Streets Ahead Hair Studio is a boutique salon on Oxford Street in the heart of Richmond, offering cuts, colour and in-salon treatments in a luxurious, private setting tailored to each client. The studio has been owned and directed by Kayla since December 2014 and is home to six stylists whose experience spans from newly qualified talent to careers of more than 30 years.
The service menu covers everything from women's and men's cuts and student haircuts to wash and blow waves, plus a full colour offering of retouches, global colour, partial foils, half and full head highlights, and balayage. Add-on care includes Metal Detox, Premiere and Absolut Repair Molecular treatments, while the personalised Kerastase Fusio-Dose ritual — with more than 36 combinations — targets two hair needs in a single visit. The salon is a proud stockist of professional hair products.
Open 9am to 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with late nights until 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Streets Ahead is closed weekends and public holidays. Bookings can be made online, by phone, by email or in person, and free consultations are available for quotes.
Streets Ahead Hair Studio sits on Oxford Street in the heart of Richmond, and its promise is a simple one: unwind and treat yourself while an expert team cares for you and your hair, from root to tip. This is a salon built around a private, luxurious experience tailored to each client — whether you are in for a quick trim, a full colour transformation or one of the studio's celebrated in-salon treatments.
The salon has been owned and directed by Kayla since December 2014, and nearly a decade on she still speaks about the craft with genuine enthusiasm. Her creative passion is medium-to-short hair styles and the colours that complement them, and she is quick to credit her team as the heart of the business — a team well worth meeting.
Streets Ahead brings together six stylists whose experience ranges from fresh talent to more than three decades behind the chair. Kayla works Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and loves a creative short cut. Skyla, hairdressing since 2018, is the team's enthusiast for blonding and full transformations and works Monday to Friday. Rachel, also hairdressing since 2018 and with the team for over three years, is a firm believer that great hair starts with great product — she loves working with Kerastase. Karen, with a career stretching back over 30 years, is the one to see for a refreshing change of style or face-framing highlights; she works Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sheryn brings more than 20 years of experience and a vibrant, fun-loving energy, with a particular love of women's short styles and men's cuts — she works Thursdays and Fridays with late-night appointments available. Sam, qualified since 2024, is all about colour, from lived-in blondes to vibrant fashion colours, and works Monday to Thursday.
What unites them is a commitment to staying sharp, with regular training in the latest cutting techniques, colouring methods and style trends.
Colour is where the studio really shows its range. The menu covers retouches and global colour, ends refreshes, partial foils from crown to hairline and temples, half head and full head highlights, and balayage for those after a softer, lived-in look. For hair that needs rescuing, add-on treatments include Metal Detox, which neutralises metals inside the hair fibre so colour results stay pure, vibrant and shiny; the Premiere resurfacing and decalcifying treatment for hair severely damaged by chemical processing; and Absolut Repair Molecular, which restores strength, elasticity and movement.
The standout indulgence is the Kerastase Fusio-Dose. Each ritual is personalised and custom-made to target a primary hair need and a secondary one in a single treatment — moisture, shine, strengthening, body, frizz reduction or neutralising blondes — with more than 36 combinations available. Every ritual begins with a special Kerastase bain shampoo massage before the dose is applied, creating what the team calls an instant transformation. As proud stockists of professional hair products, the stylists can also send you home with the right products to keep the result looking its best.
Appointments can be booked online at any time, by phone, by email or simply by dropping into the salon. Opening hours run 9am to 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with late nights until 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The salon is closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. A couple of things are worth knowing before you arrive: colour services do not include a blow dry, so add a style if you want to leave fully polished, and quotes for specific colour work are best arranged through a free consultation booking. Life happens and the team understands — but 24 hours' notice is needed to change an appointment, and bookings longer than three hours require a 50% deposit.
Whether it is a first haircut, a bold new colour or a restorative treatment ritual, the Streets Ahead team's goal is consistent: clients leaving the chair feeling confident, refreshed and their absolute best.