Verge Hairdressing sits along Musselburgh Rise in Dunedin's Musselburgh/St Kilda neighbourhood, easy to spot behind its bright orange door. The team offers all aspects of hairdressing, along with eyebrow and lash tinting and makeup artistry, and prides itself on outstanding, friendly service. Their goal is simple: clients leave with beautiful, healthy hair they can style themselves at home.
The salon works with a comprehensive professional colour system from Wella and invests in ongoing training so its stylists keep pace with the latest trends and styling products. Clients with different hair types are all welcome, and a variety of product ranges is stocked to cater for different needs — including organic lines free from parabens and sulphates such as the Wella Elements range, alongside Inika makeup.
Verge is also conscious of its environmental footprint: hair clippings, coffee grinds and tea bags are collected and composted by a local company, Doubt Not. Whether it's a regular cut, a fresh colour, tinted brows and lashes, or hair and makeup for a wedding, the team loves transforming hair to make clients look and feel fantastic.
Walk along Musselburgh Rise and you can't miss it: a bright orange door marking the entrance to Verge Hairdressing, a neighbourhood salon serving Musselburgh and the wider Dunedin area. Step inside and you'll find a team that describes its mission plainly — outstanding, friendly service, and hair transformations that make clients look and feel fantastic.
That combination has clearly struck a chord. Long-time client Katy puts it this way: “I have been going to Verge for years and have recommended them to many other people who all still go. A really lovely place with excellent hairdressers. A++.”
Verge offers all aspects of hairdressing. Cuts are available for ladies, men, and students and children, so the salon comfortably handles family bookings as well as solo appointments. Colour is a real strength: the salon uses a comprehensive professional colour system from Wella, and highlights can be booked with a cut added on for a complete refresh in a single visit.
The service menu goes beyond hair, too. Eyebrow and lash tinting gives brows and lashes definition between appointments, and makeup artistry is on offer for anyone wanting a polished finish. Wedding packages bring hair and makeup together for the big day, taking some of the planning off the couple's plate.
Part of what keeps people coming back is how welcoming the salon is. Clients with different hair types are all welcomed, and a variety of product ranges is stocked so recommendations can genuinely match individual needs rather than one-size-fits-all. It's the kind of place regulars recommend to friends — and, judging by Katy's review, those friends become regulars too.
Two threads run through Verge's approach. The first is education: the team is involved in ongoing training to keep up with the latest trends and styling products, so clients aren't getting yesterday's looks. The second is sustainability. The salon is conscious about the environment and works to reduce its impact in practical ways — all hair clippings, coffee grinds and tea bags are collected and composted by a local company, Doubt Not, rather than going to landfill.
That mindset extends to the shelves. Alongside its professional ranges, Verge stocks organic options that contain no parabens or sulphates, such as the Wella Elements range, plus Inika makeup. And because the team likes clients to leave with beautiful, healthy hair they can actually style themselves at home, the right take-home products are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
Verge keeps generous hours, with two late nights a week: the salon opens from 9am to 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 7pm on Wednesdays, 9am to 5:30pm on Fridays and 9am to 4pm on Saturdays, closing on Sundays and Mondays. Booking is easy through the salon's online booking system, or you can call 03 455 0442.
One practical note if you're booking a chemical service such as colour: the salon recommends having a skin test 48 hours beforehand. It's a small step that helps make sure your colour appointment goes smoothly.
Whether you're after a tidy-up trim, a full colour transformation, tinted brows and lashes, or hair and makeup for a wedding, Verge Hairdressing pairs skilled, up-to-date stylists with professional Wella colour and genuinely friendly service — all behind that unmistakable orange door on Musselburgh Rise.