A week that began with the passing of one of the first tenants at 555 Bloomfield Avenue will end with the grand reopening of the current business in that location, Salon 555.
Nicole Muraca will roll out a pink carpet in front of the salon this Thursday, September 16, from 5 to 9 p.m. to welcome the entire community to see the changes she has brought to it over the last two months. Not just the new wall colors, stations and accessories, installed during a four-day blitz in which Muraca, a Belleville native, almost slept in the store to finish all the work. “I came in here and just went nuts,” says Muraca, who has all the energy that a new business owner needs, and then some.
She also has brought in a new staff of nine and an expanded range of services that includes makeup application, European facials, microdermabrasion, airbrush tanning and eyebrow and lip waxing, as well as haircuts, coloring, blowouts and styling. They all bring their own flair and technique,” Muraca says.
Muraca, who has been in the beauty business for 10 years, says she views the opening of her business as an opportunity to celebrate all the businesses in Verona. She has invited other business owners in town to contribute items to the gift bags she will hand out at her event. “It will be Verona coming together,” she says. On Friday, Muraca will also relaunch Salon 555’s Web site.
If you miss Friday’s event, Muraca is planning plenty of other ways to connect with her business. There’s going to be a “Mom’s Night In” pajama party on October 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. For $150 moms can get a manicure, pedicure, haircut and style, color, facial, airbrush tanning, make-up and waxing, as well as wine, champagne and desert.
And rather than sit still for her first VTV interview as a Verona Chamber of Commerce member with Chamber President Tom Malanga, Muraca is going to take the Chamber’s VTV viewers along for a fashion show in Verona Park. She’s still looking for a few amateur models for the event, which will take place on Tuesday morning, September 21, so if you’re interested, give her a call at 973-857-6644.
