Ondine
Gentle Cleanse Shampoo
250 ml · $34
Sulfate-free daily cleanser with sea kelp and oat. Lathers less, rinses cleaner, and leaves your colour alone.
The shelf
Curated, not crowded.
Twelve products. That's the whole shelf, on purpose: everything here earned its spot at a stylist's station before it earned a price tag. Available in the salon; ask your stylist to set one aside for your next visit.
Off the stations, not a stock room: the same tools and bottles our stylists reach for between guests.
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Wash
Ondine
Weightless Conditioner
250 ml · $36
Mid-length-and-ends conditioner that detangles without the flat, coated feeling fine hair dreads.
"The one I hand to every fine-haired guest who swears conditioner 'doesn't work' on them." Sadie Ngo, New Talent Stylist
Ondine
Colour-Hold Cleanse
250 ml · $38
Low-pH wash that keeps toners honest between visits. The best value-per-week your balayage can get.
"If you buy one thing after colour, buy this. I will die on this hill." Noor Haddad, Colour Director
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Treat
Copper & Fern
Eight-Minute Repair Masque
200 ml · $52
Weekly deep repair with hydrolyzed silk protein. Eight minutes, one podcast segment, noticeably fewer bad hair days.
Copper & Fern
Bond Serum No. 2
100 ml · $58
Leave-in bond builder for lightened hair. The homework between your balayage appointments.
"My lightening clients who use this come back with hair that behaves like it was never touched." Felix Arden, New Talent Colourist
Copper & Fern
Scalp Return Oil
50 ml · $44
Pre-wash scalp treatment with rosemary and squalane. Ten minutes before shampoo; your part line will thank you.
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Style
Brume Atelier
Heat Veil Thermal Mist
150 ml · $42
Heat protection up to 230°C that leaves no film. If you own a hot tool, this isn't optional, and we'll say so to your face.
"I check for this at every silk press consult. No veil, no press. I'm serious." Priya Raman, Texture & Curl Specialist
Brume Atelier
Salt of the Coast Texture Mist
200 ml · $38
Kits Beach in a bottle: mineral salt softened with algae extract, so you get texture without the crunch.
Brume Atelier
Cloud Cream Curl Definer
150 ml · $40
Medium-hold curl cream that clumps spirals the polite way. Scrunch into soaking-wet hair and leave it alone.
Brume Atelier
Glass Gloss Drops
50 ml · $46
Two drops of high-shine finishing oil. The difference between 'nice hair' and 'who does your hair?'
"The last thing I touch on every bridal style. Two drops. Never three." Tomás Ferreira, Styling & Extensions
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Tools & keeps
Soft Salt Co.
Boar + Nylon Round Brush
45 mm · $64
The round brush our blowouts are built on: boar bristles for polish, a nylon core for grip, and a handle made for a decade of use.
"Buy one good brush and stop buying brushes. This is the one." Élodie Marchand, Cutting Specialist
Soft Salt Co.
Silk Pillowcase
Queen · oat · $78
22-momme mulberry silk. Blowouts last a day longer, curls keep their clumps, and your skincare gets a bonus.
Empty bottle? Bring it back.
Every empty Studio Mer retail bottle is worth 15% off its replacement, forever. The empties are cleaned and recycled through our supplier, which is better for the shoreline we're named after.
The best product advice comes with wet hands.
Book any service and your stylist will tell you exactly which two bottles your hair needs and, more usefully, which ten it doesn't.