Best affordable hair salons NYC 2022

A cut above the rest, these are the best hair salons in Melbourne to upgrade your look!

Whether you’re looking for a classic style or something a little more cutting edge, Melbourne’s award-winning salons are experts in the world of trimming, dyeing and blow-drying. We know how hard it is to find a good hairdresser, so when you do, it’s best to hold onto them. Lucky for you, we’ve gone and found the best hair salons in Melbourne, guaranteed to give you a flawless chop every time.   

Frankie Salon

With over 600 five-star reviews on Google and Facebook, Frankie is Melbourne’s highest-rated salon – and for good reason.  Their personalised service is renowned, and you will feel utterly indulged from the moment you enter the studio with every effort made to ensure your experience is one of a kind. Led by award-winning hairdresser Pete Dunn, the salon opened its second location in late 2020, bringing its signature style to South Yarra. Light, bright, and unequivocally cool, Frankie is the place to head for any hair transformation your heart desires, with no cut, colour, or style too tricky to achieve.

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9/4 Dyer Street, Richmond

3 Powell Street, South Yarra

Saint Louie

A salon that would feel equally at home in London or New York, Saint Louie’s iconic laneway location and cool industrial vibe are a favourite of Melbourne's sleek and chic. Equally beloved for their flawless colour work and painstakingly perfect styling, this CBD hair haven is synonymous with quality thanks to the dedicated and celebrated team of specialists. With over 25 years of experience between them, owners Ivan and Jean-Paul have cultivated the perfect salon experience, styling for the likes of Vogue, Marie Claire, Dazed & Confused and Oyster.

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26 Russell Place, Melbourne

The BLOW Australia

In need of a refresh rather than a complete transformation? This ever-so-chic salon is all about the blow. They have a blow dry menu of on-trend styles to suit any hair type and taste, such as the Rich Girl Hair, The Glitterati or Baby Got Beach. To treat your hair to something extra special, The BLOW has a few add-ons to choose from salt scrub scalp massage, hair treatments, or if you're short on time, dry styling.

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146 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

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Rare Earth Hair

Using strictly premium products including Aveda, Olaplex and O&M, your locks will be given the most luxurious pampering available. Rare Earth’s contemporary studio is a mecca for colour transformations, mastering foils, balayage and everything in between. The salon also strives to maintain an environmental conscience by carrying products that are low chemical, eco-friendly and sulphate free. An impressive editorial portfolio underlines the salon’s ongoing success in the industry. 

184 Commercial Road, Prahran

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Mitch Studio

This sustainable salon is bright, beautiful and most importantly – inclusive, welcoming everyone into their sunny space for a stylish new do. Founder Tara-Lee Mitchell has many years in the industry under her belt and fuses her expertise into everything from reducing waste (95% of which is recycled) to ensuring customers have a feel-good experience and walk away with the cut or colour of their dreams.

166 High Street, Ashburton

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BODA Hair Boutique

For the pinnacle in luxury hair treatments, these award-winning salons are all but unrivalled. Operating since 2016, owner Martha Kourtidou was driven by a need to make women feel empowered and confident, starting with the crown – her hair. With locations popping up all over the city, the BODA team has quite the reputation for dramatic colour transformations, sleek fit outs, and faultless attention to detail. 

Multiple locations across Melbourne

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Edwards & Co

If you like your salons of the high-octane glamour, celebrity-endorsed variety, then Edwards & Co is for you. Run by Jaye Edwards, one of Sydney’s most revered stylists, this chic hairdresser is considered the fashion set’s go-to for all things cut and colour. Housed in an exposed brick warehouse hidden down a city laneway – this is the place to see and be seen.

Suite C - Rear, 230 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

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Organika

The ultimate feel-good fix, the team at Organika stay away from anything that contains ammonia, sulphates, parabens or other nasty toxic chemicals. Using the latest in natural and organic products, they’re leaders in current trends on style and colour without adverse health effects. Proof that beauty can be green.

161 Elgin Street, Carlton, 140a Ormond Road, Elwood

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Telleish

Widely known as Melbourne’s blonde specialists (from ash to golden – they’re your go-to), the expert team at Telleish have worked their magic at fashion weeks and in magazines around the globe. Located in a sleek, plant-filled salon by the sea in Port Melbourne, they’re proudly sustainable and recycle all materials used – so you can fix your hair and ease your conscience.

89 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne

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Meddlers by Duncan McKenzie

A luxurious salon set in the leafy streets of South Yarra, meddlers by Duncan McKenzie has been serving up luscious looks for well-to-do locals for over 30 years. With its bright blue walls, bubble-gum pink chairs and art-splashed walls – having your hair done at meddlers is an experience you’re not likely to forget any time soon.

273a Domain Road, South Yarra

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Xiang Hair

First opening its doors as a small suburban salon back in 1989, Xiang Hair has since graduated to the centre of the city and quickly achieved status as one of Melbourne’s best. The current Australian Hairdresser of the Year, here the stylists pride themselves in providing a salon experience that will make you feel as good as you look.

401 Swanston Street, Melbourne City

4/1096 Mt Alexander Road, Essendon

46 Main Street, Greensborough

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The Do Salon

An eco-salon that places equal importance on style and protecting the world around us, The Do Salon reflects the forward thinking ethos of its St Kilda home. With an emphasis on innovative looks, they use products from the world’s first professional organic hair colour, care and styling line that comes complete with cruelty free, biodynamic and fair trade ingredients.

171a Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

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BIBA Fitzroy

Established in 1975, the BIBA name is nothing short of iconic. With fourteen award-winning salons throughout Melbourne, the Fitzroy outpost is sleek, trend-driven and nothing short of world-class. Home to a team of stylists who have taken home virtually every accolade in the country (and beyond), this is the place to try something new. You’re in safe hands – if you dare.

237 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

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Ellie and Frank

Combining hair trends from South Korea and Australia, the talented team at Ellie and Frank really take the time to make your hair dreams come true. The beautifully-styled, leafy green studio is spacious and stylish, so you can sit back and relax as Ellie takes care of your new do. From expert (and affordable) hair cuts to hair perming, balayage, foils and permanent straightening, you'll find your chosen treatment and leave feeling classy and chic. 

344 Smith Street, Collingwood

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Inspired by our pick of the best hair salons in Melbourne and looking to treat yourself this weekend? From getting a killer blow-dry and a relaxing massage to getting your nails done, all you have to do is sit back, relax and be pampered.

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