By Tania Phillips
The Covid 19 lockdown gave a lot of us time to think and to work out what we wanted in life, for hairdresser Abbey Seidel it made her realise it was time to open her own salon.
And so the Warwick Hair Bar was born – centrally located at 97 Grafton Street, a place that is rapidly becoming a place to chill-out, relax, enjoy a drink during your hair appointment.
“I was working in another salon and it closed for two months so I was forced to go up to Mt Isa and work on a cattle property up there,” Abbey explained
“I grew up in the Northern Territory on a cattle property so that was the background I came from.”
She said working on the friend’s property for six weeks gave her time to think.
“I decided I may as well be coming home and opening my own salon and doing this on my own terms,” she added.
Wanting something positive to come out of the Covid situation for herself, she came home and started the process, choosing one of the many vacant shops in Warwick. Almost two months later on July 20 Warwick Hair Bar opened it’s doors to the public with Abbey and young hairdresser Bree Clark working together and attracting Abbey’s regular clients, new clients and walk-ins ever since.
“The building I am in is an old building, beautiful though, but it had been vacant for about 18months so there was a lot of work to be done but I’m so glad I did it,” Abbey said.
She said there were a lot of hairdressers in Warwick and they were all busy but she was hoping to create a slightly different vibe, up-beat and a bit closer to the main shopping centre. To that end her hours are a little different – Monday to Saturday but with later hours on Thursday and surprisingly Monday (a day when a lot of local salons are closed).
“A lot of my clients work full-time and have Mondays off so to cater for them I was either going to have to work really late on a Thursday. I thought why not split it between Monday and Thursday,” she said.
On their late nights Warwick Hair Bar operates a little like a bar, offering a beer or wine during appointments and specials including Champagne Fridays – where you can bring a friend and have a wash, rinse and blow-wave or Tradie Thursdays – men’s cut with a beer.
For further information contact the store on 07 4574 4844, or just drop in. They open 8.30am -7.30pm Monday and Thursday and 8.30am to 5.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 8am to noon.
