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NOCO Hair is gifting a whole heap of haircuts to support local charities, including Women’s Aid, Empire Fighting Chance and Penny Brohn, and they’ve got just the right one for maximum vitality this month

The team at award-winning salon NOCO Hair on Whiteladies Road understand the power of an awesome haircut to uplift and leave a lasting feeling of wellbeing. The pandemic has been incredibly tough for so many, including local charities, so NOCO’s Noel Halligan and Corey Taylor have decided to run their 100 Haircuts initiative for the second time to give back to chosen charities Women’s Aid, Empire Fighting Chance, Penny Brohn, Community of Purpose, Jessie May, Children’s Hospice South West and Kinergy.

In addition, they are also inviting the public to nominate themselves or friends who deserve a treat. “We are so grateful to be back open and in the swing of things,” they said. “To celebrate this and as an extension of our ongoing Care with Hair initiative, we are gifting haircuts to seven different charities to use as they wish. They can raffle them to raise valuable funds or gift to key workers and staff who are unsung heroes of the past 14 months.”

The big question, of course, is what to go for if such a treat is bestowed upon you... What better, NOCO reckons, than the versatile, face-framing ‘vitality’ cut? Designed to reduce weight, adding more volume and shine, it’s suitable for mid to long hair lengths, works on wavy, curly and straight hair and is great with or without a fringe.

It complements balayage in particular, say Noel and Corey, and is all about releasing tension of weight at the front of the haircut. The ‘vitality’ technique is primarily designed for anything from jaw-length hair, down to anywhere below the shoulders, but for the same effect on shorter hair, the team can employ their ‘vitality variation’ and adapt the cut to suit you. Noel and Corey have seen great results on bobs, those with fringes, shorter cuts and longer hair –but in the unlikely event that you happen to disagree, there’s a ‘love your hair or your money back’ mantra of which we wholeheartedly approve. n • nocohair.com/vitalitycut; nominate a friend or inspirational person via the form at: style.nocohair.com/noco-care-with-hair

Hello, happy hair!