New spa and salon in St. Joseph is more than $100,000 investment

The Reva’ Salon & Spa in St. Joseph opened a little more than month ago, and the investment the owners made to pay for gutting and renovating an old building is paying off.Three new stylists and three receptionists have been hired, bringing to 21 the total number of Reva’ employees, said Kristy Sandmann, a resident of nearby Baroda who owns Reva’ with her husband John Sandmann.John Sandmann, his father and brothers are in the hair-cutting business too. They work in a barber shop behind Reva’. Sandmanns, a  separate business with its own entrance, is a family barber shop started by his grandfather 55 years ago.The Sandmanns have invested at least $100,000 on the interior of the Reva’ Salon & Spa alone, Kristy Sandmann estimates.Much more than that was invested in building an addition, property for a parking lot behind the barber business and other renovations. While Sandmanns barber shop is old school, Reva’ is about the latest in beauty.The spa, which is located in a customized addition off of the existing building at 2036 Washington Ave., offers massages, pedicures, manicures, facials and waxing and also steam therapy for detox treatments such as mud wraps.The salon, which is about 1,900 square feet, was designed with separate cutting rooms, coloring rooms and washing rooms, Kristy Sandmann says. “It’s been so exciting,” she says.Regina Ciaravino of the Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce shares the excitement. “This is a great business for the city,” she says.The chamber plans to celebrate the new business in town with a ribbon cutting at 11:30 May 10.Source: Kristy Sandmann, Reva’ Salon & SpaSource: Regina Ciaravino, Chamber Development, Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce