STYLE
▼ Brittany Watts, Sandra Weeks
▼Tanya MacIsaac, Jayna Ireland
Family Business Offers Styling for All
Sherwood Styling Salon and Inspire Esthetics
Words by Cassandra Bernard Photos: LaVie in Pictures
The salon first opened in 1963 in the Ellis Brothers Mall in Sherwood. The current owner, Sandra Weeks, began working at the location in 1987. Two years later, she purchased the business from the previous owner and continued renting the space for another 24 years before moving across the street to 166 St. Peters Road in 2012. Weeks says this business is her life. Her daughter, Brittany Watts, was raised in the salon and now works as a stylist alongside her mother. “If you ask her how long she’s been there, she’s apt to say her whole life,” Weeks says. Clients range in ages all the way from toddlers to clients well into their 90s. “It’s pretty special now when you lift someone up in the chair and you lifted their mother or father in the chair 20 years ago,” she recalls. The salon currently staffs four estheticians, one receptionist and 15 stylists, all who are as close as it gets to a family. “My girls care.
They care about each other and they care about the client. That's A1 and most important to me,” Weeks says. The girls at Sherwood Styling Salon continue to educate themselves, as the industry is ever changing. They are also able to tend to every kind of trend because the staff all possess their own styles and techniques. “We’re constantly updating and taking courses,” says Weeks. “We’re continually learning. With my stylists, I’ve got very young stylists and four girls that have been with me for more than 20 years.” Being one of the largest salons in PEI, it is proud to carry a wide variety of products, hair tools, and services for its extremely loyal clients. Anything they don’t carry, they will order in upon request. Weeks is happy to carry a special skin care line called Skeyndor, and also a product called Nioxin, which is a line that specializes in
Sherwood Styling Salon may be a large, bustling business, but both staff and clients consider each other a family.
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