About The Salon

Surprises are for birthdays, not bills.

We’ve cut the sleazy upsells, confusing quotes and gender-based pricing from your appointment. In other words, all the bits you don’t like. Instead, Common Thread offers all-inclusive packages and hourly rates. Browse and book artists based on experience and expertise, and get what you came for: damn good hair, and no awkward chats.

We believe in uncomplicated hair and specialise in hair YOU actually want to wear. Note the emphasis on the word you. In our books, how you wear your hair is an extension of your personality, and it's an epic privilege to help showcase such a beautiful thing. We call it hair that makes a difference.

In our supergroup at Common Thread, we've got specialists who work with:
Blondes
Natural Colours & Textures
Bright & Bold Hair
Curly & Wavy Hair
Red's & Coppers
Transitioning to Natural Grey
Smoothing & Taming Hair
Razor Cutting
Shag's & Wolf Cuts
Intuitive Dry Cutting
The Timeless Bob - that never goes out of style

The rest, we leave to our fellow acquaintances. So you won't find us doing event hair, hair extensions and using harsh chemicals, aka - chemical straightening and perms.

We give a damn about Mother Earth.

And we’ve got the Sustainable Salons New Zealand badge to prove it. As loud and proud members of this social enterprise — and humans sharing the planet — we aim to give you better hair, with less impact. We stock eco-friendly hair products, reduce waste wherever possible (95% of our waste is recycled), use colours free from PPD, resorcinol and ammonia, and swap your standard foils for paper or recycled tin. We’re the first to admit salons are not the most sustainable place on Earth, so we’re constantly looking for ways to improve.

Good hair is a lifestyle.

Let’s be honest: this was never just about your roots. We get that your hair appointment is your identity, your quarterly mood lift, your time to read the damn book that’s been sitting on your bedside table for three months. So, we think beyond the basin to make your experience seamless. Can we get you something to drink? Here’s our menu. Prefer a silent appointment? Say no more. Want flawless hair all year round? We’ve got a subscription for that.

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MEET YOUR SPECIALISTS

Beatrice (Bea)

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Morgan

Ashlee

Virginia

  • Speciality:Texture & Short Cutting, & Transition to Grey Specialist
  • Experience:20+ years
  • Rate:$155 per hour
  • Stalk me:@virginia_e_petti

Tracy

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I have Tinder hair....

It's messy, dry, and I swipe it to the right hoping for good-looking results.

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Sustainability focused

We've partnered up with our friends from across the ditch - Evo, as our colour and professional haircare provider.

Evo's mission is:
Saving ordinary humans from themselves. To give anyone and everyone good hair. Challenge the status quo, inspiring a movement of free thinkers to create change for the better with honest beauty products that respect people and the planet. Just high quality, professional haircare that speaks the truth with personality.

And that's just music to our ears.

We use Agi One, a vegan keratin alternative that eliminates frizz and nourishes the hair for our Smoothing and Taming sessions.

We want to be crystal clear about one thing. We're not a perfect company - not even close. However, our intentions are honest. This is why we ask that you judge us on our actions - what we do to contribute.

Sustainability dictates our every business decision, which we break into four pillars:

Planet
We proudly partner with Sustainable Salons NZ, which repurposes 95% of our salon waste.
At the basin, we have Eco Heads to reduce our water consumption.

Community

When you've got really good hair, you get that fresh hit of self-esteem that, like a butterfly effect, can help someone or even help the world. We truly believe fresh hair can make a difference, and we're stoked to know how to make it happen.

People

We're not into unrealistic beauty standards. Instead, we prefer to work with what your mama gave you v's against.

All-Inclusive isn't just about our pricing. We're gender neutral and believe that because hair doesn't have a gender, neither should your booking.

An important expansion on this is everybody—regardless of spiritual beliefs, birth country, race, gender, sexual orientation, medical choices or colour of their nail polish - is welcome in the studio.

Leadership

To be creative, it's essential to strike the right harmony between our career and personal lives. This is why we give our team the flexibility to choose their hours and empower them to value their worth by selecting their all-inclusive hourly rate.

Doing this keeps us fresh and progressive and supports our mothers in their return to the salon.

One of the lessons learnt from the pandemic is our industry has a toxic hustle culture. Typically working long hours with no breaks and living off coffee leading to physical and mental burnout. Churning through the clients, like working on a conveyer belt, no longer sat well with us, so we ditched double and triple booking and now work one-on-one with guests.

We give a damn about Mother Earth. And we’ve got the Sustainable Salons New Zealand badge to prove it. As loud and proud members of this social enterprise — and humans sharing the planet — we aim to give you better hair, with less impact. We stock eco-friendly hair products, reduce waste wherever possible (95% of our waste is recycled), use ammonia-free colours, and swap your standard foils for paper or recycled tin. We’re the first to admit salons are not the most sustainable place on Earth, so we’re constantly looking for ways to improve.

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About the Salon

Your relationship with your hair stylist is one of the most important in your life (or at least we like to think so). We know your hair can make or break how you feel every day and we take that very seriously.

Our tight-knit crew of specialists work collaboratively, with each other and you. We’re proud to work in Pukekohe - because you shouldn’t have to go into Auckland city to have badass hair.

We love what we do and we’re shit-hot at it. We listen carefully, ask loads of questions and love when you trust us to create something incredible that perfectly suits you. We’re holistic - your hair’s health is just one part of the equation.

Common Thread also cares about our environmental footprint. Our products are sustainable and eco-friendly, with minimal packaging and a traceable providence.

We’re part of the Sustainable Salons New Zealand network and recycle 95 per cent of our waste. We use ammonia-free colours and paper as well as recycled tin foil. Essentially, we’re conscious consumers and our clients are, too.

How Common Thread was born...

Tracy Sarjant-Roberts has always been ambitious. At the tender age of 13 she wanted to be a hair stylist... and she wanted Stephen Marr to train her. By the time she was 15 she'd made that happen.

She then dreamed of owning a salon - Tracy was 26 when she opened Common Thread. Suffice to say, once she sets her mind to something, she gets shit done. Tracy has recruited stylists from D&M, Stephen Marr, and Servilles and (as well as training staff herself) to ensure people from across the Auckland region have easy access to highly-qualified stylists who push boundaries and produce award-winning work.

Common Thread now has a badass team of people who make you look and feel your best, every damn day. We’re passionate about wowing people. Don’t worry, we know that means different things to different people but we love the challenge of figuring out what your wow is and making it happen. We’re honest experts - you can trust us to advise you. And we’re not afraid to say no if you want us to do something we’re uncomfortable with.

Sustainability is really important to us. We love discussing how to make the world a better place... but we don’t just talk about it. All our products are eco-friendly, paraben-free and not tested on animals. We use ammonia free colours and will always consider your whole health picture when deciding how to treat, colour, cut and style your hair.

Common Thread - Empowering through beauty so that our people can be the best version of themselves.


Picture this - 16 years old, the first year of hairdressing and easily influenced. What's the cherry on top with this gem is those two ratty pieces of hair cascading down one's shoulders! Double shame - there clip in hair extensions bought with her first paycheck!