Destination Hair Salon is a professional hair salon on Como Street in Takapuna, Auckland, led by experienced stylists with more than 20 years in the hair industry. The team specialises in personalised hairstyle design, precision haircuts, professional colour, balayage, highlights, perming, straightening, hair treatment and scalp care.
Alongside its hairdressing, the salon operates a scalp and hair care clinic grounded in professional trichology knowledge. Using scalp diagnostic equipment and trained technicians, the team analyses each client's scalp and hair condition and builds personalised treatment plans — whether the concern is an oily scalp, dryness, sensitivity, flaking, hair shedding or thinning, or premature greying. As the salon puts it: beautiful hair starts with a healthy scalp.
Clients can book anything from a wash and blow wave or a men's or women's haircut through to full colour transformation packages such as Cool Blonde, Full Head Brown and Balayage, plus keratin smoothing, digital perming and permanent straightening. It's a friendly neighbourhood salon known for great advice on hair and scalp condition.
Destination Hair Salon sits on Como Street in the heart of Takapuna, offering professional hair design and scalp care to Auckland's North Shore. Behind the chair is a team of experienced stylists with more than 20 years in the hair industry, and the service list reflects that depth: precision haircuts, professional colour, balayage, highlights, perming, straightening, hair treatment and scalp care, all under one roof.
The salon's approach is personal rather than assembly-line. Hairstyle design is tailored to the individual, whether that means a quick professional shampoo and blow wave, a restyle for long hair or a full colour project. Men's and women's haircuts both include a professional shampoo and finishing styling, so clients walk out ready to go.
What genuinely distinguishes Destination Hair Salon is its scalp and hair clinic. The team works to a simple philosophy: beautiful hair starts with a healthy scalp. With professional trichology knowledge, scalp and hair diagnostic equipment and trained technicians, stylists analyse each client's scalp and hair condition before recommending care.
A Professional Scalp Care appointment includes a diagnostic analysis, a scalp and hair consultation, a professional shampoo and a personalised scalp serum. From there, care plans are built around the individual concern: oily scalp, dryness, sensitivity or irritation, flaking and dandruff-prone skin, eczema-prone scalps, hair shedding or thinning, ageing scalp and hair, even premature greying. Optional microneedling and red light add-ons can be layered on to support targeted scalp care and improve product absorption.
Colour is where the salon flexes. The Cool Blonde Transformation pairs half head highlights with lightening and toner, finished with a professional treatment, shampoo, styling and styling products. Full Head Brown Colour delivers a rich, even base with a treatment included. For soft, sun-kissed dimension, the Balayage Transformation involves professional balayage with one to three lightening sessions as required, professional toning and a blow-dry — with an optional deep treatment for hair that needs extra care.
Texture services are just as complete. The Digital Perm Transformation creates heat-set curls with a treatment, trim, shampoo and styling included, while Permanent Straightening takes full head straightening through the same finish. The Keratin Smooth Treatment combines a keratin service with a trim and styling for smoother, more manageable hair. And when hair has been through it, the Damaged Hair Treatment selects professional masks and hair-care products according to the condition, level of damage and needs of the hair.
Between the big transformations, the salon keeps the essentials sharp. A wash and blow wave or blowout delivers a professional shampoo and blow-dry, while women's and men's haircuts come with shampoo, cut and styling. Clients highlight the friendly atmosphere and the practical advice the team gives on both hair and scalp condition, so results last well beyond the appointment.
The salon's gallery shows the range of its work: ash grey colour, soft brown long hair, Korean layered haircuts, dark ash brown waves, red fashion colour, blonde balayage and long ash beige tones. For anyone collecting reference photos before a change, it is a good place to start.
The salon suits a wide range of clients. Long-time colour regulars can rely on structured transformation packages that bundle lightening, toning, treatment and styling into one visit, while newcomers can start small with a cut or a scalp analysis and build from there. Because scalp health underpins everything on the menu, even a straightforward haircut comes with a professional shampoo — and the option to talk through any scalp concerns with a team trained to spot them.
Destination Hair Salon is at 16 Como Street, Takapuna, within easy reach of Takapuna's shops and beach, with appointments bookable by phone on 021 386 037. Whether the visit is for a fresh cut, a full balayage journey or a scalp reset at the clinic, the promise is the same: considered design, professional products and care that starts at the root.