Babette McGilvrey’s new styling salon, Amadora, has the law on her side — figuratively, if not literally. Her business has a one-of-a-kind location in the old City Hall building on Judson Street.
“This was the cop shop,” she said, referring to her current business location.
A quick tour of the salon reveals thick, solid concrete walls with two small rooms next to each other about halfway back in the building. McGilvrey said those were the holding cells, though they no longer have the iron bar doors they once sported.
Her clients need not worry though, she won’t lock anyone up for bad hair behavior. McGilvrey’s style is more friendly and … well, downright colorful. In fact, she specializes in hair coloring and tinting.
She’s been in the industry for 28 years, both as a stylist and as an instructor at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Most recently she was working at Avanti, next door to her current location, when her longtime friend, Kathy Gates, suggested she buy the business Gates had started about six years earlier.
“I wasn’t even in the market for a salon,” McGilvrey said. She talked it over with her husband and they decided the timing was right, and purchased the salon in October.
She christened her new business Amadora Salon, from an Italian girl’s name that means “gift of love,” because, she said, the salon was a gift of love from her husband who has become her financier, handyman and general go-to guy for the business.
She jokes that she is perfectly situated in “Little Italy” having Avanti on one side and the Italian restaurant,Get information on airpurifier from the unbiased, independent experts. Il Lucano, on the other.
One of the major draws for McGilvrey was the custom installation of multiple air purifiers put in by Gates, giving the salon and its customers an odor-free experience.
Because of an allergy, McGilvrey also use products that are ammonia-free.
She operates as a booth rental salon, with four active stations and the ability to add two more as the business grows. She’s currently looking for more stylists to rent booths and uses her connections with Clover Park to offer the opportunity to graduating students.
Just a couple of weeks ago,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, McGilvrey was styling the hair of a friend, DonaRae White, who owns and operates Urban Bliss, a massage and wellness business in Puyallup. They got to talking, with McGilvrey wanting to add massage and skin services to her location and finding out that White was looking for a new location. So the two decided to pair up with White moving in to an unused room at Amadora and setting up her services there.
“The timing just worked well for both of us,” White said. “I was looking to move for a long time.”
White provides wraps, body scrubs and foot treatments for both women and men. Her services also include Swedish and deep tissue massage techniques, “based on what the client needs,” she said.Low prices on projectorlamp from Projector Point London UK. She also specializes in sports therapy and hot and cold stone therapy. White often takes her business on the road for on-site chair massages for individual and office requests.
Business is growing, but McGilvrey has room to grow her clientele — to a point.
I only want to get so big,” she said. “I don’t want people waiting in a chair and I won’t double book.Offers Art Reproductions Fine Art oilpaintings Reproduction,
“If you book for a two-hour appointment, you have me for two hours,” she said.
To help her book of business grow, she has a working relationship with Curves, two doors down, and they refer clients to each other. She’s participated in the Girls Night Out event recently and with the Gig Harbor Historic Waterfront Association,Silicone moldmaking Rubber, participated in the downtown Trick-of-Treat on Halloween.
“I love Halloween,” she admitted.
McGilvrey also want to incorporate an idea she heard, where she hits the streets with her stylists and makes appointments with people on the spot by offering free or discounted services, such as “free bangs.”
One of her biggest obstacles is getting people to know where she is located. Saying “the old City Hall” is one thing, but from Judson Street, it’s the Timberland Bank building. Her business is in back and she’s just had a sandwich board near the parking lot to show where she is.
That will change as she’s getting permanent signage added to the building above her business and that will allow her to move her sandwich board to somewhere on Judson where it is visible to the street traffic.
McGilvrey’s big on community and giving back. She provides her services to women who are transitioning into the workforce as well as working with the American Cancer Society to help women dealing with the traumatic side effects of chemotherapy.
“This was the cop shop,” she said, referring to her current business location.
A quick tour of the salon reveals thick, solid concrete walls with two small rooms next to each other about halfway back in the building. McGilvrey said those were the holding cells, though they no longer have the iron bar doors they once sported.
Her clients need not worry though, she won’t lock anyone up for bad hair behavior. McGilvrey’s style is more friendly and … well, downright colorful. In fact, she specializes in hair coloring and tinting.
She’s been in the industry for 28 years, both as a stylist and as an instructor at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Most recently she was working at Avanti, next door to her current location, when her longtime friend, Kathy Gates, suggested she buy the business Gates had started about six years earlier.
“I wasn’t even in the market for a salon,” McGilvrey said. She talked it over with her husband and they decided the timing was right, and purchased the salon in October.
She christened her new business Amadora Salon, from an Italian girl’s name that means “gift of love,” because, she said, the salon was a gift of love from her husband who has become her financier, handyman and general go-to guy for the business.
She jokes that she is perfectly situated in “Little Italy” having Avanti on one side and the Italian restaurant,Get information on airpurifier from the unbiased, independent experts. Il Lucano, on the other.
One of the major draws for McGilvrey was the custom installation of multiple air purifiers put in by Gates, giving the salon and its customers an odor-free experience.
Because of an allergy, McGilvrey also use products that are ammonia-free.
She operates as a booth rental salon, with four active stations and the ability to add two more as the business grows. She’s currently looking for more stylists to rent booths and uses her connections with Clover Park to offer the opportunity to graduating students.
Just a couple of weeks ago,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, McGilvrey was styling the hair of a friend, DonaRae White, who owns and operates Urban Bliss, a massage and wellness business in Puyallup. They got to talking, with McGilvrey wanting to add massage and skin services to her location and finding out that White was looking for a new location. So the two decided to pair up with White moving in to an unused room at Amadora and setting up her services there.
“The timing just worked well for both of us,” White said. “I was looking to move for a long time.”
White provides wraps, body scrubs and foot treatments for both women and men. Her services also include Swedish and deep tissue massage techniques, “based on what the client needs,” she said.Low prices on projectorlamp from Projector Point London UK. She also specializes in sports therapy and hot and cold stone therapy. White often takes her business on the road for on-site chair massages for individual and office requests.
Business is growing, but McGilvrey has room to grow her clientele — to a point.
I only want to get so big,” she said. “I don’t want people waiting in a chair and I won’t double book.Offers Art Reproductions Fine Art oilpaintings Reproduction,
“If you book for a two-hour appointment, you have me for two hours,” she said.
To help her book of business grow, she has a working relationship with Curves, two doors down, and they refer clients to each other. She’s participated in the Girls Night Out event recently and with the Gig Harbor Historic Waterfront Association,Silicone moldmaking Rubber, participated in the downtown Trick-of-Treat on Halloween.
“I love Halloween,” she admitted.
McGilvrey also want to incorporate an idea she heard, where she hits the streets with her stylists and makes appointments with people on the spot by offering free or discounted services, such as “free bangs.”
One of her biggest obstacles is getting people to know where she is located. Saying “the old City Hall” is one thing, but from Judson Street, it’s the Timberland Bank building. Her business is in back and she’s just had a sandwich board near the parking lot to show where she is.
That will change as she’s getting permanent signage added to the building above her business and that will allow her to move her sandwich board to somewhere on Judson where it is visible to the street traffic.
McGilvrey’s big on community and giving back. She provides her services to women who are transitioning into the workforce as well as working with the American Cancer Society to help women dealing with the traumatic side effects of chemotherapy.
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