WAITSBURG–In February, Blush Salon & Spa owner Brooke Mikesell will celebrate six years in Waitsburg. Renting her first space for two years, she invested in the salon's growth by purchasing a building on Main Street.

Mikesell and her husband Greg transformed the former antique shop into the new Blush Salon. The new space offered room for more products, clients, and events. Mikesell did not stop there. She and the family worked on finishing the basement to add space for more services and a clothing boutique.

The new salon offers all the services Blush was known for before the move in 2019. Styling, color, facials, nails, tanning, professional products, and gifts. The remodeled space includes two tanning rooms, a spray tan area, and rooms for massage, skin, and beauty treatments.

Jen Burnett and Jessica Keifel offer med spa treatments, including neuromodulator injections (botox, jeuveau), and filler infections. Keifel also provides, PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections, and PDO threads.

These non-surgical procedures tighten skin, promote elastin and collagen production, and are part of Mikesell's business plan to create a full-service salon.

In addition to the new spa rooms, downstairs has Waitsburg's only clothing boutique. The collection has women's contemporary northwest and southwest-inspired clothing and accessories.

Since 2020, Mikesell has been one of seven regional trainers for Farouk Systems, which includes Chi and BioSilk product lines. Mikesell has added the company's digital color system to her salon. The LG CHI ColorMaster can formulate unlimited hair color using only twelve canisters of dye. The system allows the stylist to take a photo of a client and show how a chosen formula will look. It has a simulator that lets the client see how a color will look. The system can match a given color or create a formula to take a client's hair color from one tone to the desired color. Experienced stylists like Mikesell have complete control over developing formulas specific to their clients.

The ColorMaster is the most recent addition to the salon and will not be the last. The success of Blush Salon & Spa is rooted in Mikesell's work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit.