Modern Salon - June 2008 - (Page 40)

NEW•NOW•NEXT EDUCATION SPA SUCCESS STORY When Kim Thumel and Saphonia Gee, co-owners of In Your Own Skin in Virginia Beach, Virginia, opened three years ago, they wanted to give clients a place to come decompress and relax, while focusing on caring for pre- and post-op skin— without operating as a medical spa. It is a delicate line to walk—but they’ve been successful. So successful, in fact, that they were chosen as the winner of Repêchage’s Spa de Beaute of the Year award last summer. “It’s great to be a part of this kind of event, because it gives you industry recognition and establishes you,” says Thumel. “We’re very excited about the position we’ve taken in the industry— we’ve been very involved in licensing in Virginia— and this gives us a platform we can use.” It’s also been good for morale—for both the owners and their employees. “It’s kind of like a report card for the A client relaxes at In Your Own Skin. staff,” says Thumel. “We’re human and everyone likes to know they are doing a good job.” This year’s Spa de Beauté of the Year award will be presented at the beginning of August, during Repêchage’s 10th International, Congress in Secaucus, New Jersey. While the contest is open to Repêchage Spa de Beauté salons and spas, anyone in the industry can attend Congress to learn from industry experts and network with spa leaders. For more information and to sign up, visit www.repechage.com and click on “Professionals Only.”—Melissa Hill wireimage.com Transition Time CELEBRITY ER Keith Campbell, hair stylist and owner of the Keith Campbell Studios in New York has an impressive list of celebrity clientele, including Venus and Serena Williams, Missy Elliot and Eva Pigford. Here, he dishes on the two celebs he’d love to get into his chair. “I love that Avril Lavigne is playing with colors,” says Campbell. “I just wish she would do something shorter and more edgy. She should be speaking for the girls with a more powerful rock look.” If Lavigne were in Campbell’s chair, he would take her hair to shoulder length and create shorter layers and a disconnected fringe. For color, cool browns, Avril Lavigne needs a more golds and pinks would be Campbell’s first choice. grown-up look. “She should still look like a girl, but with where she is at in her life and career, she needs to transition into a look that is a little more adult with an edge.” Kerry Washington is another beauty Campbell’s dying to get his hands on. “For Kerry I would want to marry an uptown and downtown look,” says Campbell. “A convertible cut with a movable fringe creates a style that can bridge each power look and update her style.” The downtown look would have a funkier feel, and the uptown a more chic Kerry Washington could use a movable fringe. elegance. —AML 40 JUNE 2008 www.modernsalon.com wireimage.com http://www.itechproducts.com http://www.repechage.com http://wireimage.com http://wireimage.com http://www.itechproducts.com http://www.modernsalon.com

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Modern Salon - June 2008

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