Northern Radiance Aesthetics opens in Sharbot Lake

Apr 15, 2015

With the spring and summer seasons fast approaching, those looking for a bit of personal buffing up will be happy to know that Brenda Repaye, owner of a newly opened business, Northern Radiance Aesthetics in Sharbot Lake, is offering a number of treatments and services that will no doubt give her customers confidence as they get ready to shed their winter layers.

Repaye, who is originally from Sydenham, is no stranger to the local community. She has lived and worked in and around the Sharbot Lake area for the past nine years, as an employee services provider at Community Living-North Frontenac and as a personal support worker providing in-home palliative care.

Due to health reasons she made a recent career change and in 2014 enrolled in a medical aesthetician course offered at the Ottawa Beauty Academy located in Kingston. Following her graduation in July 2014 she is now a certified medical aesthetician.

Repaye, who has a naturally upbeat and friendly personality, is thrilled to be in business for herself. Word travels fast and since her unofficial opening on March 9, she has been busy offering her clients a number of basic aesthetic services that include manicures, pedicures, eye lash and eye brow tints, relaxation massage and body and facial waxing. In the near future she also plans to offer a number of more medically involved aesthetic services that will include micro-derm abrasion treatments, permanent hair removal by electrolysis as well as laser light treatments for the removal of body and facial hair, as well as spider veins, sun-damaged skin and age spots, acne and nail fungus.

Her business space, though small, is very private and well ordered. It is a cozy space that makes one feel immediately welcome, relaxed and at home. Clients enter into a main office area, off of which is located a comfortable treatment room where clients can relax while enjoying spectacular views of Sharbot Lake. Repaye also offers private group sessions as well as individual appointments and has already booked a number of wedding party engagements for May. She plans to utilize an additional outdoor deck area for her clients.

Thanks to a loan she recently received from the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation in Harrowsmith, Repaye was able to purchase some of the more expensive equipment she needs to serve her clients, including a hydrolic bed, a facial steamer and a micro-derm treatment machine.

To celebrate the opening of her new business she will be holding an official Grand Opening on Saturday, April 25 from 9am-3pm, which will coincide with the Treasure Trunk's Summer Stock opening day.

On that day she will offer visitors light snacks and refreshments and she said it will be “a great opportunity for future clients to view the new space and to have all their questions about the services I offer answered.” Guests will have a chance to win $170 in free services as well as 12 other door prizes. Northern Radiance Aesthetics is located at 1171 Canon Road in Sharbot Lake, just behind the Treasure Trunk and is currently open by appointment from Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-6pm. For more information call 613-279-2552 or toll free, 1-844-279-2552.