Question 1

How do I book a private appointment with Melissa in Manchester?

Accepted Answer

Write to Melissa. Say what you need, when you are free, and where Melissa should sit: a private residence, a hotel suite, or by arrangement at the salon on Tib Street out of hours. A consultation and a written quote come first. Nothing is confirmed until you accept it.

Question 2

Where does Melissa work?

Accepted Answer

Manchester is home. The appointment can be at a private residence, in a hotel suite, or at the salon on Tib Street out of hours by arrangement. Those three sit as equals. Melissa will still do London, for the right client.

Question 3

Does Melissa work in London?

Accepted Answer

Yes, for the right client. Manchester is first. London is arranged when the work and the diary make sense, and always quoted before you confirm.

Question 4

What does it cost?

Accepted Answer

There is no public price list. After the consultation you receive a written quote, and nothing is booked until you accept it. Travel, Colourstart and the work itself are in that figure, not on a menu.

Question 5

Why Colourstart before colour?

Accepted Answer

Colour chemistry can cause a serious allergic reaction. Colourstart is the licensed skin allergy alert test used before any colour with Melissa. It sits on the skin for at least 48 hours. No reaction, colour can proceed. A reaction, colour does not happen. That includes regulars returning after more than six months.

Question 6

Is Colourstart optional if I have coloured my hair for years?

Accepted Answer

No. Colourstart is required before colour, including for clients Melissa has coloured before, if more than six months have passed. It is a legal allergy alert, not a preference. If the test is not clear, Melissa will not colour.

Question 7

What services does Melissa offer privately?

Accepted Answer

Cut and colour. Precision cutting, short hair and bobs, blend colour, grey blending, correction, balayage, highlights, afro hair and curly hair. Private appointments are designed around your face, your texture and the week you actually live. Every booking is quoted first.

Question 8

Does Melissa do event or red-carpet hair?

Accepted Answer

No. This book is cut, colour and finish: short hair, bobs, curls, texture. If you need a one-off event style, the public team at melissa-salons.com is a different door, not a private appointment with Melissa.

Question 9

Does Melissa cut short hair and bobs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Short hair and bobs are a particular love: weight taken where the face needs it, length kept where it earns its keep, a shape that still looks considered at week four.

Question 10

Does Melissa work with curly hair and afro hair?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Curly and afro work is cut around the pattern, never against it. Moisture, definition and a finish that understands the hair in front of Melissa, in Manchester or wherever the appointment is set.

Question 11

Does Melissa do balayage and highlights in Manchester?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Hand-painted balayage so the grow-out stays quiet, and highlights placed around the face rather than lifted off a board. Colourstart is completed first. The formula is quoted before you sit.

Question 12

Does Melissa offer extensions or braids?

Accepted Answer

No. Extensions and braids are not part of the private book. The work is cut, colour and a finish built from your own hair.

Question 13

Is this the same as booking the public team?

Accepted Answer

No. This site is Melissa, one-to-one. If you want the public team on Tib Street rather than Melissa, that is a different door: melissa-salons.com.

Question 14

Can Melissa come to a home, hotel or office?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A private residence or hotel suite is a usual venue, not a special case. Melissa comes to the suite: Dakota Manchester first, other high-end hotels by arrangement. Travel is included in the quote you receive before you confirm.

Question 15

Do I need an introduction?

Accepted Answer

No. A clear first message is enough. Say who you are, what the hair needs, and the dates that work.

Question 16

Can my assistant or family office write?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Assistants and family offices are welcome. Say who you are writing for, what is needed, and the dates that work. Melissa reads every enquiry personally.

Question 17

What should I include in the first email?

Accepted Answer

What you need (cut, colour, or both), a little hair history, when you are free, and where: a private residence, a hotel suite, or Tib Street out of hours. Photographs of the hair now, and of what you want, help. If colour is likely, Colourstart will be arranged before the chair.

Question 18

Do I need a consultation before the appointment?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Hair, face, lifestyle, and the colour plan if there is one. The consultation is how Melissa quotes. Nothing is booked until that figure is in writing and you accept it.

Question 19

How far in advance should I write?

Accepted Answer

As soon as you know you want the work. Melissa’s private diary is one chair, so dates move with the book. Write with a few options. London dates are arranged around Manchester, not the other way around.

Question 20

What if I need colour correction?

Accepted Answer

Corrective colour is part of the book: banding, hot roots, over-lifted ends, a colour that no longer matches the face. Melissa will not promise a one-session rescue. Colourstart still comes first, then an honest plan and a quote.

Question 21

Does Melissa cut and colour men’s hair?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Precision cutting and grey blending sit in the same private book. Quoted first, one chair, Manchester first.

Question 22

How long is a private appointment?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the work. A cut is a different sitting from a full colour. You will know the shape of the appointment when you have the quote, not from a public timetable.

Question 23

Does Melissa photograph clients?

Accepted Answer

Not as a condition of sitting. Discretion here is ordinary: a private slot, a closed door, no performance of secrecy. If a photograph is useful for the work, Melissa will ask.

Question 24

Can I book the public team instead of Melissa?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The public team on Tib Street is a different door, including for event styling. Start at melissa-salons.com if you want the team rather than Melissa.

Question 25

Is there parking near 67 Tib Street?

Accepted Answer

If the appointment is at Tib Street out of hours, the street sits in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. There is on-street parking nearby and several public car parks within a short walk. A residence or hotel suite is often simpler, quoted first.

Question 26

What happens after I write?

Accepted Answer

Melissa replies. Then consult, Colourstart if colour is planned, a written quote, and only then the chair. Four beats. No ceremony.

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How it starts

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