Chel Salon strikes into Fairbanks-Morse Constructing in downtown Saskatoon

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Companies and non-profit organizations often open and transfer in Saskatoon. At the moment, the StarPhoenix talks to Kim Regier, who collectively along with his spouse Dianne Laidlaw-Regier moved and renamed the salon that they’ve owned since 1990.

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Previously referred to as Chel Salonspa, the newly renamed Chel Salon can now be discovered within the 110-year-old Fairbanks-Morse Constructing in downtown Saskatoon, which provides a number of character and brilliant gentle by way of the huge image home windows into the institution. Kim and Dianne accomplished the renovations themselves, culminating within the official grand opening on Friday, August 26.

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Q: What made you determine to maneuver after 32 years spent in two earlier areas?

A: Greater than something, we moved simply to have our personal house. We had been in our earlier location for 20 years and had simply type of outgrown it. Somewhat than simply being in the course of eighth Road in a bit strip mall, it simply seems like we even have a spot to belong and the place we will construct and nurture the neighborhood that surrounds us.

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Q: What’s stands out about your new location?

A: We discover our new house on the Fairbanks-Morse Constructing inspiring. It’s a 110-year-old piece of Saskatoon historical past. It’s a constructing that we really feel is dynamic and has a powerful maintain and character. The morning we opened at our new location, the primary of our visitors that I noticed advised me, ‘I simply acquired to let you know, I like the salon. It was unimaginable to stroll in. I opened the entrance door and I instantly left Saskatoon.’ And I believed, yah, that’s the perfect description ever. In order that’s what I am going with (to explain the salon).

It has extra of an enormous metropolis vibe to it. It’s acquired 14-foot white ceilings, every part’s gentle and brilliant. We now have a very nice lot with a unique perspective or view for folks sitting and ready. It sounds humorous, however the air appears to flow into higher, which simply creates a greater really feel for the entire place. We now have all these large home windows within the entrance. Within the again, we now have home windows and a storage door which give us an unimaginable quantity of sunshine throughout the day. It’s actually refreshing. Our salon is customized to be snug for our visitors, and our focus is on our visitors.

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Q: Why change the title from Chel SalonSpa to Chel Salon? 

A: The explanation for that, and one of many causes we truly moved, is the earlier mall we had been in had two separate bays and one was our hair facet and the opposite was our spa and within the center was a firewall, so we couldn’t mix the 2. It was actually endlessly two sides. We’d have folks come to the hair facet, or the spa facet, however we by no means labored collectively as a unified group. Now we now have one large room and of that we had been in a position to break aside separate rooms and supply all providers collectively so we now have one unified enterprise versus two separate companies.

Q: I perceive you’re an Aveda idea salon. What does that imply?

A: We’re a salon that embodies every part that Aveda stands for. We solely use Aveda in our salon for hair care, skincare, physique care — all the time Aveda. We’re Aveda educated internationally with our senior group and we stock by way of Aveda’s mission — to look after the world we stay in — into every part we do on a day-to-day foundation.

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Q: What salon and spa providers do you supply?

A: We provide a full vary of providers. Haircuts for girls, males and youngsters. We provide hair colouring of every type. Common hair colouring, balayage, foiliage. We provide curling, chemical straightening, styling. We do work with a number of grads, a number of weddings. Then we additionally supply esthetics, so we do make-up, pedicures, manicures, facials and waxing.

Q: Do you’ve got any employees who’ve been with you the whole 32 years you’ve got been open?

A: Not 32 years, however we now have one, Sean Kok, who has been with us for greater than 20 years now. After which we now have Kelsie Kitzul and Jenny Moneo, who’ve each been with us for greater than 10 years. All three are grasp stylists and are spectacular. After which after all, Dianne and I’ve been with the salon the entire 32 years. And our daughter, Alycia Regier, truly runs the salon because the supervisor.

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Q: Do you and Dianne each present totally different salon providers yourselves?

A: Sure. We each minimize hair on a day-to-day foundation. She’s right here 5 days every week doing hair and it’s three for me. We’re nonetheless behind the chair, nonetheless loving each second of it.

I additionally run a images studio, Kimball Vince Images. I spend three full days within the salon and three full days within the images studio. I do a full vary of images. We do a number of magnificence, style, grads, boudoir and periodic weddings, and company headshots over the previous six years.

Q: What do you’re keen on most about proudly owning Chel Salon?

A: The neighborhood, 100 per cent. I’m very family-oriented and our group is one other model of our household after which our visitors too, some who’ve been with us, for 32 years. So actually it’s concerning the neighborhood that we’ve managed to type of fall into in that timeframe, that simply grows and grows with us.

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This interview has been edited and condensed

Chel Salon

Proprietor: Kimball Regier and Dianne Laidlaw-Regier
Tackle: 14 – twenty third St. East (Fairbanks-Morse Constructing)
Hours: Tues. to Thurs., 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m. to six p.m.; Closed Solar. and Mon
Cellphone: 306-477-6200
Electronic mail: [email protected]
Web site: chelsalonspa.com
Examine: Fb, Instagram

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