Simone Laurent
Owner and senior stylist
Licensed cosmetologist of fourteen years, trained in precision and dry cutting, short structured shapes and fine woven foils. Takes the signature cut and blow-dry and the foil highlights.
Cuts, colour and finish · Charleston
Precision cuts, colour and a quiet chair in Charleston
A ninety-minute colour here is ninety minutes in the chair. The consultation and patch test happen off the clock, the price is the one on the list, and nothing is sold at the desk on the way out.
Cuts, colour and the finish
Each appointment is shaped by the hair in the chair on the day, and each carries one published price for a stated chair time. Nothing is added at the desk afterwards.
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Full Colour Transformation
Three unhurried hours: a full consultation, hand-painted balayage, a toning gloss and a bond-repair treatment, then a precision cut and a smooth blow-dry to finish.
$340
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Signature Precision Cut & Blow-Dry
Sixty or ninety minutes: a consultation, a double shampoo at the wash bar, a precision cut to the natural fall of the hair and a finished blow-dry. Nothing is cut until the length is agreed.
$85 / $120
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Full-Head Foil Highlights & Bond Repair
Two and a half hours of fine, woven foils placed section by section, with a bond-building additive in the lightener and a toner to set the shade.
$230
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Root Colour Retouch & High-Shine Gloss
Ninety minutes. A strand test, permanent colour on the regrowth only, a clear high-shine gloss through the lengths and a smooth blow-dry.
$135
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Keratin Smoothing & Frizz-Control Treatment
Two and a half hours. A clarifying wash, a formaldehyde-free smoothing treatment combed through and sealed with a flat iron, then a blow-dry that holds for months.
$310
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Occasion Updo, Pinning & Bridal Event Styling
Seventy-five minutes. A trial-led updo, chignon or soft waves, pinned to last the day and the evening, with a veil or hair accessory fitted if one is worn.
$125
The quoted price is the price
At many salons the price on the list grows once toner, bond repair and a blow-dry are added at the till. Noir & Gilt Salon quotes the whole appointment before any colour is mixed, so the consultation, the patch test and the finish sit inside the booked time and the booked price. An appointment can be stopped at any point without giving a reason, and only the time used is charged. Noir & Gilt Salon is not a medical practice and does not treat scalp conditions.
Basins, chairs and steel
Bright basins, worn leather and polished steel: the wash bar, the styling stations and the tools guests see before and after an appointment.
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The wash bar, a white basin and a reclining chair, ready before a cut. -
A vintage station in yellow and red, laid out with combs and tools. -
A pink basin against a tiled wall, for a slow rinse between colour stages.
Licensed stylists
A senior stylist, a colour director, a colour specialist and a texture and occasion stylist share the list between them. The person named on a booking is the person who takes it.
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Julian Hale
Salon manager and colour director
Licensed colourist of nine years, certified in hand-painted balayage and bond repair. Runs the diary, plans each full colour transformation and takes first-time colour guests.
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Ama Owusu
Colour specialist
Colour specialist of eleven years, trained in grey blending, gentle root work for sensitive scalps and high-shine glossing. Takes the root colour retouch and gloss.
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Claire Beaumont
Texture and occasion stylist
Licensed stylist trained in curl care, keratin smoothing and bridal hair. Leads the smoothing treatment and the occasion updo, and looks after the wash bar and the colour room.
Reflections from happy guests
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Three unhurried hours in one chair. Not once did anyone rush me, and no one tried to sell me a $40 bottle of shampoo.
Katherine S. · Colour transformation
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My six-year-old's first proper haircut. A booster seat and a look at every tool took every ounce of worry out of it.
Meghan R. · Children's cut
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We booked two chairs side by side for our tenth anniversary, and it was genuinely a full sixty minutes in the chair.
Diana & Paul V. · Two signature cuts
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Booked for our engagement photos. Claire did a trial first, and not one pin slipped until late evening.
Vanessa H. · Occasion updo
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Six months of brassy, grown-out box-dye roots, put right in a single careful session.
Audrey P. · Root colour and gloss
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Keratin, a flat iron and a rinse without ever leaving the room. My hair stayed smooth for three months.
Ruth K. · Keratin smoothing
Before a first visit
How early should a guest arrive?
Ten to fifteen minutes before the start. That leaves time to check in, hang up a coat, talk through the consultation card and settle into the chair with coffee or tea.
Are the displayed prices final?
Yes, for the stated chair time. The consultation, patch test, toner and finished blow-dry are included. Gratuity is optional and not part of the price.
What happens at the consultation, and who decides the length?
The guest does, every time. The stylist looks at the hair dry, talks through the shape and the colour, and nothing is cut or mixed until both agree.
Is a patch test needed before colour?
Yes. A small patch test is done at least forty-eight hours before any first permanent colour, and again after any reaction since the last one.
What if the cut feels wrong once the stylist starts?
Say so straight away. The stylist checks the length and the shape every few minutes and changes either the moment a guest asks.
Can children or first-time colour guests book?
Children of any age can book a cut, and first colour is welcome from sixteen with a patch test. Noir & Gilt Salon is not a medical practice; anyone with a scalp condition should ask their doctor first.
Request a cut or a colour
The price on the list means the price at the desk. Write with the service and the days that suit, and the salon replies with what is free.