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Jennifer Youngblood
Jennifer Youngblood:
Primp Salon continues family
entrepreneurial tradition
Center native Jennifer
Youngblood is the
founder and owner
of Primp Salon and Spa on the
square in downtown Center and
has been ever since she opened
in March of 2013.
“I was born and raised in
Center, I’ve been here my whole
life,” says Jennifer. “My dad
has an auto repair shop here in
Center, Allen’s Auto Repairs.
And my grandpa, Herman Bailey,
had an upholstery shop, Bailey’s
Upholstery, in Center.”
Jennifer has been a licensed
hairstylist since 2001, but she
longed to find a salon of her
own where she could provide
an uplifting workspace for other
hairstylists.
“I opened Primp Salon in
March of 2013,” says Jennifer.
“I wanted to provide a place for
stylists in our area to have an
amazing place to work and give
back to our community.”
Jennifer feels she
successfully provided the
perfect salon workspace and
has been running business
smoothly since.
“I love it here, our
hairdressers love it here,”
Jennifer says. “We’re in a
beautiful location. Being on
the square is great, we have a
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gorgeous view of the courthouse
and it brings us a lot of walk-in
traffic.”
Being a business owner
during the COVID-19 pandemic,
Jeniffer was left with no choice
but to temporarily shut her salon
down.
“We had to shut down for
six weeks due to COVID,” says
Jennifer. “When we came back
though, it was super swamped.
Everyone had been waiting for a
hair appointment for so long. We
were having to turn down people
left and right.”
Even after being closed for
more than a month, business for
Primp Salon has been running
smoothly ever since reopening,
she says.
“Things have been great,
business has been great as
usual,” says Jennifer. “This
construction on the square has
slowed down our walk-in traffic,
usually we always have a high
volume of walk-ins. But other
than that things are going good.”
Jennifer says she is thankful
for her beautiful location on
the square and the amount
of community support she’s
received during the last seven
years.
Primp Salon and Spa is a full
service hair salon with stylists,
color specialist, a massage
therapist, offering facials, a nail
tech, teeth whitening and spray
tans.
“We have a fun and friendly
staff on hand to help you with
your beauty needs and we’re
just a call away. Give us a call or
walk on in and be ready to get
primped,” she says.
AT A GLANCE
WHAT:
Primp Salon and Spa
WHO:
Locally owned and
operated by
Jennifer Youngblood
WHERE:
126 Nacogdoches St.
Center, TX 75935
WHEN:
Monday - Closed
Tuesday - Friday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
PHONE:
(936) 598 - 3061
FACEBOOK:
@PRIMP Salon and Spa
Jennifer Youngblood’s entry into
a business of her own represents
a family tradition
of entrepreurship.
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