Buoy Salon & Spa sits on Willis Street in the heart of Wellington's CBD, and the team makes no small claims: the salon describes itself as New Zealand's most awarded salon & spa. Its philosophy is summed up in three words — intentional, bespoke, elevated — and its promise is to be your 'ultimate style ally', combining talent, creativity and experience to help you achieve your dream hair and skin.
The business works across both hair and skin. On the salon side, Buoy draws on a deep bench of professional haircare brands, including Kérastase, L'Oréal, Redken, Pureology, Matrix, Natalie Anne Haircare, K18, Kevin Murphy and Davines, with ghd hot tools and professional accessories alongside. The spa focuses on results-driven skin care, anchored by Ultraceuticals and newly joined by Dermalogica, with Vida Glow, Creatonic, Brow Code and Noody kids' skincare rounding out the beauty shelf.
Beyond the treatment rooms, Buoy runs a full online store — best sellers, haircare, beauty, tools and holiday sets — plus a considered gifting range that runs from vouchers and e-vouchers to a curated gift guide and budget-sorted edits. Appointments for salon and spa are booked online, and a Rewards programme looks after regulars.
On Willis Street, right in the middle of Wellington's CBD, Buoy Salon & Spa runs what it calls an intentional, bespoke and elevated approach to hair and skin. It is a bold framing, and the salon backs it with a claim few in the country can make: the team describes Buoy as New Zealand's most awarded salon & spa. Whether you are a regular in the chair or planning a first visit, the pitch is simple — a team that combines talent, creativity and experience to help you achieve your dream hair and skin.
Buoy presents itself less like a traditional salon and more like a "style ally". That means time spent on you rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, with a team working across both hair and skin. Salon and spa sit together under one roof at 100 Willis Street, so it is easy to plan a hair appointment and a skin treatment as part of the same visit.
Bookings are handled entirely online: the Book Now button takes you straight into Buoy's booking system, where you can choose between salon and spa appointments. If you like to know what you are in for before you arrive, the website publishes separate pricing pages for salon and spa services.
A salon is judged by what is on its shelf, and Buoy's stable reads like a who's-who of professional haircare. The team works with Kérastase, L'Oréal, Redken, Pureology, Matrix, Natalie Anne Haircare, K18, Kevin Murphy and Davines — a range spanning luxury Parisian care, modern repair treatments and salon styling staples. ghd hot tools, professional brushes and combs, and hair accessories round out the kit, both in the salon and through Buoy's online store.
The spa side of the business carries the banner "results while you relax", and the skincare line-up supports that promise. Ultraceuticals anchors Buoy's skin offering, and the newest arrival is Dermalogica, announced with an unmissable "Dermalogica is here" banner on the site. Alongside them sit Vida Glow, Creatonic, Brow Code for brow styling, and Noody, a skincare range made for babies and kids. Together they give the spa a beauty shelf built on professional brands rather than generic products.
Buoy is also a retailer in its own right. The online store is organised into best sellers, haircare, beauty, brushes and combs, hair accessories, ghd hot tools, tickets and holiday sets, so you can restock favourites between appointments.
Gifting gets its own treatment, with a curated gift guide, a luxury edit, and collections sorted by budget from gifts under $50 through to gifts under $150. Gift vouchers and instant e-vouchers cover the hardest people on your list — the site's own pitch is "give the gift of beautiful skin and hair".
Everything funnels through the website: book salon or spa appointments online, browse the pricing pages, shop the store, or sign up to the Rewards programme, which gives regulars more from repeat visits. Buoy is also a workplace that grows its own — the site runs a careers page for stylists and therapists who want to join the next "Class of Buoy" — and the team shares its work on Facebook and Instagram.
One practical note: opening hours are not published on the site, so use the online booking system to see live availability for the day you have in mind. The salon sits at 100 Willis Street, Wellington Central — an easy stop whether you work in the CBD or are heading in specially. Between the awards shelf, the brand line-up and the combined hair-and-skin offer, Buoy has positioned itself as a one-stop destination for anyone in Wellington taking their hair and skin seriously.