SHELBY — Rebekah Elliott used to be on the lookout for a corner.
“I did not need a large nail salon,” she mentioned. “I simply sought after one thing small, even one thing sufficiently small for simply myself, sufficiently big for perhaps one or two people.”
She discovered simply where at 10 Central Ave., simply off Shelby’s downtown.
Elliott and a couple of dozen others amassed Friday morning for a ribbon-cutting for the Nail Corner, a trade she is going to run with spouse Dorian Regedanz.
The site used to deal with a tanning center.
“My sister-in-law had despatched me a hyperlink to the list,” Elliott mentioned. “After I got here down and noticed it, it simply gave the impression best possible, however I waited some time to leap on it. I assumed if it is supposed to be, it’s going to nonetheless be to be had in per week or two, and it nonetheless used to be.
“It simply labored out. We (husband and I) did not decide very speedy, however it would not get out of my head.”
Elliott graduated from Apex Academy in 2018 as an authorized cosmetologist. She labored at a few salons and made up our minds she sought after to concentrate on doing nails.
Each nail technicians on the Nail Corner graduated from Apex Academy
Like Elliott, Regedanz graduated from Apex Academy.
“I made up our minds to stick within the space,” the Celina local mentioned. “I were given into touch with Bekah, and we simply more or less get on well. She mentioned she had the whole lot in a position, so I joined her.”
Regedanz mentioned some great benefits of having one’s nails performed.
“The most important factor it does is spice up your self assurance,” she mentioned. “After getting a just right set of nails on, you might be all the time feeling your very best, and you are looking gorgeous.”
A crimson neon signal at the wall of the trade says, “Babe, you glance cool.” The ones attending Friday’s ribbon-cutting had been handled to doughnuts, cakes and orange juice.
The ribbon-cutting moved out of doors.
“It is best possible within the coloration. We picked the best time of the day,” Shelby Mayor Steve Schag mentioned, referencing temperatures that had been predicted to succeed in the 90s.
Schag welcomes what he known as every other “area of interest” trade to the neighborhood.
“I am not out there for nails, however, everybody else, we inspire you to consult with,” the mayor mentioned.
The Nail Corner can be open Tuesday thru maximum Fridays. Elliott and Regedanz will paintings an identical hours that can range quite.
Elliott can be to be had from 9 a.m. to at least one p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to three p.m. Wednesday, from 9 a.m. or midday till 7 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each and every different Friday.
Regedanz will paintings 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, someplace between 9 a.m. and midday to 7 or 8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to two or 3 p.m. Friday.
Appointments may also be made on Fb on the Nail Corner Shelby. Regedanz additionally has a Fb hyperlink at Nails through Dorian.
The Nail Corner is not going to do walk-ins.
For more info, name Elliott at 419-961-6185 or Regedanz at 419-584-6224.
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