Zoltan Vargyai
1991. First perm.
1999. First straightening.
2004. First keratin.
2018. Maddox Street, Mayfair.
I've been working with hair texture since 1991.
I came to London in the late 1990s. I worked in colour first, then moved further into the thing I was becoming increasingly interested in: changing hair texture.
In 1999 I started straighteningDOWN. I ran the Yuko System salon and its academy on Curzon Street, Mayfair.
Around 2000 I founded Compton Hair in Soho, then Covent Garden from 2002, then the Barbican.
In 2004 I started working with keratin smoothing.
In 2018 I moved to Maddox Street in Mayfair.
These days I work alone.
One chair. One pair of hands. Appointment only.
I specialise in hair texture.
Straightening and smoothing DOWN.
Perms, waves and volume UP.
I still cut women's hair.
I don't cut men's hair. If you need a men's cut, I'll refer you to someone who does that properly.
I don't do colour now.
What I do is texture.
You tell me the result.
I choose the chemistry.
And if your hair can't take it, I'll tell you.
“Zoltan is an artist. He tailors it to each client, mixing up his own formulations. It’s like a jigsaw rather than one size fits all.”
As seen in
All press →The Zoltan tecSture Scale™
The Zoltan tecSture Scale™ is my diagnostic system for reading hair texture before choosing the treatment.
It helps me work out how far the hair needs to move, and whether it can safely make that move.
Zoltan Hair is the Mayfair salon of Zoltan Vargyai. tecSture is his professional education and hair-texture knowledge system for hairdressers, at tecsture.com.
Where I work
21 Maddox Street.
Mayfair.
London W1S 1PW.
By appointment only. No walk-ins.
One chair. One pair of hands.
Every appointment is with me.
My story
Press, era by era
Compton Hair (2002–2013) · the Atelier years (2014–2016) · Zoltan Hair (2016 →, Maddox Street from 2018)
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