It’s Something Hell’s

I absolutely love this place. For a genuine vintage haircut there’s few better places I’ve tried loads and I always come back to Carnaby St. Rockabilly tunes on the jukebox, tiki and leopard-​skin décor, rock’n’roll memorabilia all around this is a corner of rock’n’roll heaven.
Mr Ducktail is an artist with the scissors and flick-​knife. A perfect haircut every time. And it’s value for money: I’m lucky to have hair that pretty much does what it’s told, but I once had a cut here that lasted 7 months before I needed it cut again.
A gents cut costs around £25, and you can get your razored back and sides neatened up for less in between full cuts. You can also pick up Mr Ducktail’s own pomade (made by Hairgum) which has great hold, plus Mr Ducktail’s own cola-​scented grease-​stripping shampoo for when Head & Shoulders just can’t cut it.
Actually getting in is a bit of a lottery: there’s no appointments (except Monday, for double the price); but we’re talking personal service here, not a row of chairs shearing you and getting you out the door. Go when you have a day off, or be prepared to get up early on the weekend (especially if there’s a rockabilly event on: I got there at 11.30 the other day, not knowing it was the day of the Rockabilly Rave, and there were 7 guys in front of me). But time it right and you’ll get the best haircut of your life

But WHAT is something hell’s? And hell’s what? What belongs to hell? The punctuation pains me to a truly horrifying degree and that is what is hell’s, maybe.

Oh what a joy this salon in Carnaby Street is!!! I recently visited with my fiancé, and found the salon to be clean, bright, and totally rockin. Mr. Ducktail and the fab Miss Betty made us both feel welcome and we left looking a million dollars
Try this wonderful salon, you’ll not be dissapointed!!!

So I didn’t get my haircut here… but I was sent on a mission by my brother to visit them while I was in London and get a picture of Mr. Ducktail and get some of his pomade. It’s a really cute spot (careful — the address doesnt match up. It’s really on the 2^nd floor of a mini mall. and to us Americans, thats the 3^rd floor) with red velvet & leopard. Mr. Ducktail was such a nice guy and so was his staff. They thought it was funny that we wanted a picture of them but they were very nice and understanding at how amazed we were with everything. Wish we could actually get our haircut there next time — not just admire!

These guys make the most adorable couple of French rockabilly haircutters I have ever met, ok so they are the only ones I have ever met.
So I know it was a couple months ago since I went, but I still think about it all the time. I have managed to mantain the haircut that she gave me, and i plan on going back to her. Unfortunately I can’t afford to have her cut my hair everytime I need a trim, so I have been trimming my own fringe and I couldn’t make the trek all the way to Carnaby street, so i went to a shop behind my house (which I wrote a review for, and I will probably never go there again.)
But I loved it, I wanted everything in the shop. i want the shop to be my house, I want mr and Mrs. Ducktail (if that’s their real names) to be my friends and I want them to invite me to their house in hopes that It’s just as rockabillied out as their salon.

This is a wonderful place to get your haircut! Straight out the 1950s! They have a Jukebox instore playing all my favourites too and the décor is delicious.
Miss Betty and Mr Ducktail can produce pretty much any hairstyle for men and women from the 50’s… Miss Betty convinced me to go for a «Bettie Page» bangs and hairstyle the first time I went in and I’ve not looked back over the last 18months or so!
Well worth a treat for a special occasion — but be warned, it’s addictive!
:-)

OK, so I haven’t actually had my hair done here (I could never pull off that retro pin-​up model look), but this shop is such a hoot. Run by two french hairdressers (Mr. Ducktail and his wife Miss Betty), it’s all red velvet and animal print, with a jukebox playing in the corner — think Hollywood glamour meets rock n’ roll meets a hint of punk (a modern day Marilyn Monroe/​James Dean/​Elvis). Indeed, Mr. D specialises in «bad boy» cuts, including a special «Switchblade Cut» (yes, using a knife), and Miss B does classic Von Teese coifs and other glam updos.
They do «regular» cuts and colour as well… but if you find yourself in this rockabilly parlour, how could you resist something a little out of the ordinary?