PS News & Features
The connections, partnerships and ideas shaping the salon experience in senior living.
Education & resident experience
For years, we’ve used Alzheimer’s Association education resources to deepen our understanding of dementia and support thoughtful salon experiences.
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In memory care, a thoughtful salon experience starts with familiarity, comfort and respect for the person. Celebration helps families support the arrangements while the resident’s response guides the visit.
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Our Service History feature gives connected families a clear view of salon visits, including service dates, services received, amounts and the PS Professional.
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Keeping a favorite hair color can be part of feeling like yourself. Explore a professional color option with a shorter processing stage for suitable services.
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Sylvia Hernandez, Erica Heiny, Jessica Hughes-Powell and Cheryl Beebe bring salon experience to leadership.
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Nicole Cintron, Marie Palomo, Terra Warner and Emily Archer advance into Regional Leader roles.
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Where service authorizations are appropriate, connected families and representatives can specify salon services, frequency and payment preferences online.
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Jennifer Wojciechowski and Keely Givhan step into District Leader roles.
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A national milestone reflects years of showing up for residents, building relationships and helping communities deliver an amenity people look forward to.
Read the storyTechnology & family engagement
By July 28, residents and families had submitted more than 4,500 online Appointment Requests through our Celebration Portal.
Read the storyFrom our CEO
Our Co-Founder and CEO John Polatz reflects on how a familiar salon appointment fits into a full, connected life.
Read the storyProducts & personal style
A smoother finish and more efficient blow-drying can work together. Learn why Super Skinny Serum is a useful option in personalized salon styling.
Read the storyCommunity partnerships
Our expanding Sunrise Senior Living relationship brings together local leadership, salon support and a shared commitment to residents.
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Our partnership with Senior Resource Group’s The Village at Ocotillo brings professional salon experiences into daily community life.
Read the storySkilled Nursing & resident experience
A skilled nursing salon makes space for personal identity, familiar grooming routines and individual attention. Thoughtful coordination and Celebration help families support that experience around the resident’s care needs.
Read the storyCelebration Accounts
A salon gift becomes more to enjoy through one-time or recurring Fill-Ups, 4–5% rewards and our $25 Birthday Bonus.
Read the storyDesign & Procurement
Our new shop makes it simpler for community leaders to source salon and spa equipment for senior living.
Read the storyProducts & personal style
For residents with dry or coarse hair, the right conditioning product can support softness and easier detangling as part of a thoughtful salon visit.
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We are bringing professional salon experiences to Mirabella at ASU through a partnership built on collaboration.
Read the storyAssisted Living & resident experience
In assisted living, a salon helps residents keep meaningful personal routines as support needs change. Celebration gives connected families practical ways to help while the resident’s preferences remain central.
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We have joined Discovery Commons of Bethel Park to bring professional salon experiences to its residents.
Read the storyEducation & salon standards
BARBICIDE education has been part of our learning approach for years, reinforcing the everyday practices behind a well-run salon.
Read the storyProducts & personal style
A little more body can make a familiar hairstyle feel refreshed. Discover a professional styling option for residents who want a fuller-looking finish.
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We are partnering with John Knox Village of Central Florida to bring residents salon experiences centered on confidence and connection.
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Our new partnership with Grand Living at Tuscan Lakes brings residents professional salon experiences to enjoy close to home.
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The Grandview by Erickson Senior Living joins our family of community partners.
Read the storyInside PS
Our promotional film brings People, Empathy and Respect into focus through the salon experience.
Read the storyCelebration Accounts
We have returned more than $1 million in salon services to residents and families through Celebration Account rewards.
Read the storyIndependent Living & resident experience
An independent living salon puts personal choice close to home. Residents can keep the styles, routines and relationships they enjoy, with Celebration helping them manage their own salon experience.
Read the storyProducts & personal style
Celebrate the beauty of silver hair with care that helps soften strands and reduce unwanted yellow tones while honoring each resident's personal style.
Read the storyPS milestones
We are celebrating the people, partnerships and salon experiences behind our 2025 milestones.
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From the PS archive ·
Since our founding 12 years ago, PS has always and unconditionally embraced our wonderful and diverse professional family, supporting each other and our customers through our shared values of People, Empathy and Respect. We have always put “People” first because we understand – instinctively and intuitively – that all of us everywhere share a common humanity, regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation...
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On November 21, 2019, PS Salon & Spa reached an important service milestone and celebrated performing 6 million services at Kirkland Village in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The PS team will be honoring the resident who received the milestone service, and the PS Professional who performed the service at a celebration in...
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PS Salon & Spa attended Paul Mitchell School’s Caper Event 2019 at Disneyland, California, and was represented by four PS Pros- Amy Brand, Lillian Marin, Danielle McKinney and Joan Morgan. With more than 3,000 Paul Mitchel students at this event in late March, our team got to represent and promote PS Salon & Spa to these future professionals. From meeting tons of students, to giving out prizes, and showing a fun informational video dozens of times, our recruitment team had an amazing experience at this event!
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PS Salon & Spa is thrilled to be recognized as one of the Weatherhead 100 for the second year in a row! PS Lifestyle was ranked number 35 out of 100 for 2019. Presented by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, Weatherhead 100 is the premier..
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In the first quarter of 2019, PS Salon & Spa hosted the first Shear Skills Challenge. PS Pros showed off their outstanding coloring, cutting, styling and nail skills by submitting before and after photos of their residents’ makeovers! After receiving more than 220 entries, we chose three winners in each category (listed below). Winners were award Paul Mitchell styling tools, shears, and products.
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Since partnering with John Paul Mitchell Systems and Paul Mitchell the School in 2018, PS employees have been able to take advantage of Paul Mitchell’s training programs. In March and April, Paul Mitchell Educators held color training classes for PS Pros throughout the country. highly attended by our stylists, also known as PS Pros. This class focused on learning about color theory and formulations and was highly attended by our team!
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Chicago, Ill. and Cleveland, Ohio — January 16, 2019 — The Ziegler Companies, Inc. (Ziegler), Ziegler Link•Age Fund II, L.P. (the “Fund”) and PS Salon & Spa, the largest professional salon and spa operator in the national senior living market, are pleased to announce that Ziegler and the Fund have made strategic investments in PS Salon & Spa.
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