A Tauranga salon is the only New Zealand salon to make the cut as a finalist for best salon design in the 2018 Hair Expo Awards in Melbourne.
Ado Salon is hoping to take home the award on the night for their new fit-out, which hairdresser Penny Davies describes as industrial eco-chic.
"It's all done on the interior of the salon, our layout and the whole design of what we've done," Davies said.
She said the fit-out was done by herself, her husband Jason Davies and Ray and Shelley Pullar.
"A big focus was keeping it green and eco-friendly, so we've got this moss that we imported from Scandinavia, we wanted to bring the outdoors in, it also acts as a fire retardant," Davies said.