Board of Water & Light (BWL) employee and Lansing native, Wendy Bradley, has opened a 2,300 square foot full service salon on Lansing’s Westside.
Bradley started working on ZOE Life Spa and Salon while enrolled in an MBA program; there, she was asked to create a business plan. Eventually, what started as a class assignment turned into a business.
“I wanted to do something different,” she says. “I really have this entrepreneurial spirit.”
Bradley researched spa franchises all over the country before deciding to open an independent enterprise.
“One thing I found was that it was very much like work, and that’s what I was trying to get away from,” she says about her decision not to open a franchise salon.
In February, she opened ZOE Life Spa and Salon, which is located at 6452 Millennium Dr. in Lansing.
ZOE Life Spa and Salon includes hair, skin, nail and massage services. It also offers body treatments, a make-up studio, an oxygen bar and spa packages. Bradley also has a concierge service, allowing her to connect customers to personal shoppers, wedding planners, a teen fashion consultant and dietitians.
“I wanted to start a spa in Lansing because I’m from Lansing,” she says. “We felt it was important to support the community we reside in.”
Bradley has nine employees and uses as many green products as possible. She built out the 2,300 square foot space to fit her needs.
Source: Wendy Z. Bradley, ZOE Life Spa and Salon
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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