It's Not Just About The Hair, It's About The Experience

Did you ever have a bad hair day? Look into the mirror and wonder, "Should I curl or straighten my hair?" and then just give up because it looks so bad? Well now your day can change if you take a stop at Renee Nicole's Salon on Route 61, in Shamokin, Pa. Not only can you get your hair cut, colored, or styled, but you can also get your nails done too. Renee Nicole's Salon can make any customer feel beautiful when having a bad hair day.

As clients walk into the salon, the manager greets them with the offer of a beverage or a snack while they wait for their name to be called back. Fuzzy white chairs with sequined pillows on them, invite customers to fall into the cozy environment. Some go after magazines from the rack, looking for the latest hairstyles, while others sit back and relax watching the TV hanging on the wall. Then as the customers come around the partitioned wall, they will see five black and silver salon chairs. Each area is equipped with a mirror on the wall and a cart with their own blow dryer, curling iron, comb, brush, and you can't forget the scissors.

Lead stylist, Barb Wascavage, who has been a beautician for almost 29 years, first started in her own shop which was in a little garage that she designed herself in her backyard and worked there from 1995-2015. She got a lot of people that came to her. Recently she started working at Renee Nicole's Salon in December of 2016. "Having my own shop was great, especially because you get better pay, but working for someone else is so much easier". She went on by explaining on how she started working four years ago at a high end place in Reading and still continues to work there because she still gets trained and takes classes there to keep up with all the new styles coming in. 

Barb, who is an amazing hairdresser, has a lot of clients that are constantly talking about how much they love what she does. She has been dedicated to her job and is very caring and a passionate person.  For a lady who stands 5'2 with a little attitude, brown eyes and shiny brown hair , she surely knows how to make someone feel good about themselves. She has done so many different hairstyles from just a simple coloring of the hair to the new thing out called a Balayage. Everything that Barb does, she is very good at.

"I really enjoy coming to Renee Nicole's . It's a time where I feel stress free and can relax. Barb always makes me feel beautiful, that's why I love her." said Carrie Steinhart, a client who gets her hair done by Barb. She also stated how glad she was for Barb to be back in the area and out of Reading because she would have to travel over an hour just to get her hair done and it was just a struggle.

Most customers, when they end up leaving the hair salon always talk about how much they feel like a new and improved person. They continue on by saying how they just love everyone who works there and how everyone is just so polite. Abby Hager, who is a new client at Renee Nicole's went on by saying how she is so glad she came here instead of going to Holiday Hair. "I have nothing against Holiday Hair, I just really like the people and everyone here. For it only being my first time here, I felt like I've been coming here for years they way the works talk to me and make me feel so comfortable".