
Kelly Huether Reacquires Life of Riley and Riley Salon Resources
Life of Riley Salon Supply and Riley Salon Resources are back in the family, as Kelly Huether acquires the professional distributor he co-founded in 2013.
Leading up to the May/June 2018 Salons of the Year issue, SALON TODAY announces the 2018 finalists.

After reviewing thousands of salon décor images, the votes are in, and we have the 20 finalists in the 2018 Salons of the Year.
The biggest trend this year? MEN! Not only did three barbershops place prominently among our finalists, but one of the year's biggest design trends was to have a separate barbershop experience within the salon space.
Watch SALON TODAY’s Facebook and Instagram pages over the next month as we profile each salon design and give a shout out to our favorite design trends leading up to announcing our Grand-Prize winner, who’ll capture the cover of our May/June issue and the Runners Up.
20 VOLUME SALON
Mesa, Arizona
Owners: Eddie and Stacey Coronado
AALAM THE SALON
Frisco, Texas
Owners: Mnasour and Naser Aalam
ARIAHOUSE SPA @ RAZMATAZZ
Georgetown, Texas
Owner: Rachel Smith
ATTITUDES PARIS/DAVID COIFFURE
Houston, Texas
Owner: David Edery
BROOME STREET SOCIETY
New York, New York
Owners: Andrea Hans and Josie Sanchez
CITRUS SALON
Martinez, California
Owner: Candice Gliatto
FASHION FOCUS ACADEMY
Sarasota, Florida
Owners: Aaron and Richard Weintraub
FIVE SENSES SPA, SALON AND BARBERSHOP
Peoria, Illinois
Owner: Paola Hinton
FRANK’S BARBERSHOP
Knoxville, Tennesse
Owners: Frank and Belinda Gambuzza
GENE JUAREZ SALONS AND SPAS
Bellevue, Washington
Owner: Evergreen Pacific Partners, LLC
HANNAH LONDON
London, United Kingdom
Owners: Kaywaan and Shireen Khan
LAVISH SALON
Friendswood, Texas
Owner: Kristi Brehm
MATII NEW YORK
New York, New York
Owner: Bernhards Ziverts
NOVA SALON
Louisville, Kentucky
Owners: Bennie Pollard & Lindsay Reeves
PARKER BARBER
New Orleans, Louisiana
Owner: Neill Corporation
POSH SALON AND SPA
Kokomo, Indiana
Owner: Lindsay Daughtery-Pyle
ROYAL RHINO CLUB BARBERSHOP & LOUNGE
Columbus, Ohio
Owner: Charles Penzone
SOLAIA LUXURY SALON AND SPA
Naperville, Illinois
Owner: Amanda Toppel
STUDIO 285
Evans, Georgia
Owners: Brittany Harrington & Amber Harrington Carraway
VOSS SALON
Dallas, Texas
Owners: Rachel & Mitchell Voss

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