Ultra Lux Beauty Garden

Have you ever left a salon unsatisfied with the service? Well Jen certainly has had that exact experience at the local Lebanon mall. Jennifer Catto, a middle aged woman with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes, is a client at Ultra Lux Beauty Garden. Walking in with tight fits, she sits down with a huff and starts telling her unfortunate predicament to Rose, a middle aged nail tech with her thin black hair parted to the side almost touching her black framed prescription glasses. “I’m never cheating on you again” Jen says as she gets settled in her seat. Rose replies with a giggle “I know that’s right these are rough girl” lifting Jen’s hands getting a better look at the damage done, the acrylic is thick and bumpy with a rushed French tip. “That lady over there couldn’t do the hearts I wanted and refused to take the acrylic off me when I told her I didn’t like it” Jen says flabbergasted. “Karma” Rose whispers under her breath, Jen snaps back “whatever it’s not my fault you decide to go on vacation”. They roll their eyes at each other continuing their appointment laughing and catching up.Jen leaves Ultra Lux fully satisfied with her fresh set. 

Pushing open the glass door opens up to a salon filled with the chatter of clients ,followed by the light buzzing of drills and soft R&B playing in the background. Looking around the tall black ceilings, concrete floors, and small plants placed by the large glass windows and on the receptionist desk to the left of the door add to the minimalistic theme of this establishment. There’s a T shaped wall splitting the area into 2 separate parts, the top of the T is a bush back drop with the gold words Ultra Lux stuck in the center, perfect for promotional pictures. Young Ladies in matching sweat suits sit in two of the six beige luxury message chairs placed against the stark white walls, they lean back comfortably in the chair with their Starbucks drinks sitting beside them on the side table attached to the arm rests. The calm atmosphere allows them to relax “I could probably fall asleep right now” says the lady closest to the door in almost a whisper. Every chair has a c shaped structure curving over top of the client with a light at the very end to make it easier to see the feet, in front of the white marbled pedicure bowl are buttons and a lever that control the jets, lights, and temperature of the bowl along with the light over head where they provide classic pedicures, foot masks, paraffin wax, and hot stone foot massages .Across from the pedicure chairs are six white manicure desks with dark oak sides matching the backs of the chairs in front of the wall of colorful polishes and glitters on perfectly sized black shelves, each desk slightly customized to the nail tech working there either with a fun light or bedazzled brush holder at each station. Acrylic, structure gel, Gel X and Dip manicures can be done at these stations.

Three people sit at every other desk invested in conversations with their nail techs but one older man in particular is very quiet compared to his wife who sits next to him giggling to herself. He’s a bigger guy, maybe 6ft still in his work clothes with his stained jeans and shirt. His wife sits next to him with her long blond hair pulled back into a bun only leaving two strands of hair that frame her light skin.After some digging it is revealed that that he has lost a bet with his wife resulting in a trip to the salon to get painted nails of the wife’s choosing. The friendly owner Solyna, a shorter fluffy woman her hair just above her shoulders sprinkled with blond highlights ,speaks with his wife with a chuckle , “don’t worry I’ll make sure to make him real pretty for you”, they laugh as she picks out a beautified hot pink gel polish and a chunky silver glitter. Solyna starts the prepping with a classic manicure which includes the trimming the nails and cuticles along with the usual buffing and dehydrating followed by a polish of choice. After the service they both leave satisfied, one noticeably happier than the other .

On the other side of the wall splitting the salon hang five circular LED light mirrors in front of 5 sleek black styling chairs. The soft lighting of the mirrors make this area perfect for their styling, color services, hair cuts, in addition to makeup applications . On the opposite side of the chair host 2 hair washing stations with matching black reclining seats attached to white wash bowls. Behind them colorful bottles of different shampoos and conditioners perch on floating wooden shelves adding a pop of color to the space. On this day no hair or make up client were present to observe but Izzy, the peppy up beat co owner with mid length dirty blond hair and perfect highlights, is in to say a few words about the salon she helped bring to life “We really try our best to bring clients a comfortable space where they can express their creative desires and know that we can make that happen for them”. 

Clients are never left unsatisfied leaving Ultra Lux Beauty  Garden