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Benefits abound in this destination cosmetic store which hides its beauty bushel beneath the streets of London. The inviting staircase leads to the hidden delights of the basement bars. From brows to nails, from body waxing and spray tanning to blow drying and champagne sipping no bar is too high.
Whether its bubbles on the lips or fizz on the face this beauty basement promises to be the destination of choice for pampering parties, corporate calming or just some personal preening below the cut and thrust of Carnaby, the sights and sounds of Soho.
A generation on from the ground-breaking Colette, beckoning the Parisian partisan into a world of the coolest brands – the bijoux boutique, beauty emporium and couture cafe combination shows no sign of fading from the stylish streets of Europe.
Housed on 3 floors the basement beauty hall is home to both recognised and unusually attractive names like the fabled Aesop with its naturally Australian ingredients. Fashion injections are restricted to a handful of appropriate brands from Belstaff to Puma where the only criteria for inclusion are current coolness and an attraction to the discerning set.
The upper floor is home to household adornments, leisure and lifestyle accessories, and the icing on this highly decorated cake – the cafe and discrete delicatessen appealing to the particular taste that is the clientele of up-town Madrid.
Colour blindness soon recedes to an appreciation of order and authority in regimented rows of ranges and categories coordinated and segmented by size, colour and collection. Kiko carefully controls its space avoiding the chaos that such a vibrant product range could create, overpowering the customer and sending them in rapid retreat to locations of dull salvation.
Walls present logical essential categories and accessories where ranges are relayed with simple packaging and ordered colour palettes, whilst the floor modules present the personality permutations, the possible personas afforded by the clever coordination of eyes, lips, nails and skin.
