Now trading as Allure Beauty and Nail Spa, this salon is on Lower Drumcondra Road in Dublin 9, on the main northside artery between the city centre and Whitehall. Nails are a significant part of the business alongside facials, waxing, tanning and brow and lash work. Drumcondra is close to Croke Park and DCU, so trade fluctuates sharply around match days and term time.
Allure’s Ballina premises is on Tone Street in the centre of the town, offering the same combination of hair and beauty as the Castlebar branch. Ballina sits on the Moy in north Mayo and is the largest town in the county, serving a catchment that reaches into Sligo. Tone Street is one of the main commercial streets with parking within a short walk. Booking across both branches through the same system makes it straightforward if you split your time between the two ends of the county.
The Castlebar branch of Allure sits on Market Square in the middle of the town, running hair and beauty together. The group’s stylists have been recognised internationally for precision cutting and colour work, and the beauty side covers facials, nails, brows, lashes and waxing. Having a second branch in Ballina means a larger therapist pool across the county and better odds of an appointment at short notice than a single-premises salon can offer.
Anna’s is at Ardkeen Shopping Centre on the Dunmore Road and takes both men and women, running hair alongside waxing and brow and lash treatments. Unisex salons are more common outside Dublin than in it, and the format suits families booking together. The shopping centre location gives free parking and long opening hours, and it sits beside the well-known Ardkeen food store, which makes it easy to fold an appointment into a weekly shop.
Artisan is a hair-led salon in Unit 4 of the Tower Shopping Centre on Tower Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Most of the work is cutting and colour — balayage, full colour, keratin treatments and permanent straightening — alongside braiding, weaves, extensions and wig installation, which is less widely available in this part of west Dublin. It is one of the few salons locally open seven days including Sunday afternoons, and the shopping-centre location means parking is not a problem.
Bankz operates from Parkside on the Abbeyleix Road in Clonminam, Portlaoise, covering hair and beauty. The Abbeyleix Road side of the town is where much of Portlaoise’s newer commercial development sits, with free parking at the door — a real advantage over the tight town centre. Portlaoise has grown very fast on the back of the M7 and the Dublin rail line, and its salon market has expanded with it.
Beautique Beauty Studio is at Fashion City on Ballymount Road Upper in Tallaght, Dublin 24. Fashion City is a wholesale and trade complex rather than a high street, which means ample free parking and a quieter setting than a shopping centre unit. The studio covers facials, nails, waxing and brow and lash treatments, serving the wider Tallaght and Walkinstown area.
Beauty One works from the Number One Ballsbridge development on Pembroke Street North in Dublin 4, in the middle of the embassy belt. The area is dominated by offices and apartments rather than family housing, which shapes demand towards lunchtime and after-work appointments. Facials, nails, waxing and brow and lash treatments make up the list.
A long-standing hair and beauty salon in Ennis covering both disciplines under one roof. Ennis has a settled beauty trade built largely on repeat local custom rather than passing footfall, and the salons that have held on longest tend to be the ones where clients see the same person for years. Facials, nails, waxing and brow and lash work are available alongside cutting and colour. Booking by phone is still the norm for salons of this vintage.
Cathriona’s works from Abbey Court on Mary Street in Tralee, running hair and beauty together. Mary Street is in the middle of the town, close to the Square and the main shopping streets. Tralee is the county town and the largest urban centre in Kerry, so it carries more salons than anywhere else in the county, but the combined hair-and-beauty format is still the exception rather than the rule — useful if you want both done in one visit rather than two separate trips into town.
Chocolate Hair and Beauty runs a combined hair and beauty operation from Unit 2 at Broadale on Maryborough Hill in Douglas, with a second branch in Carrigaline. Having both disciplines under one roof means a colour appointment and a beauty treatment can be booked back to back. The beauty side covers nails, facials, waxing, and brow and lash work. Douglas is one of the busier suburbs in Cork for this kind of business, and the Maryborough Hill location keeps it out of the village-centre parking crush.
Cloud 10 Pro Studio works from Drumillard Retail Park in Castleblayney, running hair and beauty together. The retail park setting means free parking at the door and more floor space than a main street premises — a real advantage for a combined operation needing both salon chairs and private treatment rooms. Castleblayney sits on the N2 between Monaghan town and Dundalk, close to the border, so it catches traffic from both directions.
A hair and beauty salon on Main Street in Coachford, about 12km east of Macroom. Beauty treatments include manicures and pedicures, lash tinting and lash lifts, brow lamination, henna brows, makeup and spray tanning, with waxing carried out using the Lycon system. Nails use Gelish, OPI and Halo. Closed Sunday and Monday, with early appointments available by request.
Coco Belle combines hair and beauty on Walkin Street, one of the older streets running through the west side of Kilkenny city towards Kilmanagh. Having both disciplines together suits a city where most people are travelling in from the county and would rather handle everything in a single visit. Nails, waxing, brows and lashes sit alongside cutting and colour.
Cocolemon is on Frances Street in Kilrush, running hair and beauty together along with hair extensions. Kilrush sits at the mouth of the Shannon in west Clare and is the main service town for the Loop Head peninsula, so it draws from a wide and sparsely populated area. That makes a combined hair-and-beauty salon genuinely practical — the alternative for most of its clients is a forty-minute drive to Ennis. Frances Street is the main run through the town with free parking.
On Main Street in Tramore, Colm Morrissey operates as a hair spa — hair services delivered with a spa element rather than a conventional salon chair-and-basin setup. Facials and treatments are available alongside. Tramore’s main street runs up from the seafront and is the commercial heart of the town, serving both a substantial year-round population and heavy summer visitor traffic. Parking is easier off-season; in July and August the promenade car parks fill early.
Cosmetique operates from Preston Place at the rear of Trimgate Street in Navan, combining hair and beauty in a clinic format. Being set back from the main street makes for a quieter appointment than a shopfront, while still being central. Facials, nails, waxing and brow and lash work are covered. Navan supports a substantial number of salons for its size because it serves the whole of central Meath, drawing from Kentstown, Wilkinstown and Bohermeen as well as the town itself.
A hair and beauty salon at 10 Ormonde Street in Kilkenny, which trades online as Crown Kilkenny. It offers hairdressing, colouring, extensions, blow dry, makeup, and scalp health and hair loss treatments, and runs an online product shop. Stocked brands are ghd, Moroccan Oil, Alfaparf Milano, Joico, Hush & Hush and Image Skin Care. Closed Sunday and Monday, with late opening Thursday and Friday.
Ebano is on Botanic Road in Glasnevin, running hair and beauty together. Botanic Road is the spine of Glasnevin village, beside the Botanic Gardens and a short distance from DCU. Combining both disciplines suits an area with a settled residential population and a large student one, where a single visit is worth more than two. Facials, nails, waxing and brow and lash treatments cover the beauty side.
ELITA is a hair salon in the Gardens area of Kilkenny city, dealing in cutting, colour and styling. It is included in the directory because hair and beauty appointments are so often booked around one another, and Kilkenny’s compact centre puts most of its salons within a few minutes’ walk of each other. Upstyles and occasion hair are a steady part of the trade given how many weddings the city hosts.
Elite operates from the Tesco shopping centre in Greystones and runs hair and beauty together, covering everything from nails and tanning through to cutting and colour. Wedding packages are a significant part of the business, which suits the combined format — a bridal party can have hair and beauty done in one place on the morning. The shopping centre location means free parking, which in Greystones is worth more than it sounds. Gift vouchers are available, and the centre hours make it easier to fit in than a village-centre salon.
Expose operates from the Mounthawk roundabout on the Fenit Road, on the western edge of Tralee, and also runs premises at Kilflynn and Firies. Hair and beauty are covered together. The out-of-town position is deliberate and practical: free parking at the door, and an easy run from the Fenit and Spa side of the town without going through the centre. Having three locations across north Kerry means better odds of an appointment at short notice than a single-premises salon.
Ficatz is on Patrick Street in Tramore, dealing in cutting, colour and styling. Tramore has an unusually good spread of hair and beauty businesses for a town of its size, largely because it functions as both a commuter town for Waterford city, eight kilometres away, and a resort in its own right. Patrick Street runs off the main street and is quieter, with on-street parking generally available outside the peak summer weeks.
H2O works from Hall Street in Ballybay, running hair and beauty together. Ballybay is a small lakeland town in central Monaghan serving a scattered rural catchment, and a combined salon is the practical answer in a place where the alternative is a drive to Monaghan town or Castleblayney. Free parking on Hall Street, and generally good availability at short notice compared with the larger towns.