Dark Side Hair & Beauty

TEAM DAY OUT🪩🌿💫

We all had a brilliant day out yesterday in Oxford! We went punting, had a wonder around Oxford and went to Victors for dinner🩷

Thank you to Sophie and Aaron for arranging such a lovely day out!💫

Um, excuse me 🥹

Never in my life did I think my career would progress the way it has, never mind having our amazing, newly refurbished salon be shortlisted for best new salon! Those 16 hour refurb days have paid off 😍

We absolutely could not do it without the incredible team we have and all of the hard work they put in, so a huuuge thank you to our Kat, Kim, Katie and Jessy for helping make the salon into the fantastic space it is.

Thanks The Official UK Hair and Beauty Awards for the recognition, and even if we don’t manage to place top 50, we’re so proud of this space, this wonderful team and how much we have managed to accomplish in our 3 months of ownership.

Sophie & Aaron x

HBA FINALIST IN X2 CATEGORIES🪩🥂💫

I’ve been keeping a little secret for a few weeks…👀

I MADE FINALIST IN TWO CATEGORIES🎉
This year I wanted to push myself and put myself forward for 2 awards:

💫Best new talent
💫Trainee of the year

AND I PLACED FINALIST IN BOTH!!🍾

2026 had a bit of a rocky start for me, its been a whole rollercoaster but to look back and know that not once did I give up… Thats something I’ll forever be proud of🤍

Going into 2026 as a newly qualified level 2 stylist was an absolute dream to say the least! But I knew I couldn’t just stop there… This year I’ve started up on my level 3 qualification to become a fully qualified hairstylist and honestly thank you so much to Introtrain: Apprenticeships for all the support I’ve had on this journey!💫

None of this would have been possible without my lovely little salon family Dark Side Hair & Beauty
TDark Side Hair & Beautylieving in me. For all the training, the confidence and the support! All the hard work you all put in will always be insanely appreciated🤍

Kat | Bicester | COLOR | BKat | Bicester | COLOR | BLONDE | BALAYAGEo training me, NEVER giving up on me and supporting me through anything & everything… I will ALWAYS be grateful! You bloody icon🤍

Thank you to everyone who has been here for me on my journey, I genuinely love and appreciate you all💫

The Official UK Hair and BThe Official UK Hair and Beauty Awards

I cannot even tell you how excited we are for this 🥰 thank you so much to Mack AC and the team for doing such a great job and even cleaning up after themselves! Highly recommend ☺️

SHES ONLY GONE AND SMASHED IT!🙌🏻🍾

Congratulations to our very own Manager & Senior stylist Kat!🪩

Kat now holds the title of Redken Certified Hair colourist🎉 After many months of hard work and dedication, Kat passed her exams with FLYING COLOURS🍾

We are so incredibly proud of you Kat!🤍

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🚨 Reminder: The salon will be closed for renovations from the 19th - 23rd of July

If you are in need of an appointment get your bookings in now as spaces are filling fast in the weeks before and after (We are Open on Monday the 27th to fit extra bookings! )

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Thankyou, Darkside Hair and Beauty x