Redcliffs · Christchurch · Est. 2026
Cape Town craft, Canterbury chair.
A one-chair salon on Main Road, Redcliffs. Cuts, colour and considered care from Carolyn — trained in Cape Town, twenty years in New Zealand chairs, now her own.
Cuts. Colour.
Counsel.
A salon is the room and the hour. Babalon is one chair, an unhurried afternoon, and the same stylist every visit — built by a Cape Town–trained colourist who came the long way to Redcliffs.
Cuts, colour, The Works.
Eight services, listed in full. Pricing published. Consultation included. A small menu, done properly.
See the menu →
A Saffa in Redcliffs.
Cape Town–trained, twenty years in New Zealand, fluent in Afrikaans if you want it. A home for the Saffa community Carolyn found Christchurch the same way.
Read her story →The small, careful chair.
Four things make Babalon different. Each one is the reason Carolyn opened her own room rather than rent another chair.
One chair.
No rotation, no double-booking, no watching the room for the next appointment. The same stylist, every visit.
Cape Town craft.
Carolyn trained in Cape Town and brought the craft across an ocean. Twenty years sharpening it in New Zealand chairs.
Honest pricing.
Every service published in full. No quote-on-arrival, no upsell waiting at the basin. You'll know what it costs before you book.
Time it takes.
Foils take an hour-and-a-quarter because foils take an hour-and-a-quarter. The Works is four hours because it should be.
"I opened Babalon because the chair I wanted to work from didn't exist yet. So I built it."
Carolyn · Owner & Senior Stylist
A small menu, done properly.
- 01
Colour
Foils
Dimensional lift, painted by hand, foil by foil.
From
$100
- 02
Colour
Balayage
Hand-painted, lived-in lightness. Soft regrowth, no harsh line.
By consultation
- 03
Repair
Treatments
Bond repair, deep conditioning, the rescue work between visits.
From
$20
- 04
Signature
The Works
Four hours. Cut, colour, treatment, finish. A standing afternoon.
From
$425
Find a chair. On Main Road.
Babalon is by appointment. Booking takes a minute. The next available slot is closer than you think.