On Garnet Road on the Grey Lynn–Westmere border, Gray & Co Hair Stylists is a modern boutique salon built around a team of senior stylists. Their stated focus is each client's detailed needs and realistic requirements — capturing the best of your hair to enhance its natural movements, rather than forcing a look your hair can't hold. As they put it themselves: flirt with the dramatic, or coast with casual — the choice is yours.
Experience sits at every chair. Salon Director Glenn Gibbons is a multiple award-winning stylist with an extensive career and a particular interest in loose, believable colour and texture. Jessie Corbin-Beazley specialises in beautiful natural blends of colour and all things blonde; Arron Pickering brings 25 years in the trade across every aspect of the industry; and Rebecca Davis completes the core styling team, with massage therapist Talia Shief also part of the line-up.
Services span cutting, colour and treatments: women's, men's and student cuts, blow waves and hair up; colour and cut packages, half and full head foils, fashion colouring, and balayage or ombré quoted on consultation; plus deep conditioning, keratin smoothing and chemical straightening.
The salon is a welcoming, friendly boutique shop with 'treats of decadence for all to enjoy'. It opens Tuesday to Saturday with four late nights a week, and enquiries can be made by phone, email or the website contact form. Gray & Co displays a Top Reviews badge recognising it among Auckland's best hairdressers.
On Garnet Road, on the Grey Lynn–Westmere border, Gray & Co Hair Stylists works to a refreshingly honest brief: senior stylists, realistic advice, and hair that still behaves when you get home. The team describes its focus as each client's detailed needs and realistic requirements — capturing the best of your hair to enhance its natural movements. In their words, you can 'flirt with the dramatic, or coast with casual — the choice is yours.' Either way, the aim is a personalised look achieved with a confident, assured hand.
What sets Gray & Co apart on paper is the experience level at every chair. Salon Director Glenn Gibbons is a multiple award-winning stylist with an extensive career behind him and a particular interest in loose, believable colour and texture. Jessie Corbin-Beazley, a senior stylist, specialises in beautiful natural blends of colour and — in her own words — all things blonde, with a genuine love of hair and people. Arron Pickering brings 25 years in the trade and confidence across all aspects of the industry, while Rebecca Davis completes the core styling team. Rounding out the line-up is Talia Shief, a massage therapist — a hint that the salon sees a visit as a proper reset, not just a haircut.
The service list is broad without being confusing. On the cutting and styling side there are women's, men's and student cuts, blow waves tailored to hair length, and hair up for occasions that demand it. Colour is clearly a house strength: colour and cut packages, half head and full head foils, fashion colouring for the bold, and balayage or ombré priced on application — sensibly quoted per head, since length, density and hair history all change the job. For hair that needs longer-term help, the salon offers deep conditioning, keratin smoothing and chemical straightening, giving frizz-prone or unruly hair a genuine shift in manageability.
The salon itself is a modern boutique shop with a welcoming, friendly atmosphere and, the owners promise, treats of decadence for all to enjoy. That mix of polish and ease is what the Gray & Co experience hinges on: an experienced stylist who listens first, a relaxed room, and small pleasures along the way. Recent work appears on the salon's Facebook and Instagram feeds — handy if you like to bring a visual brief to your appointment — and the salon carries a Top Reviews badge from a round-up of Auckland's best hairdressers.
Gray & Co opens Tuesday through Saturday and runs four late nights each week, useful for anyone juggling work hours, though exact daily times are best confirmed when you book. Enquiries can be made by phone on 021 276 8671, by email at info@grayandcohair.co.nz, or through the website's contact form; the team replies by text or email and politely suggests checking your spam folder for the response. If you're chasing balayage, ombré or keratin smoothing, mention it when booking so a quote and enough chair time can be arranged.
For Westmere and Grey Lynn locals after colour that grows out gracefully, or simply a well-executed cut from someone with decades behind the scissors, Gray & Co offers a senior-led, down-to-earth option on Garnet Road.