Whitney Bota, owner of Better You Salon, second from right, is flanked on the left by Courtney Madsen, Karley Kramer, Vickie Bailey with Kellee Lacombe on the right. The four women were treated to a hair and fashion makeover during Mother’s Day at the salon on Saturday. A total of 31 women bought tickets to the event supported by numerous local businesses. Geoff Lee Meridian Source
A Mother’s Day Out event at Better You Salon exceeded expectations, especially for the four lucky women treated to complementary makeovers.
Salon owner, Whitney Bota, featured them in a mini fashion show reveal along with makeup demonstrations on Saturday afternoon for 31 women who bought tickets.
“We’re doing a huge Mother’s Day event. What we did was, we picked four moms. We did makeovers on them and did head to toe,” explained Bota, who set the scene for the day’s program.
“We’re going to do a little fashion show. We did all their hair from colouring to styling and Jolie Muse did the makeup as well.”
Kellee Lacombe, Courtney Madsen, Karley Kramer and Vickie Bailey were chosen for the special makeovers among 69 nominations.
“We ended up choosing them from their stories and stuff and reading about them,” said Bota. “We had a whole mix from age 20 to women in their 60s.”
One of the most grateful and deserving women was Vickie Bailey from Maidstone, who has been in and out of hospitals for the past two years.
“I’m very excited about it. I had a lot of people nominate me. It’s so kind of everyone to think about me,” she said.
“I had a bad accident about two years, so I’ve just been constantly in and out of hospitals recovering and surgeries for this and that, so being able to do something for myself is so wonderful.”
Bailey had her hair done, noting she also enjoyed a facial by Chantel Joy at Infinity Advanced Aesthetics & Training and wearing shoes and clothing from Sheepskin Loft.
“It’s a great day. It’s such a wonderful event,” she said.
Bota took the opportunity to mimic Oprah Winfrey by tossing some freebies into the audience.
Everyone who attended went home happy with gift swag bags filled with beauty and fashion-related products donated by local businesses.
“I was blown away by the community that could come in and help. We’re trying to reach out to the community more,” said Bota.
“It’s shop local and we wanted to show off the models that we chose to give them a special day, so they can have a makeover and self-care—because they’re moms and they’re busy.”
The event was well-timed for Courtney Madsen, who lives just out of town with her spouse and is an expectant mother.
“I’m 30 weeks today. This is our first baby, so we’re very excited,” she said.
She called her day of pampering an awesome experience.
“I normally don’t do this kind of stuff for myself, so it was really nice to be a part of this event,” she said, noting she had her hair cut, styled and coloured a couple of weeks ago at the salon.
“Today, I came back and got my makeup done and my dress from Addilynn Apparel, which is beautiful, and the shoes from Sheepskin loft.”
Bota also invited International Beauty Services and Supplies consultant, Clint Bonville, to promote Eufora shampoo and conditioner products used at the salon.
“We have lots of sales going on throughout the salon as well for people to be able to shop today and just have a girl’s day out,” said Bota.
“We’re having a Mother’s Day sale all week long at the salon.”
