With glitter in the hardwood floors and structured, sport-coat colored chairs, you can see the mix of “super feminine meets masculine” that make up Modern Chic Salon and Spa, a new venture from local stylist Ashlee Griggs, who cut her teeth and still works at Dante Lucci salon in Cleveland, and her mother, Cassandra.
The dynamic and fashionable mother-daughter duo opened the salon at the beginning of June. Ashlee has a decade of experience as a stylist and salon educator while Cassandra, her mother, brings business acumen from her 10 years of work in the medical field. Together, they run a full-service salon with a long list of hair services and treatments offered by independent stylists who have all been doing hair for more than a decade.
“We’re not new hairdressers, we’re just new as a team,” Ashlee says. Along with the stylists, they also have nail technicians, makeup artists, a certified spray tan artist, and a medically trained esthetician.
“All the crazy things you’re hearing the celebrities are doing, [our esthetician is] certified to do, so we’re super excited to have her,” Ashlee says.
Clientele range from women who love spa days to those who may only come in to treat themselves a couple times a year. Ashlee also says that because of the wide range of their team’s capabilities, they can often find someone to match exactly what the client may be looking for, whether that be a women’s, men’s or kid’s cut.
“I think we really try to cater to the clients that come in, whether it’s a half-hour service or a three-hour service,” Cassandra says. “That’s their time… so we try to make it very relaxing. We have different coffees, and other special treats, so it’s a total experience for them while they’re here.”
Modern Chic Salon and Spa is open 9am-9pm Monday through Thursday; 9am-5pm Friday; 9am-2pm Saturdays; spa nights/wedding party rentals available Friday and Saturday nights.
6910 Airport Hwy., Holland. 419-277-2373. Find them on Facebook: Modern Chic Salon and Spa.
