Bad Boy Barbers

Meet Lisa

Thirty years at the chair
"Changing your world. One haircut at a time."

Lisa Wright founded Bad Boy Barbers after more than 30 years in hair — about 20 of them spent at Edinburgh's Woods barbers — before opening her own chair on Candlemaker Row.

Everyone's welcome here. The Pride flag is in the window and on the wall because it means it — reviewers call this place somewhere they feel "safe and seen."

If a cut's not right, Lisa puts it right herself. That's the whole policy.

B a Barber: Lisa also runs a 3-month in-shop barber training course. Ask in shop or email Cuts@BadBoyBarber.co.uk.

Elsa the shop dog asleep in her bed at Bad Boy Barbers, wearing an orange fleece — Elsa — shop dog, full-time good girl.

Price List

All haircuts — everyone, students included £15
Beard trim Ask in shop
Head shave Ask in shop

Flat rate, no fuss. Walk in — no booking needed, ever.

In the shop

A look inside

Red and white striped shutters and hand-painted BAD BOY sign at the Candlemaker Row shopfront — No appointment needed — walk in, strut out.

Elsa the shop dog curled up in her bed wearing an orange fleece — Elsa, on duty (mostly asleep).

Finished red mullet haircut against the salon's teal wall — Colour and cut, Candlemaker Row style.

Finished layered haircut at Bad Boy Barbers — Fresh layers, dialled in.

Client with a fresh blonde crop and skin fade — Skin fade, done properly.

Bad Boy Barbers shopfront beneath the Old Town tenements on Candlemaker Row — 43 Candlemaker Row — next to Greyfriars Bobby.

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Word on the street

What people say

4.9 from 191 Google reviews

"Lisa was such a lovely soul, chatting away with me throughout the process and would stop and show me what she was doing in case anything felt off to me which I deeply appreciated!"
Megan P.

"Lisa gave me just what I wanted even though I didn't even have the words to ask for it!! They are hair psychics!"
India

"Fantastic little place that made me feel incredibly safe and seen as a queer person, and the best rates I've found in years."
Ells

"This place is great, the set prices make it a really good deal for students, and their dog is so cute!"
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Find us

Come as you are

43 Candlemaker Row
Edinburgh EH1 2QB

07964 591796

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No appointment needed

Hours

Monday10:00–17:00
Tuesday10:00–18:00
Wednesday10:00–18:00
Thursday10:00–18:00
Friday10:00–18:00
Saturday10:00–17:00
Sunday10:30–17:00

Thirty years at the chair"Changing your world. One haircut at a time."

Price List

A look inside

What people say

Come as you are

Thirty years at the chair
"Changing your world. One haircut at a time."