SHEAR & CO.

Hair, considered.

A salon and barbershop in one bright room in Stockbridge.
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A barber in black cutting a bearded man's hair under a black cape in a bright salon, stylists at work down a row of mirrors and tall windows onto stone tenements
Our room

One room, six chairs.

Callum Reid opened Shear & Co. in 2016 with two barber chairs and a sink. Today, three barbers and three stylists work side by side.
Where
18 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Hours
Tuesday–Saturday from 9:00 · Thursday until 21:00
A stylist with her hair in a bun sectioning a client's wet dark hair with a clip, a barber in a beanie cutting a man's hair behind her
How we work

Ten minutes of talking, before anything is cut.

  1. One price list

    One price list for everyone — priced by the service and the time it takes, never by gender.

  2. Colour starts with a chat

    A first colour starts with a free 20-minute consultation and a strand test at least two days before.

Services & prices

One price list, for everyone.

Colour prices start from the figure shown and are confirmed at your free consultation.
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Cuts

  • Cut & finishWash, cut and a blow-dry you can repeat at home60 min, £52
  • RestyleA new shape, with time set aside to talk it through first75 min, £68
  • Curly cutCut dry, curl by curl, then diffused90 min, £72
  • Under-12s cutAny length, any chair30 min, £22
  • Fringe tidyBetween appointments15 min, £10

Barbering

  • Skin fadeTaken to the skin, finished with a razor line45 min, £30
  • Clipper cutOne or two grades all over30 min, £24
  • Scissor cutLonger on top, scissors only45 min, £32
  • Beard shape & line-upTrimmed, shaped, lined with a razor20 min, £16
  • Hot towel shaveTwo hot towels and a straight razor40 min, £30
  • Cut & beardAny barber cut with a beard shape60 min, £42

Colour

  • Colour consultationTwenty minutes and a strand test20 min, Free
  • Root colourRegrowth matched to your colour90 min, £64from
  • Full head colourOne colour, roots to ends, with a gloss2 h, £82from
  • BalayageHand-painted lightness that grows out softly3 h, £145from
  • Silver blendingGrey softened rather than covered45 min, £38
  • Gloss & toneShine and a correction of warmth30 min, £30

Finishing

  • Blow-drySmooth, bouncy or undone40 min, £30
  • Event stylingSet, pinned or waved for a wedding or a night out60 min, £55
  • Bond treatmentAdded to any colour for lightened hair20 min, £20
Close-up of a stylist's hands cutting a lock of long wet brown hair with scissors and a comb

Every cut begins with a conversation.

People

Ask for anyone by name.

  • Portrait of Callum Reid with curly dark hair and a short beard, tattooed arms crossed, in a black T-shirt in the salon

    Callum Reid

    Owner · senior barber

    Fades, scissor cuts, hot towel shaves.

  • Portrait of Inês Moreira with long dark curls and a fringe, in a black T-shirt, smiling in the salon

    Inês Moreira

    Stylist · curls and texture

    Cuts curls dry.

  • Portrait of Noor Haddad with a short dark curly bob, in a black T-shirt, looking to one side in the salon

    Noor Haddad

    Senior stylist · short hair

    Pixies, crops, bobs.

  • Portrait of Frankie Doyle with long wavy ash-blonde hair, in a black T-shirt, lifting a lock of a client's blonde hair

    Frankie Doyle

    Colourist

    Balayage, silver blending.

Transformations

See the change.

Drag each handle to compare before and after.
  • The same hair after colour: an even, cool ash blonde from root to tip, glossy and softly waved
    The back of a client's long wavy hair before colour: dark roots grown out over brassy, faded blonde lengths
    BeforeAfter

    Brassy blonde to cool ash

    Root colour and a toner with Frankie · 3½ hours · booked after a free consultation.

  • The same brown hair after styling, brushed out into glossy, soft waves
    The back of a client's long brown hair before styling, hanging straight and flat over a black cape
    BeforeAfter

    Waves for a wedding morning

    Event styling with Noor · set with a tong and brushed out soft.

Regulars

In their own words.

  • Inês was the first person to cut my curls dry. Two years on I still book the same Saturday slot every eight weeks.
    Rory LennoxCurly cut with Inês
  • I asked Noor for something short and easy. She talked me out of the fringe and into this.
    Maggie ShawRestyle with Noor
  • Thursday at eight, a fade and a beard shape, out by nine.
    Dev AnandCut & beard with Callum
Questions

At the desk.

The things people ask before they book.
Yes. A first colour with us starts with a free twenty-minute consultation and a strand test on a hidden section, at least two days before. It is how we confirm the shade and the price before anything is mixed.
Book

Tell the desk what you need.

Send a request and the desk will reply with a confirmed time.
Hours
Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00
Late
Thursdays until 21:00
Closed
Sunday and Monday
Phone
0131 496 0418
Shear & Co.18 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge Edinburgh EH4 1HNhello@shearandco.example
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The empty salon at blue hour: a row of black chairs facing lit mirrors, tall windows onto lit stone tenements and trees
Raeburn Place, after hours

Open late on Thursdays.

Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 · Thursdays until 21:00

Once a month

Late slots and new faces

Cancelled Thursday-evening slots and a new stylist joining. One email a month at most.

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