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The salon side
Hair
- Cuts
- Color — the thing the reviews rave about by name
- Extensions
- Wedding & event hair
Est. 1996 · Sanford, Maine Founding year pending owner sign-off
Magnolias · Salon & Spa
Run by sisters Christy Legere and Kelly Clark, home to seventeen stylists and estheticians — and booked by name: regulars here rebook the same chair every three to six weeks.
Online booking is live today — the button goes straight to the salon’s own booking page.
Read the reviews and one pattern jumps out: nobody here books “a haircut.” They book Lauren, Kelly, Shawna — their person. Every face below is real, from the salon’s own booking page. Tap any of them to book.
Photos from the salon’s own booking page — refreshed at launch. Roster as listed there, July 2026. At launch each stylist gets her own card — photo, specialty, direct booking link — in her own words.
In the salon’s own words: “A full service salon and spa offering cuts, colors, extensions as well as multiple esthetic services!” The “& Spa” in the name is earned, not decorative — so the site shows both halves.
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Hair
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Esthetics & body
“Take a trip to your place of inner harmony… from the moment you enter our sanctuary of peace and quiet.”
— the salon’s own website, 2012. Still the brief.
Every salon says “we care.” Magnolias got written up in the Portland Press Herald for it.
Christy was among the first area hairstylists trained by “Skinny on Skin” — a program run by the Cancer Care Center of York County that teaches stylists to notice the early signs of skin cancer in the places only a stylist ever really sees. By 2017, six of the salon’s fifteen stylists had taken the course.
And one of the program’s first saves was in this salon: Christy herself was treated for a cancerous lesion it helped catch.
As reported in the Portland Press Herald, March 2017. Presented as what it is — a team that pays attention — not a medical service, and never a diagnosis.
“After all, they actually know our scalp better than we do.”Karen Pierce-Stewart, Cancer Care Center of York County — in the Press Herald
“I can’t offer a diagnosis, but I can say ‘this is something you might want to have checked.’”Christy Legere, co-owner — in the Press Herald
Christy Legere and Kelly Clark — sisters — own Magnolias, and it runs like a family operation that grew up: back in 2017 the Portland Press Herald already counted fifteen stylists and about 1,200 customers a year, most of them rebooking every three to six weeks.
Nobody rebooks the same chair every four weeks out of habit. They come back because it’s their salon.
The salon’s own 2008 website put it in Jackson Square, under a tagline the sisters wrote themselves: “Creating An Experience!!” Today Magnolias fills Suite 102 at 25 Daigle Lane — a bigger room, the same experience.
Directory listings date the salon to 1996. We’re confirming that with Christy and Kelly before it goes in print — because if it holds, 2026 is Magnolias’ thirtieth year, and that belongs on the front page, not in the fine print.
Ownership, team size and customer figures as reported in the Portland Press Herald (2017); location history and tagline from the salon’s own archived 2008 website. Founding year from directory listings only — chipped until the owners confirm. Final about-page copy written with the owners before launch.
Read the public reviews and one pattern jumps out: nobody reviews “the salon.” They review their stylist, by name.
“Lauren is absolutely a hair wizard. She is SO good with color and hearing your vision.”BestProsInTown review, Dec 2024
“Kelly is fantastic and caring!! I’ve had people stop me to compliment how nice my hair looks!!”BestProsInTown review, Jun 2023
“I had the absolute best experience with Shawna Crowley as my wedding hairstylist!”Google review, via Birdeye
“Christy Legere is wonderful. She has been so patient and helpful… It is clean and never any delays.”WhirLocal review
Read more on the salon’s Facebook page →
Quotes from public reviews, reproduced verbatim from the named review sites; stylist emphasis added. Ratings as read on Birdeye, BestProsInTown and WhirLocal in July 2026; Facebook figures from the salon’s public page.
Around town
Magnolias is a named donation drop-off site for the canned-pasta food drive that helps feed 200+ Sanford students every week.
The salon is a listed print pickup spot for the Sanford Springvale News — a literal community hub.
Both per the Sanford Springvale News. Some businesses sponsor the community; Magnolias is just in it.
Hours as verified for this preview — reconfirmed with the owners at launch. The live booking page always shows real availability.
The fastest way into a chair is the salon’s own online booking — live now, not a coming-soon promise.
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