Choose from 13 venues offering blow dries near Highbury & Islington, London

Located a minutes walk from Highbury Corner, Basecuts is a contemporary salon providing an innovative hairdressing experience to the Islington area.

Basecuts offers a variety of hair treatments carried out by a team of creative stylists and colourists. Their attention to detail means they take the time to ensure your hair is at it’s best. This chic and stylish salon first opened its doors in 1993, so take a seat and feel safe in the knowledge that your hair is in the hands of a tried and tested professional.

(Please note that the deals we offer are day specific, if you reschedule we may charge full price for the appointment)

Next door to Islington Central Library, Taylor’d Hair & Lashes offers haircuts, colours and conditioning as well as facials, waxing and nail treatments. Established in 2008, their experienced team of dedicated stylists and therapists provide a meticulous service.

Feel comfortable and at ease in a warm and welcoming environment where they care about details and working with you to customise services to your needs. Providing reliable results, they use Goldwell, Moroccan Oil and Shellac amongst their product range.

Head to Duck & Dry in Islington, London for a select range of hair and nail treatments, including hair styling, manicures and pedicures.

This new London salon is one of the biggest spaces for pre-drinks, pampering, and pictures, with the brand’s signature pastel hues, marble and greenery in the background. It also includes an Instagramble duck pond and ball pit as well.

Other features include a group makeup table, prosecco bar and the largest Duck & File nail bar yet, with a menu full of nail art.

Picture everything you expect from a salon - then think again and make it more about you. Chic, fun and fast manicures, pedicures, and blow dries – Duck & Dry Islington is a world where the traditional rules of hair and beauty do not apply.

The venue is located close to Essex Road train station, as well as a number of other bus stops.

Athena Salon Hair & Nails is a one-stop location in Islington, London, for all of your hair and nail needs. Whether you need a hair refresh with some warming highlights or want to give your nails some extra glam with a shellac manicure, book in for an appointment today and let the friendly staff here take care of you.

Nearest public transport:
The salon is well-connected by bus and Essex Road train station is just a 2-minute walk away. Highbury & Islington tube station is just a 13-minute walk away.

The team:
Maria, the resident hairstylist, and Anastasia, the resident nail technician, are both fully qualified and highly professional.

What we like about the venue:

• Atmosphere: Bright, friendly, chic, modern.
• Specialises in: Hair colour, haircuts and nails.
• Brands and products used: OPI, CND, Sebastian and Nioxin.
• The extra touches: There is a private women-only area in the salon for bespoke treatments.

Located just minutes away from Drayton Park station in Highbury, Barnaby's Hairdressing is a bright modern salon with over 20 years of experience in the hairstyling industry. Touches of elegance such as elaborate lighting and artistic floral walls give this salon a sense of creativity that perfectly reflects their approach to hairdressing.

Sit back with a cup of tea while Barnaby's Hairdressing revolutionises your look. With their skill for creating classic looks and on-trend styles, they’ve has accumulated a loyal client base and a reputation for excellence. No detail is forgotten by their friendly team of talented hairstylists and colour technicians. Using brands such as Wella and Paul Mitchell, they deliver high-quality, long-lasting results at a price everyone can afford.

Just a short walk from Highbury and Islington tube station, The Purple Salon is a modern hair salon situated in the centre of Islington. As the name suggests, this unisex salon’s colour scheme uses varying shades of purple to reflect their creative and fashion-forward approach to hairdressing.

The Purple Salon boasts a wide selection of professional treatments, ranging from haircuts and colouring to Japanese hair straightening and Brazilian blow drys. Their expert team of hairstylists deliver precision hairdressing with personality and style, boosting your confidence and leaving your hair with a renewed feeling of vitality.

House of Serenity is a unisex hair and beauty salon based on Liverpool Road in Islington. Brilliantly white throughout, they offer a broad selection of treatments including haircuts, blowdrys, waxing and facials.

This is a warm, friendly and welcoming venue with talented staff. They’re happy to give advice on products and treatments that work with your skin and hair type and make sure that you’re relaxed and comfortable at all times. Their professional product range includes Regima, Wella and L'Oreal brands.

Refresh your hair with a cut, colour or treatment at Hair by Clint in Angel (Islington).

Based within House of Serenity, Clint has a decade of experience and uses products from brands like Matrix and Olaplex to give you a truly professional experience, whether you're after a full head of highlights or a Keratin treatment.

The salon is right by Angel tube station and has plenty of bus stops nearby.

Vanity Hair and Beauty is a brand new salon in Holloway, offering a variety of hair services including colouring, hair treatments and haircuts for men, women and children. They also provide waxing, makeup and threading services.

Inside the salon, you can expect to find a modern, new, light and bright atmosphere. A luxury feels for pampering with crushed velvet furnishings and statement wallpaper. Fatish, the owner, has over ten years of experience in the hair and beauty industry.

The salon is based in a convenient location, only four minutes walk from Holloway Road tube station on Picadilly Line.

Le Chapeau Cloche is an expert hair salon founded by Thierry Benavides. Based in the heart of Angel, Islington, our newly refurbished salon is a space for mesdames and messieurs to relax with our range of hair treatments, including cuts, colouring, balayage and massages.

We only offer one-on-one appointments so you are guaranteed care, attention and a good chat with Thierry and the team.

With nearly 25 years of hairdressing experience, expert hair stylist and colourist Thierry Benavides is up there with champagne as one of France’s finest exports. He trained for five years at the Maison Dessange and L’Oréal Paris before moving to London in 2006. He specialises in colouring techniques, highlights, balayage, and only taking an inch off when you ask for it.

Transform your hair with a visit to Islington's award-winning Flanx Hair and Beauty.

Winners of Customer Service of the Year at the Hair & Beauty Awards 2019 and Salon of the Year in 2018, this North London favourite features a whole host of unisex cuts, colours and styling from the likes of L'Oreal, Moroccan Oil, Kevin Murphy and American Crew.

Whether it’s an ombre you’re after or just a classic restyle blow dry, Flanx delivers a bespoke service in an ultra-modern space that's dosed in natural light.

Situated just a few steps from Essex Road overground station, expect a full consultation and a tea, coffee or wine to help you relax into the whole experience.

Hikari is a hair salon located just off Upper Street in Islington, North London. Their professionally trained staff offer a variety of haircuts and colouring or highlighting services to suit everybody, all within a friendly and happy environment which is built on a passion for hair and beauty.

The team believe that each individual that enters the Islington salon deserves the greatest hair experience. Their wealth of knowledge, in combination with their passion for continually performing to the highest standards, means an appointment at Hikari feels more like an experience. Whether you're after a new look or a regular trim, you will feel comfortable the moment you arrive and leave feeling great about yourself. The carefully selected products available ensure a quality finish every time, and the complimentary back and leg massage chairs will help to rejuvenate and relax you.

The salon can be reached via Angel or Highbury & Islington underground station and the road which connects the two, Upper Street, is a major bus route.

Found less than a minute's walk from Essex Road station in the heart of Islington, London, Glitz and Glamour is a one stop beauty salon offering hair, nails, tanning, beauty and aesthetics for ladies and gents and kid's pamper packages too! From LVL lashes to Shellac mani and pedis, highlights and bouncy blow drys to tanning beds and filler/botox! There is a large assortment of services here for you to choose from.

The staff are attentive, friendly and thorough, and will always ensure that you are completely satisfied with your treatment. You will immediately be made to feel at ease, and the team are on hand to offer advice or help if you are uncertain about any of the treatments on offer.