If, like me, your Spanish leaves something to be desired, and so does your hair, then praise the lord, there are English hairdressers in Barcelona. So your lack of Spanish need not get in the way of having beautiful locks. Hoorah.
If your wig is in need of some serious attention, it is quite easy to find hairdressers that speak a little English, but when someone is going at your scalp with a pair of shiny blades, it’s helpful if you either find an English-speaking hairdresser or an English hairdresser, or you can just try to get by with your smattering of Spanish and risk ending up looking like a reject from Edward Scissorhands.
Here are a few English-speaking salons worth investigating, although hairdressers often have signs saying ‘English spoken’ in their windows. And even if they don’t, it’s always worth asking.
But if you can’t find any and you don’t speak enough Spanish to negotiate yourself a decent haircut, here we go:
Anthony Llobet
www.anthonyllobet.com
RAVAL C/Sant Pau, 122 934413177 * 692 371 308
EL BORN C/Carders, 34 932954871 * 692 371 404
GOTIC C/Avinyo, 34 933014513 * 692 371 405
RAVAL C/Sant Pau, 122 934413177 * 692 371 308
With branches across the city, it’s not difficult to find an Anthony Llobet salon. All his stylists are English speaking and generally originate from other countries outside of Spain.
Some people rave about these salons, but I had a bad experience when they did a bad job, and I went back to get it fixed, where they charged me again. Not good practice as far as I’m concerned. But, others, are more impressed than I.
Anthony Llobet Hair Salons
Scissors of London
www.facebook.com/pages/Scissors-of-London/209977422359693
Email: timbulmer@btinternet.com
An upmarket salon with a London ego. Generally receives good reviews.
Taller
Taller Barcelona on Facebook
BORN, Pescateria 8
A lovely upmarket salon in trendy Born that uses eco-friendly products from Aveda.
And my personal favourite:
La Strada
https://www.facebook.com/LaStradasalon
Carrer de la Riera Baixa, 13
+34 931 77 46 41
A lovely boutique salon specialising in, but not limited to, retro cuts, due to its trendy retro address on Riera Baixa. The salon is run by the gorgeous Tatiana who is half Costa Rican and half American. She is passionate about her work and as a person she is like a breath of fresh air.
If you have natural hair or looking for a black stylist in Barcelona. I use Natural Hair Styles International, the owner is from America she speaks English, shes affordable and she does high quality work. My whole family is natural, me my husband and our daughters she comes to our home and does very neat work. I highly recommend for people with natural hair.