We can’t wait for the 12th of April to see all salon owners and hairdressers reunite with their lovely clients! In the meantime, we love to hear new stories, innovations and initiatives coming from salons while they are preparing their opening. Such an interesting and exciting story make the latest news coming from Melissa Timperley salon in Manchester. The salon claim to be the first hairdressers in Manchester to introduce gender neutral pricing for services, in a bid to address diversity within salons in the city.
Removing labels
The salon owner and award-winning stylist Melissa Timperley has been working on this concept during lockdown; taking a stand for diversity, she is keen to start 2021 with a renewed focus on inclusivity within the salon environment. A new way of pricing for a new era as salons open their doors on the 12th of April.
Removing the traditional ‘ladies’ and ‘gents’ hair cut services from the price list, all haircuts at Melissa Timperley will now simply be booked on an amount of time and expertise of the stylist and priced accordingly. Melissa explains: “Manchester is a dynamic city that embraces all types of people and I wanted my salon to reflect this welcoming culture of inclusion and acceptance. Our new gender-neutral pricing will remove any labelling of clients and this feels like a positive step towards a more inclusive salon environment for all our customers.”
Hair is hair
Gender-neutral pricing is an emerging movement that recognises not only gender fluidity but hair trends of the now. It is not uncommon for women to rock a pixie cut or men to enjoy long locks, and therefore a reform of pricing makes the hair salon experience fairer for all. The concept also goes someway to address the ‘pink tax’ – a term for the inflated prices of female products and services.
”To stylists, hair is hair. Whether it’s long or short, fine or curly, male or female, it doesn’t matter to us, we are here to make you look and feel your best. Our clients will be paying for a service based on our time and expertise, not their gender” adds Melissa.
A new era indeed! We are here to watch how this is going to be embraced…
For more of the latest hairdressing news, click HERE.
______________________________
Respect is a hub for UK hairdressers of all ages and stages to find out what We Love, We Hear and We See as the best product launches, styling advice, hairtools, education training and seminars and hairshows! Sign up to our newsletter which is sent fortnightly direct to your email, so you stay up-to-date with salon styling information, trends in session work, advice on presenting on stage or progress in educating – whatever your interest, whether you’re a trainee or creative director, an educator or team leader, you’ll find all the opportunities and ideas on www.respectyou.me