Small Business Spotlight

Published

2 days ago

April 24, 2025

-Tell us about your business.

We are a local salon in Tulsa. We offer facials, lashes, brow services, and spray tans.

I’m a licensed esthetician with over 8 years of experience specializing in full-body waxing, airbrush tanning, and advanced facial treatments. My passion is helping clients feel confident and radiant in their own skin. When I’m not at the spa, I’m a proud mom to two amazing girls. Spending quality girl time with them is my favorite way to recharge and create special memories. I believe in bringing warmth, care, and a friendly touch to every client interaction, and I look forward to helping you feel your best!

-What inspired you to start your own business?

I was inspired to start my business after working many years in corporate wax chains and seeing a need for a salon that treated clients like clients and not a number, and truly give back to my employees and create a safe environment for all. I wanted clients to feel at home when they arrived and in each new season of life welcome.

-What’s been your proudest “I did that!” moment so far?

My proudest “I did that” moment was about two weeks ago when someone told me they chose my salon over the 100s simply based on customer service and how we make them feel every time they leave. That’s what I created SpaHub for.

-How do you juggle running a business and being a mom? Any secret superpowers?

I juggle running a business and being a mom because of my support system within my family and my support system within SpaHub I couldn’t do what i do without the girls that work at SpaHub and my family that constantly encourages me to be the best at everything I can do. I’m very competitive and can’t lose at anything . My secret superpower would have to be The Lord, when I can’t know who to turn to, & He is my power in getting through all that my support system can’t.

-What’s one piece of advice you’d give to other moms dreaming of starting a business?

One piece of advice I’d give to other moms dreaming of starting a business would be to believe in YOU. You can do anything you want with this life, and you’ve already overcome every worst day of your life. Each day is a new day, and YOU are powerful beyond measure as a mom, You are faced daily with the same challenges as most business owners when you run a family as a mom. Shoot for the stars, your babies are watching.

-What’s your favorite way to involve your kids or family in your business?

My favorite way to involve my family & kids is by including them, sometimes they are in the salon or in photos, or I share bits and pieces of my life with my lovely clients as they do the same. The best thing about a salon community is the blend between family/work family. We love hard and have passion behind us to give to each individual that comes through our doors and that’s how we love our families.

Small Business Spotlight

A Spotlight on Cindy from Above and Beyond Gymnastics

Published

2 days ago

April 24, 2025

Lauren Merrill

-Tell us about your business.

I’m one of the owners of Above & Beyond Gymnastics Center. We started with a passion and a dream to create a facility that offered something for everyone, from preschoolers to adults, and from recreational to highly competitive gymnastics. Our primary focus is and has always been the mental and physical health of all our athletes and staff.

-What inspired you to start your own business?

The type of facility we wanted to create didn’t really exist in Tulsa, or Oklahoma. We just have a different mindset that many competitive coaches, and we wanted to start from the ground up and create something that people came to know and trust to be different.

-What’s been your proudest “I did that!” moment so far?

There’s been a few of those— but the two that that sticks out the most in my mind are our first team banquet and at the end of setup for our first annual Birthday Bash. Our first team banquet was surreal. We had just opened in October of 2021, and in May of 2022 we got to see all the accomplishments of all the kids and coaches and just celebrate what had transpired in just 7 months. We had approximately 250 people in attendance, and we were truly in awe and so grateful for what was created. Later that year, in October of 2022, we had everything set up for our huge event happening the next day. Seeing the gym completely quiet, dark, and decorated for the next day brought tears to my eyes. Just knowing the celebration we were about to have, and that the next day the gym would be filled with kids and spectators. It just made me stop and be grateful for all the opportunities we had so far, and for the excitement we had for the future.

-How do you juggle running a business and being a mom? Any secret superpowers?

I have 4 great kids, so I absolutely couldn’t do it without my village. I have an amazing husband who’s always prepared for me to have to drop and run. My in-laws take a lot of the load and watch the kids quite often specifically to support the gym and our family. My staff is also crucial. I have a fantastic co-owner that is also our head women’s coach that keeps that side running smoothly, and our gym manager who is our biggest asset to the gym. Without my family and my staff, I’d never be able to do this. My secret superpower? Severe ADHD. My brain is always 3 steps ahead, trying to solve the next problem or create the next opportunity. Sometimes, the problem and the opportunity are one in the same

-What’s one piece of advice you’d give to other moms dreaming of starting a business?

Don’t wait. Do it now. Make a plan and execute it.

-What’s your favorite way to involve your kids or family in your business?

My 2 oldest daughter are both in competitive gymnastics, and the younger of the 2 also does All Star Cheer for us. We have most of our birthday parties at the gym, too, which is always a good time!