Elle Martin
Owner
Elle has an outstanding reputation for hairdressing skill, creativity and dedicated professionalism.
Sarah Bayley
Cutting Director & Assistant Manager
Sarah is a highly accomplished all-round hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon trained.
Jazz Oldham
Colour Director
Jazz is an excellent all round hairdresser with a remarkable talent for colouring hair.
Kiall Norton-Gormley
Style Director
Kiall is an experienced stylist, accomplished at both cutting and colouring hair.
John Lucock
Style Director
John brings a whole lifetime of experience and considerable skill in hairdressing to the salon.
Gemma Forrow
Senior Stylist
Gemma is a first class, confident and very experienced hairdresser.
Mel Morgan
Senior Stylist
Mel is a highly experienced senior stylist. She is an arts graduate as well as a trained hairdresser.
Molly Evans
Senior Stylist
Molly is a talented stylist and an invaluable member of the salon team.
Summer Webb-Whittaker
Advanced Stylist
Summer is an experienced stylist with flair in all aspects of cutting, colouring and barbering.
Kylie Curtis
Advanced Stylist
Kylie has 9 years experience as a hairdresser having worked in salons in Bristol and Colchester before coming to Hereford.
Natalia Spiek
Stylist
Natalia is an extremely capable and confident stylist, trained by Elle through her level 3 apprenticeship.
Bex Wightman
Receptionist
Bex is both a highly experienced salon receptionist and a fully qualified hairdresser.
Jess Smith
Receptionist
Jess is an experienced receptionist with a varied fashion and artistic background.
Nick Preece
Director of Business Development and Human Resources
Nick trained and worked in education for 20 years and brings considerable management experience to the salon.
Chris Martin
Director of Finance and Business Strategy
Chris opened the salon with Elle in Church Street in 2016 and they have worked together in partnership ever since.
I had a lovely haircut with Sarah today. I felt completely at ease and relaxed the whole time. I can’t wait until my next visit.
Sarah H.
Sarah Bayley
Cutting Director & Assistant Manager, Vidal Sassoon Trained
Sarah is a highly accomplished all-round hairdresser of many years experience. She specialises in styling and cutting hair.
Sarah keeps “on trend” with the latest cuts and styles. She has an amazing eye for accuracy and an exceptional talent for cutting perfect lines. She can re-style hair to suit both the client’s face and lifestyle so that it looks fabulous and is also easy to maintain.
Special thanks to Jazz who applied a balayage to my hair. I didn’t realise just how much of a lift a subtle balayage would give. I smile every time I look in a mirror now. Just lovely!
Victoria
Jazz Oldham
Colour Director
Jazz is an excellent all round hairdresser with a remarkable talent for colouring hair. She has received specialist colour training. She is excellent at guiding her clients into good colour choices to match their skin and their personal style.
Jazz has established an outstanding reputation for her balayage colouring techniques. Jazz paints the colours free-hand on to the hair and achieves wonderful results. It takes time, patience and a great eye for detail.
I can not thank Kiall enough for my hair, he was a pleasure. He is the first hairdresser that I’ve sat & chatted away to. Absolutely could not fault Kiall or the salon. Made a bad week into a good one.
Joelle
Kiall Norton-Gormley
Style Director
Kiall is experienced in both cutting and colouring hair. He has received extensive training in styling, colouring and educating and has previously been working in Worcestershire. We are delighted to welcome his flair and experience to the salon team.
John Lucock
Style Director
John brings a whole lifetime of experience and considerable skill in hairdressing to the salon. He worked in the south of England initially and then moved on to Spain. He spent many years working in Berlin, advancing his hairdressing skills in one of Europe’s most vibrant and fashionable cities. He returned to Hereford to work as Peter Prosser’s Art Director for 13 years. After a couple of years free-lancing John joined our salon team and we are very lucky to have him.
Gemma’s customer service is impeccable. Nothing is too much trouble for her. She makes me feel incredibly well cared for. I really love my appointments with her.
Nichola
Gemma Forrow
Senior Stylist
Gemma is a first class, confident and very experienced hairdresser. She offers a full range of colour services, including balayage, and can do all cuts. She listens very carefully to all of her clients’ needs and pays great attention to detail.
Her clients really love the salon experience she gives them.
Mel gave me such a brilliant cut and colour today I feel fantastic. I really enjoyed spending time with her and really look forward to my next appointment.
Linda
Mel Morgan
Senior Stylist
Mel is a highly experienced senior stylist. She is an arts graduate as well as a trained hairdresser. She worked for many years in a prestigious hair salon in Cambridge before moving to Hereford with her family in 2023.
She has skill and experience in all aspects of colouring and cutting hair. She is an extremely confident and competent hairdresser who works with ease and flair.
I had half a head of highlights with Molly and I was so impressed. She’s fabulous, I would highly recommend her.
Laura
Molly Evans
Senior Stylist
Molly is an accomplished stylist and has an extensive and loyal clientele for her cutting and colouring services. She was an outstanding student at Hereford & Ludlow College. She won the Best Progress Intermediate Apprentice Hairdresser Award in 2017 and completed her NVQ3 in spring 2019.
Elle says ” It has been a huge pleasure and privilege to train Molly. She is a very talented stylist with excellent salon experience. She offers a great service to our customers”.
I have just had my first hair cut with Summer, I absolutely love my hair & I can not wait for my next appointment with her.
Phillipa
Summer Webb-Whittaker
Advanced Stylist
Summer is an experienced stylist with flair in all aspects of cutting, colouring and barbering. She is extremely good at listening and responding to clients’ needs.
She pays great attention to detail, is extremely neat in her cutting and very natural in her colouring. She is a great favourite with clients.
Kylie absolutely transformed my hair. I couldn’t be happier with the colour and service.
Sarah
Kylie Curtis
Advanced Stylist
Kylie has 9 years experience as a hairdresser having worked in salons in Bristol and Colchester before coming to Hereford.
She is an excellent all round hairdresser offering first class services in both cutting and colouring. Her particular flair is for working with bright and unusual colours which nicely expands the range of artistic skills on our team.
I feel so light and bright after my highlights and cut with Natalia today. I feel like a different person!
Sophie
Natalia Spiek
Stylist
Natalia is an extremely capable and confident stylist. She was been trained by Elle through her level 3 apprenticeship and when working as a junior stylist. She offers services in cutting, colouring and styling. She gives 100% to every client.
Bex Wightman
Salon Receptionist
Bex joined the Elle Martin salon after spending several years as manager of a very prestigious hair & beauty salon in Cheltenham. She was responsible for managing a large team of hair and beauty staff there and is herself a fully qualified Level 3 hairdresser.
Bex brings huge experience to her role as receptionist and front of house at Elle Martin Hair Salon. It is tremendous to have her considerable skills and experience on the team.
Jess Smith
Receptionist
Jess is an experienced receptionist with a varied fashion and artistic background. She was Assistant Manager at Laura Ashley in Hereford and previously managed a Fashion Department in a store in Gloucestershire. In addition to efficiently managing reception and front of house she has great experience of customer service enhancing our number one priority in the salon.
Nick Preece
Director of Business Development and Human Resources
Nick trained and worked in education for 20 years. He worked most recently at Herefordshire College where he was department manager of the courses in hair, beauty, business, accounting, leadership and management. He therefore brings considerable management experience, knowledge of the sector and skill to the salon.
Nick is also Elle’s husband.
Chris Martin
Director of Finance and Business Strategy
Chris opened the salon with Elle in Church Street in 2016 and they have worked together in partnership ever since to develop the business. Chris has been running her own businesses for over 40 years. She was voted “Business Personality of the Year” by American Express Europe and has received a number of government Awards.
Chris is also Elle’s Mum.