Blush Hairdressers is a vibrant, relaxing and high-end salon on Palmerston Street in the heart of Westport, offering a full range of hair services to enhance your look. Owned and run by Rachel Peet, a qualified and experienced stylist, the salon specialises in cuts, colours and styling, with every appointment shaped around the individual — your hair goals, not a one-size-fits-all formula.
The service menu covers the whole family. Women's cut and style, men's cuts with a hair wash included, quick clipper and fringe trims, and dedicated services for over-65s sit alongside tiered children's pricing from ages five and under right through primary, intermediate and high school. Seniors are well looked after, with wet and dry cut-and-style options designed for them.
Colour is a real strength. A free consultation helps you work out exactly what you need, whether that's a retouch for regrowth or grey coverage, an all-over global colour from roots to ends, or a toner with a cut and blow wave. Every colour package includes the cut and blow wave. Blonding services take extra time and are arranged directly with the salon by phone or message.
Beyond colour, Blush offers blow waves by hair length — finished straight or with curls — hairup styling for special occasions, and conditioning treatments that can be added to any service, with your stylist advising which treatment best suits your hair. Online booking makes reserving a chair easy, and gift vouchers are available for anyone who'd rather let a loved one choose.
On Palmerston Street, in the middle of Westport, Blush Hairdressers has built its name on a simple idea: great hair starts with listening. The salon describes itself as vibrant, relaxing and high end, and it backs that up with a menu that runs from a fifteen-minute fringe trim to a full colour package, all delivered by a small, skilled team.
At the helm is Rachel Peet, the salon's owner stylist — qualified and experienced, and the person behind Blush's commitment to creativity and customer satisfaction. The promise made to every client is a personalised experience and a delightful visit from the wash through to the final mirror moment.
Blush books haircuts for absolutely everyone. Women's cut-and-style appointments are the cornerstone of the menu, and men are well catered for too, with their cut including a hair wash. For anyone after a quick refresh, there are clipper cuts and fringe trims that take barely a quarter of an hour.
What really sets the salon apart in a town like Westport is the depth of its children's and teens' offering. Little ones aged five and under have their own gentle appointments, and then pricing steps through primary and intermediate ages up to high school, so growing-up never means outgrowing the salon. Seniors get dedicated services as well — women over 65 can choose a wet or dry cut and style, and there's a matching cut for men.
Colour at Blush is structured, not guesswork. If you're not sure which service you need, the salon offers a free fifteen-minute consultation — or you can simply ring the salon and get advice on what would suit you best.
The two pillars of the colour menu are the retouch and the global colour. Retouch colour is a tint aimed at grey coverage or regrowth that comes up every six to eight weeks, while global colour is an all-over colour from roots to ends, available in short, medium and long options. Every colour package includes the cut and blow wave, so you leave with the finished look rather than just the colour.
A toner service paired with a cut and blow wave or style rounds out the lineup. One important note: blonding services take longer than standard colour, so the salon asks anyone wanting blonde work to call on 789 6988 or send a direct message first, so enough time can be allowed.
Not every visit needs scissors. The blow wave menu is scaled by hair length — short, medium at shoulder length, and long past the shoulders — and can be finished straight or with curls. For events, hairup styling gives you an occasion-ready finish.
If your hair needs a boost, conditioning treatments can be added to any service. There are different treatments available, and your stylist will advise which is best suited to your needs.
Blush is open Tuesday to Saturday. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday run from 9am to 5pm, Thursday stretches to a late 8pm close — handy for anyone working weekdays — and Saturday is a short 9am to 2pm session. The salon is closed Sundays and Mondays.
Booking is done online, so you can lock in a time any hour of the day. Gift vouchers are available for anyone who'd rather treat someone else to the experience, and the salon shares its work on Facebook and Instagram if you'd like a feel for the style before you sit in the chair.
Whether it's a family's back-to-school haircuts, a colour refresh with the cut included, or a blow wave and curls for a night out, Blush Hairdressers keeps Westport looking sharp — one personalised appointment at a time.