Kulture on Windsor is a hair salon on King Street in the Windsor suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand, led by creative directors Michelle and Lauren since 2006. What began as a shared dream — to build their own business, train apprentices and create dream jobs — has grown into a thriving, client-focused salon with a loyal local following.
The team is made up of five passionate professionals: founders and master hair stylists Michelle and Lauren, master stylists Kim and Tammy, and Sharni, a third-year apprentice honing her craft. Every stylist is trained not only in hairdressing but in descriptive consultations, so clients leave feeling heard, listened to and appreciated — as well as with beautiful hair.
The salon offers a wide service menu: dedicated blonde work, global colouring, balayage and foilyage, bold creative colour, grey coverage, women's and men's cuts and restyles, kids' cuts, master styling and blow-outs, and in-salon treatments including six-week smoothing keratin treatments.
Kulture on Windsor is also home to Tania from Pink Cheeks Beauty, who offers waxing, eyelash lifts and tints, massages, facials, dermaplaning and more. From the moment you step through the doors, the promise is a warm, relaxing environment where your needs come first — and you leave feeling refreshed, energised and absolutely fabulous.
On King Street in the Windsor suburb of Invercargill, Kulture on Windsor has been doing things its own way since 2006. Founded by creative directors Michelle and Lauren, the salon began with a question the two would-be business owners asked themselves: wouldn't it be incredible to own our own business? The answer became Kulture on Windsor — a salon built to train apprentices, create dream jobs, and give every client an experience worth coming back for.
Nearly two decades on, that original vision is still visible in how the salon works. The team is deliberately close-knit: Michelle and Lauren lead as founders and master hair stylists, joined by master stylists Kim and Tammy, and Sharni, a third-year apprentice who is honing her craft and — by the salon's own cheerful account — wowing clients every day. Michelle and Lauren describe themselves as goal-driven and excited about the future, especially when it involves trend changes and advancements in hair styling, and that appetite for progress shows in a service list that spans everything from classic cuts to creative colour.
What sets Kulture on Windsor apart, the team says, is the emphasis on listening. Every stylist is trained not just in hairdressing but in descriptive consultations — structured conversations designed to learn a client's needs, wants and expectations before any scissors or colour brushes come out. Michelle believes sharing stories is an essential part of the experience, as is matching lifestyles with hairstyles: a great cut has to work on a busy Tuesday morning, not just in the salon chair. Lauren's favourite part of the job is the deep connection with her clients and, of course, creating beautiful hair.
The goal, simply, is a harmonious salon with the emphasis on client experience — so that everyone leaves not only with stunning hair, but feeling they have been heard, listened to and appreciated.
Colour work is where the salon shines brightest. The team proudly describes itself as blonde specialists — bright, creamy, natural and BOLD, you name it — with a dedicated Blonde Ambition service aimed at finding each client's perfect shade. Beyond blonde, the menu covers global colouring for rich, all-over colour; balayage and foilyage for soft, natural dimension that grows out beautifully; and Colour Creations, a service devoted to bold, bright, rainbow-inspired shades, always preceded by a thorough consultation.
Grey coverage is handled in whatever way suits the client best — global colouring, foils within blonding services, or simple root touch-ups. Underpinning it all are in-salon treatments, from hair health and scalp treatments to a well-earned pamper, plus the salon's six-week smoothing keratin treatments.
On the cutting side, Kulture on Windsor offers women's and men's trims and restyles, master styling and blow-outs — curls, straightening, waves and hair-ups for any occasion, along with roller brush blowouts — and a kids' offering of trims, restyles and, as they put it, CUTE styles for the little ones.
The salon is also home to Tania from Pink Cheeks Beauty, who offers a wide range of services including waxing, eyelash lifts and tints, massages, facials and dermaplaning — making it easy to pair a colour appointment with a beauty treatment in a single visit.
New clients get a particularly warm welcome: the salon currently offers a $50 voucher towards a full head of foils and toner on a first visit, available through the website — and, they advise, worth checking your spam or junk folder for. Appointments can be booked online through the salon's booking system, by emailing kultureonwindsor@gmail.com, or by calling 03 217 6225.
The promise, in the team's own words, is simple: a warm, relaxing environment where your needs come first, and where you leave feeling refreshed, energised and absolutely fabulous after every visit.