Saffron is a small studio of color specialists. Balayage, dimensional blonde, and corrective color, painted by hand and named at the chair. We do not sell a slot. We design a result you can live in for the next six months.
Every look below is a real color story, root to ends, from a recent appointment.
01
Honey Drift
Mireille Dubois
Hand-painted balayage
A cool base warmed two shades toward the ends. Golden, but never gold.
02
Ash Ribbon
Talia Brandt
Dimensional blonde
Smoke and platinum ribboned through a level-six base for depth in motion.
03
Burnt Saffron
Renata Salas
Color correction to glaze
A brassy box-dye rescue pulled into a warm, intentional copper over two sittings.
04
Vellum Blonde
Mireille Dubois
Dimensional blonde
The brightest we go, a soft, paper-warm blonde kept liveable at the root.
05
Cellar Brunette
Joon-ho Park
Lived-in brunette
Espresso depth lifted just enough at the face to catch the light.
06
Amber Gloss
Talia Brandt
Glaze & gloss
A warm gloss laid over an existing bronde. A tone, not a color change.
Five disciplines, one obsession with tone.
Everything we do is color. No two heads of hair take light the same way, so every service starts with a read of what is already there, then a plan we both sign off on before a single foil goes in.
01
Hand-painted balayage
3 to 4 hrs
Free-hand lightening painted to the way your hair falls, for a sun-grown gradient that grows out without a line.
02
Dimensional blonde
4 to 5 hrs
Foil and paint worked together to build depth and brightness at once, the lived-in blonde that photographs as effortless.
03
Color correction
By plan
Banding, brass, and box-color rescues. We map a route over one or more sessions and tell you the honest truth about timeline.
04
Glaze & gloss
60 to 90 min
A between-visit tone refresh that closes the cuticle, kills brass, and brings the shine back up to a mirror.
05
Lived-in brunette
2.5 to 3.5 hrs
Low-maintenance depth and warmth for darker bases, soft face-framing and a tone that reads rich, never flat.
A long appointment, on purpose.
Good color is not rushed. From the moment you sit down, the room is yours. A read of your hair, an espresso, and a colorist who explains every decision before it is made. You leave knowing exactly how to keep it.
01
The read
Fifteen minutes in natural light. We study your base, your history, and how you actually wear your hair day to day.
02
The plan
A clear route and an honest number before we begin, including whether the goal is one session or a few.
03
The work
Painted by hand, processed with care, and toned to the exact warmth we agreed on. No surprises at the mirror.
04
The keep
A take-home tone-and-care routine and your next visit mapped out, so the color holds the way it looked on day one.
1
Colorist per guest, start to finish
90 min
Average consultation and read
6 mo
Typical grow-out on a balayage
0
Double-booked chairs, ever
You book a person, not a chair.
Every name here has spent years on one thing: tone. When you request a consultation you tell us who you have been watching, and if they are the right hand for the work, they are the one who paints it.
Lived-in blonde & balayage
Mireille Dubois
Founder · Master Colorist
Trained in Paris and Aix, opened Saffron to do color slowly and by name.
19 yrs
Dimensional & cool blonde
Talia Brandt
Senior Colorist
Known for ash work that stays clean for months without going flat.
12 yrs
Corrective color & copper
Renata Salas
Color Correction Lead
The one we hand the hardest rescues to. Patient, precise, honest about timeline.
14 yrs
Brunette & gloss
Joon-ho Park
Senior Colorist
Builds warmth and shine into darker hair without ever muddying the tone.
10 yrs
Priced by the hand that paints it.
Color is quoted at consultation against your hair and goal. These are honest starting points by colorist level.
Ifrom$185
Colorist
Our senior colorists. Fully booked, fully trusted, the home for most first visits.
Balayage from $245
Dimensional blonde from $295
Glaze & gloss from $95
Lived-in brunette from $185
IIfrom$240
Color Correction Lead
Renata's chair, for box-dye rescues, banding, and anything that needs a multi-session map.
Correction consult from $0 (credited)
Corrective session from $240/hr
Copper & warm rebuilds
Written multi-visit plan
IIIfrom$320
Master · Founder
Time with Mireille, the longest waitlist and the most considered color we make.
Signature balayage from $385
Vellum blonde from $440
Full color design
Priority rebooking
Cuts are styling-only and added to color visits on request. A 50% deposit holds longer appointments.
In their words
“I have chased the same blonde in five cities. Mireille got it in one sitting, and six months later it still looks like I did nothing to it.”
Helena V. · Vellum Blonde
“Renata talked me out of the fast fix and into the right one. Two sessions, no drama, and the brass is just gone.”
Camille O. · Burnt Saffron
Tell us about your hair.
There is no online slot to grab. Every guest starts with a short consultation request. Share where your hair is now and where you want it to go, and the right colorist will reply within two business days to design the visit.
A reply from a real colorist within two business days
An honest read on whether it is one session or a few
Color time cannot be guessed from a dropdown. A correction and a gloss can both be "appointments," but one is forty minutes and one is a four-hour plan. We read your hair first so we book the right amount of time, and the right colorist.
Do you do cuts?+
We are a color atelier first. We finish every color visit with a styling cut, and we will shape and frame on request. If you are after a full restyle alone, we will happily point you to a cutter we trust.
How long does balayage last?+
Because it is painted to grow out without a hard line, most clients stretch four to six months between full visits, with a glaze in the middle to keep the tone honest.
Can you fix color from another salon?+
Often, yes, and it is some of our favorite work. Send photos with your consultation request and Renata will give you a candid read on what is possible and over how many sessions before you commit.
What does it cost?+
Color is quoted at consultation against your actual hair and goal. The pricing section shows honest starting points by colorist level so there are no surprises at the chair.
