ARCHIVE · COMPTON HAIR 2002–c.2016 · CLOSED
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The archive · from 2002
Compton Hair, Soho and Covent Garden: from 2002
Before Mayfair there was Compton. The salons I founded and owned: Soho, then Covent Garden, then the Barbican. Thousands of heads of hair, a team I trained myself, and the straightening work that made the name. This is what’s left of it: the old pages, the press, the prices. It’s closed now. I’m not.
The Yuko firsts
1999: Zoltan became the first person in Europe to offer the Yuko System outside Yuko’s own salon. 2002: Compton Hair became the first salon in Europe with the rights to perform it. Zoltan trained in the Yuko Method taught by Yuko Yamashita herself, and was the first to perform the Yuko System on Afro-Caribbean hair.
The Yuko story →
The salons
Soho, Covent Garden, the Barbican
It started at 7 Old Compton Street in 2001. The main salon was 44–46 Shelton Street in Covent Garden; the Barbican & City salon opened at 161 Whitecross Street in 2009.
Covent Garden then →
Compton London
The Brazilians we brought in
Compton London, my distribution company, brought Onix and then Eternity Liss to the UK, and later the Korean ATS range, and supplied them to salons. None of it is sold any more.
Compton London →Inside the salons
The photo wall → Identity and print →
The years, briefly
- 1999First straightening. Zoltan is the first person in Europe to offer the Yuko System outside Yuko’s own salon.
- 2001Compton Hair opens at 7 Old Compton Street, Soho.
- 2002Compton Hair, Covent Garden (44–46 Shelton Street). Compton becomes the first salon in Europe with the rights to perform the Yuko System. British Vogue: “the most experienced technicians for hair straightening” (as quoted in Compton’s 2009 press sheet).
- 2009The Brazilian blow-dry; the Barbican & City salon opens. Get Lippie, Easy Living, New!, Glamour.
- 2012Compton London imports the Korean ATS range (NewBorn, re:flash). Harper’s Bazaar Beauty Hot 100 again. HELLO!
- 2018 →Zoltan Hair, Maddox Street, Mayfair.
In the press
The Daily Telegraph · 19 Aug 2015 · Print
Beauty Mantra: are keratin hair-straightening treatments toxic?
My treatment doesn’t become formaldehyde, as I don’t burn the treatment on to the hair as some stylists do.
The Telegraph · 19 Aug 2015 · Online
Ask the experts: Are Brazilian blowdries bad for you?
Read the article →Zoltan Vargyai, hair stylist and hair texture expert
Look online · 22 Jul 2015 · Online
How To Tame Frizzy Hair For Good: LOOK Meets Zoltan
Read the article →He’s hailed as the king of hair texture transformations
Good Housekeeping · May 2015 · Print
Topic: May issue feature
The Covent Garden salon, on video
Were you a Compton client?
I still do your hair, at Maddox Street, Mayfair.
Come back →“Zoltan Vargyai is the undisputed king of Brazilian Blow Dries, as he customises the blend for your hair”