Basins, chairs and steel
Leather, polished steel, bright basins and clean gowns. Every chair at Noir & Gilt Salon is set and wiped down before a guest sits in it, and none of it is passed to the next booking until it has been reset.
I The wash bar
A row of deep basins, where every guest starts and ends an appointment.
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01 A white basin and a reclining chair at the wash bar, with shampoos on the shelves behind: a double wash here comes before every cut begins.
II Tools and basins
Polished shears, brushes and combs and a spare basin, laid out so nothing is hunted for.
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02 A row of haircutting scissors on a dark board, each pair cleaned and checked for sharpness before the day starts. -
03 A hand mirror, a brush and a comb, so every guest can see the back of the cut before they leave. -
04 A pink basin and its tap in the colour room, rinsed and wiped down between each guest at the end of a colour.
III The styling stations
Mirrors, leather chairs and laid-out tools, all set up before anyone arrives.
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05 A vintage yellow station with a red chair, set out with combs and clips before a guest sits down. -
06 A pair of black-handled shears, the ones a stylist reaches for first in a sixty- or ninety-minute signature cut.
IV Colour and the cut
Warm water, sharp steel and a steady hand: the things the most careful appointments are built on.
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07 A pink basin set into a tiled wall: the place colour is rinsed out and a toner or gloss goes on at the end. -
08 Two stylists cutting side by side, each with one guest and the chair beside kept free.
Request a cut or a colour
Name the service and the days that suit. Noir & Gilt Salon writes back with what the diary has free and the price of it, and the time is held once it has been agreed.