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1/1 LITTLE Clarendon Street, at the entrance to Jericho is fast becoming Oxford’s hair-dressing quarter. But the numerous stylists and barbers there have a new kid on the block which is, to excuse the pun, a real ‘cut above’. Blushes is an oasis of calm; slick and stylish but also cheerful. The youthful buzz and warm welcome is refreshing – especially to a man more used to brusque, personality-free barber shops where the only sound is that of snipping and the rustle of tabloid newspapers. It’s hip but not cold, taking its decor inspiration from a painting in the Ashmolean Museum – Waterfall in a High Mountain by the Japanese artist Gu Tao. The picture, with its muted pallet and delicate brushstrokes is reproduced as a ceiling-high mural – a soothing vision of Zen-like peace.