AB Hair & Makeup pride themselves on creating a salon space filled with honest, creative and experienced stylists. Since 2014, AB has been the one-stop salon for hair and makeup services, the home for on-the-go mums and busy businesswomen.

Whether you’re booked in for your weekly blow-dry or experiencing a glam transformation, you can count on the AB Team to achieve your hair and makeup goals.

ANTOINETTE - SALON DIRECTOR

Antoinette’s reputation as a go-to hair and makeup artist for the Australian television, media and theatre industries is based on more than 20 elite years in the business.

She has worked with and is trusted by local and international celebrities, including Susan Sarandon, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matt Damon and Hugh Jackman to name a few, commercial businesses, events organisers, and private clients as the director and founder of her Melbourne salon.

Antoinette was the head of the hair and makeup division for a large Australian commercial TV network for ten years, and had broad experience with various other networks.

She has managed and coordinated the makeup and hair looks for major events, fashion shoots, launches and runway shows, including horse racing’s Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup carnivals, the AFL’s Brownlow Medal, the TV Logie Awards and the Commonwealth Games.

Meet The Team, Salon Owner, Antoinette
Meet The Team, Colour Specialist, Bianka

BIANKA - COLOUR SPECIALIST

Bianka joined the AB Team with 13 years experience in the hairdressing industry. She has a passion for colour and helping her clients achieve the hair colour of their dreams. 
 
Specialising in balayage and colour fixes, Bianka loves a challenge and believes that patience is the key to achieving that perfect colour, without losing the integrity of your hair. We’d love for you to experience Bianka’s colour magic by booking a consultation for a personalised hair program to get your hair where you want it to be.

STEPH - BLONDE SPECIALIST

Steph comes to us with 18 years of experience and for the last seven years she has worked for herself while raising 2 kids – She is loving being back in a salon environment and working with a team. Steph is currently studying her certificate IV in training and assessment with the hope of teaching new hairdresser apprentices in the future.

 

She loves all things blonde and enjoys the process of getting the perfect blonde while keeping the hair in its optimal health condition and has a strong love of colour corrections and transformations. Steph is also excellent at hair-ups and loves event hair styling and creating the best-suited style for the client/individual.

NANCY - COLOUR SPECIALIST

Nancy has been devoted to hair for 25 years. She has run her own salon for several years and classes that as one of her great achievements. She loves to keep learning and growing her knowledge in all things hair.
 
Nancy loves foiling, balayage, face-framing and achieving that perfect blonde from roots to ends. She also loves a twisty blowave and waves for event styling or just your weekly blowave. We are lucky to have her join us here with the AB Family.

RACHEL - STYLIST & MAKEUP ARTIST

Rachel often gets asked what she loves more, hair or makeup, and honestly she cannot choose between them! She loves the diversity in her creativity.
 
Rachel has made a name for herself in the hair world with her creative concepts for hair, fashion photography and love’s discovering new hairstyles and techniques to take into the salon. With a passion for cutting a sharp lob and doing creative colours.
 
With makeup, she has experience with everything from drag and theatre to soft natural makeup and of course weddings and events.
Meet The Team, Hair & Makeup Stylist, Rachel

Rebecca Milburn

We are thrilled to introduce Rebecca as the newest member of the AB Team. With 18 years of experience under her belt, she has spent the last 9 years running her own business, worked in London for 2 years, and now splits her time between Melbourne and Sydney.

Rebecca’s passion lies in coloring, particularly blondes and baby lights, but she is well-versed in all aspects of hairdressing. She also enjoys creating stunning hairdos and styles for weddings and events. We feel incredibly fortunate to have her on board and invite you to book a consultation to experience her exceptional skills firsthand. Come in and discover the magic of Rebecca’s personalized hair program and journey.

ANDRE - APPRENTICE

Studying his cert 3 in hairdressing, Andre is a dedicated and enthusiastic member of the AB team willing to learn and try new hair trends and techniques. 
 
Driven with creativity, Andre has successfully shown skills and techniques in performing beautiful blowaves and hair styling. Come in and treat yourself to a salon treatment and blowave from our friendly apprentice, Andre.