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Ash & Aurum
The Ash & Aurum salon floor at night — backlit mirrors, brass sconces, and empty leather chairs down the centre aisle.

Est. 2016 — Harlow Bay

One house.Every head.

Precision cutting and barbering on one side of the floor, colour and treatment on the other. Same room, same standard, no gendered price list.

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The idea

Most salons split down the middle — a barbershop for him, a colour room for her, two price lists and a quiet hierarchy between them. We put both crafts on one floor and priced the work, not the person.

A skin fade and a full balayage happen four feet apart, booked from the same diary by artists who trained in the same room. Nobody is the afterthought, and nobody pays extra for the assumption that their hair takes longer.

01What we do

Two crafts, one house

Ash is structure — scissors, clippers, razors. Aurum is tone — colour, gloss, correction, smoothing. Skin and hands sit between them, and are treated as work in their own right.

A barber's hands finishing a beard with a straight razor under warm light, steam drifting across the frame.

Structure, weight, and a line you can grow out cleanly. Scissor work, clipper work, beards, and shaves — booked by the head, never by the gender.

  • Precision Cut & Finishfrom $85
  • Skin Fade & Line-Upfrom $55
  • Beard Sculpt & Hot Towelfrom $45
  • Straight-Razor Shavefrom $60
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02Signature

The five we are known for

Not the cheapest things on the menu, and not the dearest. These are the services people come back for, and send other people in for.

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03The visit

How an appointment actually runs

Written down so there are no surprises, and so you can hold us to it.

  1. 01

    Twenty minutes of talking

    Every first visit starts with a consultation at the counter, not the basin. Hair history, growth pattern, how much time you will actually give it each morning.

  2. 02

    One artist, start to finish

    Whoever consults with you cuts, colours, and finishes. Nothing is handed off halfway through to whoever is free.

  3. 03

    The work

    Phones down if you want them down. No upsell script, no product pitched mid-service. If something is not right for your hair, we will say so.

  4. 04

    You leave with the plan

    A written note of what was used, how to hold it, and when to come back. Rebooking is optional and nobody will chase you.

04The floor

Three people, fifty-one years between them

Whoever consults with you does the work, start to finish. You can request them by name.

Portrait of a hair stylist in a black apron, arms crossed, lit from one side by warm brass light.18 yrs

Nadia Kerr

Creative Director — Cutting

Portrait of a barber in a black apron holding clippers, lit from one side by warm brass light.22 yrs

Marcus Bell

Master Barber

Portrait of a colourist in a black apron with a tinting brush behind her ear, lit by warm brass light.11 yrs

Priya Rao

Head Colourist

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05In their words

What people say afterwards

First place I have been where my husband and I book the same appointment slot and neither of us is the afterthought.
R. Alvarez — Colour & Gloss
They talked me out of the cut I asked for and gave me the one I actually wanted. Second time that has happened. I have stopped arguing.
T. Okonkwo — Precision Cut & Finish
My colour has been wrong for four years and it took Priya one appointment and a lot of honesty to fix it.
J. Fenwick — Colour Correction

Placeholder quotes, written to test the layout — replace with real reviews before launch.

The Ash & Aurum floor at night, lit by brass sconces.

The chair is free on Tuesday.

Pick the work, pick the artist, pick the day. We confirm by email within one working day — or ring us and we will take it down by hand.

Book a chair+1 (555) 014-2200