10 Best Women's Hair Salons in Melbourne
This guide brings together Melbourne salons for everyday cuts, colour changes, blonde services, perms, smoothing and scalp treatments. Compare each salon’s documented strengths, appointment style and consultation approach to find a better fit for your intended result.
Our method for this guide
This selection of women's hair salons in Melbourne weighs each business's reputation, which anyone can check online, against how much of its work is devoted to this service. Those that do exactly this, and have done it well for years, come first.
Featured positions are clearly marked and only offered to businesses that already earned their place in the guide.
Full Comparison of 10 Women's Hairdressers in Melbourne
Hair Cut By Cindy
Hair Cut By Cindy is a North Melbourne hairdresser and barbershop across from Queen Victoria Market. It accepts walk-ins and provides standard haircuts with style advice, careful attention to preferences and a head massage during some wash-and-dry services. The shop also offers beverages and a student discount, making it practical for quick, value-focused visits.
Notable strengths: Accepts walk-ins rather than requiring an appointment
People wanting a walk-in haircut near Queen Victoria MarketStudents seeking a discounted standard cutParents looking for a child-friendly hairdresser256 Victoria St, North Melbourne VIC 3051, AustraliaPop In Hair Salon
Pop In Hair Salon is a Melbourne CBD hair salon offering highlights, balayage, blonde-focused services, precision haircuts, blow-dry styling and low-maintenance colour. Winnie provides consultation-led, one-on-one care, with particular expertise in hair smoothing and hair colour. The salon is designed for efficient appointments, while still allowing space for personalised results.
Notable strengths: Nano Plasty smoothing softens, smooths and adds shine rather than straightening the hair
Melbourne CBD clients seeking smoothing, colour, foils, balayage or precision haircutsBusy clients wanting focused one-on-one care and efficient appointments155 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AustraliaLe Ciel Hair Salon
Le Ciel Hair Salon is a Carlton hairdresser offering cuts and perms. Its approach includes consultation and hair testing before chemical perming, with curl design tailored to the client’s hair. The salon also suits people wanting a patient, welcoming appointment, including clients who may need extra reassurance during a haircut.
Notable strengths: Hair testing is used before perming when hair condition is a concern
Clients seeking tailored haircuts or permsPeople wanting consultation before a chemical hair service259 Queensberry St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australiakorean celebrity hair salon by CHO A, in melbourne
Open 24 hours
korean celebrity hair salon by CHO A, in melbourne is a Carlton hairdresser associated with Cho A’s signature perm and root perm. The salon suits clients seeking perms, colour work, highlights or layered cuts, with consultations shaped around the desired colour, style and hair condition. The service is particularly distinguished by detailed communication and an efficient reported two-hour perm appointment.
Notable strengths: Cho A’s signature perm and root perm
Clients seeking a perm or root permPeople wanting tailored colour, highlights or layered cuts259 Queensberry St, Carlton VIC 3053, AustraliaInspire Me Hair Artistry
Inspire Me Hair Artistry is a women-owned North Melbourne salon offering appointment-based and walk-in hairdressing. It suits clients seeking colour work, foils, toner, lightening or cutting, with the team known for patiently discussing reference images, previous colour and desired results. Refreshments, on-site services and kid-friendly facilities add to the welcoming salon setup.
Notable strengths: Stylists take time to discuss goals and previous colour treatments
Clients planning colour changes or blonde servicesPeople who want help translating reference images into a workable style61 Errol St, North Melbourne VIC 3051, AustraliaAfeat Hair Salon
Afeat Hair Salon is a Melbourne salon offering cuts, colour and foils. Stylists Mina and Faye are associated with tailored consultations, including advice for overgrown roots, skin-tone colour choices and reference-inspired cuts. The salon suits clients seeking blonde transformations, full-head bleach, layered cuts or a considered refresh, with a friendly atmosphere that includes Bella the dog.
Notable strengths: Colour consultations include options suited to the client’s skin tone
Clients seeking hair colour, foils or blonde servicesPeople wanting a cut shaped around a reference imageShop 3a, Church Lane, 500 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AustraliaAery Salon
Aery Salon is a Melbourne hair salon offering appointment-based cuts and colour services. It suits clients seeking careful consultations, face-framing cuts, layered styles or low-maintenance colour, including non-bleach highlights. The salon’s documented approach includes explaining options, showing clients simple home styling methods and using extensive foiling for detailed colour work, alongside a relaxing wash and head massage experience.
Notable strengths: Colour services can use extensive foiling and non-bleach highlights
Clients wanting a considered haircut or face-framing stylePeople seeking natural-looking, low-maintenance colourClients concerned about rushed or damaging colour workon CBD Merigold on Collins, Unit 13/243 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AustraliaD&Y Hair Design Bourke Street CBD
D&Y Hair Design Bourke Street CBD is a Melbourne hair salon offering cuts, colouring and personalised styling. The team works across looks including long layers, short bobs and pixie cuts, with consultations used to discuss what will suit the client’s hair. It suits people wanting a precise cut, a colour change or guidance from an experienced stylist.
Notable strengths: The salon supports both classic cuts and substantial style changes
Clients booking a haircut, colour or style changePeople wanting a consultation before a significant hair transformation146 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, AustraliaTelleish Hair Studio
Telleish Hair Studio is a women-owned South Melbourne salon offering hair colour, cutting and consultation-led hair care. It suits clients seeking collaborative advice for colour changes, colour correction or wavy and curly hair. The team discusses hair goals, condition and budget before work begins, then can suggest a plan and products for maintaining the desired look.
Notable strengths: Uses a bleach-free approach in one documented colour-correction service
Clients planning colour changes or colour correctionPeople with long, thick, wavy or curly hair seeking tailored adviceG01/89 Gladstone St, South Melbourne VIC 3205, AustraliaOz Hair and Beauty Melbourne Central
Its Hair Spa and tailored scalp spa experiences are presented as relaxing treatments with detailed explanations and personalised product guidance. Haircuts, highlights, colour correction and blow-wave or styling add-ons are also represented in the salon’s service experience.
Notable strengths: Hair spa treatments can be paired with a professional blow wave or styling service
People seeking a relaxing hair or scalp spa treatmentClients wanting hair colour, highlights or stylingShop G10, Ground Floor/211 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
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Hair services represented
- Cuts and stylingThe list includes precision cuts, layered styles, bobs, pixie cuts, face-framing work, blow waves and styling add-ons.
- Colour, foils and balayageSeveral salons offer highlights, foils, balayage, blonde work, toners, colour correction and lower-maintenance colour approaches.
- Perms and root permsLe Ciel and korean celebrity hair salon by CHO A are described for perm services, with consultation and hair-condition considerations.
- Smoothing treatmentsPop In Hair Salon offers Nano Plasty smoothing, described as softening, smoothing and adding shine rather than straightening.
- Curly, wavy and tailored hair careTelleish Hair Studio is described for collaborative advice around long, thick, wavy or curly hair and colour changes.
- Hair and scalp spa careOz Hair and Beauty Melbourne Central offers Hair Spa and tailored scalp spa experiences alongside cuts, colour and styling.
How to choose a women's hair salon in Melbourne
- Start with the end resultBring a clear idea of whether you want a cut, colour refresh, blonde service, perm, smoothing treatment or scalp-focused appointment.
- Ask about consultation and testingFor chemical work, discuss hair condition, previous colour, testing, timing and whether the proposed result is suitable for your hair.
- Check appointment accessSome salons are appointment-based, while others accept walk-ins at specified times or subject to availability.
- Explain maintenance preferencesIf you want a low-maintenance colour or practical home styling advice, raise that during the consultation.
- Match the salon to the level of changeA small trim, major colour transformation and specialised perm may call for different consultation depth and technical focus.
Frequent questions
Which salons offer colour and foils?
Pop In Hair Salon, Aery Salon, Inspire Me Hair Artistry, D&Y Hair Design Bourke Street CBD, Afeat Hair Salon and Telleish Hair Studio are all described with colour-related services.
Where can I find perm services?
Le Ciel Hair Salon offers cuts and perms with consultation and testing before chemical perming. korean celebrity hair salon by CHO A is associated with signature perm and root perm services.
Are walk-ins available at any listed salon?
Hair Cut By Cindy accepts walk-ins. Pop In Hair Salon describes weekday walk-ins from 11 am to 5 pm subject to availability, and Inspire Me Hair Artistry is described as offering both appointments and walk-ins.
Which option focuses on scalp care?
Oz Hair and Beauty Melbourne Central is described with Hair Spa and tailored scalp spa treatments, plus explanations and product guidance suited to hair and scalp needs.
