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Meet Stylist Leanne @ Sergio Giannasso

// April 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // The Salon, The Team

SPRING 2012

All Tuesday / Wednesday Cut & Colour appointments come with a FREE shampoo and conditioner. Offer lasts until 31 May 2012.

What inspires you most as a hair stylist?

Making somebody feel amazing, and seeing a change in them that makes their face light up… That gives me a real sense of reward – I think it’s important for people to feel good as well as look good.

Best moments in your life as a hairdresser so far?

Being part of a great team in the L’Oreal Colour Trophy awards. The whole experience of creating an original look (autumn winter 2011), putting together a stunning image based on what you know, products, and personalities.

Particular hair styles, types or treatments that you like to work with?

I love working with colour, going for the sun kissed look (I’m half Mediterranean so I guess that comes naturally to me)!  The main thing is to identify and work with what’s right for my client. Then I’m happy. Products wise, I do love Kerastase shampoos / conditioners.

It’s your fashion shoot. Name your photographer, model, location, and theme.

I’d put Karl Lagerfeld  behind the cameras (love his work with Chanel) and I’d go for the chic filmstar look – think 1920s, 30s, 40s…  with a more contemporary touch. Old fashioned glamour with a twist of Hollywood burlesque. My ideal model would have to be Daphne Groeneveld. And because I’ve always wanted to work in Paris we’d be there for a few days. Probably in winter… not the usual Spring cliche.

How would your clients describe you?

Professional. Always attentive, and always thinking about how they feel.

New review from glam.co.uk

// April 14th, 2012 // No Comments » // Press Coverage, Services, The Salon, The Team

Sergio Giannasso Hair & Make-up at London Fashion Week

// February 24th, 2012 // No Comments » // Press Coverage, Sergio Giannasso online, The Salon, The Team

You pinch yourself moving around backstage at London Fashion Week. Kate Moss, Alexa Chung, Amber Valletta, Shalom, Yasmin le Bon – all catching up… having a laugh. Backstage was a show. To be there and be part of it was amazing.

Our Senior Stylist Adam Bennett was there this year to support the ultimate hair maestro Sam McKnight. Racing from point to point. Claridges for Mulberry. Old Billingsgate for Top Shop. Royal Courts of Justice for Nicole Farhi. A grand Georgian house in Portland Square for some classic Moschino in back-combed beehives. It wasn’t just a case of standing in tents at Somerset House.

And for the show itself, Stella McCartney was back for the first time in five years. Alexander McQueen was sensational … Ana Wintour of Vogue said the collections this year were much more grown up.

As part of the team you have to prep each model. Sam checks and fine tunes each one before they step out. They’ve come from a dozen other shows and worn a dozen other looks that morning. It’s up to you to create something new, that is as natural as the first. You can only do this if you know your products and know the classic techniques. And you may only have five minutes to do it in.

There’s no room for error or ego so if takes four hairdryers and a make-up artist working at the same time on a single model so be it. Watching great make-up artists – Val Garland, Charlotte Tilbury – at work on Kate Moss for example was incredible: real, free-flowing professional friendships come alive. London Fashion Week backstage might look chaotic but it’s people working brilliantly and professionally together.

Luckily London is the second of the Big Four. (NY, London, Paris, Milan). The divas don’t start “happening” until they’ve been on the road for days, weeks, running from casting to casting, fitting to fitting. This year, everybody is just excited to be here while journalists run ragged, trying to cover 12 shows on the hour, scattered across several London locations.

And then the big moments happen.

Picture several hundred people watching. Raw pictures going out, unedited, via social media, around the world. What you get is what you see. So the hair has to be amazing. And Sam McKnight is one of those rare few who can handle the pressure, still deliver, and do it calmly.

Suddenly it’s not just a pony tail any more. It’s whether it’s high, low, on the nape, on the side, whether it’s braided, straight, or textured.

Out there in that sea of cameras there are journalists, bloggers, style gurus who look more at this kind of detail than they do at the actual clothes.

Love it!

Love Elle magazine’s cover girl hair!

// February 16th, 2012 // No Comments » // Celebrities, Our Prices, Services, The Salon, The Team

Senior Stylist Adam joins the team

// February 14th, 2012 // No Comments » // Press Coverage, The Salon, The Team

Hair by Adam Bennett

Recommend A Celebrity!

// January 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Celebrities

It is always a real pleasure to meet new customers. Better still when they leave super happy they found us! Actor and former Ennerdale baddie Lyndon Ogbourne came via recommendation (thanks Lisa!) and left an hour later looking VERY camera ready!  I used the hotshotz colour conditioner and went for my usual style… classic with a versatile, edgy twist.  As we like it!

He’s got quite a fan club out there! Which is not surprising. This actor is more than just a great haircut!

Sergio

Recommend a friend!

// January 21st, 2012 // No Comments » // Sergio Giannasso online, Services, The Salon

Sofia came to the salon after a friend of hers – Jane – recommended Sergio.

After a careful consultation, this was the transformation. Stunning! There was even a tear of happiness in her eye at the end … and that means a lot.

Let us know what Jane says, Sofia!!

XXX SG and the team

PS: Recommend a friend and we deduct 15% from your next bill.

Call the salon for details – tel 0207 240 9973.

One amazing review….

// January 4th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hair Extensions, The Salon, The Team

We came across this online review by chance, this morning. A huge thank you to the customer….

Visited Dec 2011 : I always had a very bad vue of hair extensions because you see daily in the media how false and cheap they can look. I had a hair colouring accident years ago and have not been able to let my hair down since as it is regrowing and an uneven funny length. Every single day I used to spend 2hours+ on a voloumised up do , to conceal any problems. After years of having to do this and it being an essential part of my daily routine , it got to the stage that it was just to tiresome and I told myself it was time for a change. I decided to search on wahanda for somewhere reputable to get my extensions done. After looking at Sergio Giannasso’s and Marcio Soares’s website ( there is a link on Sergio Giannasso’s website for Marcio’s one ), the before and after pictures looked so amazing I just had to give it a go. The owner Sergio Giannasso got Marcio Soares, the salon’s hair extension expert, to call me straight away to discuss all my needs . He answered every awkward, random question I had with ease, and cleared my head from any extension stereotypes that I had in the back of my mind. I was not made to wait ages to have them done , he worked around me and both our busy schedules. I was very nervous on what the outcome was going to be, but it has to be said that without a shadow of a doubt, it has been the best thing I have ever paid for in my entire life!!! Marcio is an absolute perfectionist and matched the colour and the lengths beautifully. My hair looks unbelievably natural!! People and friends of mine thought I had let my hair down for the first time , it did not resemble hair extensions at all!! The amount of compliments I have got since are just never ending! I used to always think that to get the hair extensions the stars wear you would need to fork out extortionate sums of money ,(although if you would like length as well as volume ,you will need to spend more than £350, but it’s best to just give the salon a call and Mario will be able to guide you through exactly what you will be needing and what you wont be needing , depending on what look/style you are seeking ), but I can honestly say these are even better and in a totally different league to anyone’s I have ever seen before ( I used to hang around all the top salons in Knightsbridge and the west end so I know what I am talking about!) . Definitely 100 times better than the ones you see on all the main celebrities, I never thought that this was remotely possible especially at a fraction of the price to what they pay for theirs! Now I have gorgeous lushous locks for the first time in years and this is all thanks to the expertise of Marcio Soares!! The salon has such a friendly, non commercial, happy feel about it, I cannot wait to return for my 2nd visit! They are not at all money orientated and will always be 200 percent honest with you and with what your hair genuinely needs! I will never be letting anyone else near my hair extensions which is why i had to write this long review to help and guide every one considering hair extensions in the right direction and directly to Marcio Soares himself!!