A Cut Above
Hair Salon
Why pick this one
A Cut Above Hair Design offers balayage, bridal hairstyling, and massage therapy backed by 35 years of operation.
Best for
- Balayage and custom hair coloring
- Bridal upstyles and wedding hairstyling
- Keratin or Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatments
- Clients seeking haircut, color, waxing, and massage services in one salon
- Clients looking for the former Waterford team at the new East Lyme location
Look elsewhere if
- Clients specifically requiring the former Waterford location
- Clients seeking extensive spa treatments beyond massage and waxing
Specialties
- Balayage
- Hair painting
- Hair bleaching
- Corrective color
- Keratin and Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatments
- Bridal upstyles
- Massage therapy
What makes them different
- Owner Paula Peltier describes 35 years of operation
- Named Best Hair Salon in Southeastern Connecticut from 2016 through 2021
- Salon website describes a water filtration system for highlights and hair coloring
- Uses salon-exclusive Wella products and lists R+Co products for coloring
- A Cut Above joined sister salon That Look at 166 Boston Post Road in East Lyme in January 2026
- Years in business
- 35
- Serves
- Waterford, East Lyme
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 825 S Kerr Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 799-6133
- Website
- http://www.acutabovehair.com
- email@acutabovehair.com
Services
- Women's, men's, and children's haircuts
- Hair styling and blowouts
- Hair coloring
- Highlights
- Formal and bridal hairstyling
- Massage therapy
- Waxing