Vivo Hair Salon Tauranga Crossing is part of the nationwide Vivo Hair Salons & Skin Clinics group, located in Shop 20 at the Tauranga Crossing shopping centre on Taurikura Drive in Tauriko, Tauranga. The team here specialises in colour, cuts, blondes and balayage, with a service menu that runs from all-over colour, foils and highlights through to gloss treatments, creative colour and dedicated men's packages.
Beyond colour, the salon offers specialist hair work: Kerasilk Keratin smoothing, nanoplasty, chemical straightening, the Wella SmoothFiller™ Treatment and hair extensions, plus event hair styling for weddings, balls and special occasions. Stylists are qualified and continuously trained through Vivo's national development programme, and the salon works with Wella Professionals products.
Vivo backs its work with a No-Surprise Guarantee — any extra costs are flagged upfront — and a promise of hair you'll love. New clients, or anyone returning after 6-12 months, can access value cut & colour packages, and appointments can be booked online or by phone, with late nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Vivo Hair Salon Tauranga Crossing is tucked inside the Tauranga Crossing shopping centre on Taurikura Drive in Tauriko, Tauranga. It's part of Vivo Hair Salons & Skin Clinics, a nationwide New Zealand salon group, and this branch carries the same promise that runs through the whole network: hair you'll love, guaranteed.
The salon positions itself as a specialist destination for colour, cuts, blondes and balayage. That focus shows in the service list, which runs from straightforward all-over colour and classic foils through to more layered, technical work.
If you're chasing that soft, sun-kissed, grown-out look, balayage is one of the salon's signature offerings — hand-painted colour blended for a natural, lived-in finish. Foils and highlights remain on the menu for classic brightness and dimension, while the full colour service covers everything from root touch-ups to a complete change of tone.
For blondes specifically, there's Blonde Ambition — Vivo's dedicated blonde service for lifts, tones and keeping bright blondes looking healthy. Creative colour covers the bolder end of the spectrum, and the Shinefinity Colour Gloss provides a gentle, shine-boosting refresh between bigger appointments. Men are well looked after too, with dedicated men's packages.
Beyond colour, the salon offers a serious line-up of smoothing and restructuring treatments. The Kerasilk Keratin Treatment smooths and de-frizzes, chemical straightening delivers permanently sleeker hair, and nanoplasty offers a modern smoothing option. There's also the Wella SmoothFiller™ Treatment, along with professional hair extensions for anyone after extra length or thickness.
And when there's an occasion on the calendar — a ball, a wedding, a big night out — the team offers event hair styling, so you can walk in with an idea and walk out ready for the photos.
A few things set the Vivo experience apart. Stylists are qualified and continuously trained through Vivo's national development programme, so techniques stay current across the group. The salon works with Wella Professionals products, which Vivo describes as the world's no.1 salon professional haircare brand.
Pricing anxiety is addressed head-on with the No-Surprise Guarantee: you'll be told about any extra costs upfront, before they happen, rather than at the till afterwards. Each Vivo salon is also tailored to its local market, so the Tauranga Crossing team shapes its service around Tauriko locals rather than running a one-size-fits-all script.
That approach seems to land with clients. One first-time visitor, Sonia, summed up her experience: "Excellent! Staff very attentive for what you want done & certainly would go back there again!"
If you've never been to Vivo before — or it's been six to twelve months since your last booking — it's worth asking about the New Client Packages, which bundle cuts and colour at sharp value. There are also everyday hair packages for keeping your look maintained between bigger transformations.
Hours are generous: 9am to 6pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with late-night openings until 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The salon is closed on Sundays.
Booking ahead is simple — appointments can be made online through Vivo's booking site or by phoning the salon directly on 07 543 1451. Gift vouchers are available for anyone who'd rather let the recipient choose their own treatment, and Vivo's online store stocks the professional haircare, skincare and makeup the team works with, with free New Zealand-wide shipping on orders over $80.
Whether you're after a precise cut, a full blonde transformation, keratin smoothing or simply a colour refresh that keeps everything glossy, Vivo Tauranga Crossing packages the scale and training of a national salon group into a neighbourhood branch — with the late-night hours to fit around real life.