Our Team

This is me, Millie, the owner of the dumb brunette salon. I started my hairdressing journey 30 years ago at Mister M, a popular salon in Beeston where I had THE best training and worked with some of the best hairdressing talent around!

I opened my first salon in 2003 and had that for 10 years before I took a step back to concentrate on family life. In 2013 I joined the wonderful team at Chess Hair and Beauty as a freelance stylist until in 2021, horrified by all the PPE waste brought on by COVID-19, I decided I needed to do something to tackle this environmental hardship contributed to by our industry.

‘The dumb brunette’ was born in July 2021 - named to challenge stereotypes within our industry (and to poke a little fun at my expense!!)  As well as wanting to provide a premium salon experience, we are passionate about reducing our impact on the environment. Our salon is mostly furnished using re-purposed items, we use green salon collective to dispose of our salon-generated waste such as hair, metals (used foils, tint tubes), plastic and general waste which is then recycled or used to generate green energy.

Our chosen in-house and retail product range I’m proud to say is Davines, a family-run company using ingredients obtained from renewable and eco-sustainable sources. A Certified B corporation company.

Thank you for being part of our journey, which is by no means finished, but a definite step in the right direction. Welcome to the dumb brunette salon

A huge welcome to our new Senior Stylist, Maria.

Maria started her hairdressing career with Toni & Guy in Nottingham and worked with their team for some years before moving on to ‘Icon Hair’ which sadly closed its doors pre-Covid.

Maria is hugely experienced in all aspects of hairdressing, but absolutely loves to do bridal hair and hair-ups! It’s almost worth you booking a wedding so you can test her skills!

Crisi joined us in 2021 after she was made redundant from her last salon where she served 12 years as a stylist. How lucky are we to have her as part of our team?! Crisi loves all aspects of her position as a stylist here at the dumb brunette but she loves, and we mean LOVE, a style transformation. Bit of a coffee addict (no talking to Crisi before her morning fix) but we keep her topped up, so don’t worry  ☕️

Martina is our very own resident Barber (she doesn’t actually live here but she may as well as she’s so busy!!) We began to operate an appointment system for Martina’s bookings when COVID-19 first hit which proved so successful that we decided to continue with it. You can still get a haircut with Martina without an appointment but we’d strongly recommend you book. It’s so easy to do using our online booking system!