Carla Byng: Balayage, Curls & Award-Winning Hair Artistry

Carla Byng: Cheshire's award-winning hair professional. Discover stunning balayage & embrace your natural curls in my private studio. With crystal energies & oxygenating plants, the studio vibes are welcoming and simply divine

About me

With 28+ years' experience as a hair professional, I've built my career specialising in stunning balayage and caring for beautiful natural curls 🌟 Based in my private Cheshire studio, working solely on a 1:1 basis. I'm passionate about creating seamless colour and helping you embrace your unique hair texture with confidence.

My goal is to leave you feeling relaxed, de-stressed, confident and empowered ✨ I believe in the power of a positive mindset and love connecting with my clients to understand exactly what makes them feel their best. Whether you're looking to enhance your natural curls or achieve that perfect balayage, I'm here to make it happen!

When I'm not working with clients, you'll find me enjoying the great outdoors - I love to walk or run in my spare time 🏃‍♀️ Wife & parent life keeps me busy too, but I wouldn't have it any other way! This balance helps me bring positive energy and understanding to every appointment.

My qualifications

Qualifications

NVQ2.

Jack Howard’s 4 Gestures of Balayage.

Masters of Balayage Certified.

Emma Fowlers Blonding essentials.

The Curl Girl, Curly hair Cutting & styling.

Experience

10 Years at Regis International

16 Years Freelance Mobile

3 Years as a Salon Owner

Silver Salon & Stylist of the Year ‘24

Gold Colour Technician of the Year ‘24 & ‘25

Gold Curl Specialist of the Year ‘25

Gold Salon of the Year ‘25

Services

Curly Cut Ritual

1️⃣ Curl-by-Curl Cut (Specialist Reset)

* Precision curl-by-curl shaping

* Designed to restore balance, bounce, and confidence

* Treated as the hero of the experience

2️⃣ Scalp Cleanse Ritual

* Deep but gentle scalp scrub

* Remove build-up that affects curl formation

* Sets the foundation for healthier curls

3️⃣ Luxury Conditioning Mask + Head Massage

* Curl-nourishing mask

* Slow, intentional head massage

* Finished with a hot towel wrap (this is where they melt)

4️⃣ Style to Curl Perfection

* Diffused and styled with intention

* Education woven in naturally

* "This is how your curls should feel" moment

£110.00
Full head Tint, Curly Cut & finish

A precision Curly Cut to begin, then a bespoke full-head colour service using either permanent or semi-permanent colour, tailored to your individual hair goals.

Finished with a gentle yet intentional styling session to enhance your natural texture, shape, and definition.

£167.00
Blonde foiling Package

The ultimate highlighting service for curls.

Expertly customised using the most appropriate lightening techniques, including babylights, classic foils, feathering, weaving, teasing, and slicing, to create beautifully placed dimension while respecting the integrity of your curl pattern.

Your experience includes a bespoke root tap where needed, personalised gloss, deeply nourishing heated conditioning treatment, indulgent scalp massage, hot towel wrap, specialist curly cut, and signature curl styling.

The result is radiant, multidimensional colour, enhanced curl definition, and healthy, beautifully nourished curls.

£274.00
Half Head foils Package

Perfect as a stand alone, or for refreshing your colour between full highlighting appointments.

This bespoke service focuses on the most visible areas of the hair to create brightness, dimension, and beautiful curl-enhancing colour.

Using the most suitable highlighting technique for your desired result, whether that's babylights, classic highlights, feathering, weaving, teasing, or slicing, every placement is tailored to complement your unique curl pattern and hair goals.

Your service includes a bespoke root tap (if required), personalised gloss to perfect your tone and enhance shine, an intensive heated conditioning treatment, a slow and deeply relaxing scalp massage, and a soothing hot towel ritual.

This experience begins with a specialist curly cut and ends on a signature curl styling session, you'll leave with refreshed colour, healthy, hydrated curls, and beautiful dimension exactly where it counts.

£220.00
Root Tint, Half foils/Balay. Package

This service is for those of you Curlies, that are looking for an element of/coverage, but with a scattering of interest. Paired with your conditioning mask, Curly Cut & finish xx

£274.00
Curly Cut (Dry cut)

Dry hair curly cut & shape up. I recommend to arrive at your appointment with tangle free hair & on your best curl day. I will dry cut & shape your fabulous curly hair

£52.00
Curly Style & finish

This is a curly version of a blow dry, but obviously diffused instead

(This service does not include a cut)

£52.00
Conditioning Mask

This is a Luxury conditioning mask, tailored to your hair texture. With a relaxing, super slow head massage & a hot towel wrap that will almost send you to sleep.

£11.00
Consultation Fridays

This is your Free, No obligation 20 minute consultation. Only available on the first Friday of the month. This gives you an opportunity to simply chat. Come in, talk, discuss your hair goals & see just how I can help you.

Cut & finish

A personalised cut and finish tailored to your hair type, lifestyle, and styling preferences.

Your appointment begins with a relaxing shampoo and conditioning, followed by a precision cut designed to enhance your hair’s natural movement and suit your individual look.

Finished with a professional blow-dry and styling for beautifully polished, salon-fresh hair.

Includes:

• Shampoo & conditioning

• Personalised consultation

• Precision cut

• Professional blow-dry & styling finish

£50.00
Luxury deep Conditioning Mask

This is an upgrade to an everyday conditioner & a lovely little add on to your appointment. Instead of conditioner, I will use an intensive conditioning mask. While this is on I will gently & slowly massage your head, forcing you to relax, and THEN (this is the best part) I gently wrap a hot towel around your hair! (At this point you will melt). I will hold the towel while you switch off, for the time that it takes the towel to cool down & then rinse ready for your next service.

£11.00
Full Head Blonde Foil package

Achieve your dream blonde or beautifully lightened look with a fully bespoke highlighting service.

Using the most suitable technique for your hair and desired result, whether that’s feathering, weaving, teasing, slicing, babylights, or classic highlighting methods, I’ll create seamless, customised dimension and brightness throughout the hair (excluding tip-outs).

This service includes all tonal dimension, plus a bespoke root tap and personalised gloss/glaze where required to achieve the perfect finish.

You'll also enjoy a deep conditioning treatment with heat, a luxurious slow scalp massage, and a soothing hot towel wrap, followed by a precision cut and signature blow-dry finish.

£225.00
Half Head Blonde Foil package

Half Head Lightened Highlights

Perfect for maintaining brightness and dimension, this bespoke highlighting service focuses on the areas that make the biggest impact, creating a beautifully refreshed and naturally blended result.

Using tailored placement and lightening techniques, your highlights will be customised to complement your hair, skin tone, and desired look.

This service includes a personalised root tap and gloss/glaze where required to achieve the perfect tone and seamless blend.

You'll also enjoy a deep conditioning treatment with heat, a relaxing scalp massage, and a soothing hot towel wrap, followed by a precision cut and signature finish.

Includes:

• Half head lightened highlights

• Bespoke placement and lightening technique

• Personalised root tap

• Custom gloss/glaze

• Deep heated conditioning treatment

• Relaxing scalp massage & hot towel wrap

• Cut & signature finish

£172.00
30 minutes Additional time

This is a 30 minute addition for much thicker hair. For example, if you know your hair takes longer than average, then please add. This may also be added from my end if necessary.

£25.00
1 hr Additional time

Additional Time & Product Supplement

Designed for clients with exceptionally long, thick, or high-density hair, this supplement covers the extra time, colour, and product required to deliver the same bespoke, high-quality results.

£50.00
Full Balayage package

Experience authentic freehand balayage, individually designed to complement your features and create effortless, lived-in colour.

Each service is customised to your goals, expertly lightened, and finished with a personalised gloss for flawless tone and shine.

Enjoy a deeply nourishing heated conditioning treatment, relaxing scalp massage, hot towel wrap, precision cut, and signature finish.

Leave with beautifully blended colour, healthy-looking hair, and a renewed sense of confidence.

£225.00
Partial Balayage package

Designed as the perfect in-between maintenance service, this partial balayage focuses on the crown and visible top sections to revive your colour and restore brightness.

Ideal when you're looking for a refresh without committing to a full balayage appointment.

Complete with a bespoke cut and signature finish, you'll leave with beautifully refreshed hair in just 3 hours.

£172.00
Rev. Balayage & Face frame package

A bespoke colour service designed to restore depth, dimension, and balance to overly lightened hair.

By strategically adding darker tones through the mid-lengths and ends, reverse balayage creates a softer, more natural blend with beautiful contrast and a lower-maintenance grow-out.

Perfect for clients wanting a richer, more lived-in look.

£194.00
Rev. Balayage (no f/frame) package

A bespoke colour service designed to restore depth, dimension, and balance to overly lightened hair.

By strategically adding darker tones through the mid-lengths and ends, reverse balayage creates a softer, more natural blend with beautiful contrast and a lower-maintenance grow-out.

Perfect for clients wanting a richer, more lived-in look.

£162.00
1/2 Head Foils & Tint package

A bespoke colour service combining strategically placed highlights with a custom tint to create depth, brightness, and seamless coverage.

Ideal if you're looking to refresh your colour, blend greys, or subtly adjust your base shade while maintaining a natural, dimensional finish.

Complete with a precision cut and signature finish.

£225.00
Tinted Foils, Cut & finish

A gentle highlighting service using high-lift tint within foils to create soft brightness without the use of bleach.

Perfect for clients looking for a more natural result, subtle dimension, or a gentler approach to lightening.

This service can add brightness and movement while maintaining the hair's condition and shine.

Includes a precision cut and signature finish.

£172.00
Full Head Tint, Cut & finish

A bespoke all-over colour service that saturates every strand from root to tip for seamless, glossy, and vibrant results.

Whether you're looking to cover greys, deepen your shade, or refresh faded colour, your formula will be tailored to achieve your desired look.

Complete with a precision cut and signature finish.

£118.00
Root Tint, Cut & finish

Designed to keep your colour looking fresh between full-colour appointments, this service focuses on the regrowth area only.

Your bespoke colour formula is applied to the roots to maintain seamless coverage and consistency, while your lengths and ends remain untouched.

Complete with a precision cut and signature finish.

£111.00
Root Tap & Glaze Refresh

Designed to maintain and perfect your colour between lightening appointments, this service combines a bespoke root tap with a personalised gloss to refresh tone, enhance shine, and restore vibrancy.

Perfect when your colour feels dull or faded but doesn't require pre-lightening. The result is beautifully refreshed, glossy hair with minimal maintenance.

Please note: A Cut & Finish or Blow Dry must be booked in addition to this service.

£63.00
Glaze Refresh

Glaze Refresh. Refresh your tone, revive shine, and enhance your existing colour with a bespoke gloss treatment.

Perfect for maintaining vibrant, healthy-looking hair between colour appointments.

Add-on service only — must be booked with a Cut & Finish, Blow Dry, or another service.

£34.00
Wet Cut

A shampoo and condition, followed by a tailored wet cut. Ideal if you don't require a blow dry or styled finish.

£42.00
Blow dry/finish

A luxurious shampoo and condition followed by a bespoke blow dry, leaving your hair beautifully polished, smooth, and full of shine.

Please note: Additional styling with straighteners or curling irons is not included and should be booked separately where required.** ✨**

£28.00
Root tint & Blow dry - From

A bespoke root colour service designed to maintain seamless coverage and keep your colour looking its best.

Your customised formula is applied to the regrowth area to refresh and perfect your colour, followed by a professional blow dry for a smooth, glossy finish

£80.00
Root tint (Roots only)

Root Tint Add-On

The perfect addition to your balayage or highlighting appointment.

A bespoke root colour is applied to refresh your base shade, cover regrowth, and create a beautifully balanced foundation before your lightening service, ensuring a seamless and polished end result.

Please note: This service must be booked alongside a balayage or highlighting appointment and does not include a cut, finish, or blow dry.

£52.00
Consultation Fridays

A free, no-obligation 20-minute consultation designed to give you the opportunity to chat through your hair goals, concerns, and ideas in a relaxed, pressure-free environment.

Whether you're considering a colour transformation, looking for expert advice, or simply unsure which service is right for you, we'll discuss your options and create a plan tailored to your needs.

Available on the first Friday of each month by appointment only.

20 minute consultation

A free, no-obligation 20-minute consultation available on the first Friday of each month between 9:30am and 2:30pm.

This is your opportunity to chat through all things hair in a relaxed, pressure-free environment.

Whether you're considering a colour transformation, have questions about your hair, or simply want to explore your options, we'll discuss your goals and see how I can help.

Most importantly, it's a chance for us to meet, get to know each other, and see if we're the right fit.

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