Rah opens beauty bar at Edgewood Tahoe for weddings, makeup and pampering | South Lake Tahoe

Angela Zajic makes desires come true, and we’re simply not speaking about considered one of her tons of of brides. She can also be making her personal desires come true.
The South Lake Tahoe native opened her first salon, Rah Hair Studio, in 2009 after working for different salons on the South Shore. Then, after ten profitable years, expanded into a brand new house at The Crossing at Tahoe Valley.
Angela’s dream was to create a salon, present jobs with a very good work atmosphere, and have good stylists. Once she achieved that, the dream was to have a spotlight solely on weddings.

That is what she is doing now with the opening of her second location, Rah Beauty Bar, contained in the spa at Edgewood Tahoe. The award-winning Lodge at Edgewood has been making an attempt to lure Rah into its spa, and after two years it labored.
Angela wasn’t positive of working inside another person’s enterprise once more and having to observe the excessive requirements of Forbes four-star accommodations, however the brand new partnership is figuring out fairly nicely.
“I find it irresistible,” mentioned Angela.
With 20 weddings on the books earlier than she took over, it has been very busy ever since opening on May 1 and they by no means noticed any low season for weddings, and they’re booked for months forward.
“There has been no downtime,” added Angela.
Brides and bridal events can go to Rah Beauty Bar and get their wedding ceremony make-up, styled hair for the large day, luxurious Farmhouse Fresh pedicures and manicures, and take pleasure in some pampering earlier than the motion begins. People can even take pleasure in all of the therapies even when not getting married and simply need some particular “me” time. A preferred service with resort company has been the Rah hair therapies (suppose facial for your hair).
Rah is utilizing two environmentally pleasant merchandise along with Kevin Murphy, a model she’s used at her “Y” location for years. They are according to Edgewood’s deal with sustainability and minimizing its environmental footprint.
There is a crew of eight within the salon, 11 on the marriage crew, three at the beauty bar, and two manicurists.
All providers might be booked on-line so there are not any coloring providers for the reason that timing is completely different for every shopper. There are a number of menu gadgets to pick from.
So for the reason that second dream has been achieved, what’s subsequent for Angela?
The third dream after all.
She will maintain offering Tahoe with bridal providers, however she desires to show individuals find out how to weddings, one thing not taught in beauty college. Since doing wedding ceremony hair and makeup is a really rigorous schedule with a deadline, Angela hosted a Bridal Boot Camp for her crew earlier than they opened. She’d like to do this in different cities to assist others be taught the marriage enterprise.
Angela, the winner of a number of Best of Tahoe awards additionally has one other Best of Tahoe winner on her crew, Dottie her manicurist.
Something she has additionally achieved is the flexibility to supply medical insurance for her employees, one thing not frequent within the beauty enterprise. Having Type 1 Diabetes she is aware of the significance of getting insurance coverage. She mentioned after all the pieces else, this has been probably the most thrilling factor to do. It was at all times a aim though it is not an affordable endeavor.
To discover out extra about Rah and the Rah Beauty Bar, go to https://www.rahhair.com/.