Salon One ‘Turns It On’ for Tauranga After 5’s Mini-Wedding Expo
Last month I had the pleasure of attending a mid-week After 5’s Mini Wedding Expo event hosted by Salon One – The Cove in Tauranga.
- Salon One – Fraser Cove, Tauranga
This ‘cutting-edge’ Salon boasts a team of 9 super-friendly, experienced Hair & Beauty Therapists.
Their services cater beautifully to the modern bride, groom & bridal party; with Salon One being a one-stop shop for all you wedding beauty needs. You will be amazed at the services & packages that can be tailor-made to your budget & requirements of your special day. Their services include:
- Hair removal
- Eye Treatments
- Make-up
- Spray Tanning
- Paraffin
- Hands
- Eye Lash Extensions
- GO30 nails
- Feet
- Massage
- Facials
- Cosmetic Tattooing
- IPL
- Teeth Whitening
What I thought was particularly cool is that, your bridal experience with Salon One can begin as early as your Hen’s night. You can get your girls together to enjoy a fun evening of wedding hair & make-up trials whilst sipping on wine, enjoying a few nibbles & having a few laughs with the Salon One Team.
After 5’s mini-wedding expo
The evening started at 5.30pm and I was greeted by the lovely Ang, Salon One’s Owner who kindly showed me to an office where I could relieve myself of hauling my monstrous handbag/bag of tricks. She continued to show me around the surprisingly large premises of the Salon. I was then introduced to Salon One’s wonderful new manager Chris Hamilton. Chris spoke to me of her experience, which is not short of extensive; her 30 years in Hair & Beauty included time catering to the beauty needs of brides & grooms on the romantic Destinations Wedding Island of Vanuatu. She also shared with me her desire to cater more to clients planning a wedding in the Bay of Plenty & Salon One plans on organising another Mini Wedding Expo later in the year to offer prospective brides & grooms the opportunity to see for themselves the extensive range of services & packages the salon has to offer.
While perusing the Salon & donning a glass of white wine offered to me on my arrival, I was impressed with the Space the Salon utilises. Salon One is large enough to host a Hair-dressing Salon, adjoining Make-up Salon & additional rooms for massage & treatments known as the Beauty Rooms. The Beauty rooms have adjoining doors that can be opened up to create one large room; very handy for a bridal party wanting to indulge simultaneously for a massage.
The clean & modern internal surroundings of the Salon are aesthetically pleasing, with its high mono-pitched ceiling; black, white & chrome coloured furniture & fittings; and plentiful glass windows & doors. This corner Salon situated at right end of Fraser Cove, Tauranga is definately a touch of class while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere at the same time. I imagined the laughs and fun times that can be had here with a bustling crowd. True to my estimations, once the crowds arrived for the mini-wedding expo, I was not left disappointed.
The crowds easily reached up to about 30 people including staff at any one time comfortably. Guests got to enjoy the evening activities with wine & nibbles (catered by Lemongrass Catering Company); and availing themselves of a pampering by hair & beauty technicians. As I walked through the Salon, I watched on intently as professional hair technicians busied themselves with ‘hair-ups’ & styling, whipping up stunning hair designs for both long & short hair in a matter of minutes. Make-up artist Sam transformed guests with the range of Jane Iredale make-up cosmetics sold at the Salon. Lucky guests also received massages & treatments in the Beauty Room. And, if you are one that prefers to watch your technician mix hair colours, then you will be most pleased that this Salon hosts a large ‘kitchen’ area viewable for these preparations.
Check out the evening out for yourself:
- Salon One’s After 5 Event
But this is certainly not where it ends. The delicious nibbles made available to the punters that evening were provided by personal chef & caterer Belinda Lombard of Lemongrass Catering Company limited. Specialising as a personal chef & caterer for corporate functions, weddings, themed events, cake decorating & adult & children’s parties; Belinda provided an array of truly tasty & delicious finger food to tantalise our tongues. Belinda has spent 18 years as a Chef, with 15 years of experience overseas & 5 years in New Zealand. And although she is a busy mum of 2 pre-school children, she still runs her business successfully & ensures she cooks great dishes for the family.
Belinda provided delectable morsels for our tasting pleasure which was a superb introduction to what remarkable menu’s she could provide for your wedding reception.
- Lemongrass Catering goodies!
Lemongrass Catering Company Picture Board:
- King Prawn & Chorizo Skewers with Paprika and Lime Aioli
- B.L.T Pesto Stacks
- Belinda Lombard
- Whitebait & Prawn Fritters with Tartar Dressing & Pink Peppercorns
- Thai Pork San Choy in Cucumber Cups
- Belinda cooks!
- Haloumi Cheese with Tomato Chutney on Sour Dough Crosini
- Lemongrass Catering Promo Info
In summary – the food catered by Lemongrass Catering Company was delicious, timely & well presented. It was such a pleasure meeting with Belinda & I can guarantee that she will leave you & your guests very happy customers.
I also had the pleasure of meeting a few of our lovely local Wedding Industry Vendors
- Debbie – Brides on Devonport; Aaron – Aaron Lang Photography; Christine – Christine Grant Wedding Celebrant
Left to right: Debbie Maguigan ‘Brides on Devonport’ – 2 years experience in Bridal Wear Design; Aaron Lang ‘Aaron Lang Photography’ – 10 years photography experience; Christine Grant – Registered Marriage Celebrant with 9 years experience.
And last but not least, were the fantastic wee goodie bags packed with a variety of hair, face & nail products; chocolates & discount vouchers – kindly provided by Salon One that we all got to take home with us at the end of the evening – Who doesn’t love taking home some wee freebies that we can play around with at home?
- Salon One Goodie Bag
So if you haven’t yet shortlisted your Hair & Makeup specialists & are still considering a Caterer; I tell you now, you will not go wrong leaving these aspects of your Wedding Day to Salon One & Lemongrass Catering Company.
