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New Flint Township beauty salon caters to clients’ hair, skin and nail care needs with feel of luxury

Andrew M. Santos 1 month ago

FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI — A new beauty salon and spa recently opened in the Flint area with a range of services and the experience to care for different hair textures.

The LaTresha Rená Salon and Spa, 1032 S. Linden Road, Suite B, in Flint Township celebrated a grand opening in late November.

It took a long journey to be able to have the celebration because of challenges tied to the COVID-19 pandemic that mandated certain businesses to close and the strict guidelines that followed after.

Salon and spa owner LaTresha Reed told MLive-The Flint Journal that the business offers a full line of care between hair, skin and nails.

“I wanted it to be a pretty much one-stop shop so that whatever person needed they wouldn’t have to go to multiple locations to be able to be serviced in that way,” Reed said.

Customers with varying hair types can get

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I Went to Amazon’s First Salon, Virtually Dyed My Hair Pink: Photos

Andrew M. Santos 4 months ago

The salon is known for its augmented-reality app, which let me experiment with different hairstyles and colors through a screen before I chose the look I wanted.



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First off, I virtually dyed my hair pink. I was impressed at how real it looked around my roots.

Selfie of hair color in Amazon's augmented-reality app



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Then I went for platinum blonde — this looked less natural around my face.

Selfie of hair color in Amazon's augmented-reality app



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There was also the option for an ombré look. This was less subtle and hard to see in the screen because of the reflection.

Selfie of hair color in Amazon's augmented-reality app



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Finally, I tried purple but decided to stick with my natural color. I was too nervous about how different the actual dye would look compared with the color on the AR app.

Selfie of hair color in Amazon's augmented-reality app



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One dead in shooting outside Durand Avenue hair salon, ‘no active threat’ remains | Crime and Courts

Andrew M. Santos 5 months ago






A heavy law-enforcement presence was seen Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Durand and Kearney avenues, after a report of a shooting at Angel’s Beauty Salon, 2221 Durand Ave., visible at left. This view looks south across Durand Avenue.



NICK SOSA, Special to The Journal Times


MOUNT PLEASANT — One man is dead after being shot outside a Mount Pleasant hair salon Saturday afternoon, law enforcement has confirmed.

The alleged shooter surrendered to police, the Mount Pleasant Police Department, an eyewitness account and video from the scene show.

“There is no active threat to the community, this incident was a matter between two individuals,” the Mount Pleasant Police Department said in a news release late Saturday afternoon.

Shooting

Police responded to Angel’s Beauty Salon, 2221 Durand Ave., just after 2:34 p.m. Saturday for a report of a shooting.

Upon arrival, one man was taken into custody at

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2 women shot in hair salon in Tompkinsville, Staten Island

Andrew M. Santos 5 months ago
TOMPKINSVILLE, Staten Island (WABC) — Two women were injured when bullets went flying into a beauty salon on Staten Island on Wednesday afternoon.

The incident was reported at 63 Victory Boulevard just before 4 p.m.

Police say the two victims were inside a hair salon when two hooded men in masks, captured on surveillance video, started shooting into the location from the street.

Video shows the suspects strolling up to the salon on Victory Boulevard on Staten Island just before 4pm.

One of them points inside, appearing to identify their target or targets. Then the second man, the gunman, fires off several rounds into the salon and keeps blasting away. They then take off sprinting.

A 17-year-old suffered a graze wound to the head and a 35-year-old was shot twice the buttocks.

Both women were taken to Richmond University Medical Center and were expected to survive.

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