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Elysian Spa is opening next door to In Vogue Salon & Spa​

By Stefan Yablonski

In February 1999, Tonia Reed opened her very first salon — a very modest two-station salon. She worked with other stylists who rented a booth from her.

In August of 2004 she opened In Vogue Salon & Spa at 62 W. Bridge St.

She started with five stylist stations plus one manicure and one pedicure chair, a facial room and one massage room.

Little by little, the salon expanded. Now, she isn’t exactly ‘expanding’ — she purchased the building next door. The site of the former Mother Earth Baby is being reborn as Elysian Spa, 70 W. Bridge St.

“That building is going to be our day spa area,” she said. “We will be having all our day spa treatments there.”

The hair salon will remain open next door.

The new targeted open date is mid-January.

“Our slogan is ‘where beauty meets bliss.’ In Vogue Salon, beauty, and Elysian Spa, bliss. Two places come together as one,” she explained.

The facility will offer massage, body treatments, pedicures, skin care, red light therapy, Vichy shower massage treatments — a massage by shower heads.

“The Vichy showers actually give you a massage and help to rinse off your products from body treatments,” she explained.

“We will have six treatment rooms and a relaxation room and pedicure area,” she said.

In the spring a build-out addition will include a couples’ suite with hydrotub, she added.

Amenities will include a eucalyptus steam room, which will hold about four or five people, Himalayan salt sauna, which accommodates a three-person sauna. The whole back wall is going to be all salt. It helps with your respiratory system; it’s good for your breathing, she said. Also there will be a relaxation room, ladies’ and men’s room with showers and lockers with complimentary toiletries, lockers, plush bathrobes and slippers for each guest.

Complimentary coffees and tea and fresh fruit-infused water, fruits and nuts and more.

If clients are looking for an escape to relax and unwind, the second floor is a two-bedroom apartment that is available to rent on Airbnb for a weekend getaway for couples, girls’ night, bride-to-be. Packages are available.

“Our couples’ treatment room will be perfect for a peaceful getaway or a romantic retreat for two,” she added.

They will offer a discount to any guest who stays in the Airbnb and day passes to come and enjoy In Vogue’s amenities.

Guests will enter from the front doors and be greeted with a large waterfall on the wall.

The reception area is on the left. The original French doors have been refurnished and will be put back in place.

“We’re going to need, probably anywhere from five to eight or nine employees,” she said. “This will be the day spa. The spa services are all coming over to this building.”

There will be room for about four cars parking at the new site. More spaces are available on the east side of In Vogue.