Paul Gerrard

Upon arriving in my newly adopted city, I immediately thought of the essentials: food, water, shelter… and finding a new stylist on HK island!
You see, my tresses dictate many life decisions as it’s just not your typical head of hair. It’s thick, coarse, frizzy but not curly, and there’s a ton of it. How much exactly? Most stylists say enough for 3 heads… AT LEAST.
On top of all of that, I lighten it which means it needs special care and maintenance. Oh, and did I mention I’m very picky about the shade of blonde my stylist achieves? I prefer it as cool and ashy as possible — and post color-​job, I’m always aspiring to minimize the brassiness with toners and various purple shampoos and conditioners!
So yeah, I realize that my total satisfaction is quite the tall order. Thanks to some insistent jet lag, a groggy search led me to booking an appointment online at 1:45am for the next day at noon thanks to a cancellation. Enter Sharon at Paul Gerrard!
Sharon took one look at my hair, which I’ve had balyaged for over a year now. The coming-​to-​Jesus moment sounded a bit like this: «Darling, you’re never going to be the pale, cool blonde you desire unless you stop balyaging and go back to foil highlighting. Foils are the only way to get that kind of blonde.»
She was right, you know. Sharon is basically this whirlwind of a color whiz with 30+ years of experience, who had me in and out of her chair within 3 hours including the blow-​dry. I’ve come to accept that a 5-​hour appointment is just the standard with my hair — nope, with a super savvy, efficient stylist it doesn’t have to be that way. I’m loving the fresh take on my blonde, and though it will take several sessions to erase the brassiness out of all my hair, foil by foil, the improvement I’m already seeing can only be classified as major.
I also received a perfect pedicure from another staffer while I had my hair done — the model of efficiency!
Can’t wait to return. And thanks Sharon, for helping me see the cool blonde light.