Sterile, always
Autoclaved metal tools in sealed pouches, single-use everything else, and surfaces disinfected between every client.
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About the studio
Lumière started in a two-chair room above a florist. Nine years later it is still deliberately small — because that is the only way we know how to keep the work this careful.
Our story
Founded on one stubborn idea
Elena Marchetti opened Lumière in 2016 after fifteen years working in high-volume salons where a full set was expected in fifty minutes. She wanted the opposite: fewer clients, more time, and a standard of hygiene she would be happy for her own family to sit through.
That meant real investment before a single client walked in — a medical-grade autoclave, source-capture ventilation at every station, and a training programme every technician completes before touching a client's hands.
It also meant saying no. To upsells nobody needs, to services a damaged nail cannot take, and to growing past four chairs.
What we stand on
Four non-negotiables
Honest advice
If your nails need a break, we will tell you — even when it costs us the booking.
Fair pay
Our technicians are salaried with benefits, not commission-chasing. It shows in the work.
Low-tox products
10-free polishes, HEMA-free gel options, and ventilation that keeps the air genuinely breathable.
The people
Who you will be sitting with
Request anyone by name when you book. If they are full, whoever is available has trained to exactly the same standard.
Elena Marchetti
Founder · Master technicianTwenty-four years in the industry and the studio's structure specialist. Sculpts the builder-gel sets everyone asks about.
Naomi Okafor
Senior technician · Nail artFreehand painter with a very steady hand. Bring her the reference photo everyone else called impossible.
Ravi Anand
Technician · Pedicure specialistCertified in advanced foot care. Books out fastest for heel therapy and ingrown-prone toes.
Hygiene
What happens between clients
It takes twelve minutes, and it is the reason our appointment slots have gaps in them.
Scrubbed, ultrasonically cleaned, then autoclaved at 134°C in sealed pouches with a colour-change indicator. The pouch is opened at your station, not before.
Single-use. They go in the bin in front of you, or home with you if you would rather keep them.
Pipe-free bowls with disposable liners, disinfected with a hospital-grade solution at full contact time between clients.
Source-capture extraction at each desk plus a HEPA unit in the room. Desks, lamps and armrests wiped down every single turnover.
Come see for yourself
New clients get a fifteen-minute consultation built into the first appointment, at no extra cost.
Book your first visit