The art of
quiet beauty.
A tranquil, light-filled salon on Portobello Road, specialising in bespoke colour, Japanese-trained cutting, and the kind of slow, unhurried appointments that feel like the best ninety minutes of your week.
Recommended 2024
Signature services.
Every appointment begins with a seven-minute consultation in our garden room, a cup of jasmine tea, and no clock on the wall.
Hair
Consultation, shampoo with Oribe rituals, Japanese dry-cut, blow-dry, finish.
Full head hand-painted balayage, toner, Olaplex No.3, cut & style. 3½ hours.
Demi-permanent gloss refresh, Kérastase Fusio-Dose treatment, finish. 90 min.
Trial + wedding-day styling at your venue anywhere within the M25. 2 yrs ahead.
Face
75 min bespoke facial with LED, lymphatic drainage, Biologique Recherche P50.
0.5mm medical microneedling, hyaluronic serum, 20 min red-light. 90 min total.
Shape consultation, tint, henna option, precision tweezing. No thread, no wax.
8-week hold, plant-based keratin lift, individual tint. No glue, no extensions.
Body & Nails
OPI or The Gel Bottle non-toxic. Always includes hand massage. 60 min.
Eucalyptus foot soak, callus refinement, lower-leg massage, polish. 75 min.
75 min full-body drainage massage with Omorovicza body oil.
Facial + signature cut + mani + glass of champagne. Sundays only.
Five pairs of
very patient hands.
Amélie Rousseau
Founder · Master ColouristTrained at Christophe Robin Paris. Fifteen years on Portobello. Balayage specialist, 3-month waitlist.
Yuki Tanaka
Senior · Japanese Dry-CutTokyo-trained at Shima. Specialises in fine hair, fringes, and the Japanese dry-cutting method.
Fatoumata Diallo
Senior · Textured HairAll curl patterns, 3A to 4C. Silk press, trims on dry, bespoke curl consultations.
Saoirse Walsh
Master AestheticianBiologique Recherche certified. Facialist for twelve years. Somerset House Vogue Brides panel.
Camila Restrepo
Nails · Brow ArchitectEx-Claridge's. Precision brow work and the slowest, most restorative manicure in W10.
Before · After.
A slow, deliberate transformation. Colour, cut, finish — photographed in Portobello daylight, never under filter.
Soft Balayage
Amélie · 3h 20m
French Fringe
Yuki · 75 min
Silk Press
Fatoumata · 2h
Bridal Updo
Amélie · trial + dayWhat guests
say afterwards.
More than eleven hundred Treatwell reviews, and the word that appears most often is "unhurried." The second is "honest."
"I've been going to Maison Lavande since 2019. Amélie talked me out of a colour I was sure I wanted — twice — and she was right both times. That is worth the three-month wait."
— Helena Obi-Wright, Chelsea"I came in for a cut and left feeling like I'd had a therapy session. Yuki is not a hairdresser. She is an artist. I now fly back from Geneva every four months."
— Johanna Pfister, ex-W11"Did my wedding in October. Amélie trial'd three looks, drove to the venue in Oxfordshire at 6am, and somehow made all six bridesmaids look like themselves but better."
— Clementine Ashworth, OxfordshireBook a quiet hour
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