INCO Studio

About INCO Studio

INCO Studio is a considered hair, nail and beauty salon in the heart of Ponsonby, Auckland, focused on relationships, inclusion and a sense of community. The salon offers bespoke hair, nail and brow services, with all pricing and services offered on a gender neutral basis.

The team provides everything from colour and cutting services to nail art, brow lamination and lash lifts, each starting with a thorough consultation to understand what each guest wants. INCO also runs a Green Fee on all hair services to fund ethical, 100% waste removal through Sustainable Salons, and offers a 10% discount for students, nurses, midwives and public school teachers on haircuts and major colour services.

The salon aims to make every guest feel welcome, comfortable and completely themselves, describing the experience as one where you'll always find yourself in good company.

INCO Studio: Hair, Nails and Beauty in Ponsonby

INCO Studio is a considered salon experience in the heart of Ponsonby, Auckland, specialising in beautiful hair, nails and brows. The salon is built around relationships, inclusion and a sense of community, with all pricing and services offered on a gender neutral basis.

Colour and Painting

INCO's colour menu spans Universal and Non-Universal Colour, a Melt service that adds depth to roots while keeping ends lighter, and a Gloss to add shine and enhance natural colour. On the painting side, options include Foils, Babylights & Gloss, Balayage using freehand painting and/or foils, Face Framing, and Boost for refreshing existing colour between full services. For those wanting a full lightening journey, there's a Universal Lighten & Gloss service, ongoing maintenance retouches, and Corrective & Creative Colour for bigger transformations.

Cutting, Styling and Treatments

Cutting services range from a Trim with Blast through to a full Restyle for those wanting a new look, while the styling menu covers everything from an express Blast dry to a full Do Up for a night out. INCO also offers dedicated hair treatments, including Kerastase Fusio Dose, Olaplex (recommended for lightened hair), and Bhave Smooth Keratin, described as making hair more manageable and easier to style without being a straightening treatment.

Nails and Beauty

On the nail side, INCO offers a full range of manicures and pedicures, from simple no-polish options through to detailed and intricate gel nail art, plus hard gel extensions. The beauty menu includes makeup on request, and INCO's most popular beauty service, the Yumi Lash Lift 2.0 — a plant-based keratin lash lift that lasts up to 8 weeks. Brow services range from a simple tint through to full lamination with shape, tint and styling, plus an HD/Hybrid brow tint option for longer-lasting definition.

Sustainability and Community

INCO adds a $3 Green Fee to all hair services to fund 100% ethical waste removal through Sustainable Salons, and offers a 10% discount for students, practising nurses, midwives and public school teachers on haircut services and major colour services, with ID required.

Visiting INCO Studio

INCO Studio is located at 182 Ponsonby Road, Auckland. Appointments can be booked online, or the studio can be reached by phone or email.

Signature items

• Yumi Lash Lift 2.0
• Balayage
• Bhave Smooth Keratin
• Brow Lamination with Shape, Tint & Styling
• Restyle - A New Look
• Gloss

Menu

Feet

• Keep It Simple, Pedi No Polish — Full pedicure including foot soak, toes kept natural.
• Pedi Free From Polish — Full pedicure including foot soak, finished with toxin-free polish.
• Keep It On, Express Gel Pedi — Heel buff, shape and tidy finished with gel polish.
• Gel Pedi — Full pedicure including foot soak, finished with gel polish.
• Gel Pedi & Removal — Full pedicure including foot soak and removal of current gel polish.

Hands

• Keep It Simple, Mani No Polish — Full manicure, kept natural.
• Mani Free From Toxins Polish — Full manicure finished with toxin-free nail polish.
• Gel Mani — Full manicure with TGB gel polish.
• Gel Mani & Removal — Full manicure with TGB gel polish and removal of current gel polish.
• Gel Mani with BIAB — Full manicure with TGB BIAB strengthening gel polish base and your choice of colour.
• Gel Mani with BIAB & Backfill/Removal — As above, plus backfill or removal of current gel polish.
• Gel Mani, Basic Art & Removal — Full manicure, BIAB, basic nail art design and removal of current gel polish.
• Gel Mani, Simple Nail Art & Removal — Full manicure, BIAB, simple freehand nail art and removal of current gel polish.
• Gel Mani, Detailed Art & Removal — Full manicure, BIAB, freehand nail art using multiple colours and techniques, plus removal.
• Gel Mani, Intricate Art & Removal — Full manicure, BIAB, custom designed nail art using multiple colours and techniques, plus removal.
• Take It Off, Gel Removal Only — A simple nail tidy and removal of polish.
• Hard Gel Extensions — Full manicure with BIAB base and hard gel extensions to lengthen and enhance nails, one gel colour included.

Treat

• Kerastase Fusio Dose — An instant hair and scalp transformation treatment, can be cocktailed to your hair's needs.
• Olaplex — A three-step treatment to protect and strengthen hair during and after technical services; a must for lightened hair.
• Bhave Smooth Keratin — Not a straightening treatment; combines amino cell rebuild technology with argan oil, collagen and silk amino acids for more manageable, sleeker hair.

Beauty

• Makeup — Available on request, from a no-makeup makeup look to soft glam for an event.
• Yumi Lash Lift 2.0 — INCO's most popular beauty service; a premium, plant-based keratin lash lift that thickens and conditions lashes, lasting up to 8 weeks. Includes tint.
• Brow Lamination Only — Makes brows more manageable, helping thinner brows appear fuller and covering sparse areas.
• Brow Lamination with Shape, Tint & Styling — Shapes brows for fullness and dimension, set with keratin infusion and Yumi tint, lasting 4-6 weeks.
• Brow Tint — Custom Yumi tint colour lasting on skin up to 7 days and on brows 3-5 weeks.
• Brow Wax & Tidy — Brows measured, waxed and tweezed to complement your facial features.
• Lash Tint — Yumi Lashes eyelash tint that darkens and enhances lashes, lasting approximately 4 weeks.
• HD/Hybrid Brow Tint — A precision, extra long-lasting tint lasting up to 2 weeks on skin and 5-6 weeks on hairs.

Cutting

• Trim with Blast — Consultation, shampoo and trim/refresh of your haircut with a blast dry.
• Cut with Style — Consultation, shampoo, cut and shape finishing with a blow wave and style.
• Restyle - A New Look — For changing up your style or length; consultation, shampoo, cut, blow wave and style.

Styling

• Blow Wave — Prep, prime and polish your hair into your desired finish.
• Blast — Express dry off finish after your colour service with a polished hairline.
• Tame and Style — Come in with clean dry hair and we will do the rest.
• Do Up — Simple hair up for your day or night out, clean hair required.

Painting

• Foils — Customised sectioning techniques to complement natural fall, parting and styling; for high density foils or extended regrowth.
• Babylights & Gloss — Soft, subtle colour adding the illusion of depth and brightness.
• Balayage — Bespoke colour using freehand painting and/or foils for a lived-in colour.
• Face Framing — Freehand painting or foiling to enhance your facial features; also available with gloss.
• Boost — Lightens or refreshes the mid-lengths and ends of your colour, freehand painted on existing balayage or foils.

Colouring

• Universal Colour — Root retouch only, or all of your hair coloured from root to tip.
• Non-Universal Colour — Touch up only your hairline and parting in between universal colour services.
• Melt — Adds depth to your roots while keeping the ends lighter, for a lived-in colour.
• Gloss — Semi-permanent colour service to add shine, enhance natural colour, blend greys or remove unwanted tones.

Lighten & Gloss

• Universal Lighten & Gloss — Double processing technique with bonder to achieve a pale blonde, with a customised gloss for your desired tone.
• Non-Universal/Maintenance — 4-6 weekly retouch of your lightened hair.
• Corrective & Creative Colour — Unique customised colour to create a journey for your colour transformation. Deposit required.

Beauty Combos & Add-Ons

• Brow Shape & Tint — Brows measured, waxed, tweezed and tinted with a custom Yumi colour.
• Tint Duo — Refreshes the colour of both brows and lashes with Yumi tints.
• HD/Hybrid Brow Tint & Shape — Brows measured, waxed and tweezed, then tinted with the long-lasting hybrid brow tint.

Frequently asked questions

Is pricing gender neutral?

Yes, all pricing and services at INCO are gender neutral.

What is INCO's most popular beauty service?

The Yumi Lash Lift 2.0, a plant-based keratin lash lift lasting up to 8 weeks.

Is there a discount for students or essential workers?

Yes, a 10% discount is offered for students, practising nurses, midwives and public school teachers on haircut and major colour services, with ID required.

What is the Green Fee?

A $3 fee added to all hair services to fund 100% ethical waste removal through Sustainable Salons.

Is makeup available?

Yes, makeup is available on request, from a no-makeup look to soft glam for an event.

Do you offer nail art?

Yes, from basic designs through to intricate, custom-designed nail art.

Where is INCO Studio located?

182 Ponsonby Road, Auckland.

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