About the Company

about us

CV Hair & Beauty is fast becoming one of Bloomsbury Villages Top Salons, Incorporated in2003 in London CVs History started in Boca Raton Florida. After operating a Salon in the most exclusive area of the East coast, Managing Director Ian was ready for a change. CV Hair & Beauty has a Team of seven Stylists, all the team have at least seven years experience.

Regular training courses provide the team with up to the minute knowledge of what's going on in hair fashion. The salon is fitted to a high standard on two floors, and is open until 8pm four nights a week. Coffee and other refreshments are served free of charge, and the prices are Mid Range, Ian says "we are not expensive, but we are not cheap either, I would say we have a realistic pricing structure".

Customers can register on our website, and download a £10 voucher to be used against your first visit. We also mail out special offers every so often to people registered on the site. You can also purchase an extensive range of products online via our affiliate site Cyvilian . Our stylists specialise in Colouring and Cutting, however we also have staff who can do a shampoo & set , everybody is welcome. We will advise on style in a low key way, we do not believe that customers should be bullied into buying things they do not need, or having styles they do not feel comfortable with. The salon is based in Marchmont St ,on the site of the British comedian Kenneth Williams fathers barber shop. It has been a salon for about 100 years and is a grade 2 listed building.

The surrounding area BLOOMSBURY VILLAGE is fast becoming the next big development area in London, we boast amongst our neighbours the Brunswick Centre containing Waitrose and Carllucios, also nearby Lambs Conduit St which is very cool and full of boutique style shops. So for us this was a great site for a Top London Salon and the first branch in a planned chain of 10 salons.

The Business

Top London Salon CV Hair & Beauty offers the discerning customer a wealth of experience and expertise. Managing director Ian is no stranger to building up companies. After many years operating a very successful salon in Boca Raton Florida, and as a creative director for one of the industry's largest salon groups, he is now poised to expand CV Hair & Beauty into a group of 10 salons around central London.

Our Diverse range of products coupled with a very experienced team means we are able to cater to most needs. Our stylists are from all different continents and in fact we speak six different languages in the salon. We have a very large Asian and Latin clientele, because of our experience we are used to dealing with Asian and Latin hair which tends to be very strong and coarse. All our team are very strong blow driers and their finish on the hair is excellent. We stock products that work well on hair that is damaged or needs a little extra help in getting straight.

CV Hair & Beauty is very excited by its partnership with Matrix as this is one of the leading suppliers of hair products in the USA, Ian had Matrix in his salon in Boca Raton, Florida and say's "the Biolage range is particularly exciting as it offers unrivalled conditioning, Florida tends to be savage on your hair and Biolage was well equipped to deal with that, imagine what it can do in this climate" the sales of Biolage are going through the roof so he seems to be be right.

This year will see the formation of the CV artistic team, Ian says "as a rule whatever anybody else is doing, I tend to go in the opposite direction" CV will follow this through into our shows and photographic sessions. We produce strong wearable styles, in reality Pink Green and Blue are great but most people don't want those colours on their hair. In 2008 CV Hair & Beauty are starting to work with leading Hair Extensions company Racoon International . We have been getting so many requests for Hair Extensions that we decided to offer this as a service. Another service we are looking into is providing a wig service, Ian says "we have a lot of hospitals in the area, and have from time to time been asked to cut wigs. I was shocked at how few people offer this service" he adds "we are looking into both cutting and providing wigs, it is also nice to make life a little easier at a difficult time". We should have some more news on this in the near future.