The ShearGenius VIP Salon Partner Standard

If you've landed here from your salon's website, it means your salon carries a standard most people never think to ask about: what's actually cutting your hair.

What the badge means

A ShearGenius VIP Salon Partner cuts with professional ShearGenius scissors — and has them regularly inspected, serviced and sharpened by ShearGenius, Australian scissorsmiths who have looked after salon cutting tools since 2007.

Why it matters to your haircut

The edge decides the haircut. A professionally maintained edge slices each hair cleanly — your ends sit smooth, your lines stay crisp as the cut grows out, and the scissors glide instead of tugging while you're in the chair. A blunt or damaged edge doesn't cut so much as crush the hair, leaving the ends frayed and ragged.

And because the whole salon's scissors are maintained to the same standard, it doesn't matter whose chair you sit in.

The standard you'll never see

You'll never look at your stylist's scissors up close. That's exactly the point. A salon that holds this standard on the one tool you'll never inspect is showing you the care that goes into everything you can see.

It can't be bought

VIP Salon Partner status isn't purchased and can't be applied for. It's recognition ShearGenius gives to genuine client salons that cut with professional tools and keep them professionally maintained.

ShearGenius is Australia's most trusted and experienced Scissorsmiths — professional hairdressing scissors hand-finished in Lake Wendouree, Victoria, and a mobile sharpening service that looks after salons across VIC, TAS and SA. Learn about the sharpening service or explore ShearGenius.