Arthur Andrew is a small boutique salon in Lyall Bay, Wellington, specialising in effortless cuts, colour correction, lived-in colour and nanoplasty. The salon menu covers precision cutting for short, medium and long hair plus a restyle option, full-service colour in solid, foil and lived-in styles, and a dedicated colour maintenance menu for existing clients. A four-hour-plus Transformation package bundles colour, cut and blow-dry and a treatment, while a separate treatments menu offers a bespoke colour treatment, the Luxe Money Mask and a gloss treatment.
A signature offering is nanoplasty — the latest in hair smoothing and straightening technology and an alternative to keratin treatment that doesn't contain harsh chemicals. It is designed to repair damage and promote hair health, with treatments scoped by hair density (medium, thick or extra thick). The salon even publishes a Nanoplasty Guide through its Learn with Arthur education platform.
Arthur Andrew is also home to a dedicated hair systems practice. New clients start with a one-on-one exploratory consultation to curate the perfect system for their lifestyle, and the salon works exclusively with Lavivid. The hair system package includes the system, fitting, a haircut and style, full styling and product education, maintenance education and an aftercare pack, with refresh appointments every three to five months and regular maintenance services in between.
The salon is phone-less: bookings, reschedules and cancellations happen online, with email for enquiries. Hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 8pm, and Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
Tucked into Lyall Bay Junction in Wellington's seaside suburb of Lyall Bay, Arthur Andrew is a small boutique salon with a clearly defined identity. Its specialities are stated right up front: effortless cuts, colour correction, lived-in colour and nanoplasty. That short list shapes everything — rather than trying to be all things to all people, the menu is tightly curated around the work the salon is known for, from precision cutting to advanced colour and the latest smoothing technology. The experience is deliberately personal, with one-on-one attention from booking through to aftercare.
The cutting menu is refreshingly simple: a cut for short hair, a cut for medium to long hair, or a full restyle for anyone ready for change.
Colour is where the salon's personality really comes through. The team specialises in blonde, balayage and lived-in colour, and offers full-service solid colour, foils and lived-in colour. Every colour service is booked with a cut and blow-dry or a post-colour blow-dry, so colour is always finished off properly. Existing clients have their own colour maintenance menu — tints every four to five weeks, six-weekly foils, and maintenance versions of the salon's solid, foil and lived-in colour services.
For a bigger change, the Transformation is the showpiece: a four-hour-plus appointment that bundles colour, a cut and blow-dry, and a treatment into a single sitting. A separate treatments menu covers a bespoke colour treatment, the Luxe Money Mask and a gloss treatment.
One of the salon's signature services is nanoplasty, described by Arthur Andrew as the latest in hair smoothing and straightening technology. It's an alternative to keratin treatment that doesn't contain harsh chemicals and is designed to repair damage while promoting hair health. Treatments are scoped by hair density — medium, thick or extra thick — so the service is matched to your actual hair rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. For anyone curious about the process, the salon publishes a Nanoplasty Guide through its Learn with Arthur education platform.
The other half of Arthur Andrew is its dedicated hair systems practice — hair replacement delivered as a one-on-one, highly personalised service. New clients begin with an exploratory consultation where you share your vision (the team says it's even better if you bring inspo pictures), and together you work out the perfect system for your lifestyle. The salon works exclusively with Lavivid; due to variations in quality from other vendors, systems sourced elsewhere cannot be fitted.
The hair system package is comprehensive: the system chosen during your consultation, the fitting, a haircut and style, full styling and product education, maintenance education, and an aftercare pack. Systems are replaced every three to five months, and ongoing maintenance is thoroughly supported. A partial refresh and cut keeps your sides trimmed and hairline maintained, while the full tape refresh goes further — removing the system and tape, clippering the scalp, adding scalp-spa treatments, then re-taping, reinstalling and styling. Because the Australasian sun fades colour faster, a colour refresh service exists and tends to be needed more frequently over summer.
Arthur Andrew runs as a phone-less salon. Everything — bookings, reschedules and cancellations — happens through the online booking system, and questions go by email or the website contact form. You can change an appointment online free of charge up to 24 hours beforehand; changes within 24 hours incur a 50% fee, and same-day cancellations or no-shows incur 100%. Hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 8pm, and Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
There's an education arm too. Under the Learn with Arthur banner, the salon shares resources like the Nanoplasty Guide and TAPE101, extending its knowledge to clients and fellow stylists alike.
Whether you're after lived-in colour that looks like you, a nanoplasty to smooth and repair, a precise restyle, or a carefully managed hair system, Arthur Andrew offers a focused, personal take on salon craft in Lyall Bay.