Studio Five Remuera is a hairdressing salon on Remuera Road, founded by Vladimir Moiseev, who moved from Eastern Europe to New Zealand and left a background in computing to build a career in hair. He now leads the salon as Founder and Senior Stylist.
The team includes Majid Joshan, a senior stylist with over 15 years in New Zealand's hairdressing industry across Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown, an AHIA Awards finalist and a New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year 2023 finalist who specialises in colour work and progressive highlighting techniques, particularly blondes. Ciara Faith brings a younger, bold and trend-driven approach to her cutting and colour work, while CJ and junior stylist Mamta Singh round out the team.
Services cover the full range from cuts and blow waves to colour packages - global colour retouches, partial and full head foils, balayage and bleach and gloss work - plus bridal and special occasion styling and men's cuts. The salon uses Kevin Murphy hair care products as part of its treatment offering.
Studio Five Remuera is open Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday, and appointments are made by phone.
On Remuera Road, Studio Five Remuera is a hairdressing salon built around a small, experienced team led by founder Vladimir Moiseev. His path into hairdressing started far from a salon chair - a move from Eastern Europe to New Zealand and a shift away from a career in computers into what he describes as the world of hair choosing him rather than the other way around.
Alongside Vladimir, senior stylist Majid Joshan brings over 15 years working in some of Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown's leading salons. He's been an AHIA Awards finalist and a New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year 2023 finalist, and specialises in colour work - particularly blondes - using progressive highlighting techniques. His work extends into photographic and competition styling, and he's a regular presence at major fashion events and editorial projects.
Senior stylist Ciara Faith rounds out the colour and cutting side of the salon with a younger, bolder approach, known for pushing trends rather than following them. CJ works as a senior stylist on Saturdays, and Mamta Singh is the salon's junior stylist.
Studio Five's service list runs from the everyday - a wash, cut and blow wave, or a simple blow wave or dry style - through to bridal and special occasion updos and men's cuts.
Colour is where the packages get more detailed. There's a global colour retouch paired with a cut and blow wave, the same retouch with 10 foils added, and a full run of foiling options from partial through to a full head, each finished with a gloss, cut and blow wave. Balayage and bleach-and-gloss packages sit alongside the foiling options for anyone after a different colour technique.
Beyond the core packages, the salon offers a set of add-ons: a gloss or toner, a root fade gloss, extra product application, and a Kevin Murphy hair treatment - all of which come with blow wave excluded, so they're designed to sit on top of another service.
Between Majid's background in blonde colour and progressive highlighting and the salon's full range of foiling and balayage packages, Studio Five leans into colour work as much as cutting. The bridal and special occasion updo service also points to a salon comfortable handling event-day styling, not just regular maintenance appointments.
Studio Five Remuera is closed Monday and Sunday. It's open Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30am to 7pm, and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:30am to 5pm. The salon is at 553 Remuera Road, and appointments are made by calling the salon directly.
For anyone in Remuera after a colour specialist, a bridal styling appointment, or simply a cut and blow wave from an experienced team, Studio Five's Remuera Road salon covers that range under one roof.