BloDry

I had never even heard of a blow dry bar before coming here but apparently they are very popular in the US (New York & California) and slowly catching on over here. The concept is pretty simple: get your hair washed & blow dried into a choice of about 8 styles for £20. You can add on special hair treatments (a BLODeluxe they call it here) using L’Oreal Professional products for an extra £8 or throw in a relaxing hair massage too for £12. You can also request a special up-​do (bring in a photo) and that with the blow dry costs £35. They also provide a make-​up & party lashes service too (again for extra).
I was here alongside my fellow bridesmaid & bride the morning of her wedding and she had paid for us all to have our hair blow dried exactly how we wanted. I chose to have mine big & wavy. Having never been somewhere like this before I was unsure how it would go but upon entering the salon the staff were all super friendly & welcoming and they wasted no time in getting our hair washed straight away. The lady who done my hair was very lovely & chatty and I soon felt at ease there. I always enjoy getting my hair done so having a cheeky wee blow dry for this special day was a real treat.
I was offered a drink whilst getting my hair done which was lovely and this salon, being quite new, is bright, airy & modern. I always wish I could recreate that special hairdresser/​stylist blow dry… it’s magic! The amount of volume & body she managed to give my hair was great — it is now 2 days after my blow dry & my hair still feels fuller! She used big curlers through my hair & also curled it using the straighteners (a technique, I admitted, I can never master being the total straighteners novice I am) and asked if I was wearing a flower of anything in my hair so allowed for that too. Really nice attention to detail.
Unfortunately it happened to be an incredibly windy day the day we came here so I did find after about an hour some of my curls had dropped a bit but that’s just my hair — it tends to refuse to be curly! Haha! Luckily a fellow bridesmaid had a curling wand on hand so she re-​did a few strands for me & I hairsprayed it some more.
I had many compliments on my hair that day (and even today I did too!) so I know they done a grand job and the other bridesmaids also looked lovely not to mention the bride herself who looked beautiful.
BloDry is a great idea & perfect for those who want that ‘just out of the hairdressers’ feel but not want to get their hair cut or coloured. I can see by how busy they were that day that this place is going to be, if not already, pretty popular.