Hush Hairstyling is a boutique, appointment-based hair salon on Withells Road in Avonhead, Christchurch, whose promise is to bring 'some calm to your life (and your locks)'. Every visit is built around your stylist, a prescribed product regimen and a relaxed pace — whether you're in for a quick fringe trim or a full colour transformation.
The service menu runs from cuts for short, medium and long hair (plus clipper cuts, fringe trims and a Wee Ones Cut for children 12 and under) to serious colour work: quarter, half and full head foils, balayage, full head colour, lightener and shine-boosting gloss demi-colours. Nearly everything is anchored by the salon's personalised basin ritual — a double cleanse with a treatment shampoo for colour, volume, nourishment, softening or repair, a relaxing head massage and a warm wheat bag, followed by a blow dry and the finished style of your choosing, from sleek and straight to beachy bed hair.
Beyond the chair, Hush offers bridal hair packages with trials and travel to venues, 60-minute one-on-one styling lessons that teach you to master your own products, and a sustainability commitment funded by a small per-visit Sustainable Salons fee. Professional ranges including Evo, Teknia, Olaplex and Lakme are available through the salon's online shop with free NZ delivery on orders over $100, and the team shares trends, hair care regimes, giveaways and plenty of food pics on Instagram.
Tucked along Withells Road in the Avonhead suburb of Christchurch, Hush Hairstyling does exactly what its name suggests: it brings, in its own words, 'some calm to your life (and your locks)'. This is an appointment-based neighbourhood salon where the team cheerfully admit their speciality is hair — 'but there's other good stuff about us here too'. That other good stuff turns out to be a lot: a signature basin ritual with warm wheat bags, colour work from subtle foils to full balayage, wedding hair on location, and hands-on lessons that teach you to style your own hair like a professional.
Nearly every service at Hush is anchored by its personalised basin ritual. It begins with a shampoo to remove dirt, oil and residual product, followed by a second shampoo that doubles as a treatment prescribed to your hair's needs — colour, volume, nourishment, softening or repair. A relaxing head massage comes next, and if you'd like, a warm wheat bag to hug. Back in the chair, hair is prepped with heat protectant and leave-in treatment, blow dried and finished with a 'Cloud9 finish' — your choice of sleek and straight, soft romantic waves or beachy bed hair — then sealed with a prescribed styling product.
Colour is where the menu goes deep. Highlights and foils are offered by the quarter, half or full head, and dedicated services cover highlights paired with full colour, new growth freshen-ups, first-time balayage, balayage refreshes, full head lightener and full head colour. Every colour service includes the basin ritual with a prescribed treatment and is followed by a blow wave and finished style, with the option to add a fresh cut on top.
For a shine boost, the salon's gloss demi-colours are formulated with twice the ceramides, filling damaged gaps in the hair fibre to create an even canvas and adding double the conditioning, which lasts through up to 20 shampoos. Because no two heads are the same, your stylist prescribes the right gloss — and if a bigger transformation may need extra colour or time, you're welcome to ask for a no-obligation quote before booking anything.
Cut services span short, medium and long hair — mostly scissor work, finished with product and style — alongside clipper-focused short cuts, precise fringe trims and the Wee Ones Cut, a 45-minute appointment for children aged 12 and under. If you arrive with more hair or bigger dreams than the standard slot allows, the team simply adds time to 'make the magic'.
Weddings are a speciality. The bridal hair package pairs a consultation with your stylist and a 45–60 minute hair trial — the team takes your hair up, then out, and sends you home with your bobby pins. Wedding party packages cover the bridesmaids, and the salon travels to venues, with an out-of-salon fee plus a per-kilometre charge outside Christchurch city.
If the goal is mastering your own hair, book a styling session. In 60 minutes you'll enjoy the basin ritual, talk through your hair's condition and needs, get a tutorial on the products you already own — any brands — then style your hair yourself, step by step, under a watchful eye. You leave with a product from the Style range to fill the gap in your arsenal. Just remember to bring your products along.
Hush builds its environmental commitment into every visit: a small Sustainable Salons fee on each service bill supports the salon's sustainability pledge without compromising the quality of service. The retail offering centres on professional brand Evo, and the online shop extends across hydrating, repair, volume, curl, smooth and styling ranges, plus Teknia, Olaplex and Lakme — with free New Zealand delivery on orders over $100. For style trends, hair care regimes, giveaways and plenty of food pics, the team shares 'Hush Chat' on Instagram.
The salon opens Monday afternoons and evenings, runs full days Tuesday through Saturday with late nights midweek, and closes on Sundays. Booking is easy through the online system, by phone or by email. A few house rules keep the diary honest: 24 hours' notice to change or cancel a haircut or blow wave, 48 hours for cut-and-colour appointments, and a quick call if you think you'll be running late. Come prepared, settle in, and you'll understand why Hush calls itself your best styling secret.