Rita Sarmento
Colour correction & blondes
14 years behind the scissors
Rita says little and never misses.
Colour studio · Cedofeita, Porto
The right colour is a diagnosis, not a guess.
Balayage, difficult blondes and the colour corrections other salons turn away. Instead of “DM us a photo”, we run a proper diagnosis: an honest price bracket, the right colourist and a booked chair — all before you leave the sofa.
Colour diagnosis
Start with the diagnosis
Five questions, two minutes. At the end: the recommended service, an honest price bracket and the right colourist for your case.
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What are you after?
Shades we do
The shade map
Ten colour directions we master — pick one and watch the strand change. Every shade comes with honest upkeep and a starting price.
Clear prices
Honest brackets, in the open
Fixed where fixing is honest, a bracket where a fixed number would be a lie. The final price is closed at the diagnosis — never above the ceiling without talking to you.
New colour client: 15-minute diagnosis consultationfree
Colour
- Root touch-up€45–60 · 1h15–1h30
- All-over colour€60–85 · 1h45–2h30
- Highlights / balayage€95–150 · 2h30–3h30
- Colour correction (1st session)€140–220 · 3h30–5h
- Maintenance gloss / toner€35–45 · 45 min
Cuts
- Trim€22 · 30 min
- Cut + blow-dry styling€32–38 · 1h
- Dry cut (curls)€40 · 1h
- Fringe between cuts€10 · 15 min
Treatments
- K18 / Olaplex rebuild€35–50 · 45 min
- Deep conditioning€28 · 40 min
- Shine ritual (gloss + massage)€45 · 1h
Brides & events
- Bridal trial€45 · 1h
- Bridal hair (on the day)€120–160 · 2h
- Guest / event styling€55–75 · 1h15
Prices include VAT · Cash, MB Way or card · Corrections: written, closed quote at the diagnosis.
Colour correction
How a correction works
A big change is not an impulse — it is a process. This is ours, step by step, no surprises.
Diagnosis
15 minutes, free. We look at the history, the hair and the goal — you leave with a plan and a price bracket.
Strand test
48 h before the first session, on a hidden strand. It is the difference between promising and knowing.
Sessions
One to three, weeks apart. The hair sets the pace — not the calendar.
Upkeep
A gloss every 6–8 weeks and the right routine at home. It is what separates good colour from magazine colour.
The colourists
Three chairs, three specialties
Inês Varela
Balayage & natural light
9 years behind the scissors
Inês paints colour the way others paint watercolours.
Duarte Linhares
Cuts & reds
11 years behind the scissors
Duarte talks you out of the fringe — and he is always right.
People who sat here
Testimonials
I arrived green from another salon, hair in shreds. Rita promised no miracles: she promised three sessions and a price bracket. She kept both — and I am blonde again.
I did the diagnosis on my phone at 11 pm on a Tuesday. By Friday I was in Inês’s chair with the balayage I had been putting off for a year.
The bracket the site gave me is what I paid — the bottom end of it. That had never happened to me at a hairdresser.
The shelf
Products we use
Colour only lasts if home helps. What sits on the shelf is exactly what we use at the basin — and we will tell you if you need nothing at all.
We sell the ones we use, not the ones left over.
- K18
- Olaplex
- Wella Professionals
- Moroccanoil
The diary
Book a chair
No unanswered DMs. Pick your colourist, the day and the time — we confirm by SMS. We work by appointment only.
The colourist