Spa Focus
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gender -specific
A COMPREHENSIVE,
FACILITY
JOANNA STERKOWICZ speaks to KYM STAFFORD, owner of Dolce Vita Beauty Centre in Randpark Ridge, about how her business model of an exclusive ladies only spa that offers aesthetic treatments and hairdressing services has clearly paid off.
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t age 29, Kym Stafford is fairly young to be the owner a spa business but credits this to an entrepreneurial mind set and identifying a gap in the market for a one-stopshop ladies only salon and spa. “When the opportunity arose to open my own beauty business, I grabbed it with both hands and never looked back,” she says. “Originally, when Dolce Vita Beauty Centre first opened in August 2012 in Greenside, Johannesburg, we rented a small space from a busy hair salon where we concentrated on skin and body treatments. After about three years, we had built up our clientele and needed to expand, so I went on the search to find the right property to invest in, where we would have enough space to expand and create our one-stopshop. When we moved to Randpark Ridge to our own premises with the help of my amazing and handy husband, we added our very own hair salon and spa facilities.
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