How time flies. Q & R Sublime hairdressers celebrate their first birthday this week on Bridge Street in Portlaoise with mother-and-daughter duo Bernadette Rigney and Meghan Quinlan thrilled with how the past 12 months have gone.
And they’re looking to the future with great enthusiasm too.
“We’ve had a great welcome from the businesses of the area and we want to say a huge thank you to all our clients,” says Bernadette as she reflects on a very enjoyable year for the business.
As well as the front area to the hairdressers, they also have a quiet room at the back where many clients can have their hair done while also being able to work on their laptop or read a book.
With a steady supply of refreshments on offer – including cappuccinos, herbal teas and sparkling water – they effortlessly combine a welcoming atmosphere with a top quality service.
And between the two of them, they have years of experience.
Bernadette was trained by David Marshall and Robert Chambers in Dublin and worked with Kevin Hogan in The Company in Portlaoise among others.
She stepped away from working directly in hair-dressing for a while as she concentrated on other things – but continued to keep her hand in the game so to speak, upskilling and training with the likes of the Alfaparf studios and Sassoon. Indeed it’s now mostly the Alfaparf products that they use in Q & R Sublime.
Meghan trained with Redz (now The Talbot Hair Company) in the Top Square in Portlaoise as well as in the Queen Beauty Emporium in Aungier Street in Dublin.
In more recent times she worked in Society Salon (formerly The Hair Gallery) in Hynds Square but she was always interested in going out on her own.
Bernadette specialises in cutting and colouring and having trained also with Warren Flynn of The Dublin Barber fame, they’ll also look after men.
Cutting and colouring is a big part of Meghan’s repertoire too as well as upstyles – and she’s also planning on doing her masters in colouring this year.
Q & R Sublime is open Tuesday to Saturday with late openings on Thursdays and Fridays.
They can be contacted on 057 8663417 and you can check them out on Facebook here.
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