An independent salon on Abbeville Road, Clapham. Lived-in brunettes and balayage, cuts that still sit right in week eight, and blow-dries that last until Sunday.
I trained in Marylebone and spent eleven years colouring in busy West End salons before opening here, three doors down from the deli. I wanted a place where a balayage gets the four hours it actually needs, and where nobody is double-booked behind you.
Every new client starts with a proper consultation and a strand test. We'll tell you honestly if your hair needs two visits to get where you want it, and we'll never lift it further than it can take.
Most of our clients walk over from the Common, cycle in from Balham or hop off the Northern line at Clapham South. Plenty have been sitting in the same green chair for seven years.
— Amara Okafor-Lane
Same chair, same window light, same afternoon. Drag the handle, or just watch it go.
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Ten minutes, with your photos and your hair history. We check how it lifts before we promise anything.
Freehand over a board, foils only where we need the extra lift. Bond builder in every bowl.
A custom toner so the blonde reads expensive, not brassy, and fades softly over ten weeks.
We'll book your gloss refresh and tell you exactly which products earn their place.
Three salons tried to fix my box dye and all of them made it more orange. Amara did it in two visits and it actually looks like my own hair.Hannah R. · Clapham Old Town · Google, October 2026
“Jess listened when I said I wear it up five days a week. Best cut I've had since moving to London.”
Femi A. · Balham“The Tuesday blow-dry is my little weekly treat. In and out in forty minutes and it lasts till Friday.”
Claire M. · Abbeville Road“Booked at 11pm on my phone, got a text reminder, and Theo had my old colour notes ready. Lovely.”
Sophie K. · Clapham SouthSee every free slot for every stylist, book and pay your deposit without a phone call. You'll get a reminder text the day before and can move it yourself up to 24 hours ahead.
Prefer to talk? Call 020 7622 4185. If we're mid-colour, our assistant picks up, answers your questions and books you in.
with Amara
