Four chairs · by appointment
A small studio built around long appointments: one stylist, one head of hair, and enough time to get the shape and the tone right in a single visit.
Inside the studio
Every chair is held for one guest at a time. Cuts are booked for an hour, colour work for two to four hours depending on the service, and nobody is moved to a basin to make room for the next appointment.
A first visit starts with fifteen minutes of consultation at the mirror — dry hair, natural light, honest talk about what your hair will hold and how much upkeep you actually want. If a service needs more time than booked, we say so before we start rather than halfway through.
Service lanes
Prices start from the figures below and are confirmed at consultation, because length, density and colour history all change the time in the chair. Every service finishes with a wash and a rough dry.
Dry consultation, wash, cut, and a finish you can repeat at home the next morning.
Tinting and toning on a full head or roots only, with a gloss to close the cuticle.
Hand-painted work booked with a strand test first. Some plans run over two visits.
Treatments booked alone or added to a cut when the ends need help.
How a colour visit runs
Colour appointments are long by design. Here is the order of the day so you know when you will be in the chair, at the basin, or free to read.
Dry hair at the mirror. We look at your colour history, pick a tone you can maintain, and run a strand test when lightener is involved.
Sections are planned before anything is mixed — where the lift starts, how soft the root shadow sits, and which pieces stay untouched.
Application, then development checked every ten minutes. Bring a book or a laptop; there is a shelf, a socket and plenty of tea.
Wash, tone, bond treatment if the ends need it, then the cut and a finish, plus a plan for how long the tone should hold.
Between visits
Nothing to buy here — just what actually changes how long a service lasts.
Hot water opens the cuticle and lets tone drain out. Two or three washes a week in warm-not-hot water will hold a gloss noticeably longer than daily hot washing.
If tongs or a straightener are part of your week, use a heat protectant and keep the plates under 180°C. Most breakage we see on lightened hair comes from repeated high heat, not from the colour.
Warmth usually returns around week six while the lift itself still looks fine. A short gloss appointment resets it for a fraction of the time and cost of a full colour.
At the chairs
Ask for a stylist by name in your enquiry, or leave it to us and we will match the service to whoever has the right time and specialism that week.
Cutting · founder
Precision bobs, long layers and grown-out shapes that need rebuilding. Books cuts dry so the fall of the hair decides the line.
Colour · lightening
Hand-painted balayage, foil work and correction plans. The one to ask for if you are moving several shades lighter or undoing a box colour.
Texture · repair
Curl and wave shaping, bond repair courses and scalp work. Cuts curls section by section, dry, with no tension on the hair.
Questions
Yes, for any tint or lightening service if it is your first colour visit with us or your last one was more than six months ago. It takes five minutes, needs to happen at least 48 hours before the appointment, and can be done any time the studio is open.
We can. We will also talk you through blended coverage first, because a solid opaque result needs a root appointment every four to five weeks, while blending stretches comfortably to eight or nine and grows out without a hard line.
We tell you at consultation, before anything is mixed, and give you the revised time and price then. If the extra time is not available that day we will finish a safe stage and book the rest rather than rush the result.
Please do — two or three, including one you like and one you do not. Photos of hair in daylight are far more useful than filtered ones, and we will be straight with you about what your natural base and colour history can reach in one visit.
Up to ten minutes and we will usually still complete the service. Beyond that the appointment may need to be shortened to the time remaining, because the chair after yours is held for someone else.
Yes, from around age six, booked as a short-hair or trim appointment. It helps to choose an early slot when the studio is quieter, and a parent or guardian stays in the room for the whole appointment.
Booking enquiry
Send the service you have in mind and the days that suit you. We reply with two or three options, the honest time it will take, and a patch-test slot if the service needs one.