Hampshire &amp; Isle of Wight


<p>OK, hands up who schedules their hair appointments after an
indeterminate amount of time – and when you wake up one morning, look in the
mirror and think “uh, oh, I need a cut?” If you’re more organised than me and
have your appointment diary already scheduled for 2022, I doff my cap to you. But
it’s fair to say I’m very much in that ‘necessity cut’ camp. </p>



<p>So, when I heard about Winchester’s <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/little-black-book/directory/giuseppe-manco-salon-winchester/" target="_blank">Giuseppe Manco Salon</a> with its strong local following, no rush policy and Italian coffee on tap, when that moment of overdue cut realisation came, I booked my appointment – pronto.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE SALON</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="666" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-Exterior.jpg" alt="Giuseppe Manco salon exterior" class="wp-image-25492" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-Exterior.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-Exterior-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-Exterior-720x480.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-Exterior-768x511.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-Exterior-788x525.jpg 788w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Giuseppe and Veronika Manco opened the salon in June 2021.
Tucked away in Staple Gardens, it’s close to the High Street and Jewry Street
towards the top of town.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="666" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-interior.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25493" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-interior.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-interior-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-interior-720x480.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-interior-768x511.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/Giuseppe-Manco-Salon-interior-788x525.jpg 788w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Inside, the vibe is peaceful and relaxed, with great Italian jazz music playing and hot coffee, served up with a biscotti snack to nibble on. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="811" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Review-Coffee-and-cantuccio-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25464" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Review-Coffee-and-cantuccio-1.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Review-Coffee-and-cantuccio-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Review-Coffee-and-cantuccio-1-617x500.jpg 617w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Review-Coffee-and-cantuccio-1-768x623.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Review-Coffee-and-cantuccio-1-647x525.jpg 647w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>The team here are really friendly but there’s no endless small talk, which, happily for me, means I can sneak in a few emails and flick through a magazine.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE STYLISTS</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="730" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Giuseppe.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25256" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Giuseppe.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Giuseppe-300x219.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Giuseppe-685x500.jpg 685w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Giuseppe-768x561.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-Giuseppe-719x525.jpg 719w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Giuseppe Manco has a big following locally. He also has an
impressive CV, having won awards, trained at the HABIA Academy, Vidal Sassoon
Academy London, Mazzella and Palmer Academy London and worked as a stylist at
international Fashion Weeks in Paris and Milan – and I’m told he’s off to
London Fashion Week 2022, too.</p>



<p>When I visit, his calendar is booked solid (the regular in his chair makes a point of telling me how fantastic he is). So I’m put in the very capable hands of his Senior Stylist, who’s also Italian, trained by Giuseppe and clearly very talented in her own right.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">MY HAIR ISSUE</h2>



<p>Some people lack volume in their hair but I have too much of it. It’s also quite
dry as I don’t spend a lot of time on it (quicker to hide it under a bobble hat
– or a riding hat!). And, as we know, I was definitely overdue a good cut…</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE CUT</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="675" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-products-on-shelf-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25466" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-products-on-shelf-1.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-products-on-shelf-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-products-on-shelf-1-720x486.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-products-on-shelf-1-768x518.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-products-on-shelf-1-778x525.jpg 778w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Before the scissors come out, my stylist recommends a Deluxe Hair and Scalp Spa Ritual. The salon is big on the health and wellbeing of hair. In my case, she uses a combination of conditioning Philip Martin’s bio-organic, non-toxic chemical products (an Italian brand) with a ‘vaporetto’ (steam machine). </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="773" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-hair-steamed-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25465" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-hair-steamed-1.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-hair-steamed-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-hair-steamed-1-647x500.jpg 647w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-hair-steamed-1-768x594.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-hair-steamed-1-679x525.jpg 679w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>The process lifts the hair follicles to allow better penetration of ingredients into the hair and scalp. True to the ‘no rush’ ethos of the salon, my stylist gives me an amazing head massage with the wash and takes her time over the cut and blow dry.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE BEFORE AND AFTER</h2>



<p>It’s all very well reading reviews, but we all know
the&nbsp;proof is in the pictures, right? So here you go.&nbsp;Here’s me
before:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="919" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-before-hair-picture-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25467" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-before-hair-picture-2.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-before-hair-picture-2-300x276.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-before-hair-picture-2-544x500.jpg 544w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-before-hair-picture-2-768x706.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-before-hair-picture-2-571x525.jpg 571w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>And here’s me afterwards:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="2146" height="2560" src="https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-25468" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-scaled.jpg 2146w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-252x300.jpg 252w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-419x500.jpg 419w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-768x916.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-1288x1536.jpg 1288w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-1717x2048.jpg 1717w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/hants/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2022/01/GM-Salon-review-Robyn-finished-hair-1-440x525.jpg 440w" sizes="(max-width: 2146px) 100vw, 2146px" /></figure>



<p>Giuseppe Manco Salon, I think we can call that a transformation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE COST</h2>



<p>Good value for the quality. Cuts start from £65 and treatments from £25. The Deluxe Hair and Scalp Spa Ritual I had with the cut and blowdry was £145. </p>



<p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="giuseppemanco.com (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.giuseppemanco.com/" target="_blank">giuseppemanco.com</a>. 10 Charlecote Mews, Staple Gardens, Winchester, SO23 8SR. Tel. 01962 798610.  </em></p>


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