November 4th, 2009 • Posted by Alana Ficco • Permalink
5 years and counting...In 1994 I started beauty school with the thoughts that someday I would own my own business, not realizing what would come of my dream. Not long after beauty school I was hired at a salon called Shear Magic in Greensburg and that was the beginning of my career. I worked for Bob and Bob at Shear Magic for almost 8 years until one day deciding it was time to follow my dream and start Trendz. I was petrified to say the least. I wasnt sure if clients would follow me or if I would be starting over. To my excitement I never skipped a beat...Oct 17, 2001 I opened Trendz by Alana and all my clients were loyal and came with me to my own little 500 sq. foot salon. After a few months I hired my first employee and then it just kept growing from there until we no longer had enough parking or space. I purchased the building that houses TRENDZ in 2002 and we started demolition. What was ahead was a ton of hard work, sweat, many tears and very very long hours of cutting hair full time and trying to build the new TRENDZ in the mornings and late evenings. From tear down, to build up, ceramic tileing, painting, wallpapering, and decorating. You name it I either did it or helped with every single part of construction. I was very hands on to be able to afford what I had envisioned. My parents played a huge part in the building as well. Im a very detail orriented person so I wanted to be sure the details were there. After 1 1/2 yrs in contruction it was finally time to open the doors of TRENDZ the salon spa. It was so much more than I could have imagined. At grand opening, November 2004 we hosted about 400-500 people. Needless to say you couldnt move in our building but that was the kind of craziness I couldnt wait for. My dream had come true 10 times over again. I still look around some days and think I cant believe what I built myself. In 2003 TRENDZ the salon spa was voted #1 salon and #1 day spa in Westmoreland county. We won this award many times in the past few years. Very unexpectedly in 2007 I was diagnosed with a very rare spinal cord disease called syringomyelia. After a not so successfull spinal cord surgery this horriable diagnosis lead to the fact that I no longer can do my life long passion, cutting hair. Someday, Im hopeful that, I may be able to be back behind the chair but until then I continue to market, oversee and manage TRENDZ the salon spa & beauty boutique. I continue to attend classes, shows, & watch videos to stay ahead of the trends. In 2008 TRENDZ the salon spa added a boutique and we became TRENDZ the salon spa & beauty boutique. Im so happy to say that we have made it 5 years. Its been a long adventurous road (to say the least) but Im proud to say we have made it.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to our past, present and future guests. Thank you to our extraordinary staff for your loyalty and expertise. It gives me great pleasure to think that we have positivly affected our guests life in some way through beauty and/or relaxation. We look forward to relaxing you for another 5 years.
