Passion for beauty turned into a business opportunity
WHAT started as a passion for beauty lines and services turned into a business opportunity for Tita Navarete, owner of City Salon and Facila Care Centre for Men and Women located at downtown Iloilo. It has grown into a money-making venture with commitment in making people look and feel beautiful.
Tita, also an agent of the City Star Insurance Agency said the business side of her was awaken because of her fascination on beauty products and services. She even spent much because of her passion. Being at the salon, is one of her ways to escape and have a respite in her busy work in the insurance world and of being a mother. A mother of three siblings and a wife of a seaman, Tita does not look her age.
Her passion was transformed into a business venture when a friend of hers encouraged her to join in the business venture in one of the salon's in the city. In which, she immediately accepted and poured her investment for a salon business.
A year after, she managed to have have her own salon. She was able to ink a contract with the owner of the Cooper Building at Iznart Street, Iloilo City, acquired equipment needed for a salon and same time hired employees to work with her.
With her experience as long time salon customer, Tita knew what each customer need every time they visit the salon. One important rule inside the salon is that staff should always be “friendly, courteous and honest with their customers.”
The salon also offers a full range of quality salon services in convenient location with a no-appointment-needed policy. Her staff are also are trained to provide excellent and consistent service to their clients on each and every visit. The service is excellent and yet affordable to ones pocket.
The salon is also a one-stop shop where customers can buy facial medicines aside from having facial treatments. It has also a spa where one can relax. Salon guests can relax on a bed while enjoying soothing sound of musical tracks. The salon provides an intimate setting for customers to enjoy just like in first class salon.
Other services offered by the City Salon are facial cleaning, facial treatment, removal of warts, foot relax, foot spa with massage, therapeutic massage with steam, manicure with massage, pedicure with massage, body scrub, body bleaching, permanent eyelash, hands paraffin, foot paraffin and tattooing of eyebrow, eyeliner, eyelid, lips, lip liner and blush on. They have also all services from hair cut, hair rebond, relax and other services to have a shiny and beautiful hair.