two haircuts in one

jezz's client happy after the haircut

jezz and her magic scissors did another innovative masterpiece: her regular customer who works in a quite conservative or at least classic environment, wanted a new, excentric cut. she wants to grow her hair but she also wants something fresh and outgoing. what a challenge for jezz.

undercut with design by jezz

since there was a lot of volume to cut off, jezz suggested to cut out a few waves and leave the hair on top long and even, like a curtain. the concept worked out nicely and her client now has two haircuts in one

two haircuts in one

 

two haircuts in one

springtime at hairport

since the sun is out for more than a week now and the temperatures are rising we decided it’s springtime in lisbon. one afternoon was mostly dedicated to restyle ourselfs and get some color in our hair – it was fun obviously!

silvia working on inês

exchanging ideas and experiment on each others hair brings a lot of feedback into our everyday live. the comments of the people on the street, of our clients, our friends and our families fuel our creativity. the teamwork and the teamspirit is the most important thing within the wip-hairport salon.

the spring collection presented by inês and jezz - haircuts by silvia, color by neria

in general one can say the work and the colleagues are quite boring and narrow minded!

no fun for four

another radical hair change

before the haircut

The most of our new customers usually have either friends or relatives that are already our customers, which is exactly the case of this particular customer. Her sister comes to Hairport for quite some time now and she has decided to give us a try. Irina was the chosen stylist. As usual, both sat down and discussed what to do. Apparently the customer always had short hair and decided to let it grow for the first time. Irina explained to her that a medium size haircut would suit her better and the customer was very pleased with the end result.

the new style

the new style

And what about you? Are you up for a radical change?

sometimes your hair need’s a radical change!

quite often our new clients at wip-hairport tell us, that they choose us to do a real change on their hairstyle. they want something new, fresh and different. this time our client chose birgit, one of our german girls, for the restyle!

before the new haircut

The client wanted to go for a short haircut. birgit decided to lift the heavyweight hair curtain and show her beautiful face and neck. in the end irregular fringe and short curls would leave a flamelike sparkling hairdo and create a soft silhouette.

new haircut easy and sparkling

birgit has cut the most of her hair and left her with a light and easy to style *smart* haircut. obviously she likes her new look and we think she looks fabulous now.

a lot of weight was lifted from her shoulders

Tânia likes to change her hairstyle!

This is about our charming receptionist Tânia. she’s a very friendly and caring person who always tries to keep the balance in any group. Tânia is a translator in various meanings: not only is she fluent in portuguese, german and english, she also connects people and makes them understand each other.

Her unique outfits and her styling do show another Tânia to the people who don’t know her. Sometimes she really likes to create the image of a fighter.  Even though she practiced martial arts for quite some years, we consider her the most peaceful person ever.

She’s the multilingual voice to our costumers, the favourite model of our stylists and a well known figure in the lisbon nightlife.

Tânia haircuts in the last two years

czech flickr delegation visiting hairport (part III) the end

at the end of the day mr zm@)tek aka mr Z and his friend mrs. bizarre were quite anxious for the results – thus, some finishing had to be done:

flying hair and hot air

meanwhile in the Z zone:

final details and nervous paparazzis

first glimps at the new haircut model “Koberec 2008″

green mr Z in the mirror

happy customers who promissed to come back

nadrazi

czech flickr delegation visiting hairport (part II)

mr zm@)tek aka mr Z and his friend mrs. bizarre did spend quite some time in the salon and you can witness the progress:

mr. Z in good hands

jezz was working her way through, mrs. bizarre tried to hold on to her hair….

you have to lose some hair to get the perfect cut

while jezz is finishing the cut, mr. Z is shooting some footage for his next pilot film for a series about a hairdresser in lisbon on HBO!

hardworking jezz captured by a czech filmmaker

since he was not authorized to do so he was punished in the most cruel way ever:

grilled zm@)tek

to late to be continue – part III will come up tomorrow

czech flickr delegation visiting hairport (part I)

finally mr zm@)tek aka mr Z and his friend mrs. bizarre visited lisbon. knowing them for quite some time through flickr it was fun to meet them for dinner and for some expeditions into the lisbon nightlife during the weekend. the longawaited event took place when they finally made it to the salon on monday to have their hair cut.
mr Z decided to cut with inês, mrs. bizarre chose jezz.

z-man get's his hair cut by inês

mr Z who proofed quite some courage with his hair as documented on his flickrstream, seemed a bit tense when inês started to redesign his hair. yet, after a few minutes he obviously enjoyed the sophisticated techniques of his stylist and the relaxed atmosphere of the salon. Inês was very focused and quiet while developing the first steps of the design and soon one could imagine the outcome.
at the same time, after experiencing a nice hair wash with massage, lena was ready to rock with jezz. when they met for the first time at the dinner they immediately connected since both are into drawing , dance and expressive hairstyles.
as you can see jezz knew exactly what she wanted to achieve and mrs. bizarre seemed to be quite confident and enjoyed the service. step by step the sharp lines of the cut would lead to a new hair shape on lena’s head.

mrs. bizarre gets a new hair

Our inspiring and faithfull client Patricia Henriques

Patricia is a programmer and project manager in lisbon, who does not just make her career happen amongst a very macho environment, but also leaves her colleagues with an open mouth because of her various hairstyles.

She was cutting and coloring with nearly all of the wip-hairport staff by now, and is part of the family. She likes to go out and once in while if one is lucky she shows her secret tap dance skills…

patricias changing hairstyle in the last year

forever young – fearless and open minded

over the last 10 years in the salon we have had all kinds of clients with various professional backgrounds and colourful biographies. this entry is a homage to all the ladies that inspire us with their style and attitude, their bravery and humor. in a rather small and traditional city like lisbon it’s quite something to live your own personal style, fearless and open minded. we adore these ladies and friends and hope to be like them in the near future – forever young and ready for new experiments.

lady with a postpunk haircut