The people of Nine on Gray.

Nine on Gray is a hair and nail salon at 9 Gray Street, Knysna, opened by Brent Hicks as owner and stylist. Linzi has been in the chair here since 2012, and she runs the salon today, with Okkie, Debra, Tami, Anchin and JC. This page is for them: the owner who opened the door, and the people who welcome you now.

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The plaque by the door.

Brent Hicks, owner and stylist.

Owner and stylist, Nine on Gray

Brent Hicks opened Nine on Gray, at 9 Gray Street in Knysna, as owner and stylist. The Knysna-Plett Herald knew him in those words in 2012, and again in 2017. The salon keeps that standard: careful work, a warm chair, and a team people come back to.

The door of Nine on Gray in 2017, with the official sign and phone number — The door on Gray Street in 2017, with the official sign and the same phone number.

Linzi

Stylist since 2012. Runs the salon today.

Linzi joined Nine on Gray as a stylist in 2012. She runs the salon today. Clients speak of precision cuts, and of coming back for years: one for fourteen years, another, in 2023, for almost twenty. Want Linzi? Tell us when you book.

When she joined, the Knysna-Plett Herald introduced her as a stylist already well known in town, for her work in the chair and for shows she had directed in Knysna.

“Linzi, my Professional Hairdresser for almost 20 years and The Staff are Simply the Best, so caring, Head Massage so relaxing.”
Wendy, June 2023, via africabz

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The people in the chair

These are names that come up again and again in public reviews.

The Nine on Gray team in the garden, in front of the salon sign — The team at Nine on Gray.

Okkie

Colour, highlights and Brazilian hair treatment

Reviewers talk about talent, care, and a very funny chair-side manner. One had hysterical conversation while he chose the exact colour, never having met her before.

Book with Okkie

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Debra

Hair, highlights, roots and treatments

A traveller after three weeks on the road called her an amazing hairdresser, and a lovely person to sit with.

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Tami

Highlights, trims and the welcome at the door

Reviewers say she makes you feel welcome from the moment you step in.

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Anchin

Nails

The Christmas visitor sent family back to her, and she pointed that visitor on to Linzi for highlights.

Nails with Anchin

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JC

The head massage at the wash

Clients mention the best head massages when hair is being washed.

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Want a particular person? Tell us when you book.

The reception desk at Nine on Gray, timber slats, flowers, two members of the team

The room

The desk, the timber, the flowers. This is the feeling of the salon today, and the first thing you see when you come in from the garden.

A Nine on Gray sticker: a pink heart-bunny and the line “supports beauty without cruelty”

We support beauty without cruelty.

Come and sit with us

Call the salon, or send a request through the Hair Map and choose who you’d like.

Call 044 382 1919 Book with the Hair Map