Studio Six hairdesign is a hair salon on Marlowe Street in Stoke, Nelson, holding a 4.8 rating from nine Google reviews. Anyone who has had a bad cut knows the consultation is where a salon earns its keep: a good stylist asks how you style your hair at home, checks how it grows and behaves, and will talk you out of a look that won't suit your texture. Regulars tend to stick with one stylist who learns their hair over successive visits, and they book colour ahead of big occasions, since fresh colour settles and softens over a day or two. It is worth asking, too, how much upkeep a style needs — most short cuts hold their shape for five or six weeks, while longer hair is more forgiving between appointments. For Stoke locals after a neighbourhood salon rather than a city-centre rush, Studio Six hairdesign is a well-regarded option on Marlowe Street.