Jacqui's hair salon is at 167 Thames Street in Oamaru, Waitaki, and is well reviewed, holding a 4.6 rating from 47 Google reviews; you can find it on Facebook. At a good hair salon, the consultation matters as much as the cut. The best stylists ask about your hair history — colours, treatments, how you style it at home — before scissors come out, because a cut shaped to your hair's natural fall keeps looking decent as it grows out. In smaller towns, where salons are few and the good ones book out, ringing ahead beats chancing a walk-in, and regulars rebook before they leave so the next visit is locked in. Word of mouth on the main street tends to settle the question of who cuts your hair. With its steady ratings and central Thames Street address, Jacqui's is a salon Oamaru locals can keep coming back to.