New High Maintenance studio at Cliffbreakers, for brides

March 20th, 2008 at 05:50am Deborah Austin

Clare Schwartz, owner of the High Maintenance Salon & Day Spa at 135 North Longwood,Rockford and in the new Peak Sports Club, 4401 Peak Drive, Loves Park, plans to open a new weekend-only by-appointment studio at Cliffbreakers Lexington Hotel, 700 W. Riverside, Rockford, by the beginning of April. No grand opening date has yet been set.

The Cliffbreakers location will be geared for bridal parties who are staying at Cliffbreakers, and will offer hair design with four hair stations, nail care and on-site makeup — all the things that bridal parties need. It will not offer hair color or waxing, said Schwartz. The Cliffbreakers location will have a team of people from High Maintenance as well as a team lead person.

“I have a bridal consultant who will sit down with them and find out what kind of look they’re doing for; they’ll do an extensive consult ahead of time so that when the team leader goes over there (to Cliffbreakers) to manage everything, it will go very smoothly,” she said. “We’ll make it so they don’t have to leave the hotel until they go to the church.”

Those interested in more information can call High Maintenance at Peak at 815-963-1948, said Schwartz.

Meanwhile, that High Maintenance at Peak location, which opened Dec. 8, is holding a grand opening and open house on May 17 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

And back at the original High Maintenance at Longwood location, a private room will be opened, also by the start of April, for chemotherapy patients who are losing their hair, and for Muslim women, who are not allowed to have men see their hair, said Schwartz.

High Maintenance also plans to hold a fundraiser sometime this fall ( no date has yet been set) to benefit the PAWS Humane Society which serves the Rockford area, said Luan Dean, co-owner of the High Maintenance at Longwood and owner of Lula’s Vintage Boutique, 221 E. State St., Rockford.

The benefit event, called the “Fur Ball,” will have a “Hair Ball” theme (a hair and fashion show), said Dean — and will be styled like a runway show, said Schwartz.

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