BUSINESS FEATURE
BY BRIAN RASH
LEVELING UP Clients of The Studio have options for services in which prices are set based on a six-tiered system corresponding to the employee's experience level, with level six being the highest. Services include:
Full perm $93-$118
The Studio has been open in Hutto since 2010.
Regular cut $43-$68
Color retouch $63-$88
CLINICAL GRADE Doctors may refer patients with conditions that include diabetes and cancer to The Studio for adapted treatments. Some of those services include:
From left, sisters Anna Gonzales and Regina Sanchez have each been working in the beauty industry for more than three decades.
Co-owner Anna Gonzales works on a client’s hair.
PHOTOS BY BRIAN RASH COMMUNITY IMPACT
Adapted pedicure Certi ed clinicians use specialty products that have fewer harmful ingredients
The Studio Hutto salon owners o er clients decades of beauty industry experience S isters Anna Gonzales and Regina Sanchez have a combined 73 years of expe- beauty school before they have any bad habits,” Gonzales said. “They spend about six months or so with one of the learning leaders who has a lot of experience.”
Oncology hair services Certi ed clinicians use special techniques to maintain hair.
Another point of evolution for The Studio involves the number of clinical-grade services o ered. Sanchez and Gonzales listed as examples clients who have diabetes who may need toenail reconstructions, or an oncology patient who may need specialty hair services, including extensions or wig maintenance. To keep up with new innovations in clinical-grade and general salon services, Sanchez and Gonzales frequently attend classes throughout the country, and in June both are attending the rst ever medical nail symposium in California. “We’re not nished growing,” Gonzales said. “We still have growth and changes [on] our horizon.”
The Studio 106 East St., Hutto 512-642-6591 www.thestudiohtx.com
rience in the beauty industry, but they both said they are never done learning and improving their craft. The sisters rst opened The Studio in Hutto in 2010, but their rst salon, Regina’s Hair and Nails, opened in Austin in 1990. Two decades later they moved farther north due to family needs, Gonzales said. The number of employees at The Studio has grown from three to 17 since rst opening. One aspect of the business Gonza- les and Sanchez highlight is the fact that it is a teaching salon. “We hire our team right out of
That teaching mechanism trans- lates into another aspect of The Studio that separates it from many other area salons, she said. Through a tiered system based on an employee’s experience—six being the highest tier—clients have several options for each service o ered. Gonzales called The Studio “recession proof” based on that tiered model, which assigns price points based on the experience level of the stylist. Gonzales said she is at the highest tier, but there are many other options.
Hours: By appointment, and Tue.-Thu. 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sun.-Mon. closed
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PFLUGERVILLE HUTTO EDITION • MAY 2023
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