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Urban Oasis
SkinCatering Moves into Expanded Space in Tower Square
By Joseph Bednar
When spas were allowed to reopen several months ago following a statewide economic shutdown, clients of SkinCatering, LLC were happy to return — even if booking became a little trickier.
“I haven’t been able to meet the demand,” owner Leanne Sedlak said, noting that some staff couldn’t return during a raging pan- demic because they or a family member were immunocompromised, while fewer cli- ents than normal were allowed in the space, and extra time had to be added in between appointments for cleaning and sanitizing.
“I feel like we’ve been limping along in
a way,” she added. “It is frustrating for the client, and it’s hard to tell them, ‘no, we’re booked up for the next three weeks because we have two people working.’”
Meeting that demand will be easier now that SkinCatering has moved downstairs to the main level of Tower Square in downtown Springfield, in a larger, renovated space offer- ing massage, skin care, hair and nail treat- ments, among other services.
“It’s nice coming down here,” she said. “We
can offer them more relaxing experiences, and we have a little more space as well to keep everybody spread out, so we can have more services happening at the same time.”
“We can offer them more relaxing experiences, and we have a little more space as well to keep everybody spread out, so we can have more services happening at the same time.
Sedlak and Kim Brunton-Auger, a licensed aesthetician who joined the company in 2012 and now serves as vice president of skin-care development, celebrated the move down- stairs with a VIP event last week, taking time amid the bustle to recognize the challenge of keeping their enterprise not only alive, but thriving during a year of unprecedented chal-
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Leanne Sedlak (right) and Kim Brunton-Auger renovate the mani- pedi area of their new location.
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