By Russell Forbes
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| A View From Outside Imáge Salon and Spa |
SMYRNA, Tenn. --
Imáge Salon and Spa plans to host a grand re-opening celebration on June 14 at
its new location on 500 Waldron Road, Suite 300, in LaVergne, Tenn.
The
festivities will begin around 10 a.m., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring
Mayor Senna Mosley starting around noon. Salon owner Bonnie Bryant plans to
have raffle drawings for free services, along with a "bouncy house"
in front of the building for children. The event will include live music, but
Bryant has not decided on the band yet. Snacks and beverages will be offered to
those who attend.
“I think we’re
going to do just kind of a big meet and greet for the community,” said Bryant.
“We just need to do some advertising and let people know that we’re here first
and then advertise our services.”
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| Bryant Cutting a Client's Hair |
Imáge Salon and
Spa is the only full-service salon in LaVergne offering not only services for
hair, but also facials, manicures, pedicures, body waxing and make-up. They
offer a variety of looks and specials for occasions such as proms
and weddings. Clients can even enjoy a glass of complimentary wine as they
receive their services if they wish to.
Bryant has been
doing hair for more than 10 years and has been passionate about it since she
was a little girl. Bryant opened her salon after her father came upon a location in Smyrna that would be perfect for housing her business.
After the initial purchase of the building in Smyrna, she ran Imáge Salon for
several years before moving to LaVergne, prompting the grand re-opening
commemorating the five-year anniversary.
“I’m
so excited for the festivities we will have at the grand opening,” said the
salon’s only other stylist, Joshuah Osment. “It’s really going to help us get
in some great new clients and become more prominent in the community.”
Osment
first became interested in becoming a stylist after stopping by a convenience
store located next to a beauty school about nine years ago. Out of curiosity,
he walked in the beauty school to see what it was all about, and the next thing
he knew, he was enrolled. Osment has been able to transform the hair of his
clients to boost their self-esteem and change their lives.
“I
had a client a couple of years ago who had never received any major work done
to her hair,” said Osment. “I did not let her see her hair until I was finished
with it, and when I turned her around so she could see it, she immediately
burst into tears saying that no one had ever made her look like a woman
before.”
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| Osment Cutting and Styling a Client's Hair |
In order to become
a stylist, Osment had to take 1,500 hours of beauty school required by the
state of Tennessee. While there, he learned a variety of different basic hair-cutting
styles, waxing, doing color, and how to apply
relaxers and other treatments. Upon completion of beauty school, Osment received
his cosmetology license, which must be displayed at his station in the salon
and renewed every two years.
Osment intends on entering The
Color Zoom Global Event contest for a chance to become a nationally renowned
artist and win a trip to Berlin to compete for the international title. The
concept of the contest is to create an original style based in the biggest
trend of 2014 known as reallusion. This
style
exhibits an optical allusion by using color, light and angles to create two
distinct styles in the same cut.
This would allow a style that could be considered business casual during the
day, but could be transformed at night with little effort to become a punk-rock
party look.
Motlow
State Community College student Felicia Gatlin recently received services from
Osment at the salon. Gatlin said she was very pleased with the promptness,
cleanliness and overall outcome of the services she received.
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| Gatlin's Before and After Cut and Style |
“He suggested a hairstyle for me, which I
ended up loving,” said Gatlin. “I liked that he was more catering to the
customer to try to make me happy.”
For more
information on Imáge Salon and Spa’s services, there is plenty of information
on their website at www.imagesalonlavergne.com. To make an appointment, call (615)
355-5835.
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