Hair By Gregory’s

Had an appointment for 11am to have 3 nails replaced, reshape and color change. Waited 29 minutes to be helped, ok not a big deal things happen. The woman that does nails here was having issues with her kids and kept having to pause to text or call her kids. Ok I understand things happen. What pushed me over the edge was the fact that another client of hers also had an appointment for nails, so I was pushed to the side because the nail tech didn’t set aside enough time to finish my nails. I was shuffled around until she was done. I didn’t leave until 2pm! I can understand things happen but they was ridiculous. I just moved her and have been looking for a good nail salon, but yet again I have been let down.
Quality wasn’t bad, but she couldn’t get the shape right. Also, they don’t use a drill here. In my experience drills are faster and give you better finish on the nails. I’m just really frustrated that I was stuck there with half finished nails for 3 hours when I should’ve been done in under an hour. The only reason I give 3 stars is because everyone was nice and offered me coffee while I waited. Quality and timely service is more important to me.

Haircut: 4 stars.
Awareness: 1 star.
The haircut was OK. In typical stylist conversation: [btw, I’m a guy]
«So, are you married or single?»
«I’m married.»
«So what does your wife do?’
«I don’t have a wife, I have a husband and he’s retired.»
(No apology or comment on the faux pas.)
For the rest of the conversation, the stylist referred to my husband as my partner. I corrected her that he was not my partner but my husband.
She did not (would not?) refer to him as my husband.
I must ask myself, where has this woman been for the last 10 years, some cave? How could someone who has read a newspaper, listened to the news, (been awake?) not be aware of the monumental changes in this nation in the past month (year? decade?).
I hate to use the term bigotry, but her… what…stupidity? was astonishing.
It’s not like I asked her to bake a cake for the wedding. It’s not like she is in a profession that doesn’t have its share of gay guys. I paid for the haircut, tipped her well, but after more than one correction, I’ll leave it to someone else to buy this woman a clue.
Worse, it indicates to me that whoever Gregory is, this staff has been untrained and that speaks poorly for the establishment.
Please move into the 21^st century. This is Maine, not Alabama.

Saw KellyAnn for a shellac mani and she was friendly and meticulous. They do layering there so you can get some unique colors. Also got a pigment on one finger which is fun! Highly recommend!