Armstrong Cuthbert

I stumbled upon this salon whilst strolling the High Road on a busy Monday. Having been raised only a few miles from Aveda headquarters in Minnesota, I was smitten by the Aveda signage and immediately popped in and booked a cut and color in two days time. A short chat revealed that the salon has been in this location for about 25 years. I had no idea! I thought it was new! It’s also a family owned business, so the chances of you being pressured with up-​selling of products and other hair treatments is going to be low to non-​existent. Hooray!
The salon was very quiet both on the day I popped in to book my appointment and on the day of my appointment. It was a welcome change. Having been a regular at Tony & Guy down the road for over a year, I had recently grown very tired of the extremely loud, busy, and overly bright salon that is trademark Tony & Guy. I had also grown very tired of getting a phone call from T&G 30 minutes prior to my appointment informing me that my stylist was running about 20 – 30 late. A semi-​permanent cut and color should take about 60 – 90 minutes yet I often found myself at T&G for upwards of three hours with about ²⁄₃ of that time spent reading magazines waiting for someone to tend to me. Each visit became more and more unpleasant and I was in a rut and I needed out. Enter Armstrong Cuthbert.
Armstrong Cuthbert has everything going for it — a nice, calm environment, pleasant and personable staff, and Aveda products. Oh, and that lovely smell of Aveda when you walk in the door. Heavenly! There was no wait time when I arrived for my appointment and everything thereafter ran with precision. I walked out of the salon about 90 minutes later sans split ends and pesky gray hair and happy versus angry and annoyed and wanting to punch someone in the face.
Two thumbs up! I’d give five starts and three thumbs up if they served wine.

Such lovely service from start to finish. Clean, well decorated independent salon with a beautiful, fresh smell from the wonderful Aveda hair care products.
I popped late morning without an appointment, determined to update my overgrown locks. I was able to get in that afternoon with Victoria who listened to what I wanted and gave me a fun, sexy layers and thick, almost Bardot like fringe.
Will definitely go back for a condition and blowout later in the month.