Personal Services (Spas, barbers, hair salons)
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This West Chester Salon Created a Calming Space for Clients with Sensory Sensitivities
For many families with children who struggle with sensory overload, a simple haircut can feel anything but simple. Wild Horse Salon in West Chester is working to change that, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. Owner Maureen Helms recently unveiled a dedicated “Sensory Room” inside the salon, which is a quiet, carefully designed space built to make haircuts…
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Trevose-Based Hand & Stone Reports Major Growth with New Locations in Q4
Trevose-based Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa has announced strong fourth-quarter development results, further reinforcing its ongoing growth momentum as it moves into 2026. The fastest-growing spa franchise in North America opened 13 spas as well as 12 signed franchise agreements in the last quarter, including commitments to develop spas in new markets like…
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Mirror Mirror Salon & Suites Now Open in Springfield
Christina Christy-Belahbib of Springfield has just opened what she believes is Pennsylvania’s first salon suite. Mirror Mirror Salon & Suites in Springfield opened a few weeks ago at 891 Baltimore Pike. The grand opening was attended by Springfield Township Manager Steve Lucas, Springfield Township’s Second Ward Commissioner Gina Sage, and Springfield Township’s Third Ward Commissioner…
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Community Rallies to Save Juliette Warren’s Drexel Hill BBQ
Juliette Warren is an independent woman, a government worker, and a marathon runner who has also been blind since age 23, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. On Saturday, she hosted a barbecue at her Drexel Hill home for 45 people with disabilities. Warren hired a cook so she could socialize. Then on Saturday morning,…
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Childcare Costs Putting Strain, Limits on Delaware County Families
The Salovin family in Springfield pays $26,000 a year in Delaware County childcare costs for their two daughters, ages 1 and 4, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s a cost Tyler and Amy Salovin are willing to bear to have their daughters in a licensed facility while they both remain in the work…
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Mane Techniques Revolutionizes Hair Artistry in Wayne
Cara Catagnus and Mary Tomassetti have raised the hair extension business to an art form with their business, Mane Techniques LLC, in Wayne. The two businesswomen offer everything from blowouts and hair extensions to scalp treatments and styling writes Kylee Steigelman for Main Line Today. The stylists plan to add a bridal menu to their…
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First Bank: Why is Self-Care Important?
With the start of a new school year, September is the perfect time to refine your self-care habits. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “individuals, families, and communities promoting and maintaining their own health, preventing disease, and coping with illness and disability.” During this Self-Care Awareness Month, think about how you can treat…
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COVID Made This Wayne Etiquette Class for Kids Really Popular
Christine Speer LeJeune’s 9-year-old son was heading to his first class in etiquette offered at the Saturday Club in Wayne, a 137-year-old women’s organization, LeJeune writes in Philadelphia Magazine. He would learn social graces, how to introduce himself properly, how to accept a compliment gracefully, and eat spaghetti without looking like a Jackson Pollock painting.…
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New Upper Darby Shelter at Capacity as Services Expand
A new homeless shelter, Breaking Bread Community, in Upper Darby has only been open a month but has already reached its maximum capacity of 17 beds, writes Marcus Biddle for WHYY. Breaking Bread Community is working now to build community connections so it can offer more services to its residents. The shelter is unusual in…
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Free haircuts and Some Mentoring at Academy Park High School
Jamal Whitsett was upset to hear about fights, lockdowns, and police calls at his alma mater, Academy Park High School, writes Jaclyn Lee for 6abc. “I’ve never seen anything like that and I said to myself, ‘If there’s anything I can do, I have a skill, which is barbering, which is these clippers,” said Whitsett.…
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It’s a 50th Anniversary for Mankind’s HeadQuarters in Media
It’s been 50 years since a Wallingford school teacher and his best friend opened Mankind’s HeadQuarters in Media Borough, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Current owner Diane Corbett joined the staff in 1978 as a recent graduate of the Gordon Phillips Beauty School. She has been cutting and coloring hair for 44 of…
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For Your Wedding, History and Beauty Await in Villanova
Finding a special wedding and reception venue is no problem here in the Philadelphia region where plenty of historic and beautiful locations can be found, writes the Philly Magazine staff and Walden Green. One place close at hand for those from Delaware County is the Appleford at 770 Mount Moro Road in Villanova. Appleford is…
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Upper Darby barbershop Is Also a Welcoming Haven for Area Youth
Tyce Combs, owner of Generations Barber School at 6830 Market Street in Upper Darby, is fighting gun violence the best way he can, by being a welcoming presence in the community, especially for the youth, writes Racquel Williams for KYW Newsradio. Open since 2006, his shop is the only barber academy in Delaware County. It…
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Suburban Philadelphia-Based Hair-Care Brand Promotes Sustainability with Its 100-Percent-Natural Products
Anne Cheatham and Christine Martey-Ochola, owners of Coatesville-based Nuele Hair, combined their scientific backgrounds to create non-toxic, sustainable products that are 100 percent natural, writes Shaunice Ajiwe for Philadelphia magazine. “Ultra-clean hair products,” said Martey-Ochola. “They’re paraben-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, and fragrance-free.” The beauty line was launched in 2020. Since then, the business has won several…
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Robots Serve at Media Senior Community Center
Jacquelin DeFilippo was accustomed to great service at Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line in Media Borough from the human staff. Now she’s adding a robot to the list, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6 ABC. “R2-D2, we named him,” she joked. WEL hired two computerized staff members about a month ago. The “Matradee Robots” by Richtech…
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Santa Helper Keeps Christmas in His Heart After Special Visit at Havertown Studio
A Santa’s helper has put his heart into the role after a little girl came to visit him at Danielle Foster Creations, a private portrait studio in Havertown, writes Phil Gianficaro for the Burlington County Times. Kevin Chesney, 57, of Moorestown, has been a Santa helper for 40 years. A few years ago, then 5-year-old…
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Borrowing a Cup of Sugar Is Just the Beginning for Buy Nothing Lansdowne
Lansdowne is the local home of a national campaign that’s catching fire—the Buy Nothing Project, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Buy Nothing Lansdowne has only one rule for its 1,400 Facebook group: If you live in Lansdowne, you can give, receive, lend and borrow. There’s no money involved, no selling, buying, or trading. Everything agreed…
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William Shea, Who Comforted Local Families in Their Grief, Has Died at 82
William John Shea directed a business that has provided comfort to Philadelphia area families for more than a century, writes Rita Giordano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Shea, 82, a retired funeral director for Shea’s Funeral Home, died May 26 in his Newtown Square home, “He was a funeral director, but it wasn’t a business for…
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