AboutOakleigh

I’m Zara. I look at your hair first.

Twenty years as a colourist. The exact price is quoted at the consultation, once I’ve seen your hair.

4.8 from 178 Google reviews
Zara, lead colourist, smiling as she works through a client's long brunette hair at the colour bar at Akila, Oakleigh
Zara, at the colour bar.
Experience
Twenty years as a colourist
Languages
English and Farsi
Colour
Keune
Smoothing
Cacau Brasil Nanoplastia
Open
Tue to Sun, 10am to 5:30pm

Twenty years

Iran, then Adelaide, then Melbourne.

I have coloured hair across all three. Akila opened at 10 Station Street, Oakleigh, in 2021.

  1. Iran
  2. Adelaide
  3. Melbourne
  4. Station StreetAkila, Oakleigh, since 2021

فارسی صحبت می‌کنیمConsultations in English or Farsi.

Your first visit

Your hair first. Then the price.

  1. 01

    I look at your hair.

    At the consultation, before anything is agreed. For keratin and Nanoplastia it’s free: thirty minutes, booked online.

  2. 02

    You get the plan and the exact price.

    Confirmed there, before anything starts. A blow-wave is included with every colour and every balayage.

  3. 03

    Then we begin.

    Or, sometimes, an honest no. You hear it at the consultation.

In their words

  • Cut★★★★★

    “It was my first time going to here and I will definitely be back. Zara realised I had low iron just from my hair!”

    BrittyGoogle review
  • Colour, cut and blow-dry★★★★★

    “I got my hair coloured, cut into layers and a blowout here and I’m honestly so happy with it.”

    Dimitra LaiGoogle review
  • Salon★★★★★

    “I have been to many hair salons, but Akila’s way of treating their clients is way beyond any other salons I have been to.”

    Amy LeoGoogle review
  • Regular★★★★★

    “I have been visiting Akila Salon for a year now and absolutely love my hairstyle and hair colour everytime.”

    MandanaGoogle review

4.8 from 178 Google reviews (opens in a new tab)

The front of the salon at Akila, Station Street, Oakleigh: the leather sofa by the window, palms outside and the chandelier above

The salon

On Station Street.

Address
10 Station Street, Oakleigh. Two minutes on foot from the station, near Chadstone, Hughesdale, Murrumbeena and Carnegie.
Parking
Free, out front and on the streets around it.
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5:30pm. Closed Monday.
Walk-ins
Welcome when there’s a free slot. Booking online holds your time.

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Questions

Before you book.

First time at a new salon?

I look at your hair at the consultation before a treatment is agreed. The exact price is quoted there, and sometimes the answer is an honest no.

Who will do my hair at Akila?

I will. I’m Zara, the lead colourist at Akila, with twenty years across Iran, Adelaide and Melbourne.

Does Zara speak Farsi?

Yes. I speak English and Farsi, so your consultation can happen in either language.

Do you do colour correction?

Yes. From $250, booked for two hours. See the colour correction guide.

Do you take walk-ins?

Yes, when there is a free slot. Booking online holds your time.

Where is Akila located?

10 Station Street, next to Oakleigh station. Free parking out front.

Anything else, call the number below.

The consultation comes first.

Free for keratin and Nanoplastia. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5:30pm.

Call Akila Book online (opens in a new tab)