Mayfair Expertise
A renowned colour team trained to the exacting technical standards established by Jo Hansford.
Jo Hansford · Mayfair
Expert Balayage in the Heart of Mayfair
Beautiful balayage should feel entirely individual. Our award-winning colourists create soft, dimensional colour designed around your complexion, natural base, haircut and lifestyle.
From subtle, sun-kissed brightness to a more transformative result, every balayage is considered in its placement, tone and finish to create colour that feels effortless and beautifully balanced.
Designed Around You
Placement, brightness and tone are individually tailored around your complexion, natural base, haircut and lifestyle.
Condition Comes First
Every colour plan is shaped around what your hair can achieve beautifully while protecting strength, condition and shine.
Your Balayage Journey
The Art of Consultation
Exceptional balayage begins with understanding the individual.
Your colourist will take time to understand your hair history, condition, natural colour, skin tone, lifestyle and the result you would like to achieve before creating a personalised colour plan.
The placement of every lighter piece is considered around your haircut, natural movement and the way you wear your hair. Where significant lightening or previous colour is involved, pigment testing or test highlights may be recommended so that we can understand how the hair will respond before your colour service.
Our colour and styling teams work closely together, helping ensure the tone, placement, cut and finish feel considered as one complete look.
Our Balayage Expertise
Balayage Designed Around You
Balayage is not one particular look. It is a highly adaptable approach to colour that can be refined around the individual, from barely there brightness to a more transformative result.
Classic Balayage
Freehand placement creates beautifully diffused lightness through the mid-lengths and ends, while retaining depth where it gives the hair movement and dimension.
Lived-In Balayage
For clients who prefer a softer transition from the natural root, lived-in balayage creates considered brightness with an elegant, relaxed grow-out.
Face-Framing Balayage
Carefully placed lighter pieces around the face can illuminate the complexion, enhance the haircut and introduce brightness without changing the entire colour.
Toners & Glossing
The final tone is as important as the placement. Bespoke toners and glosses refine the shade, balance warmth and give coloured hair a polished, reflective finish.
Advanced Colour Expertise
Balayage Transformations & Colour Correction
Correcting an existing balayage, rebuilding dimension or moving from previously coloured hair to a significantly lighter result requires considered planning and exceptional technical expertise.
Our colourists assess your previous colour, chemical history, natural base and the condition of your hair before recommending the most appropriate approach. More complex transformations may require several appointments, with the integrity of the hair central to every stage of the plan.
Meet the Experts
Find Your Balayage Specialist
Our Mayfair colour team brings together specialists in dimensional brunette colour, blonding, face framing, tonal work, corrective colour and complete transformations.
SubtleSoft, sun-kissed placement for clients who want a discreet introduction to colour.
DimensionalDepth and lightness balanced to create movement while keeping the finished colour sophisticated.
TransformativeMore significant lightening or correction planned carefully around your starting point and hair condition.
Mayfair Colour
Balayage Price Guide
Balayage is a bespoke colour service. Pricing varies according to colourist, hair length, density and the complexity of the result. Your colourist will confirm the appropriate service and price during consultation.
BalayageFrom £315
Face-framing balayageOn consultation
Toners, glossing & smudgingOn consultation
Colour correction & transformationOn consultation
Prices are a guide and may vary according to colourist, hair length, density and the complexity of the service.
Balayage at Jo Hansford
Questions Our Colour Team Is Often Asked
Every balayage is individual. Here, our Mayfair colour team answers a few of the questions we are most often asked in the salon.
What is balayage?
Balayage is a way of creating soft, natural-looking lightness through the hair. At Jo Hansford, we tailor the placement and tone to your natural colour, complexion, haircut and the result you would like to achieve.
How do you decide what balayage will suit me?
It begins with a consultation. Your colourist will consider your natural colour, skin tone, hair condition, previous colour and lifestyle before creating a personalised colour plan. No two balayage appointments are approached in exactly the same way.
How often will I need to refresh my balayage?
This depends on your colour and how you like to wear it. Some clients return for a toner or brighter pieces around the face between appointments, while others leave longer between full balayage services. Your colourist will recommend a maintenance plan that works for you.
Can I have balayage if my hair has been coloured before?
In many cases, yes. Previous colour can affect how the hair responds to lightening, so we will assess your colour history and condition first. Where appropriate, we may recommend test highlights before planning a significant colour change.
Considering Balayage?
Begin With a Colour Consultation
Our Mayfair colour team will advise on the most flattering placement, tone and technique for your hair, with a plan designed around your starting point and the result you would like to achieve.
