Studio Twenty-Five open in Moosomin
August 13, 2024, 2:49 pm
Ashley Bochek
A new hair studio opened last week in Moosomin. The hair studio is called Studio Twenty-Five and is located in the Esso strip mall beside Dairy Queen.
Keysha Horn, the owner of Studio Twenty-Five says she has decided to move back home to open her business in town.
“I am a hairstylist and I worked for about seven years in Regina and now I am ready for home. I am bringing more hair services and a little bit of esthetics into Moosomin. I specialize in women’s cuts, colours, hair extensions, but I do men’s and kids’ as well. I am educated in lash extensions, facials, pedicures, but I am not offering those at the moment as I am just starting to get open. I am planning to stick busy with hair first and see how it goes.”
Before moving home
Horn says she was a part-owner of a hair studio in Regina for the last several years.
“I went to Moose Jaw for hair school in 2016 then came back to Moosomin and worked for that summer. Then, I went back to Moose Jaw again in the fall of 2017 for esthetics.
“I moved to Regina in 2017, and I worked under a lady at Saffyre Salon and Spa. She had a whole business there, and had seven of us stylists in there—it was a very busy salon. I learned a lot from them and then six months down the road she wanted to sell the business because she was moving away from the city, so I jumped in and actually bought the business from her. I bought Saffyre with a friend. Saffyre Salon is in east Regina by Browns Social House. I was part-owner in Regina at Saffyre for five years. We just sold it about a month ago so it is all quite new and crazy.”
In the beginning
Horn says she wrote in her grade six journal that she wanted to be a hairstylist.
“I honestly don’t know where hairstyling even came from. I have no family members that do hair, but in grade six Mrs. Stanhope, my teacher, had us write journal entries just about what we thought of high school, what we were nervous about, and what we wanted to be when we grew up—stuff like that. I wrote that I wanted to go into hair and esthetics. Then she kept them and gave them to us in grade 12, so I feel like I knew from a young age, and right out of high school I went straight to hair school.”
New business
Horn says she is excited to have her own space and new business in town.
“My new business is located at 502 Park Avenue in Unit 6. Right beside DQ on the very end of the strip mall. I was curious to go into another salon here in town which would have worked perfectly fine, I am just used to making my own decisions and having my own products, and whatever I want to carry. I just wanted to have a little suite to myself, just really small and personal, not loud and crazy, so I decided to go on my own.”
She says she plans to start small. “It will be just myself for right now, but I may think about expanding later on. I definitely have a lot of room, it is quite big. Right now I do have two chairs set up so I do have room for a chair renter if I want to have someone. In the future there is room for three stylists.”
Horn says she opened for the first time last week and already has many bookings. “I actually just started today! (August 7). It has been in the works for the last three months of just getting everything ready, painting, buying supplies, chairs, and ordering. It has been a lot of work, but now I am just excited to work.
Love to be home
Horn says she opened her studio in Moosomin to be back home.
“It is home. I never really thought of going anywhere else. If I was not in Regina then I would be in Moosomin. I also hear there is still high demand for hair stylists in town, which worked perfect for me once I decided I wanted to move back. My first day there were lots of people walking in and booking appointments. It was a good morning.”
Passion for hairstyling
Horn says she enjoys seeing her clients happy after styling their hair.
“I like the change. I like seeing the little and drastic changes, but also making people feel good. They always feel good when they leave.
“I am leaning toward getting gift-wear, pottery, and things like that, not just hair products for retail. I am trying to find something that Moosomin doesn’t have already.”
Horn says the 25 in the name of the business is because of her age.
“It is called Studio Twenty-Five. It is twenty-five because I am 25 years old when I’m opening up my business. I wanted to keep studio in there knowing that it was smaller not a big salon and spa.”
She says they renovated the space to accommodate the new function of the building. “Trudi and Travis Holmstrom had it before me and they had their showroom in there so there is new flooring, new paint, and the reception desk was already there. It was more just moving a little bit of electrical and making it my own. It was pretty good. It has really nice south-facing windows with good lighting.”
Excited to start something new
Horn says she is excited to be in Moosomin and start something new.
“I am all the emotions right now, but mostly excited. Just changing towns, houses, and businesses has been a lot, but all exciting. I’ll get comfortable with the new changes, it’ll be good. I don’t have any specific hours at the moment. With the sale of the Regina location I have to go back every once in awhile so I am not going to be full-time here yet. ”
Horn says she is seeing lots of support from the community already.
“Already I am booked through until September for the days I am at the salon. The community needs more hairstylists and I am excited to see where it takes me. Now, I can be more about my clients and myself running my own business. It is easy now just chatting with clients. I am excited to see new and old clients from the community and area come to my salon.”
