A new beauty salon with an aim to “inspire creativity” is on its way to Johnson County.
IMAGE Studios aims to open its doors in northern Leawood in the coming months, with renovations currently underway.
IMAGE Studios will operate at 9433 Mission Road
- The salon is moving into and currently renovating a space at the Ranch Mart North shopping center in Leawood.
- The salon will neighbor cosmetics store Cosmo Prof and Lilliane’s Jewelry at the shopping center.
- It’s also near the incoming Wild Plains children’s boutique, which will also open its doors this spring.
- Though each beautician at IMAGE will directly manage their own hours and clients, co-owner Devon Fritz said the salon’s “office hours” will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week.
- “This studio concept, it offers pros the opportunity to to truly run their own brand and also run their own business,” he said.
IMAGE Studios is a “community of beauty professionals”
- Under the IMAGE Studios business model, all beauticians act as “mini salon owners.”
- That means each independent beautician owns and pays for their own space in the salon, with their own clients and services.
- Professions at an IMAGE Studios space typically range from hair stylists and barbers to estheticians and massage therapists.
- “I like the idea of kind of helping other entrepreneurs build their business and be successful and do it in like a really beautiful space,” said co-owner Devon Fritz. “It’s kind of a newer, newer business idea, and it’s grown really quickly.”
This marks the second IMAGE Studios salon in Johnson County
- The company originated in Utah in 2009, and now has several locations across the country.
- In Johnson County, IMAGE Studios has another salon at 11228 Switzer Road in Overland Park.
- Another Johnson County salon is in the works at 8801 Penrose Lane in Lenexa.
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