Cabeleireiro Wip-hairport Lisboa | Wip-hairport hairdresser Lisbon

Porque achas que os clientes te devem escolher?

Porque me agrada trazer à superficie aquilo que eles são. Gosto antes do mais de deixá-los felizes com o meu trabalho, mas também ajudar no processo de exteriorização da imagem “ideal” interior que todos nós temos de nós próprios. Cada pessoa tem dentro de si a forma como se imagina, como gosta de ser, o seu verdadeiro eu, e se eu puder ajudar a fazer com que esse eu interior e o aspecto real se tornem num só fico muito feliz. Além disso, sou uma excelente companhia ! (:

O que é que te agrada no teu trabalho?

Poder transformar as pessoas e dar-lhes sobretudo auto-confiança. Gosto de poder ajudar as pessoas a criar a sua imagem e de poder torná-las mais contentes consigo mesmas, que é um processo que passa muito pela auto-confiança. Eu gosto de fazer parte desse processo, de aumentar a confiança de alguém, como por exemplo de alguém que passou por um momento difícil e quer sentir-se renascido ou alguém que simplesmente se quer sentir hot hot hot!

Porque vieste para Lisboa?
Porque já passei muitos anos fora de Lisboa (8 anos em Londres) a ver o mundo e a conhecer-me a mim própria, a coleccionar experiências e a tornar-me no quem sou agora, e chega um momento da nossa vida em que temos de parar e criar (ou recriar) raízes e eu queria fazer isso em lisboa, já que tinha muitas muitas saudades de casa e do sol!

Quais são os teus restaurantes/bares/lugares preferidos?
Cá em Portugal gosto sobretudo de Sintra e Óbidos, embora também adore as praias portuguesas. Adoro comer no Bota Alta ou ir ao Pavilhão Chinês, ao Procópio ou ao Indie Bar. Gosto da goth scene e, por isso, quando saio para uma discoteca, será nesse âmbito. no entanto, o meu coração vai para feiras medievais que decorrem  no verão por todo o país. Fora de Portugal, as minhas cidades de eleição são Londres e Veneza. Para a noite, em Londres há que ir ao restaurante Sarastro em Covent Garden e depois sair à noite em Camden Town ou ir ao Torture Garden dançar (ou não) a noite toda! Quanto a Veneza, Piazza San Marco às duas da manhã para cantar em ruas vazias por Veneza adormecida! Também adoro o Lago Di Como, que é como se tivessem juntado 400 sintras….

Que tipo de corte ou estilo gostarias de experimentar um dia?
Pergunta dificil… é que já experimentei quase tudo!

Qual é o estilo que mais te inspira?
O burlesco, mas também o gótico.

O que queres para o teu futuro?
Quero pôres do sol num céu de fim de tarde multicor a ver o mar, passeios na floresta debaixo de uma lua cheia. Quero gostar sempre do que faço, quero tentar viver cada dia como se fosse o último, quero amar e ser amada, quero ver todo o mundo… Quero ser sempre feliz, verdadeira e com muita paixão de viver! Em suma, quero que cada momento seja mágico.

Why should a client choose you?
Because I enjoy bringing to the surface who they are, I like to make them happy with my work, but also helping to exteriorize the “ideal” image we all have of ourselves. Each person has inside them the way they imagine themselves to be, their true self, and if i can help to make that inner self and their actual look to become one and the same then I´m really happy. Besides, I´m a great company!

What do you like in your work:
To be able to transform people and to give them self-confidence, most of all. I like to be able to help people to create their image and to be able to help them being happier about themselves, wich is a process very connected to self-confidence. I enjoy being part of that confidence-building process, like for instance someone that just went through a rough moment and wants to feel reborn, or someone that just wants to feel hot hot hot!

Why did you come to Lisbon?
Because I´ve been away for ages (8 years in London) discovering the world and myself, collecting experiences and becoming who I am now and there’s a time in our life when we have to stop and create (or recreate) roots… and I wanted to do that in lisbon, because I’ve missed home and the sun!

What are your favorit restaurants/bars/places?
In Portugal, Sintra and Óbidos above all, although I also love portuguese beaches. I love to dine at Bota Alta or going to Pavilhão Chinês, Procópio or Indie Bar. I like the goth scene, therefore when I club I go somewhere within that scene. However, my heart definitely goes to medieval fests across the country in the summer. Outside Portugal, my favorite cities would be London and Venice. In the evening you just have to go to Sarastro restaurant in Covent Garden and then club in Camden Town or Torture Garden to dance (or not) all night long! In Venice, Piazza San Marco at two in the morning  to sing in empty streets across sleeping venice! I also love Lago Di Como, cause its like if they had connected about 400 Sintras…

What kind of haircut or style would you like to try out one day?
Dificcult question… because i’ve already tried almost everything!

What is the style that inspires you most?
Burlesque, but also the goth scene.

What do you want for your future?
I want sunsets in a multicolor sky looking at the ocean, walking in the forest under a full moon. I want to always love what I do, I want to try to live every day as if it was my last, I want to love and be loved, i want to see the whole world… I want to always be happy, true to myself and others and to always be passionate about life! In summary, I want each moment to be magic.

the last day’s of the year are as usual very busy! we are happy to see so many clients entering the salon with the wish to go with a special new haircut into the new year. We want to  send you all a big THANK YOU for being our clients and friends!

we have our blades sharpened and our heads full of new ideas for the new year coming. this year will be full of surprises and creations and events - one more year work in progress @ hairport lisboa.

This has been an exciting year for Néria.
It seems that we were not the only ones who noticed her development. Besides becoming a stylist (she started working for us as a young stylist last year), she and Patricia Ameixial as her make-up artist (our assistant from Motor-Hairport) were admitted to participate in Wella’s Trend Vision 09. Congratulations and good luck girls!

tish and neria

birgit had her 10th anniversary in the salon and there were big celebrations going on at elevador da bica. in a formal, serious and moving ceremony the salon manager handed over the flowers from the team.

handshake and honorable mention award ceremony!

birgit did some pretty good angela merkel look alike poses, but out of the blue things got a bit informal…

going wild - 10th anniversary aerobics

first and winner of the gold medal: bibi bloxberg

after some champagne and the national anthem birgit could not resist to try out the exotic flower cocktail.

all you can eat ? yes you can!

sleeping beauties

once in a while you can find the good looking hairportees taking a nap while waiting for their clients. at least one photo per year, because 5 minutes later the next wave of customers arrived …

full cutting power at wip hairport

During the august heat around noon at the bica village two girls were seen carrying frightening weapons … mothers hide their kids at home and even the dogs stop barking.

everybody knows that “néria the kid” and “calamity inês” are not in the village to entertain.

they are here to cut your hair baby !!!

eva on elevador da bica

My name is Eva and I love my work for the following reason: hair was given to us so that we can experiment with it. There’s nothing in our body so easy to change as our hair. A haircut can express our individual beauty and can reveal our personality. I also like to go under the “blade” and I like the beach too. I love the heat of the sun, the openness of the sea and the power of the waves and like people with these attributes, no matter where you’re from or what language you speak. And speaking of languages, I’m working on my Portuguese, claro!

When I’m not walking, and I spend a lot of time walking because there’s a lot to see and I don’t need a tv, I’m swimming. Swimming is my moment of reflexion and can be as good as spending one hour reading. To dance with good music loosens me and brings good mood. I music taste begins with techno and ends with salsa. And speaking of salsa, I also like to cook, particularly dishes from countries that I intend to visit. It’s wonderful to eat a culture with good company.

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Chamo-me Eva e adoro o meu trabalho por um motivo muito lógico: na nossa criação foram nos concedidos cabelos para podermos fazer experiências com eles. Não existe nada no nosso corpo tão fácil de modificar como o nosso cabelo. Um corte de cabelo pode ser uma forma de expressão da nossa beleza individual, chegando por vezes a reflectir a nossa personalidade. Eu própria gosto de me “submeter à navalha” e gosto também de ir à praia. Adoro o calor do sol, a vastidão do mar e a força das ondas, atributos estes que também procuro nos seres humanos, independentemente da sua origem ou língua. E por falar em línguas, estou neste momento a “treinar” o meu português, claro!

Quando não estou a passear, o que me ocupa bastante visto que há muito para ver e faz com que eu não precise de televisão, estou a nadar ou a passear. A natação é o meu momento de reflexão, é bom para pensar e tão bom quanto uma hora de leitura. Dançar ao ritmo de boa música liberta-me e é traz boa disposição garantida. Os meus gostos musicais passam pelo tecno e culminam na salsa. E por falar em salsa, gosto muito de cozinhar, preferencialmente pratos provenientes de países que tenciono visitar. Degustar um pouco de cultura na companhia de amigos é simplesmente… fantástico!

ines our friendly punkgirl

Today Inês was up for an interview:

How long are you working in the salon?
I’ve been here for 3 and a half years already, time’s been flying….

How comes that you are still here - isn’t it boring?
Not really We always have different clients and different work to do, and after all this time it’s like working with friends and family. The salon has a very good energy, and I usually don’t get fed up with good energies. It’s hard to leave!

What would you really like to try out one day?
Hmmm…. This is a hard one…. Luckily for me, I always have clients that let me do whatever I want, so I don’t think there’s anything I would like to do but can’t. In my own case, shave my head but then I wouldn’t have any hair to play with… And I love playing with hair…..

mrs Z a dedicated cutter

where would you like to work (at least for a while)
In an immediate future, i would like to work in Berlin, then maybe London to visit some friends, and in a few years Tokyo and Kyoto. And in Portugal, maybe spend a while in Porto. You should never put your own country a side…

What group of people is most inspiring for you?
Definitely Punk in all its variations and Japanese Anime. And my coworkers obviously, you always learn a lot and get inspired by watching others working.

You are quite concerned about the environment which is not very typical for a “alfacinha” - do you talk to the people in your neighborhood and in your family about that?
Maybe not in my neighborhood, but to my family, friends, coworkers, to everyone that comes into my home or to wich homes I go too…Everyone I caught doing something wrong… I’m a wee bit of a dictator with it

Would you like to become the Prime Minister of Portugal one day?
No… Not really… I don’t really like politicians.  I think i would end up slapping all of those around me… Hehehe…

inês enjoying one of the rare quiet moments at work

videoprojection on elevador da bica with our client

Guia da Noite organized a party on friday the 27th right in the heart of Lisbon: at Elevador da Bica where our shop is. Our shop was open until midnight. The girls decided to dress up a little.

néria ivy and tish getting dressed up

Our clients liked this idea aswell and many curious people visited us or watched us working through the windows.

guys from italy booked a cut for the next day

Two boys from Italy booked a haircut for the next day and enjoyed the atmosphere. Silvia, Inês, Néria, Patricia and Tish worked really hard and looked fabulous. Nice clients, good music, excellent mood: a great evening at Wip- Hairport.

ines and silvia at the late night shift

silvia in action

However, the real party only started around midnight whith people streaming to Bica. All our neighbours like Bicaense, Baliza, Bica-me and the other bars were absolutely crowded. We have no pictures from the party but we are sure that they will pop up somewhere on the Internet soon and we will try to post a link.

néria and tish in action

Sabine back at work

after spending a few months at home with the baby boy, Sabine is finally back to work. she was thrilled to meet her clients and colleagues again and is full of energy and creativity.
she needed a bit of a warmup on the first day, but on her second day she proved her mastership with the razor and now she’s just unstoppable. the assistants are constantly removing big piles of hair and if she continues like this we will start producing carpets soon
in the meantime, emil is enjoying some time with his dad during the shifts and is an energetic and happy little guy!

emil enjoying the flight