Luca Hairstyling is a boutique hair salon on Thorndon Quay in Wellington, offering personalised cuts and colour designed to enhance each client's natural beauty and hair texture. The salon operates as a flagship destination for Oribe luxury haircare and the globally recognised Goldwell colour brand, giving stylists access to premium product lines for both in-salon treatments and retail.
The space is designed to feel light, spacious and airy — described as reminiscent of a New York loft, blending contemporary, classical and industrial furnishings. Clients are welcomed warmly, served coffee from a French bistro, and given time to discuss the full range of styling and colouring possibilities before their service begins.
Luca was named in Verve Magazine's Best in Hair Salons, Best in Beauty 2025 list, and has also been featured in HairBiz Magazine. Alongside its salon services, Luca sells a curated range of Oribe haircare products in-store and online, with free shipping on orders of $200 or more.
On Thorndon Quay in Wellington, Luca Hairstyling has built its reputation as a boutique salon centred on personalised colour and cut, and as one of the city's flagship destinations for two premium haircare brands: Oribe and Goldwell.
Luca's approach starts with the individual rather than a fixed idea of what a haircut should look like. The salon describes its process as understanding the interplay between skin tone, eye colour, hair texture, porosity, lifestyle and manageability before recommending a cut or colour. The goal, as the salon puts it, is delivering "your best version of you" — a classically modern style and expert colour that works with each client's natural texture rather than against it.
That approach has earned recognition beyond its own client base. Luca was named in Verve Magazine's Best in Hair Salons, Best in Beauty 2025 list, and has previously been featured in HairBiz Magazine, both signals of standing within New Zealand's hairdressing industry.
As a flagship salon for Oribe luxury haircare and the globally recognised Goldwell brand, Luca's stylists work with premium product lines both during in-salon treatments and in the retail range sold on-site and online. Best-selling products include the Oribe Gold Lust range — shampoo, conditioner, and a transformative masque — alongside styling products like the Royal Blowout Heat Styling Spray and Maximista Thickening Spray.
Luca describes its space as light, spacious and airy, likening the feel to a New York loft, with a fusion of contemporary, classical and industrial furnishings. Clients are greeted warmly and given time to talk through the full range of styling and colour possibilities before any work begins, with a coffee from a French bistro delivered personally during the visit — part of the salon's effort to make the whole appointment feel considered, not rushed.
Beyond appointments, Luca sells its Oribe product range directly to customers, with free shipping offered on orders of $200 or more. Products span shampoos, conditioners, styling sprays and treatment masques, letting clients maintain their colour and style at home between salon visits.
Luca is located at 1/262 Thorndon Quay in Pipitea, Wellington, open Tuesday to Saturday (closed Sunday and Monday). Appointments can be booked online, and the salon accepts a wide range of payment methods including Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal alongside major cards.