Salon spotlight: Tara Rose, Abu Dhabi
Tara Rose Beauty Salon, Abu Dhabi
Opened: 2015, Name of salon owner: Tara Rose Kidd
Number of branches: 2, Number of employees: 27
Tara Kidd is an award-winning British hairdresser and beauty pioneer who came to the UAE in 2009. Having styled hair for nearly 20 years, her vision was always to open and own a salon in Abu Dhabi, which
she has successfully achieved having recently been awarded “What’s On – Hair Salon of the Year 2017”. Tara is passionate about driving global standards into the hair and beauty industry within the UAE.
Treatments you offer:
“We offer a wide variety, but we mainly specialise in hair styling and colouring. We also offer beauty services to our clientele to ensure a one-stop service.”
Product houses:
Goldwell, Kevin.Murphy, Essie and Gelish.
Salon vibe:
“Tara Rose is a salon where we hope clients will feel at home when they visit. This is why our interior is very cozy and homely. Our salons are extremely light and airy – I’m very lucky in my newly launched
salon on Al Bateen because we have floor to ceiling windows throughout, which is very rare – this natural light makes our salon feel even more inviting.”
Bookings:
“We have a mix of enquiries through the phone and our online booking system ‘Shortcuts’. We also get many enquiries through social media – which we believe is a great tool that allows us to promote offers and services. We are also excited to hear that the Good Salon Guide is coming to the UAE – we believe this will benefit us hugely!”
USP:
“I believe continuous training and motivation is our greatest USP as our team really do offer the 5* service to every single customer who walks through the door. My team is the greatest asset
and it’s because of them our customer retention remains so high. I value and look after my team – they are an extremely happy team, and having a happy team creates a very happy environment!”
Most popular treatment:
“Our most popular treatment is colour and cutting, we are renowned for short hair cuts and blond colouring services but all sorts of colour and cutting specialists, especially creative.”
Trend watch:
“The team and I feel that the biggest colour trend to come is ‘rose gold’ – we love it!.”
2018 dreams:
“To keep building the team and being involved in the industry more, as for the last two years I have been behind the chair and building the business.
We are expanding our external events also to build awareness in our community – this I believe is a great structure for any new salon opening. We have lso entered “Team of the Year” and “Hair Salon of
the Year” at the brand new Professional Beauty GCC 2018 awards – it would be great to bring this award home!”
