Salon for the Tween and Teen Set Opens on President
A loft on President Street has been transformed into a full-service salon with all the luxury trappings one might expect from such a business, like a lounge area with a flat-screen TV, manicure/pedicure stations, and an organic snack bar. What stands out about Felicity, though, is that it’s meant exclusively for teens and pre-teens. The…
A loft on President Street has been transformed into a full-service salon with all the luxury trappings one might expect from such a business, like a lounge area with a flat-screen TV, manicure/pedicure stations, and an organic snack bar. What stands out about Felicity, though, is that it’s meant exclusively for teens and pre-teens. The salon’s owner, Gisselle Singleton, is the mother of a Berkeley Carroll student, and she saw a need for a business that would cater to her daughter and her daughter’s friends. Singleton notes that Felicity caters to the hair types of all ethnicities and places a premium on educating clients about grooming techniques. The salon is located in an industrial building that’s been renovated over the past year or so and now has several office tenants as well as a personal training studio. Click through for a pic of the lounge.
Felcity Salon [Official Site] GMAP
Great idea and I hope she does well. But not being a young girl myself, I would think they would prefer to go to more ‘grown up’ salons in SoHo or elsewhere in Manhattan. I dunno, like wherever Debbie Gibson goes, or whoever kids these days are into.
they don’t list prices on their website – i.e. so high they’ll scare people off. I;m assuming it’s too expensive for me to take my tweens to, though it is a nice idea.
lol ditmas, good idea!
oh, one thing tho.. i think selling “organic” treats here is a bit strange considering spa products are the most unorganic things ever! bleach, nail polish remover, etc etc.
*rob*
I say setup the paintball biz in the same space.
Hijinks ensue.
If it’s located in Park Slope, they better take extreme measures to keep their equipment lice-free.
I think this is a great idea. My kid would have gone there, but now she’s in the morass of college where appropriate grooming never happens.
Anybody who wants to get rich quick should come up with something like paintball or an arcade for all of these brownstone Brooklyn stroller babies who will very very shortly be disaffected pre-teens too old for birthday party sleepovers at the Brooklyn Zoo.
This Gisselle Singleton is a forward thinking woman and I hope she gets rich.
if this place was open last year i would have had my Sweet Sixteen x 2 party there!
*rob*
Rob’s a Tween.
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places a premium on educating clients about grooming techniques
i SO need to be educating on grooming btw.
sorry for three posts in a row, i got a little excited.
*rob*