Meet the team

From:

Setúbal

Speciality:

Lived-in blondes and grey blending

Coffee order:

Bica, no sugar

Favourite film:

Mulholland Drive

Off duty:

Swimming at Caxias

Inês mixed her first colour at fourteen, in her aunt's salon in Setúbal, and never stopped mixing.

Inês trained in London and spent eight years in Paris on shows and shoots before coming home to open SAGE in 2019.

She teaches colour for a professional academy across Portugal and Spain, and still books every new guest's consultation herself on Thursdays.

“Colour should look as good in week eight as it does in week one. That's the whole idea.”

From:

Kumasi and Amadora

Speciality:

Copper, auburn and curly colour

Coffee order:

Galão

Favourite film:

Moonlight

Off duty:

Record shops in Intendente

Ama is our copper specialist; if it's red, warm or rich, she has a formula for it.

Ama colours curls without straightening them first, so you see the real result in the chair.

She runs our curl days on the first Saturday of the month.

From:

Osaka

Speciality:

Platinum and on-scalp lightening

Coffee order:

Iced latte

Favourite film:

Perfect Days

Off duty:

Surfing at Carcavelos

Kenji handles the lightening on scalp, the platinums and anything that needs a steady hand.

Kenji keeps our lightening log: every formula, every timing, so your next visit starts where the last one ended.

From:

Porto

Speciality:

Curtain fringes and textured cuts

Coffee order:

Abatanado

Favourite film:

Amélie

Off duty:

Ceramics class on Mondays

Marta cuts shapes that dry well on their own: fringes, shags and the long bob.

Marta finishes every cut by showing you how to style it with your own hands and a towel.

From:

Lisbon

Speciality:

Classic cuts and men's grooming

Coffee order:

Bica cheia

Favourite film:

Cinema Paraíso

Off duty:

Fado on Thursdays

Rui has cut hair on Rua da Palmeira for twenty-two years, long before we arrived.

Rui joined SAGE the week we opened, with a client list that has followed him for two decades.

From:

Beirut and Lisbon

Speciality:

Brunettes and glossing

Coffee order:

Cortado

Favourite film:

Caramel

Off duty:

Cooking for too many people

Leila is our gloss obsessive: dark hair, rich tones, mirror shine.

Leila believes brunette is a colour, not the absence of one, and she'll prove it in forty minutes.