G&T Hairdressing Mission Bay is a boutique hair salon on Kepa Road in Mission Bay, Auckland, where a self-described mix of potions, love, creativity and a little mayhem meets genuinely professional salon service. Clients are welcomed into what the team calls a beauty haven — settle in with a tea or coffee while talented stylists create seasonal haircuts and colours that are customised for you on each visit.
The floor is led by co-owners and senior stylists Alexandra and Sheryl, who with their team bring over 30 years of combined professional salon experience. Alexandra is a Wella YPS winner, a Goldwell Colour Zoom finalist for Australasia and Parisienne-trained in balayage; Sheryl was trained in the UK via Vidal Sassoon and has headed training for salon groups and cruise-ship stylists. They are joined by Carmel, Crystal, Zoe and Tania — a lineup spanning 35-year veterans to emerging talent.
The salon cuts and colours using high-quality KMS and Goldwell products, is a ghd stockist with product in store, and retails salon-exclusive brands including Eleven. Late nights run Tuesday to Thursday until 9pm, gift vouchers are available year-round, and bookings can be made online or by phone on 09 528 8950.
G&T Hairdressing Mission Bay is a boutique salon on Kepa Road in Mission Bay, run by a team that describes its craft as a mix of potions, love, creativity and a little mayhem. The idea is simple: clients step into what the salon calls a beauty haven, settle in with a tea or coffee, and let senior stylists create seasonal haircuts and colours that are customised for them on every single visit.
Education sits at the heart of what they do. The team's stated passion is keeping clients informed on the most current trends in haircutting and colouring, always working with high-quality professional products from KMS and Goldwell.
The salon is owned and led by two senior stylists. Alexandra has been in the industry for over 20 years, is a Wella YPS winner (2011) and was a second-place finalist at Goldwell Colour Zoom 2014 for Australasia. Parisienne-trained in colouring techniques such as balayage, she is also the salon's bridal and wedding specialist, with a love of everything from root smudges and highlights to rich wintery tones built with shimmer techniques and beautiful pastel toners.
Sheryl brings an equally deep CV: UK-trained via Vidal Sassoon, City & Guilds certified, a former Steiner UK stylist who trained stylists for the cruise liners, head of training for the Schnips PhD group and an area manager across four salons. Her current obsession is the choppy, short and messy end of the style spectrum.
They are joined by Carmel, a senior stylist with 35 years in the business who has taught colour and product knowledge around the North Island for brands including KMS — and for whom foils are, in her words, definitely a friend. Stylist Crystal graduated from EIT with her level 3 and 4 hairdressing certificates and loves highlights, lowlights and volume-boosting layers. Assistant stylist Zoe, a Cut Above graduate, is into French twists and colour blocking, while emerging stylist Tania completed levels 3 and 4 at Cut Above Academy plus level 3 makeup, and has been creating styles since she was a self-taught braider at eight years old.
Colour work is where G&T clearly shines. The team's repertoire runs from balayage and full foil work to root smudges, highlights and lowlights, multi-tonal and dimensional effects, pastel toners and colour blocking. However bold or natural the brief, the salon follows four key points to deliver professional results: a consultation and genuine understanding of your expectations; technique-based styling to create the shape; vibrant, industry-leading salon-only solutions for colour; and post-care advice covering the shampoos, conditioners and treatments that will build, shape and maintain your new look.
A visit is designed to feel like a proper escape. The newly fitted salon invites you to get pampered with a tea or coffee in hand while your stylist works, and the retail shelves are stocked with salon-exclusive products from KMS, Goldwell, Eleven and ghd. G&T is a ghd stockist with product in store, and the stylists are happy to provide product information, prices and even training on ghd tools and straighteners. If you are chasing a specific product or colour, the team invites you to call and ask before you come in.
The salon keeps late nights early in the week: doors are open 9am to 9pm Tuesday through Thursday, 9am to 5.30pm Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday, with Monday and Sunday closed. Appointments can be booked online through the salon's Timely booking page or by phone on 09 528 8950.
If you are stuck for a present, G&T Hair gift vouchers are available in store or by phone. They are redeemable on any hairdressing service or on the salon-exclusive product range — KMS, Goldwell, Eleven, ghd straighteners and more — and are valid for 12 months from the date of issue. Between the consultation-first approach, the decades of combined experience on the floor and the professional products to take home, it is a salon built to send you out the door with hair you can actually recreate.