Oskar Pink

I’ve been seeing Gemma in Mornington Crescent for about 3 years. A great hairdresser and colourist. Your hair is in safe hands with these guys!
They’ve recently opened a beauty room too, i had a facial there that was quite good.

Through an incredible stroke of facebook hive-​mind connections, I was referred here today while on a business trip to London and badly in need of a trim. Gemma was wonderful, thorough, and did a great job restoring the proper shape of my spikey pixie cut. Thank you!

After searching for a great salon in London for two years, I finally found the perfect one!
Gemma is fantastic! She’s super friendly and personable, as well as an intuitive, knowledgeable, and skillful colorist/​stylist, who can translate what you’d like or want (even if not articulated well) into a reality. She’s also not afraid to make suggestions or give her honest opinion, if she thinks a color or look may not best compliment your hairtype or skintone, so that you come out with a cut and/​or color that best suits you.
For the past two years, I’ve had my fair share of color/​cut disasters and mishaps. While the colorists and stylists were often nice, the color and cut always fell short, resulting in having to return to the salon for corrections. At times, rather than suggest what might be more flattering for my hairtype and skintone, colorists would often highlight my hair in a manner they saw fit, often resulting in hair that washed out my skintone and looked slightly stripey or uneven. I have long hair that’s thin, but I have a lot of it… and it’s wavy. Because of my hairtype, it has to be cut in a way that brings out the natural waves and adds volume (because it’s heavy) and shape without thinning it out and making it to look scraggly. Stylists would often cut my hair bluntly, cut layers that were too short, or get scissor happy and thin it out too much.
From the outside, Oskar Pink looked like an interesting shop you’d find somewhere in the Mission in SF or in Silver lake (LA) that probably sold unique clothing or records. When I set foot into the salon, I was instantly greeted. Everyone was really warm and friendly, and there was no pretense. I took out a picture of the haircolor I wanted and explained what I was looking for, which took about 10 minutes, as I’m pretty picky about what I want. We bounced ideas back and forth, and she was helpful and honest with her professional opinion, explaining what she thought might work better and why. Once we decided on the color and cut, she explained the techniques she’d be using. I felt extremely at ease in her hands and trusted her, which is important, for when you see a colorist/​stylist, you’re entrusting them with your hair.
I came out of the salon with kick ass highlights and a great haircut.
If you’ve had your fair share of hair cut/​color disasters or are hesitant about going to a salon for the same reasons I was iffy about it, break the cycle and see Gemma. You won’t regret it.

Really great hairdresser! Been going there for a few years now. Its owned by Stavros who used to be the manager of Nicky Clarke’s Mayfair salon. Trendy, quality cuts and colouring and freindly staff. They have also just opened a second branch in Kentish Town. x

Looking for a new hairdresser when my long term girl gave it all up, I took a chance on the new salon that had just opened up by my work. That was nearly two years ago and I’m still going back for more. I have very fine, very straight hair and the slighest imperfection in a cut is glaringly obvious. I know this from bitter experience. At Oskar Pink, I have no such worries — always a fabulous cut and free fringe trims thrown in as part of the service! I also have my hair coloured from light, mousy brown to a rich, glorious, dark, shiny head of hair. I have been known to go three months between colours and have people ask me if I’ve just had my hair done. I go in, I explain what I would like done, I get given advice and an opinion from my hairdresser, we discuss the cut and colour, he listens to what I say I want and that’s what I leave the salon with. What one hopes will happen at the hairdressers but what so often doesn’t! I have my hair cut by the salon owner Stav and, whilst it’s not budget prices, it certainly is priced keenly and competively. I had been going to the Essensuals salon down the road and paying around a third more for my hair and paying it more often as the cut didn’t grow out as well. I get greeted with a smile, asked if I want a drink, get a stack of magazines and then leave looking great. Top marks all round and highly recommended.

I have never had as many compliments on my hair in such a short span of time! I’ve had this hairdo for maybe 5 hours, half of which was spent vacuuming, and already 4 compliments!
I’d always been curious about Oskar Pink. I take the Chalk Farm station sometimes, and this place is right across the street from it. The décor looked really cool: funky outlines of different hairdresser’s tools painted all over the walls, a clock that was backwards (so when you looked at yourself in the mirror during your cut, it looked correct), etc. So today was a crummy, tiring day and I am meeting my boyfriend’s family this weekend, so I thought I’d treat myself to a cut. And a treat it was!
I was a walk in, which was no problem at all. I worked with Marzia, who was super friendly and if I was keeping my hair short I’d totally go for her do. I got a great cut. Who knew I looked so cute with bangs? She did a great job giving me a new look while keeping the length I so desperately wanted to maintain — if you’re a girl with superstraight hair that grows ever so slowly, you will know how important this is. And the price, while not cheap, was certainly cheaper than what you expected to pay in other such boutique salons. I’ve even paid more at Toni and Guy, which wasn’t nearly as luxurious an experience.
Now with salons, I’m incredibly judgmental, and Oskar Pink sold me on the details. The shampoo session was long and luxurious, no wash-​and-​go deal here. The place was well lit and well equipped, everything looked clean and professional grade. They totally did not force any products on me (double thumbs up!!) and that was nice. Marzia also did not try to hairdresser-​chat me (triple thumbs up!!!). I hate that stuff! What do you do, do you have a boyfriend, where are your from, blah blah blah as if you or I really care, I just want to read my magazine in peace! She was professional through and through — all conversation was about my hair, and she was honest about her opinions while still respecting my tastes.
Definitely give Oskar Pink a try. I am SO going back.
(OK fine, one minus — they don’t have beauty treatments like waxing, nails, etc. But they do hair really well so it’s ok, I forgive them.)