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Studio Mer Salon · Kitsilano

The look book

Looks with names attached.

Every look here left this salon on a real head of hair — photographed work where we have it, shade stories where the formula tells it better. Each one is credited, because 'salon work' is really a stylist's work.

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Showing all 18 looks.

Close portrait of a woman with copper-red hair pinned up softly, her face half-veiled by yellow wildflowers in warm sunlight

Copper, kissed by August

Colour

Full balayage lifted two levels, glossed to a sunlit copper that reads auburn indoors and flame at golden hour.

By Noor Haddad · Colour Director

Woman with a loosely braided red updo, wearing an amber coat and holding yellow blossoms in a golden flower field

The braided crown, undone

Occasion

A woven crown braid loosened by hand until it looks found, not built. Holds a full wedding day on twelve pins.

By Tomás Ferreira · Styling & Extensions

Gloved colourist brushing lightener onto fine sections of dark hair folded into silver foils

Foil work, mid-story

Colour

A full foil in progress — every placement checked by a mentor before the clock starts. This is what four eyes on your formula looks like.

By Felix Arden · New Talent Colourist

Espresso, single origin

Colour

All-over deep brunette with a violet undertone to kill brass — glass finish, zero warmth, six weeks of shine.

By Noor Haddad · Colour Director

Honey no. 3

Colour

Sadie's signature gloss shade — a golden mid-blonde that flatters every warm undertone. Formula co-signed by Noor.

By Sadie Ngo · New Talent Stylist

Vanilla chai dimension

Colour

Dimensional babylights over a spiced-brown base — the low-maintenance blonde for people who hate salon math.

By Priya Raman · Texture & Curl Specialist

First-frost platinum

Colour

True platinum, reached over two visits with bond care between. We don't do it in one sitting and won't pretend to.

By Noor Haddad · Colour Director

Cherry cola gloss

Colour

A translucent red-brown gloss over dark hair — depth in daylight, unmistakably crimson under evening light.

By Felix Arden · New Talent Colourist

Mushroom-blonde melt

Colour

Cool, ash-beige melt for guests going lighter without going warm. Toned to Vancouver water, not Instagram filters.

By Priya Raman · Texture & Curl Specialist

The Mer bob

Cuts

Élodie's house cut: one length, jaw-grazing, cut dry to your exact cowlicks. Better on day three, as promised.

By Élodie Marchand · Cutting Specialist

Curtain fringe, grown-in

Cuts

A fringe cut to grow — full at the centre, feathered at the temples, styled with one round-brush pass.

By Élodie Marchand · Cutting Specialist

Soft shag, air-dried

Cuts

Layers placed for your wave pattern, not against it. Scrunch, walk away, accept compliments.

By Priya Raman · Texture & Curl Specialist

3B curls, cut dry

Texture

Each spiral cut in its natural fall — shape without shrinkage surprises. Ninety-second styling lesson included.

By Priya Raman · Texture & Curl Specialist

Beach set, salt only

Texture

A heat-free set: salt mist, four twists, and the ten-minute walk from Kits Beach does the rest.

By Sadie Ngo · New Talent Stylist

Silk press, week two

Texture

A silk press photographed at the two-week mark, because that's the honest test — heat used once, protected properly.

By Priya Raman · Texture & Curl Specialist

Low chignon, chapel-ready

Occasion

A sculpted low knot with soft face-framing pieces — Tomás's most-requested bridal shape three years running.

By Tomás Ferreira · Styling & Extensions

The Hollywood wave

Occasion

Deep, brushed-out S-waves set on a marcel iron. Survives eight hours of lights — fashion-week tested.

By Tomás Ferreira · Styling & Extensions

Ribbon-woven plait

Occasion

Silk ribbon braided through a loose plait — graduation season's quiet favourite, done in under an hour.

By Tomás Ferreira · Styling & Extensions

A note on honesty: photographed looks are photographed looks. Shade stories are illustrative swatch cards of real formulas — hair is three-dimensional and yours will carry the shade its own way, which is exactly what consultations are for.

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