Bucks &amp; Oxon

Nice to read about a new find. As for the CACI&#8230;you can&#8217;t beat Sunrise Beauty Salon in Marlow with a CACI for around £45 when buying a course of ten. And you need an ongoing course. One CACI is like taking one only exercise class. 
Another great hair salon also in Marlow is Chic.

Thanks Sandra, I&#8217;ll let them know you like it! x

Great cut! The colour looks great too. I think this is one of the best I&#8217;ve seen out of all the hair do&#8217;s you&#8217;ve had done. I could be paying them a visit!

Great cut! The colour looks great too and so glossy!!

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I&#8217;m always amazed how different hair salons are. The look, the vibe, the techniques they have for finding out what you want, and letting you down gently (what do you mean I can&#8217;t look like Cara Delivigne?). It&#8217;s been a while since I tested out an Beaconsfield salon so here goes <a href="https://www.houseofklamer.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The House of Klamer</a>&#8230;
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THE BRIEF
Blonder! I&#8217;ve been experimenting with my hair the last two years and it&#8217;s a bit of a journey &#8211; I&#8217;ve been punky orange, ombréd, had fringes cut in and discarded, and this time I want to be more properly blonde. Not sure it will work against my skin which is dark in summer and slightly &#8216;Marge Simpson&#8217; in the winter months, but I&#8217;m up for the challenge.
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THE SALON
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-85323" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/IMG_4338.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/IMG_4338.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/IMG_4338-150x113.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/IMG_4338-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/IMG_4338-667x500.jpg 667w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />
Beaconsfield is rather like my local town Thame in that it&#8217;s absolutely riddled with hairdresser&#8217;s &#8211; though let&#8217;s be honest, there&#8217;s a lot of money sloshing around Beaconsfield so there are plenty of spoils to go around! The House of Klamer sounds very grand, like a fashion house or an aristocratic estate, but actually there are no undo airs and graces here, and it sits modestly on the main thoroughfare of Beaconsfield&#8217;s New Town, next to the The Beech House bar.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-85321" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-nail-bar.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-nail-bar.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-nail-bar-150x113.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-nail-bar-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-nail-bar-667x500.jpg 667w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />
You&#8217;re getting a dramatic interior here, with black supershiny floors, silver rococo style mirrors and chandeliers. Understated it&#8217;s not! But then you don&#8217;t come into a hairdresser&#8217;s and expect it to look like your living room, do you?
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-85320" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-mirror.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="1333" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-mirror.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-mirror-113x150.jpg 113w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-mirror-225x300.jpg 225w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-mirror-375x500.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />
It&#8217;s not a massive salon size-wise but the high ceilings and polished floors give it a feeling of space and you&#8217;re in a perfect spot for shopping afterwards with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jak.liza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jak &amp; Lisa</a> opposite, and <a href="https://www.eyelikeart.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EyeLike </a>gallery and <a href="http://www.benedictsstore.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Benedict&#8217;s café</a> round the corner.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-85322" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-walls.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-walls.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-walls-150x113.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-walls-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-walls-667x500.jpg 667w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />
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BEAUTY ROOM
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-85500 aligncenter" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/sophie-HOUSE-OF-KLAMER.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/sophie-HOUSE-OF-KLAMER.jpg 333w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/sophie-HOUSE-OF-KLAMER-100x150.jpg 100w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/sophie-HOUSE-OF-KLAMER-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px" />
The House of Klamer has an in-house beauty room which I always think is a great idea in a salon &#8211; it&#8217;s so hard to take time out to get a hair cut so you might as well maximise it by adding on a mani or facial. The room itself is dimmed, warm, attractive in the general way you&#8217;ll be familiar with at beauty salons. I had the CACI facial, the one where they run a micro-current (not unpleasantly) across your skin, and suddenly your face is plumped and pretty and you wonder why you don&#8217;t have these treatments, like, all the time! Worth doing and it&#8217;s a bit of an expertise for these guys &#8211; they offer everything from eye lifts to a wrinkle comb (love that description!), to the ultimate 1 hour 30 CACI treatment. Also on offer at the beauty salon is  mani/padi, tinting and waxing. Therapist Sophie above) is lovely and I&#8217;d definitely recommend her on my tried-and-tested method of &#8216;Did I relax enough not to bother to talk after the first 10 minutes?&#8217; Though be warned &#8211; there&#8217;s only one room so you&#8217;ll need to book properly in advance.
 
HOW THEY DID IT 

On the hair front, my colourist Anna took a long time to chat over what I wanted (youth, money, a small island) and then told me what I could have which was nearly as good &#8211; greys covered for better/longer with this new blonder me, and more body with a slightly shorter.
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The Cut (Aimee): Hero didn&#8217;t want a big change in hairstyle and wanted to maintain most of the length. We decided to keep a strong base line to make the hair look fuller and thicker and incorporate some layering to compliment the colour. I then blowdried the hair and styled in a beach wave using the GHD platinum styler.&#8221;
The Colour (Anna): Hero explained she wanted to go lighter with a balayage effect but also wanted to cover the grey. We discussed combining a mixture of babylights and balayage so she didn&#8217;t have a dark heavy root colour, which may be harsh as the colour grows out. We also discussed having a beige sandy tone as I felt an ash blonde would be too cool against her warm natural skin tone. So I did a face frame with babylights in the fringe and around the face, then thicker balayage pieces to brighten the ends to a sunkissed blonde. I also used a natural shade for a root stretch shadow effect. Lastly I used a gloss to neutralise any brassiness in the highlights and give the hair a nice sheen.
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 THE RESULTS
From cavewoman to corrrrrrr! Anna and Aimee really nailed what I wanted -the colour was definitely blonde but without looking too OTT or fake.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-85316" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-before-and-after-back.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="749" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-before-and-after-back.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-before-and-after-back-150x112.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-before-and-after-back-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/House-of-Klamer-Beaconsfield-before-and-after-back-668x500.jpg 668w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />And here&#8217;s the front version in full glory at my recent Daily Mail shoot!
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80479" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/11/daily-mail-stiletto.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="1333" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/11/daily-mail-stiletto.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/11/daily-mail-stiletto-113x150.jpg 113w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/11/daily-mail-stiletto-225x300.jpg 225w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/11/daily-mail-stiletto-375x500.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />
THE COST
Very reasonable, I&#8217;d say. Cut and blow dry from £37  up to £69 for Louise Klamer herself; ombre/balayage from £65 for a root stretch through to £130 for a full head. On the beauty front, 1 hour Shellac manis come in at £35; full leg wax £27; and the Ultimate 1 hour 30 CACI is £82.
<div class=""><a href="https://www.houseofklamer.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The House of Klamer</a>, 19a Penn Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 2PN. Tel: 01494 671 771.</div>

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