Ponsonby Hair is an Auckland hair salon on Jervois Road in the heart of Ponsonby, home to a team of expert stylists and colourists whose aim is to highlight your best bits — whether that's a fringe trim, a classic haircut, beautiful colour or a bouncy blow-dry. Led by a highly experienced team passionate about both styling and colouring, the salon handles everything from a subtle change to a whole new look.
The service menu covers cuts and blow waves for short and long hair, a dedicated men's cut and a student cut and blow wave, alongside a full colour offering: root retouches, toners, global all-over colour, half-head and full-head foil services, and balayage quoted on application. In-salon treatments include the ABC Conditioning Treatment, keratin smoothing and nanoplasty straightening for longer-lasting sleekness.
The salon also runs a carefully edited haircare shop, in salon and online, stocking brands such as Redken, GHD, Pureology and Color WOW. Products are organised by brand, by hair concern — from curly and frizzy to dry, damaged, oily and fine hair — and by product type, from shampoo and conditioner through to styling, treatments and electricals. The team's online Journal shares practical advice on caring for your hair between appointments, growing out a fringe and building a better routine.
Appointments can be booked online or by phone on 09-376 1572, with late nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Saturday sessions, and Mondays open by appointment.
Step off Jervois Road and into Ponsonby Hair and you're in the hands of a team of Auckland-based expert hair stylists whose philosophy is disarmingly simple: to highlight your best bits. That might mean a quick fringe trim, a classic haircut, beautiful colour or a bouncy blow-dry — the everyday essentials of a good salon week — and it might just as easily mean a full transformation.
The salon is led by a highly experienced team of stylists and colourists who are passionate about both sides of the craft: styling and colouring. Whether you arrive with a plan to create a whole new look or you'd prefer a subtle change, the idea is the same — leave with hair that suits you, done properly.
Ponsonby Hair's service list covers all the fundamentals. Cuts come with a blow wave for both short and long hair, and there's a dedicated men's cut, a student cut and blow wave, and the blow wave available as a booking in its own right — that bouncy finish the team name-checks itself.
Colour is where the menu deepens. Options include a root retouch, a toner to refine your shade, global all-over colour, and half-head and full-head foil services. For something softer and more contemporary, the salon offers balayage, quoted on application so the price reflects the hair in front of them rather than a flat rate.
Hair that's been through a lot gets its own corner of the menu. The ABC Conditioning Treatment is an in-salon top-up for tired hair, the keratin treatment smooths, and the nanoplasty straightening treatment offers a longer-lasting sleek result. Together they make the salon as much a destination for hair health as for haircuts.
Ponsonby Hair doubles as a haircare shop, both in the salon and online. The shelves lean on brands the team trusts — Redken, GHD and Pureology, with Color WOW among the featured picks — and the online store lets you browse by brand, by hair concern (curly, damaged, dry, frizzy, oily, fine hair, scalp and hair growth) or by product type, from shampoo and conditioner to styling, treatments, dry shampoo and electricals.
The featured picks give a sense of what the team loves: Color WOW's Raise The Roots spray for instant root lift and fullness without any stiff, sticky feel; Style on Steroids, its moisturising texture spray with long-lasting style memory and built-in heat protection; Redken's Naked Gloss lightweight shine oil for shine, moisture and colour vibrancy; and the GHD Air professional hair dryer, with its 2,100W motor and ionic technology for a smooth salon-style finish.
One of the salon's quieter strengths is its Journal — a steady stream of practical, generous advice. Recent posts cover how to care for your hair in between appointments, the best tips for growing out a fringe, whether it's time to spring-clean your hair routine, and a guide to the hair ingredients you actually need to know about. It reads like a team that cares about your hair on the days you're not in the chair, too.
Clients, by their own account, keep coming back. "Ponsonby Hair is a superb salon," writes long-time client Anna S. "I have been getting my hair cut and coloured there for over two years and I highly recommend them. Great hairdressers, an inspiring space and the location is so convenient to central Auckland!"
Booking is straightforward: reserve online via the Book Now link on the website, or call the salon directly on 09-376 1572. Hours run Tuesday 10am-8pm, Wednesday 10am-5pm, Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 9am-4pm, with Mondays by appointment and Sundays closed — and those late Tuesday and Thursday nights make an after-work appointment easy to fit in.