WHAT'S OUR DEAL?

WHO ARE HOUSE OF QUIRK?

HAIR

HQ IS HERE TO PROVIDE AN INCLUSIVE AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND HIGHLY EDUCATED QUIRKERS TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR TRUE INNER SELF EXTERNALISED. MAKING HOW YOU FEEL ON THE INSIDE A REALITY TO THE WORLD.

MUSIC

SOME OF THE MOST EXPRESSIVE, CREATIVE MINDS IN HISTORY HAVE BEEN MUSICIANS, THEY PROVIDE THE SOUNDTRACK TO OUR JOURNEYS AND ALONG WITH OUR HAIR, HELP US CRAFT OUR SENSE OF SELF.

WE BELIEVE LIFE SHOULD BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, THERE IS ENOUGH DOOM AND GLOOM IN THE WORLD, AND EVERYONE TAKING THEMSELVES A LITTLE LESS SERIOUSLY IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HAIR BUT NOT MUCH ELSE.

🌿 R H U B A R B // R E V E A L E D 🌿

Well Stalkers...You asked. Many of you asked! So we're giving you the recipe!

This month's Drink of the Month has proven rather popular, and after many requests for the recipe, we're officially revealing how to make the HQ Rhubarb & Earl Grey Iced Tea at home!

Made using homemade rhubarb syrup crafted from locally grown rhubarb from Groobarbs Farm, paired with chilled Earl Grey tea and plenty of ice, it's floral, fruity, refreshing and dangerously easy to drink on a sunny afternoon.

Homemade Rhubarb Syrup (Makes approximately 250ml)
🌱 Ingredients:
250g rhubarb, chopped
200ml water
1 strip lemon peel (optional, but take as much of the pith/white bits off as you can)
150g caster sugar

🌱 Method:
-Add the rhubarb, water and lemon peel to a saucepan.
-Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes, until the rhubarb has completely broken down.
-Strain through a sieve (or muslin-lined sieve if you're feeling fancy) and allow the liquid to drip through naturally.

-Return the liquid to the pan + the sugar and warm gently, stirring until fully dissolved.
-Allow to cool before bottling + store in the fridge and use within 3 weeks!

🫖 Earl Grey Tea Base:
X4 Earl Grey tea bags
1 litre freshly boiled water
4 minute brew time

🫖 Method:
-Pour freshly boiled water over the tea bags + leave to brew for 4 minutes.
-Remove the tea bags + allow the tea to cool before transferring to the fridge.
-Once chilled, it'll happily keep in the fridge for around 4/5 days before we'd recommend brewing a fresh batch.

This gives a tea that's strong enough to stand up to ice without becoming bitter.

🧊 To Serve
20-25ml rhubarb syrup
180-200ml chilled Earl Grey tea
Lots of ice!

We've already made four batches at HQ this month, which tells us either we've created something delicious... or you're all secretly dehydrated 😹

If you make your own version at home, we'd love to see it!

Enjoy Stalkers!
🌿🍹🖤

B R I D A L // G L O W

A very exciting appointment for Tasha and her Stalker here...

This wasn't just a colour and cut appointment... This was THE colour and cut appointment!

The wedding hair appointment!! 💍

Our lovely Stalker is a regular face at HQ and visits both Tasha and Aimee throughout the year, but on this occasion, Tash was at the helm as preparations for the big day continued!

The brief was blonde, bright, soft and effortless, with a little extra face-frame pop to make everything sing around the front hairline.

If you've been following Tash's work for a while, you'll know she's rather fond of creating brightness where it matters most. Whilst some like a blanket across the entire head with lightness, Tash often leans to concentrate the impact around the face and hairline before gradually softening and backing away through the crown area.

The result is a colour that feels bright and luminous, whilst still maintaining softness, depth and a more forgiving grow-out.

Using carefully placed slicing techniques throughout the foil application, every section was placed with intention.

This is all part of an ongoing lightening journey too, and depending on how the hair continues to respond, our Stalker may choose to go even lighter at future appointments.

Because here's the thing... healthy hair always comes before colour goals, always 🖤

At HQ we create bespoke home haircare recommendations for all of our colour Stalkers because beautiful hair isn't created solely in the salon chair. It lives in the products you use, how you care for your hair at home, and the habits you build between appointments.

Hair is a collaboration. We're the hairdressers, but you're the wearer.

Without your care at home, our colour work simply can't perform at its best, or wear-in how we both want it to.

Cut-wise, Tasha continued the theme of softness and movement throughout. Texture wasn't only added through the colour placement, but through the haircut too. Delicate internal movement, airy layering and a floaty finish all work together to create a look that feels effortless, romantic and full of life.

Perfect for floating down the aisle 😝

// R O U L E T T E R O U N D:U P \\

T'has been a proper mixed bag this week!

Country, pop, metalcore, folk-rock and a couple of absolute classics thrown in for good measure!

🎧 Lainey Wilson – Watermelon Moonshine
From small town Louisiana to one of country music's biggest stars, Lainey has picked up a Grammy, multiple CMA Awards and ACM Awards along the way. The chosen track comes from her breakthrough album Bell Bottom Country.

🎧 ABBA – Fernando
Originally recorded as a solo song by Anni-Frid Lyngstad before ABBA released their own version in 1976. Fun fact: Fernando is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide.

🎧 Electric Callboy – Elevator Operator
Germany's masters of chaos! Originally known as Eskimo Callboy, the band changed their name in 2022 and continue to blend metalcore, electronic music and a healthy dose of humour. They describe their own music as "porno metal"... which tells you pretty much everything you need to know!

🎧 Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
The ultimate outsider anthem! Written by frontman Brendan B. Brown about his experiences growing up as an alternative kid, it remains one of the most recognisable songs of the early 2000s.

🎧 Don McLean – American Pie
An eight-and-a-half-minute folk-rock epic 👀 that somehow became one of the most famous songs ever recorded. More than 50 years later, people are still debating exactly what all the lyrics mean.

🎧 Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
A song that's become bigger than the film it was written for. Dolly has released nearly 50 albums, won countless awards, and even has her own theme park, Dollywood. Not bad for someone who's been working 9 to 5 all these years 😉

As always, a huge thank you to everyone who took part and helped soundtrack the salon this week 🎲

Who knows what next week's dice roll will bring...

S H A P E // R E F R E S H

Back in February, Hannah met her Stalker here for the very first time.

Armed with trust, inspiration pictures and a desire for something completely different, the pair waved goodbye to a significant amount of length and created the wolf mullet shape you see here.

Fast forward 10 weeks, and our Stalker was back in The House for a maintenance visit to keep the shape behaving exactly as intended.

One of the biggest misconceptions about textured cuts like wolf mullets, shags and heavily layered styles is that they're completely maintenance free. Whilst they're wonderfully low effort on a day to day basis, the shape itself does need a little housekeeping every couple of months.

As these cuts grow out, the balance begins to shift. Weight can build through the sides, the crown can become wider and rounder, and those carefully crafted layers can lose some of their magic.

That's exactly why our Stalker returned to see Hannah.

Using a combination of scissor + razor techniques, Hannah refined the existing shape, removed excess bulk where needed, refreshed the silhouette and brought all of that movement and texture back to life.

The same cool, effortless wolf mullet energy, just sharper, fresher and ready for another adventure!
Finished using a diffuser to encourage and define the natural curl pattern, this style is a perfect example of how textured hair and layered cutting techniques can work beautifully together.

Thinking about a new shape? At HQ we offer a few haircut appointment types:

✂️ Cut + Finish: Perfect for maintaining an existing hairstyle and keeping everything fresh.

✂️ Revamp: For those wanting a change of shape, a new fringe, face framing, additional layering, or a significant length change.

Our Revamp service allows your Quirker an additional 15 minutes to properly explore your ideas, assess your hair type, texture, density and lifestyle, and help you understand how to style your new look once you leave.

✂️Curly Cut: Designed specifically for those embracing their natural curls, coils and texture.

Because great hair isn't just about what happens in the salon chair, about how they work for you daily!

// D R I N K O F T H E M O N T H \\

Some of you may already know of this one... because you've practically drank us out of it! 😆

This month's creation started with a generous bag of locally grown rhubarb from Groobarbs Farm. Rae took it upon herself to turn the lot into a homemade rhubarb syrup, which we then paired with a freshly brewed, chilled Earl Grey tea and plenty of ice for the ultimate refreshing summer sip.

Lightly floral, gently fruity, wonderfully refreshing and made using ingredients grown just down the road from here at HQ!

We love being able to champion local growers whenever we can, and this one has certainly gone down a treat!

In fact... it's gone down so much of a treat that we're already on batch number three. The first two disappeared faster than we could make them. 👀

Available throughout June for all HQ visitors whilst stocks last. (Assuming you lot don't drink batch three before we've finished writing this post 🤪)

This drink is Vegan + Gluten free as standard 🌱

Need to grab an appointment so that you dont miss out?

Follow the link in our bio to book in for haircutting or styling appointments @hq_salons

For hair colouring appointments please give us a call on ☎️ 01606 330 879

J U K E B O X // R O U L E T T E

"Who chooses the music at HQ?" Well... sometimes you do!

A little while ago, we introduced a little game called Jukebox Roulette here to HQ, and if you've never heard of it before, allow us to explain.

Throughout the day, the Moth, Bobbi or Mischa may appear carrying a pair of dice. No warning, mini fanfare..

Prior to their arrival to you, those dice have been rolled.. The number decides which appointment gets chosen. And if that appointment happens to be yours...You get to pick the next song played!

Not only do we play it in the salon right there and then, but it also earns a permanent place on our ever growing HQ community playlist, which is now a musical scrapbook built by the people who sit in our chairs 🖤

Over the years it's become a wonderfully strange collection of songs. Indie anthems. Dancefloor fillers. Power ballads. Folk tunes. The occasional track that leaves everyone asking, "Wait... what is this?" And we honestly wouldn't have it any other way.

So if you find yourself in the House and spot the Moth wandering around with dice in hand, stay alert...Your musical destiny may be about to arrive!

After all, HQ only exists because you guys choose to spend your time with us. Jukebox Roulette is just one of the many little ways we've found to say thank you 🖤

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