Treatments and prices

The treatment for growing strong natural nails without extensions. Cuticles are refined dry with a gentle e-file, the nail is prepped once and never thinned, and a flexible Japanese builder gel is sculpted over it with a soft supporting apex so it bends with the nail instead of snapping. It is finished in a sheer milky glaze or a gel colour, and lasts three to four weeks before a rebalance. Removal of the studio's own gel is included.

Time 75 minutes

Suits Thin, peeling or bitten nails that break before they grow out. Not suitable over broken skin or a nail that is lifting, sore or discoloured.

Length without monomer fumes or heavy filing. Each soft gel tip is sized to the nail bed and bonded with a light gel, in almond, oval, coffin or short squoval, so the set moves naturally and feels light enough to type on. It commonly wears for three weeks or more and soaks off cleanly without harming the nail plate. Removal of product applied elsewhere is $25 and is arranged with the appointment.

Time 90 minutes

Suits Length for an event or a season. Not suitable for anyone who has reacted to gel products before, unless a HEMA-free set is arranged.

Curled, darker natural lashes without extensions or daily curlers. Resting on the treatment bed, the lashes are lifted from the base over silicone shields sized to the eye, using a gentle keratin solution, then tinted top and bottom in a deep blue-black. The lift lasts six to eight weeks. A free patch test at least 48 hours before the first tint is required.

Time 60 minutes

Suits Straight or downward lashes. Not suitable during an eye infection, over irritated skin or after any previous reaction to lash or hair dye.

Freehand art added to a builder gel manicure or Gel-X set booked for the same visit: micro-French tips, glazed chrome, velvet cat-eye, dots and fine lines. A reference photo is welcome. Hand-painted florals, 3D clear droplets or a full mixed set need longer and start at $45; the technician says so at the start, so the price is agreed before any painting begins.

Time 30 minutes

Suits Booked alongside a builder gel manicure or a Gel-X set; not offered on its own.

A warm mineral-salt soak in a pipeless basin with no jets, emptied, scrubbed and disinfected after every client, then toenail shaping, cuticle tidying, gentle heel smoothing with a foot file, a sugar and shea scrub, a warm towel wrap and a calf massage, finished with breathable polish or a $15 gel polish upgrade. No blades are used on the skin. Open-toed shoes, or the disposable sandals the studio provides, help the polish set on the way home.

Time 60 minutes

Suits Tired feet, runners and anyone wary of whirlpool foot spas. Not suitable where there is an open cut, an infection, an ingrown nail or diagnosed reduced sensation in the feet; those need a podiatrist.

Brows are mapped with a pencil to the client's own bone structure, coarse or downward hairs are relaxed with a gentle lamination lotion so they brush up softly, and a hybrid tint in a shade shown and agreed first is added before a tidy with warm wax and tweezers and a conditioning mask. A patch test at least 48 hours before the first tint is required; it takes five minutes at the front desk and costs nothing.

Time 30 minutes

Suits Coarse, sparse or unruly brows. Not suitable during an eye infection, over irritated skin or after any previous reaction to hair dye.