Salon – On Hold

COVID-19 Update:  It is with heavy hearts that we press PAUSE for a while on our services and temporarily close our Hornchurch salon.  After much consideration we have taken this necessary action to ensure we do the right thing and keep our team and clients safe in these unprecedented times.   For now, all appointments are on hold and we…

coronavirus salon safeguarding

Coronavirus Salon Safeguarding

There is much uncertainty surrounding the COVID 19 (coronavirus), rest assured at The Vanilla Room we are following industry anti-infection best practice and putting in place stringent coronavirus salon  safeguarding measures to keep our team and clients safe and healthy.  As the best salon in Essex 2020, you can have complete trust in our strict…

Spring Colour Techniques

We were thrilled to welcome the renowned hair colour consultant Carolyn Newman into the salon recently for the second in our new TVR colour education programme.  The focus was on new colour trends, including Pivot colour and Backwash Balayage. Sam, who celebrated her promotion to TVR Art Director earlier this month, says: “Our training days…

Best Salon in Essex

We did it!  We’re incredible proud to have been crowned Best Salon in Essex at the 2019 Salon Awards!  It was such a hotly contested category – from thousands of hair salons, to a list of finalists packed with the most well known salon names – we came out on top and were crowned winners…

East London Hair Salon of the Year

Best Hair Salon in East London

We’ve pushed local style credentials sky high this week thanks to a new award win – we’ve scooped the title of East London Hair Salon of the Year 2019 at the prestigious at The London Hair & Beauty Awards. Earlier this year we unveiled an extensive re-fit, designed to put Hornchurch High Street on the…

Essex Salon Awards 2019

Essex Salon Awards – Finalists!

The Vanilla Room has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Best Salon Award at the prestigious Essex Salon Awards.  We’re up against some of the most well known, and respected salons in the county, and making it as a finalist is an incredible achievement. We’re so proud of ourselves and the team is brimming…

Best Colour Salon

The Vanilla Room has been awarded the title Best Colour Salon at the prestigious Essex Salon Awards.  Beating some of the most well known, and respected salons in the county, and astounding the judges thanks to the colour team’s consistent approach to colour transformation excellence. Salon owner Kerry Larcher accepted the trophy at the gala…

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Get Your Hair To Grow!

Can’t Get Your Hair To Grow? Here’s Why. The sun is finally out, which means long and flowing festival hair is back in. Are you finding it impossible to grow your locks past a certain length? Our team of L’Oreal Professionel expert stylists tell you what you can do about it. Breakage The number one…

Hair Colour Disaster

Hair disasters happen.  Whether it’s a bad home dye, or a bad salon experience.  But, don’t think the only cure is another bottle of home dye, or an extreme hair cut.  The Colour Correction experts at The Vanilla Room are here to help. Perhaps the home dye you tried has just not turned out how…