Pimps and Pinups

I went here for the first time on Thursday and had my hair cut by Joel. He was really friendly and seemed very knowledgeable about hair. He could tell that my hair had a natural wave, even though I’d straightened it and saw right away that the previous cut I had was slightly uneven. I think this shows that he pays attention and he seemed to genuinely care about the quality of the cut, as he was very attentive to detail.
I came here to fix a really bad cut, and he did just that! I asked for an edgy cut and showed him a picture. He told me his opinion on the cut and how it would work with me personally, and changed it up a bit to suit me. He still made sure it was edgy and different, and I have now gone from hating my hair and being very upset, to being confident again :) And everybody is now complimenting the new hair.
Overall, he listened to me, gave me personalised advice and was not pushy or intimidating. If you’re looking for a drastic change, or a drastic cut, I would recommend Joel.
The Salon also had quite a nice atmosphere. Smaller than I expected, and the music is a little loud. Only slight complaint is that the chairs are too far back! I have bad eyesight and do not wear contacts — I wear glasses. And when I took them off, I found it hard to see my hair in the mirror haha.
Will be going back in 6 or so weeks :)

Went here for the first time last week to get my hair cut from super long to super short.
Probably the only hairdressers that has actually listened to what I wanted and cut it to the length I wanted. Staff were super friendly and I will definitely be a regular here from now on! First time I have loved my haircut!

After 6 months of wine-​colored sombre, I decided it was time to change into something less warm (to match the London grey?). My goal was to get a black to medium ash brown /​grey /​purple fade. Obviously, this is not going to be easy!
+ I had a brief consultation with my hairdresser, Alice, when I booked the appointment in person. She suggested that we’ll need two sessions in order to lift my hair, which is totally understandable. I noticed P&P uses all Davines products, which is a hug plus because they are free of ammonia, sulfate silicone, and paraben.
+ Alice was really quite sweet and made sure I was good with any drinks or bored. She worked swiftly and to my non-​trained eyes, professionally. I was happy with my haircut & the colour results. At the end, she suggested I can forgo the second bleaching in order to protect the health of my hair and just go for a semi-​permanent dye in the 2^nd session. If not, I need to wait at least 4 weeks for another lift.
— During the entire process, Alice really didnt ask any questions or tell me more about what she was doing. I showed her pictures of what some of the colours I desired and where I would like the fade to begin. She simply agreed. First, she did not suggest I should attempt to wash out my red colour more before the appointment, and she also did not attempt to do it professionally. She just began bleaching, then later telling me that the red always have a hard time coming off, even with bleaching.
— While the bottom portion of my hair turned out well. She bleached my hair at a higher point than I indicated. So now it looks like I have some blonde highlight streaks on black, which is a look I do not need. I can only hope my hair grows our faster.
— While she was brushing my hair, Alice lost the barbell of my piercing, total bummer.
— Even though she was considerate of my hair in achieving my desired colour, she did not give ANY after care suggestions (using silver/​purple shampoo, conditioner, masks). Maybe she will next time?
— Another small complaint I have are the hair washing stations. I have never been to a salon without reclining chair or leg rest. So it was quite uncomfortable sitting there, trying to get your head back enough into the sink, but also stay on the chair without twisting my back too much.
Overall it took 3 and half hours for full-​head bleach, toning, and cut (my hair was to the back dimples area), totaling £174. I think the price is reasonable because I really do have a lot of hair and you dont have to tip in the UK (I hope?). I will definitely be back here and update.

I’m using Unilocal for the first time solely to inform you how fantastic Rita at Pimps & Pinups is. Whether for colour, cut, or blow dry, she is outstanding. She’s also fun and makes the whole experience as vibrant as the colours she so expertly applies. Don’t go anywhere else!

I’m from New York and am not an easy blowout. Lauren was wonderful and did a great job on my hair. Loved the blowout when I left the salon and it looked good all afternoon in spite of the humid London weather. I would definitely go to Lauren again next time I’m in London.

It’s been a few weeks and I’m still in love with my hair. I’ve had endless compliments and questions about who did my colour. I’m proud to tell everyone it was Jeremy who did my ombré and at a really decent price for London. Thanks a million from a new loyal customer.

I went here with my wife because she saw some reviews on Unilocal and thought it would be ok to go with her. I was wrong. I should let you know first off that the people were really nice and the place was very clean. My critic is strictly on the stylist and the execution.
I should have realized that this was not the place for me when I saw men with foil in their hair sitting around but figured there were plenty of «men» here getting their hair cut so I figured it’d be fine. I told the man that I didn’t want clippers and zip… clippers up my head and then he did a very poor job fading my hair. I was annoyed and went down the street to Jack the Clipper to get a shave and didn’t realize how bad it was until I got there and had them fix it up a bit.
My opinion is if you want a proper cut go down the street and head to one of London’s many barber shops and stay away from this place. I want to just share though my wife had a fabulous hair cut with Danny.

After a rather nasty haircut from my previous hair stylist, cut is too kind a word. I decided it was time to find a new place where I could go to get pampered and listened too about how i wanted my haircut. After reading around and doing some research I hit upon this place and made an appointment.
Going through the door I was actually a little nervous truth be told but instantly I was put at ease by the friendly and efficient staff who did exactly what I wanted them to do, which was listen. After a few suggestions on their behalf we settled on a style and off came my locks. The result was amazing and I couldn’t be happier with it. Looks like I’ve found my new hair stylists.

I’ve finally done it. I’m through with the Groupons and the Living Social deals — that I think in the end have really done a number on my hair — I’ve decided to just settle on a salon and stick to it — so may as well be the one that first captured my heart in London — Pimps and Pinups. Getting my hair done is a full morning event — Highlights, wash, cut — I may get there for a 10AM appointment but I’m not leaving until 12:30 — so it better be relaxing. I love the coffee cups, everyone is super attentive, and you really get a quality style and finish.
Also — I’m not great at deciding on a haircut — and I like to get suggestions from people who can look at my face, my style and help me decide — and I’ve always gotten this at Pimps and Pinups. I hate my indecisiveness but I appreciate the suggestions. On the same token — my trendier friends go here with an idea of what they want and always come out looking great. Double win.

I have to admit I am hard to please when it comes to hair and I often walk out of hair salons feeling unsatisfied, but Pimps and Pinups positively surprised me.
I have been to this place twice and always walked out happy. Their strengths?
–they listen to you for your real
–they are competent
–they have reasonable prices.
My last cut and color was made by Georgia. Highly recommend this.

Nobody tells you that when moving cities, in my case countries, that you’ll lose among the most precious services providers in your address book; the hairdresser. I have now lived in London for over 2 years and gotten some real shady haircuts for some good money.
But, today everything changed.
I did some research online and found Pimps & Pinups. My hair was too long for my comfort and I wanted a new look for myself. So, I said a hail mary and went to see Georgia today. I have to say I’m now a believer!
Georgia was attentive to what, little, I had to say about the sad stylings of hair I had gone going on and of what I expected out of it, which was different, easy to take care of, a fresher look and something that could put life back in to my hair. She took her time, an hour to be precise, cutting, blow-​drying, flat-​ironing and then trimming my hair again ’cause she wanted to get it just right.
I’ve now come home and only received compliments all day. Yayyyy!!!

I almost didn’t want to write a review cause I don’t want a place embarrassingly called «Pimps and Pinups» on my list of reviews. But I feel like people should know about this place.
First, the good– the place looks fine, clean, good selection of magazines. The staff is really friendly, they offer you beverages and take your coat. The atmosphere is pleasant enough. But that’s not really what you come to a hair salon for.
I’ve been spending the last year and a half in London, and have gone to this salon maybe 6 times. Twice I had the same stylist, but the other times I had different ones each time. I get my roots touched up with bleach, which should be a really simple procedure. But it’s been wildly overprocessed twice, leaving breakage and weird bands of yellow and white. Another time they left the toner on too long and it turned a weird color. There are wildly differing levels of skills between the various stylists– some are incredibly slow applying bleach, leading to the overprocessing and a 2 hour procedure. Others don’t know how to mix the bleach and ask the shop assistants for help.
After speaking to the stylists that worked on my hair, it became clear that there was a pattern– a lot of them were australian, living in London temporarily and working at the salon for the time they were there. They were young and didn’t seem to have much experience, and didn’t view the job as a long-​term situation. Usually after seeing someone one time, I would find they no longer worked there when I went back. There wasn’t much concern amongst individual stylists about building up clientele, even though the salon support staff was clearly focused on customer happiness. A couple of them told me the owner is australian, maybe he’s just helping a lot of friends while they’re in town? who knows. But I really wouldn’t recommend trusting your hair to people who are inexperienced and have no investment in whether you return.

Sometimes it feels like Shoreditch is trying too hard with the whole hipster vibe, but sometimes they get it right. Pimps and Pinups offers a chilled out haircut experience with a number of interesting and professional young hairdressers. Greeted and offered a drink upon arrival, I was given a glass of wine while my coat was hung for me.
Now my entire childhood my mother constantly told me never to get bangs. or fringe. or whatever you want to call it. So what did I do at age 20? I got bangs, of course. Since that day (as I’ve moved around quite a bit in the last year) I’ve been constantly on the lookout for hairdressers who understand the difference between cutting normal bangs, and cutting mine (which have a mind of their own and like to be treated a certain way). When I called P&P I requested to see a hairdresser who knew how to do razor cuts, which give a different look than normal haircuts with scissors. I had my hair cut with Ross, and he did a great job and was very pleasant to chat with. All in all, worth the 42 quid.
tldr: shoutout to Ross for being a pro at cutting hair with a razor.

When I was younger, I always wanted to try out different hairstyles but somehow never had the guts to just do it or I did it and it turned out just wrong. I tried henna, not on the whole head but just two broad streaks around my face. It looked bad. As soon as I tied up my hair I looked like a reverse skunk: blond hair and in the middle of the head dark-​red streaks. Let’s just call it bad. I decided to never try out weird stuff again. That was age 13. When I was 19 I decided «hey let’s go from blonde to brunette» but as it often goes with DIY-​dye it didn’t quite turn out the way I had planned. My hair turned green instead of brown. «Washing» my hair with ketchup (for the red pigments that my hair had refuse to absorb) helped a bit, but that was definitely a low moment. That was the last time I experimented.
Well a decade later I apparently did not get any wiser, just older, I wanted to try out something again. Since dip dying seems to be the fashionable thing to do and London is way more advanced in that kind of more daring fashion than Berlin I figured I should get this done while I am here. The colour? Pink! Pimps and Pinups has so many good reviews that I made an appointment with them. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the lovely lady fixing my hair, but I am sure that most of the people there are great. She understood immediately what I wanted to do and also took great care of my split ends, cutting not too much but just the right amount to make the hair look healthy again.
The dip dye in bright pink turned out fantastic and I am so glad that a professional did it. The haircut feels great and I felt very comfortable and relaxed at Pimps and Pinups. The tea they offered me was also tasty :)
Never again I will do stuff to my hair by myself. Never again green, never again skunk-​style!

I am a fan!
I have been to so many hairdressers over the years for cuts, colours, holiday chit chat, free booze, hair products, a change & a really satisfying head massage!
I can probably count on my hands the good ones that were able to provide all of the above.
Have to say: This place is up there with the good ones!
Really nice décor — has a fifties glam vibe to the place.
Staff are all quite young, funky & friendly.
The place also seems to have a high number of Aussie hairdressers there (or maybe they have all been on shift when I have been there).
I guess that may come from it being started up by Aussies. They also have a Salon in New York.
The prices are not too extortionate — especially as it’s London & trendy Spitalfields.
So all in all, a big thumbs up from me!
Me like & recommend!

Serious kudos go to this hairdressers for achieving the triple whammy of speed, accuracy and charm.
I didn’t get off to a good start by being late for my appointment (which was at the end of the day), but when I called the receptionist she said they could fit me in if I got there in the next 10 minutes… so a 10 minute sprint later and I showed up slightly frazzled and sweaty. I was pleased when no comment was passed on my terrible time-​keeping and my stylist still greeted me with a smile and offers of some booze to take the edge of.
Whats more, I wasn’t sure what to do with my out-​of-​shape crop so I left myself in her capable and creative hands. A mere half an hour later I had a bob that actually suited the shape of my (admittedly, tiny) head and three weeks later it’s still holding up — the sign of a truly quality cut.
After almost two years in London, I think I’ve finally found my go-​to hairstylist — a real diamond in the rough.

i walked into a few places and explained what i wanted: i was a dark red and wanted to go a shade or two lighter, getting a more natural looking colour. several places i went into said ”oh thats colour correction… so youre looking at £250 and more.”
um.
ive never paid that much for hair let alone most other things.
Pimps and Pinups is just by my work, so when i went there i was really hoping they would be a bit more reasonable. a sweet, stylish woman talked to me about what I was looking for, quoted £130 and booked me in a few days later.
everyone was really nice, and the dye job came out exactally how i wanted.
the second time around, i told her ”ok i want to go blonde — not quite yet, but in the near future.” she said that was fine and suggested they start slowly and put some high lights in. when it was done, i wasnt really sure if i liked it, i thought it might be a little too fake looking, and they said that was totally fine, and booked me in to touch it up and make it how i saw it in my head.
throughout the experience, they were super helpful and very reasonablly priced.

I used to have long hair and was contemplating to cut it short for a long time but never had a courage to do so. One morning I googled this place, read the reviews and booked myself straight away. The guy at the reception and booked me in for the same evening.
Right, now I know I don’t have thick hair, but I love the colour and a little bit of waviness, but absolutely hate when the first thing a hairdresser would tell me is: ‘Well…honey there isn’t much to play with here…’ I think it’s just a sign of a complete unprofessional. Instead the hairdresser came up with two suggestions to introduce volume — layer a bit more or when I said I might like to have it short and showed a picture he said it’s my choice (most of hairdressers’ reply to ‘Volume’ was ‘Cut short’, I was surprised by non-​pushiness!).
And so I said — cut it short (bob-​style), I also showed him a picture (Jennifer Aniston, in late season of Friends) — what I like and what I don’t want to like (some girl in a magazine). He made it just the way I want it, not exact copy of Aniston, but which suits my face structure, my hair — everything!
I must tell you, never in my life I left a hairdresser salon happy. It’s always been either the blowdry but more often the cut itself (cut more than you ask for!) but this one I left so happy and stayed so until 8 weeks when my hair grew longer and I had to come back… but my hairdresser revived it again and I’m happy everyday — waking up in the morning and not bothered about blowdry, curling irons — it’s simply looks amazing everyday… Will come back in 5 weeks! :)
The salon might seem pretentious ‘über-​cool’ but all staff is nice and helpful, just make sure you don’t sit close to the door when you’re waiting, because it can get quite cold! The price of £40 I consider as reasonable — Toni n Guy and those boutique salons all over London would charge you more for a ‘junior stylist’ £45!

I’ve been here twice to get my hair cut and was definitely satisfied both times. I’m from the states but go to London quite often and the past two times I’ve been (in May & January), I went to Pimps & Pinups and thoroughly enjoyed my experience.
First of all, it’s easy to find, and about a 8 – 10 minute walk from the tube. It’s in East London, which is a great place to go anyway, and is very close to the Spitalfields Market.
Inside, the décor is pretty simple– black walls with a neon «Pimps and Pinups» sign, and all the stylist’s stations illuminated by flourescant lights.
While you wait, you are offered a complimentary drink (or two, or three) — ranging from wine to beer to tea or coffee. I’ve had both the tea and the red wine, and was pleased with both!
I had both Mel the first time, and a lovely red headed girl the second time but I unfortunately can’t remember her name. Anyway, both were great! They both listened to exactly what I wanted and followed suit. They were easy to talk to and made the experience relaxing and fun.
They play great music inside as well, and the wait for a stylist is very short (or perhaps feels that way with all the wine I was drinking, ha!)

Complimentary glass of wine and beer while I get my hair done… I’m there!
This salon is our of this world ii is like stepping in a time capsule and suddenly you land in Glamour Land. The space that hosts this salon is fabulous, from the mirrors to the chairs. The vibe is completely relaxed and you can tell that the people that work here have a true passion for their job. They always have great music blasting on the speakers and sometimes they even have a live group playing. Rockabilly chic is the style of the day and Pimps and Pinups the masters of the look.