburgh. Witness the transformation as frizz is tamed, curls are defined, and your hair emerges with a newfound lustre and life. Discover the art of hair customization through this scissor scholar's expert cutting and colouring techniques. Those bad hair days will soon become a pigment of your imagination. Brand new hair is the ultimate power statement, so book now for the ultimate hairy-tale ending.

Nearest public transport:

The salon is conveniently located close to plenty of public transport options, ensuring a hassle-free journey for all hair enthusiasts.

The team:

This one-to-one service with Alana aims to leave you feeling so relaxed and comfortable that you can't wait for your next visit.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Transforming, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: Hair.
• Brands and products used: Wella and Neal & Wolf.

Welcome to Amber Hair and Beauty, located at 3 Mountcastle Drive North in the charming city of Edinburgh. This chic salon blends elegance with comfort, offering a refined space where style and relaxation go hand in hand. Whether you're after a sleek new cut, a vibrant colour refresh or a classic blow-dry, Amber Hair and Beauty delivers with flair and finesse, ensuring every visit leaves you feeling your absolute best.

Nearest public transport
The salon is conveniently situated near the Mountcastle Grove bus stop, making it easily accessible for clients across the city.

The team
Amber Hair and Beauty is home to a talented team of stylists who are passionate about helping you express your personal style. With a keen eye for detail and a warm, welcoming approach, they ensure every appointment is a treat.

What we like about the venue :

• Atmosphere : Luxurious, modern and calm.
• Specialises in : Hair.

Wee Lisa's Wellness is a stylish and welcoming salon in Edinburgh, offering expert massage treatments tailored to each client’s relaxation and wellbeing goals. Whether you're easing tension, relieving stress or simply indulging in self-care, Lisa brings warmth and care to every appointment.

Nearest public transport:
Conveniently located near the Edinburgh Kirk Loan bus stop, making it easily accessible for locals and visitors alike.

The team:
Run by Lisa, a qualified massage therapist known for her friendly approach and attention to detail.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Calming, holistic, and client-focused.
• Specialises in: Massage, Reflexology & Those with Chronic Conditions.

Update your hair in an instant at Indo Soul Hair, Edinburgh. Sit back, relax and the resident owner, Ani, will soon have you swooning over your luscious locks. Remember, brand-new hair is the ultimate power statement (plus looking good never goes out of style).

Nearest public transport:

The salon is located in front of Balfour Street tram station.

The team:

This dream team has years of experience, yet they all ensure they are trained in the newest styles and to the highest standards.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Transforming, professional and friendly
• Specialises in: Hairdressing

Frame your eyes beautifully and enjoy a customized beauty boost with a visit to Aligned by Ashley. Situated in the West of Edinburgh within the accessible EH12 area, this modern space is a fantastic local choice for advanced eye enhancements and professional grooming. Focusing entirely on frame-flattering definitions, the studio combines up-to-the-minute styling techniques with premium products to ensure you leave your appointment looking effortlessly polished and completely refreshed.

Nearest public transport:

The studio is located just a 4-minute stroll from the nearest West Edinburgh bus links and local tram stations within the EH12 zone, making your journey smooth and simple.

The team:

The specialist at Aligned by Ashley is a highly trained lash artisan who treats individual eye design with absolute precision. Combining an artistic eye for balance with a meticulous application technique, she custom-tailors every set to perfectly complement your natural eye shape, bone structure, and personal style goals. Known for her welcoming energy, professional manner, and gentle touch, she takes the time to make sure you feel completely relaxed, pampered, and beautiful from start to finish.

What we like about the venue:

Atmosphere: A peaceful, private, and beautifully clean clinical environment designed to offer a relaxing escape from your daily schedule.

Specialises in: High-performance, meticulously detailed bespoke Lashes and expert eye-defining treatments.

Update your hair in an instant with Fiona @ Salon Glanville, based inside Glanville Hairdressers, located in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. With a healthy dose of all the major colour trends, you'll find this house of hues has an extensive menu of colour services, with options in glossy tints, sun-kissed and autumnal highlights and the intricate hand-painted balayage technique. This is creative colouring done right. So, sit back, relax, and the resident scissor scholar will soon have you swooning over your luscious locks. Remember, brand-new hair is the ultimate power statement, plus looking good never goes out of style

Nearest public transport:

The venue is conveniently located near plenty of public transport options, ensuring a hassle-free journey for all beauty enthusiasts.

The team:

Fiona is a creative director offering an excellent technical ability, customer service, and she listens to your needs and gives you the results that you didn’t think you could achieve, always taking into consideration your individual style.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Chic, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: A range of GHD, Nioxin, and Wella hairdressing techniques, helping others look and feel their best by harnessing the transformative power of hairdressing.
• Brands and products used: Wella.
• The extra touches: The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Step into a trendy sanctuary, where the vibes are as vibrant as the colours and the style game is always on point with Escape Hairdressing, Edinburgh. These colour connoisseurs are here to elevate your look with a bespoke combination of creative colouring, hot haircuts and flawless finishes. Whether you're craving bold brunettes, fire-engine reds, or brilliant blondes, the spectrum of shades and classic cut service will leave you trimming over with confidence! So, don't get yourself into a hairy situation, stick with the pros at TEscape Hairdressing!

Nearest public transport:

A 15-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station will lead you to the hairdresser's hot seat at Escape Hairdressing. There's also paid parking available close by.

The team:

This dream team has years of experience, yet they all ensure they are trained in the newest styles and to the highest standards.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Transforming, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: Creating beauty, building relationships, and empowering individuals to embrace their unique identity through the art of hairdressing.
• Brands and products used: Wella.
• The extra touches: You can choose from a variety of free refreshments, this thoughtful gesture adds a personal touch, making every appointment a relaxing escape.

Bella-Rosie Hairstyling is a small, peaceful salon based in Bathgate. They offer ladies haircuts, colour, balayage, girls, boys and gents services too.

Nearest public transport:
There is on street parking near the salon and bus stops nearby.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Warm, friendly and welcoming with earthy tones.
• Specialises in: Hair treatments.
• Brands and products used: L’Oreal, Goldwell, Cocochoco, Schwarzkopf.
• The extra touches: They use good quality products that don’t cost the earth and pride themselves on providing an excellent salon experience.

Hair by Sally is a hairdresser in Edinburgh within Kings Barbers. The venue provides personalised and trendy hair services to each client. The energetic atmosphere of this salon, alongside the quality of the treatments offered, makes Hair by Sally a must-visit for every haircare enthusiast. Book now and enhance your look!

Nearest public transport:

The venue is conveniently situated close to plenty of public transport options, such as the Leven Street bus stop, ensuring a stress-free journey to the venue.

The team:

Hair by Sally is your go-to option for all things hair. Sally is an expert hairstylist with many years of experience in the field. She is passionate about her job and her biggest ambition is to deliver exceptional results to her clients, tailoring every experience to their preferences.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Trendy, professional and welcoming.
• Specialises in: Colouring services to help you achieve the look of your dreams.
• Brands and products used: Wella and Color Wow, to guarantee the best long-lasting results.

Fresh Look - Westside Plaza is a waxing salon situated in the heart of Edinburgh. This venue is reputed for providing top-notch waxing services to its clientele, ensuring they leave with a smooth, hair-free skin and a confident smile on their face.

The team

Fresh Look - Westside Plaza boasts a small, dedicated team of professionals. These staff members are highly trained and experienced in the field, ensuring they take the utmost care of their clients. They are friendly, welcoming, and committed to offering a personalised experience to each and every visitor.

What we like about the venue

• Atmosphere: professional, friendly, relaxing
• Specialises in: waxing

Welcome to Skin & Structure, a private skin sanctuary operating from a dedicated space inside Rolyat Hair in Edinburgh. The venue operates with a masterfully focused menu, specialising entirely in advanced skin rejuvenation, clinical skin therapies, and precision depilation. From high-performance facials, chemical peels, and cellular skin-boosting treatments to targeted structural skin health protocols. Every service is executed with meticulous clinical precision. Operating with absolute hygiene standards and cutting-edge skincare science, the clinic is dedicated to repairing skin function, boosting natural collagen production, and delivering a clear, luminous, and radiant complexion.

Nearest public transport:

The venue is conveniently situated close to plenty of public transport options, ensuring a hassle-free journey to the venue for all beauty enthusiasts.

The team:

With years of experience, this aesthetic ambassador is dedicated to transforming your body and mind.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Private, Professional, modern and calm.
• Specialises in: Brows, micro needling and facials.

Established in 2020, Tidy Nails Leith For entry into the Factory call/text on arrival 07984226670

TIDY STUDIO LEITH is a safe inclusive space, which can be found in its home, inside The Biscuit Factory. The BF is easy to reach by bus (Lothian Buses 10 and 36 from Bonnington Road, 14 and Number 7 from Ferry Road and a short walk away from Pilrig Street (Bus Number 11) however we are not wheelchair or pram accessible.

Dog Friendly, Please let us know if your furry friend is coming with you!

New clients will be required to Pre-Pay. If booking direct a 20% deposit will be taken and is non-refundable when less than 48 hours notice of cancellation is given or in the case of a no-show.

KMK Lorenzo Barbershop, nestled in the vibrant city of Edinburgh, offers a modern take on the traditional barbershop experience. Specialising in men's cuts, they deliver precise and tailored services to transform your look and enhance your individual style.

Nearest public transport: The barbershop boasts great connectivity with the rest of the city, conveniently accessed via tram and numerous bus routes.

The team: The skilled barbers at KMK Lorenzo blend classic techniques with contemporary trends to create a unique grooming experience.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Modern, professional, stylish.
• Specialises in: Men's haircuts.
• Brands and products used: Premium barbering brands.

Welcome to Pink Barbie, Edingburgh, the salon where modern elegance meets a touch of real-world Barbie power! The sleek black-and-white interior sets the stage for a beauty experience worthy of a dreamhouse diary entry. They specialise in Asian haircuts, colouring and perming and the expert works their magic with bespoke blends, creative colouring and precision cuts that bring dream-hair to life. From bright, glossy blondes to rich, dimensional brunettes and everything in between, their artistry ensures hair that looks camera-ready from every angle. Book now for a serene yet stylish escape and get your new Look: Pink Barbie: - Salon Edition!

Nearest public transport:

A 17-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station will lead you to the hairdresser's hot seat at Pink Barbie. Plenty of paid parking is available close by for those arriving by car.

The team:

This one-to-one service aims to leave you feeling so relaxed and comfortable that you can't wait for your next visit.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Chic, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: Helping clients go from feeling dull to dazzling! They're in the business of glow-ups.

Welcome to Junction Beauty Salon, Edinburgh. Here, they mix old-school barbershop vibes with modern flair to create the perfect spot to relax while they handle the rest. From waxes that work and classic cuts to beard sculpting and more, they'll get your style exactly where it needs to be. For mastery, style and services that hit the mark every time, we moustache you to book an appointment today!

Nearest public transport:

The Shore tram station is a 12-minute walk away. Plenty of free parking is available nearby for those arriving by car.

The team:

This Jack of all fades is a professional barber, with years of expereince and they aim to leave you feeling comfortable and confident.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Legendary, professional and friendly.
• Specialises in: Confidence served by the inch; from fringe to fade!