Person with a platinum buzz cut in a fleece jacket, lit by violet and amber neon tubes

LGBTQ+ salon · SoMa, Little Rock

Leave a little more you.

Come in as you are. A queer-owned salon on South Main for violet color, clean buzz cuts and hair that matches your tattoos.

  • 11years on South Main
  • 40+shades of purple mixed
  • 4.9average rating

Hello, neighbor

Named for a flower that refuses to be one color.

Theo opened Iris & Ink next door to the tattoo studio where half our clients get their sleeves done. People came in after a session wanting hair to match, and the salon grew from there.

We do every shade of purple, from lilac to midnight plum, plus precise buzz cuts, fades, curly cuts and soft growing-out shapes. You choose the length and the look. Your gender doesn't come into it.

— Theo Whitlock (he/him), owner

Smiling client with silver-streaked, tousled hair

Signature services

What we're known for

Performer with a voluminous purple wig and jeweled makeup
01

Buzz & fade

Clipper work, a crisp line and a hot-towel neck.

$35
Short twists tipped in violet
02

Violet all over

Lilac to plum, root to tip.

$210+
Lilac and purple hair pinned up, with tattooed arms
03

Purple-tipped buzz

Bleach and violet on a fresh crop.

$90

Sample client reviews

From our people

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Theo matched my hair to the violet in my new sleeve. My tattoo artist next door came over just to see it.
Morgan E.Violet all over
First barber chair where I didn't have to explain myself. Clean fade, kind people, decent coffee.
Kai L.Buzz & fade
They talked me out of bleaching twice in one week and set a plan instead. The plum is rich and my hair is still soft.
Reese A.Purple gloss refresh

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Find us on South Main

Hours

  • Tue – Thu11a – 8p
  • Fri – Sat10a – 6p
  • Sun – MonClosed

Fridays and Saturdays book up two weeks out. Join the waitlist in the app and we'll text when a chair opens.

Your violet era starts here.

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