How it started

I never planned to open a salon.

Before Hair By Marta, I was mobile. Working out of clients' homes, sometimes a tiny room in mine. I wasn't chasing a business. I was just doing the work.

Then I found a small unit in Market Drayton. 2.5 years later the property next door came up, bigger, brighter, better. The rent doubled. The contract was five years. I was terrified.

I said yes anyway.

Eleven years later, this is what you see. And it's still growing

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Why I built it

Honestly? To make my son proud.

I've never been someone who settles. I wasn't going to work for someone else, because I've never fit in anywhere. I wanted something of my own. Something I could point at and say I built that. Something the people who doubted me could see and finally shut up about.
Turns out not fitting in was the point all along.

What I actually do

I'm a colour fixer.

Balayage, corrections, vivids, blonding, grey blending.

 

I do all of it, because hair doesn't fit into a box and neither do I.

But the clients who keep coming back aren't just here for the hair.

They're here because they trust me. With their colour, with their time, and usually with everything else going on in their lives. I get asked about hair, relationships, business, kids, what to do with their ex, whether they should quit their job. I'll tell you straight what I think. That's why people sit in my chair for four hours and leave feeling better than they came in.

If you want someone who'll nod and agree with everything, I'm not your person. and neither will my Team.

The team

Kelby

Competition background, precision cutting, advanced colour. She's obsessed with results that look incredible in real life, not just on Instagram. She's your person for bold cuts, vivids, and alternative colour. Master Colour Expert.

Alice  

Nails, done properly. Under the same roof. She's a nail genius.

What the salon actually feels like

Warm. Honest. Not precious.

We don't avoid taboo topics. We don't pretend to be something we're not. Laugh, cry, wind down, talk openly, or say absolutely nothing at all. Whatever you need, that's what you get.
Real coffee. Not instant misery.

We proudly support the LGBTQ+ community.

"Too old" for rainbow hair? No, you're not.

16 and want to express yourself? Go for it.

Prefer natural, seamless, no greys in sight? Sorted. What greys?

Who we're not for

Men. It's not personal, it's just not my preference or what we specialise in.
Occasion hair-ups.

We're also not the quickest or the cheapest option, and that's by choice. Our appointments take the time they need, because that's what great colour requires. Clients who value skill, care, and doing things properly tend to feel right at home here.

Thank you

For trusting me with your hair, your stories, and your time.

Whether you're brand new, returning after a break, or have been with me since the mobile days, you're welcome here.

 

Always.

Marta x

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