In 2018, Jennifer Phipps opened Satori in 450 square feet on Jewett Boulevard in White Salmon.
She had one goal.
“I just wanted to take care of my own clients for a year,” The Dalles High Graduate of 1994 said. She offers skincare, microblading, Henna, waxing, sugaring and lashes.
And she had success bringing her clients across the bridge from Hood River. And then some.
She now owns spas in White Salmon, The Dalles and Hood River, with 18 other estheticians working with her.
“This was never the plan to have three locations in two years,” she said. But her focus on creating a space for estheticians while empowering them with education has nonetheless brought her to this point.
She is now operating Satori salons at 102 E. 2nd St., The Dalles, 109 E. Jewett Boulevard in White Salmon and 1215 B St. in Hood River downstairs at Subi Salon.
Phipps’ understanding of the business was forged over years with Jim Entwisle and Stan Aaberg at Salon Visio, both in The Dalles and Hood River, after completing her coursework at Phagans in Portland. She started the Wax Lounge at Salon Visio. And more recently she helped start Wink Lash and Wax Bar in Hood River, she said.
Shannon Red Cloud of Pure Yoga first opened a door for Phipps, giving her use of several rooms at The Dalles Yoga studio. Phipps eventually worked her way into the Honald Building in The Dalles after a call to owners Jen and Travis Dillard.
And shortly after moving in last summer, the opportunity with Subhada Katz at Subi Salon in Hood River emerged. Satori then opened downstairs from the salon in September.
Eres Beauty Salon celebrated joining The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 23 with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the salon at 512 W. Ninth Street. Left to right are: Camille Terry of the chamber; Melissa Flores, a student at the Gorge Academy Beauty School who plans to work at Eres; Eres owner Erendida Cruz; Abigail Jara, stylist at Eres; and Teryl Whistler, a new stylist at the salon who focuses on gel nails and eyelash extensions.
CGOA Stages’ Salons is a new series of monthly entertainments based on a very old idea: informal and intimate evenings of music, poetry, literature, and drama organized around a theme.
Dear Mary: Do you tip a hairdresser if that person also owns the salon? I go to a shop where the owners provide services. I have always debated whether to give them a tip. What do you think? — Mary V.
Below is a list of fundraiser activities taking place in the Gorge, starting with Friday evening’s Lila May fundraiser and featuring four more this weekend.
