Familiar Faces, New Location!
I spent a pleasant afternoon in Melissa Blanco's brand new "Salon Blanco" in downtown Marathon. Many of you know Melissa, Angelina and Robbin from Island Girl Salon, and now Melissa has her own salon. It is a gorgeous interior, very upscale inside and out with beautiful furnishings and lots of class. It is hard to believe that Melissa and her Dad did all of the work on the interior which had to be just about gutted, but it definitely looks like she has put her own ideas and decorating talents into creating a truly relaxing atmosphere for her clients. Very modern free standing stations allow for lots of area left for moving around. She has really thought of all of the details that make life easier for the customer. For instance, the wash bowls themselves go up and down so your chair doesn't need to be adjusted.

As I sat there enjoying my shampoo, and by the way, Melissa gives about the most relaxing shampoo massage that I have ever had, I was thinking, gosh, wonder how the prices are with all this new equipment to pay for? What a nice surprise, the prices are just about the same as they were at Island Girl.

Now I know you want to know where this is located because you will want to check it out yourselves when you get back from the frozen Up North. Salon Blanco is on the gulf side just past the Turtle Hospital, next to Cristiano's. It is great to see a young girl with a dream of owning her own salon put in the hard work necessary to get her business going and end up with a beautiful place that she can be proud of.