Illinois Valley residents have a new one-stop shop for self and beauty care at 2200 Marquette St. in . LouConic Kollective, a group of entrepreneurial women owned businesses, celebrated its grand opening Friday attended by family and patrons.
Owner Alexa Migliorini, of , said the business began in her nail studio, Polish me Pretty, when a client of hers began doing event make-up in her backroom. It wasn’t long until she had another woman,this time someone from high school, reach out about tattooing. “And coincidentally enough this space was vacant and I had been kind of tossing back and forth expanding,” she said.
“And everything fell into place.” LouConic Kollective is made up of seven women, offering hypnosis, permanent jewelry, nails, massage, tattoo, piercing, make-up and spray tanning. Each business has its own separate space to operate privately within LouConic.
“I just wanted to go with the idea that everybody has their own little small space and they can create and run their business without having this huge overhead,” Migliorini said. Kaitlyn Mellentine, a massage therapist from Granville, said being a part of the collective has been a wonderful experience. “Everyone has been so supportive,” she said.
“And I think that’s the most beautiful thing about it. Even when I was creating my space, they were all pooping in just saying how much they love it.” Mellentine received her massage therapy license in 2019 and recently moved her business back to.
