Ruby Blu is a hair salon in New Plymouth, owned and directed by Sue Garrett, who brings over eighteen years of industry experience to the salon. Sue's focus is on giving clients the best styles while keeping up with current trends, and she describes ensuring clients receive the very best treatments, products and styles as central to how the salon is run.
Beyond the salon chair, Sue is a qualified judge and steward for NZARH (New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers) competitions, and has been a finalist in a number of photographic competitions - both signs of a stylist who takes the craft seriously beyond day-to-day client work.
Ruby Blu operates by appointment, and clients are encouraged to book ahead to secure their preferred time. The salon keeps in touch with clients through Facebook and Instagram as well as its website.
Ruby Blu is a hair salon on South Road in New Plymouth, run by owner and director Sue Garrett. Sue has spent more than eighteen years in the hairdressing industry, and her approach to the salon centres on a simple idea: clients should leave with the best possible style, using techniques and trends that are genuinely current rather than dated.
Beyond her day-to-day work behind the chair, Sue holds a qualification as a judge and steward for NZARH competitions - the industry body for registered hairdressers in New Zealand - which speaks to a level of technical expertise beyond running her own salon. She's also been a finalist in a number of photographic competitions, adding a creative, visual eye to her hairdressing background.
In her own words, what matters most is "ensuring that clients receive the very best treatments, products and styles," and she describes little that beats seeing a client walk out with a new style and a lift in how they feel. It's a philosophy that puts client satisfaction, not just technical skill, at the centre of how the salon operates.
Sue also describes herself as a busy mother of four, stepmother to three, and "super nanny" to many more - a detail that gives a sense of the salon being run by someone juggling a genuinely full life alongside the business, rather than a large corporate operation.
Ruby Blu operates on an appointment basis, and the salon recommends booking ahead to make sure you can get the time slot you want, rather than relying on walk-ins. The salon is closed on Mondays and Sundays, opening from 9:30am through to close Tuesday to Friday, and from 9am on Saturdays.
Alongside its website, Ruby Blu keeps clients updated through Facebook and Instagram, giving a way to see recent work and salon updates between visits. For anyone in New Plymouth looking for a hairdresser with real industry credentials behind the chair, Ruby Blu is worth getting in touch with directly to check current availability and discuss what you're after.