A hair colourist dubbed "the king of rainbow" has clients fly 1,600 miles to him just so he can dye their hair - and charges £500 up to a session.<br /><br />Mykey O’Halloran, 31, began to experiment with rainbow hair in 2012 and now brightly coloured 'rainbow' hairdos are his speciality.<br /><br />The hair artist from Melbourne, Australia, says clients fly to his salon Unicorn Manes from as far away as New Zealand, an entirely different country.<br /><br />It can take up to seven hours and cost up to £500 - or 950 AUSD - and he has a five-month-long waiting list for appointments.<br /><br />Mykey, whose home and wardrobe are also multi-coloured, said: "Everything is rainbow in my life - I've always been expressive and colourful.<br /><br />"That's just who I am and it translated to hair artistry.<br /><br />"Now I get called the 'king of rainbow' - people call me a wizard too.<br /><br />"I just go with inspiration - sometimes I've seen similar things online, some I even dreamt about then made it into a reality.<br /><br />"I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of it. It's so rewarding giving people rainbow hair for the first time.<br /><br />"Seeing their excitement and joy, it never gets old."<br /><br />Mykey, who has 16 years experience in hairdressing, has rainbow hair and beard himself.<br /><br />Mykey said his clients include anyone from pre-schoolers to grandparents - and anyone in between, and added: "I have a grandmother who comes. She's in her 70s and she always wanted rainbow hair.<br /><br />"I also have another grandmother who is 63 - I love all the grandmothers who get their hair coloured.<br /><br />"I used to do my own grandmother’s hair at her nursing home!<br /><br />"I have lots of people who travel hours across from a different state to get to me.<br /><br />"One client even came all the way from New Zealand with their family."<br /><br />The average hair transformation costs £340 to £370 - but Mykey's priciest ever hair transformation cost £500.<br /><br />But he said the job will "never get old" because of how much his clients love their hair transformations.<br /><br />He said: "I see rainbow as happiness and joy and a lifestyle.<br /><br />"People ask what the occasion is if they see me in public and I say 'life is the occasion'.<br /><br />"My clients - everyone has a different story.<br /><br />"Some people are transitioning, or expressing their sexuality, or breaking rules they have always lived by like my grandma clients.<br /><br />"I get a lot of bookings for Pride - but I also get a lot of straight men come in for rainbow beards for their kids because they love it.<br /><br />"Its just so much fun, I feel blessed that’s my work.<br /><br />"I get to have fun everyday - and I wouldn’t have it any other way."
