The brief

A Brazilian aesthetician opening a small clinic in a Georgian townhouse wanted a website that sold patience, not miracles: short courses of treatment, spaced weeks apart, planned around each client’s skin.

The idea

Maré is Portuguese for tide. The site reads like a tide table. One sea-blue line draws itself across the homepage, and every course of treatment is drawn as a tide over twelve weeks — sessions at high water, rest in between.

The brief

A Brazilian nail artist working from a railway arch in Hackney, with clients who find her on Instagram. She needed a website as bright as her work and as clear as a price list.

The idea

The cashew fruit ripens from yellow to red. Her polish shades became the design system: each service family has its own colour band, and one hard shadow — the afternoon sun through the arch — falls on everything and swings as you scroll.

The brief

A Brazilian waxing and brows studio on a quiet Clapham street. The promise was simple and hard to show: a calm room, warm wax, and an appointment that is over before you expect it.

The idea

Brisa is Portuguese for breeze. The sheer curtain in the window became the gesture: a huge, ultra-light wordmark drifts behind the photograph as you scroll. And because speed is the promise, appointment times are set larger than prices.