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WE’RE HIRING 🤞 Haircutters with big hearts, join our team! We stand for positivity, inclusivity & compassion. DM for a chat or see our website for info.

Kia ora 🖤 What an honour to welcome Bailey Te Maipi & @alicesoapbox to Roots today for a freshen up, all the way from New Zealand! Bailey & Alice are in town as “Queeraspondents” for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, doing brilliant work for queer representation in the sport. Follow them for more about their research project celebrating queer visibility in rugby, as well as top notch reporting on World Cup games. Such a pleasure to meet you both!

After witnessing the power and passion of @blackferns at Sandy Park a few weeks ago, we’re wishing them all the best for the quarter finals this weekend 🙌 #RWC2025 #womensrugby

HELLO ADAM! ⭐️ Joining Roots from 10th Feb! After 10 years as a barber, Adam’s favourite part of the job is connecting with the community. He loves the challenge of creative cuts, from mullets to mods and all the vintage classics. Thanks to his extensive travels, he brings a range of cutting experience from working across Europe and America, as well as top notch customer service and French fluency! (Sorry PJ, you’re not special anymore 😆) Bookings and walk-ins available now. Link in bio.

Challenge Adam 🌍
Adam’s party trick is naming capital cities (we love a nerd!) Test his knowledge - first person to catch him out wins some merch.

SPECIAL OFFERS WITH JOE ⭐️ This ray of bleddy sunshine joins us on 9th April! Joe has a wealth of experience and blew us away with his efficient, precise and creative cuts (mullet magic✨). He’s a great listener, a caring soul, and his favourite part of the job is when clients become friends. The way to his heart is a round of golf, a big bowl of carbonara, and a Star Wars marathon. We’re chuffed that Joe chose Roots and we can’t wait for you to meet him (and if you’re lucky, he might tell you about his life on the mic 🎤)

BIZ TALK: Special prices available on all services with Joe until 20th April - call or DM us to book at discounted prices. Follow Joe’s journey @ja.barbering 🖤

Hello folks! We’re excited to share some good news with you soon, so keep your peepers peeled 👀 We also wanted to say thanks for sticking with us whilst our opening times have been a bit jumpy. We’ve been juggling lots of stuff, whilst also taking care of our loved ones and ourselves. Work/life balance is a toughie, so thanks for your patience while we try to figure out it’s mysteries! Please check Google for opening times. Online booking is always open - if you’re struggling to find an appointment to suit you, message us here or call the shop and we’ll do our best to help! More updates soon 🙌

Photo by @pic0232. Wish I could remember what was funny, but I was really into those daffs 🌼

WE’RE HIRING ⭐️ Talented barbers with big hearts - join our team! Like what you see in this little snippet of Roots life? Visit our website for details (link in bio). DM or email us for more info and a chat with PJ 🤞

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SIX YEARS! 🥳 Back in September, we took a cake break to celebrate our birthday. Thank you all so much for keeping the Roots dream alive! With life so challenging for so many, we’re grateful for a safe place to work, with rockstar clients who continue to care about what we do in this little corner of Exeter 🤍 Unfortunately our most photogenic team member wasn’t well that day, so you’ve got a rare appearance from Gaby (me) to help fill the Luke-shaped void 🤘

PS. Want to be part of this team of beauts? We’ll be recruiting soon! DM us to be kept in the loop ✉️

ADVENTURE TIME ✈️ Bon bleddy voyage to this stone cold legend! Not only did Liv recently bid farewell to her roaring 20s (HBD 🎂) she’s now saying cheerio to Exeter for a while, as she embarks on a trip of a lifetime to India! We’ll miss her laughs, life advice (get your ears syringed - thank Liv later), and her fascination with niche condiments #smashorpass. She’ll be back in December and we can’t wait to hear all about what her and @jesslucyfowkes get up to. Have an amazing time you two! 💛

To Liv’s clients: the Roots team are waiting for you! Please get in touch if you need help booking appointments. And we’ll be sure to give you a heads up when Liv is back in business 💪 @livplumbarber

PRICING UPDATE • Hey folks! It’s been a while since we delivered the goods for the ‘gram! Sorry for our absence, but you know us and technology – we needed a lie down after that one Reel we posted 4 months ago 😂

We wanted to let you know that our prices will be increasing. The adjustments will allow us to secure our future, improve the Roots experience you know and love, and invest in our team’s skills and wellbeing.

New prices will take effect from Monday 17 April. Bookings made before this date will be honoured at current prices. 

We know you’ve been hearing this news a lot from your fave indie businesses, and we’re all so grateful for your support. We want to be here for as long as possible and every precious pound spent or kind word, keeps our community going! Thank you so much x

PS. Stay tuned for more stunning attempts at social media! 🦕

A few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to nab a photo shoot with the incredible @liamoakesphoto! We can’t wait to reveal the finished shots and our theme, but in the meantime, here’s a little BTS taster… an amuse bouche, if you will 😚👌 We’re super proud of the looks our team created and couldn’t have done it without our brilliant models: Ruel, Allie & Ben (and our Jake). Thank you for your time, you actual beauts!

Huge thanks to Liam for his creativity and direction - you’ve really inspired us! And to @theexeterstudio for hosting us in your ace space 🖤

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PRICING UPDATE • Honesty is the best policy, my beauts. And that’s why we’re letting you know that from 11th April, we’ll introduce a small price increase at Roots. As you probs know, running costs have risen as well as expenses like getting hold of the top quality products we use on your precious noggins.

The price change will also help secure the future of Roots after a wrinkle-inducing two years (blimey folks, don’t forget to moisturise). This includes continuing to invest in our team’s wellbeing and educational development, ensuring that we always offer you an outstanding service.

We haven’t made this decision lightly and accessibility is extremely important to us. If our services become out of reach for you, please contact us! Email, call, message or pop in and we can discuss options 💛

Please note: bookings made before 11th April will be honoured at current prices 👍

Thank you so much for supporting our little biz! We love you x

Folks, what can we say? It’s not the December many of us were hoping for and if you’re struggling right now, we hope these faces give you a chuckle (especially the grumpy elf in the corner)!

2021 wasn’t quite the field of unicorns we expected, but we’re so thankful to you all for getting us here 💛

To our team - Liv & Jake - you’ve done yourselves proud again with exceptional work and determination, even when things felt rougher than Lottie’s farts 🐕💨

However you spend the coming days, we hope it’s restful. As of 12pm today, we’re off to get some beauty sleep but we’ll be back on the 29th. Our festive opening times are on the googles, and you can book online for Twixmas and January via the link in our bio.

Much love and see you soon 🤞

Team Roots xxx