Arlu Style House

05/06/2026

02/06/2026

28/05/2026

Your supermarket shampoo is honestly costing you more than professional haircare ever will 🤍

And I don’t mean just money-wise.

I mean in:
• dry ends
• frizzy hair
• colour fading faster
• hair feeling rough
• styling taking forever
• and feeling like your hair only looks good the day you leave the salon

The thing is… your hair spends most of its life at home, not sitting in my chair.

So if we’re investing in beautiful colour, healthy blondes, extensions, or treatments in the salon, but then using products that aren’t designed for your hair goals at home, it makes it SO much harder to maintain those results.

A lot of supermarket shampoos are packed with fillers and ingredients that can coat the hair instead of actually helping it.

Which is why sometimes your hair can feel:
“soft”… but still frizzy, dry, heavy, or impossible to manage.

Professional products are designed to actually work WITH your hair goals, not against them.

Have you ever felt sold too by your hairdresser? It's probably because you haven't been educated as to why you need them.

24/05/2026

Sa

19/05/2026

Jess came in with a beautiful overall ashy base already, but with her wedding coming up later this year, we wanted to refine the colour so it felt softer, more even, and extra seamless for photos 🤍

Instead of doing a huge foiling session, we added around 30 strategically placed foils through the hair to break up some of the older warmer bands and create a more balanced blend throughout.

In between, we used a 7.71 to help soften and blur warmth while still keeping dimension in the hair.

For her root area, we created a custom mix using 6.23 + 6.71 to keep her natural depth feeling rich and glossy without going too dark.
(If I was tweaking anything, I probably would’ve added a touch of 5.1 for a little extra depth — but honestly, the final result still turned out so beautiful ✨)

Through the ends, we refreshed with 8.71 + 8.23 to help tone down warmth while keeping the blonde feeling soft, creamy, and natural.

One thing I always educate my rural girls on is that living out here can make ash tones fade faster — whether that’s tank water, bore water, minerals, heat, or sun exposure.

That’s why maintenance at home matters SO much:
• cooler water
• professional shampoo & conditioner
• heat protection
• regular gloss refresh appointments

The best part?
Jess now won’t need another big foiling appointment before her wedding at the end of the year 👏

This appointment came to $345 total, which included her colour refresh, foils, toning, and finishing. I love being transparent about pricing so you can better understand what goes into creating soft, lived-in colour like this 🤍

18/05/2026

There’s something so special about watching someone finally relax the second the lights go down. 🤍

The massage chair switches on.
The spa music starts playing.
The warm water hits your scalp.
And for a moment… the world slows down.

At Arlu, I never wanted appointments to feel rushed or transactional. I wanted you to feel like a little escape from the mental load, the chaos, the noise, and the constant “doing.”

Because sometimes the best part of your appointment isn’t even the hair… it’s finally having permission to switch off.

15/05/2026

Welcoming a new range in the salon

Redken 💓

11/05/2026

Catherine | 9/6/26

Beautiful morning at Greenup Meeting Place was all about soft texture, movement + those perfectly undone details that somehow still feel timeless.

Six beautiful styles, all slightly tweaked to suit each girl individually — low textured buns, soft face-framing pieces, dreamy swirls through the crown, and a modern French twist moment for the mother of the groom ✨

Makeup by the very Talented .louise 🩷