August 23, 2024 • 20 mins
What if a beauty salon could be more than just a place to get a haircut? Join us on the Good Neighbor Podcast as we sit down with Becky Quimby, the powerhouse behind Luxury Arts Beautique in Cleveland, Tennessee. Becky opens up about her inspiring journey from a difficult upbringing to becoming a successful business owner, all while juggling a bustling family life with her husband Daniel Graham, owner of the Chop Shop barber shops, and their four energetic kids. Discover the story behind the unique name "Beautique" and how it encapsulates a wide range of beauty services, including haircuts, colors, spa treatments, facials, brows, waxings, and eyelash extensions. Plus, Becky shares the convenience of their online gift cards, perfect for occasions like Mother's Day.
Listen in as Becky sheds light on how her business is built on the principles of empowerment and community support. Her vision extends far beyond providing beauty services; she aims to create a sanctuary that uplifts and supports everyone who walks through its doors. This episode also underscores the importance of supporting local businesses in Cleveland and the greater Chattanooga area. We express our heartfelt gratitude for your continuous support and remind you that you can nominate your favorite local businesses to be featured on the Good Neighbor Podcast by visiting GNPCleveland.com. This is Scott Howell, urging you to make today truly remarkable.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Scott Howell.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hello good neighbors, and welcome to the Good
Neighbor Podcast brought to youby the Friends and Neighbors
Group of Cleveland and thegreater Chattanooga area.
Again, my name is Scott Howelland I'm your host.
You know, for all youfirst-time listeners out there,
the purpose of the Good Neighborpodcast is to bring awareness
to the residents of ourcommunities regarding locally
(00:32):
owned and or operated businessesin Cleveland, chattanooga and
the surrounding areas.
Small local businesses are thebackbone of our communities and
they need our support.
And joining me today is ourgood neighbor Becky Quimby of
Luxury Arts Beautique.
So thank you for being ourspecial guest today on the
(00:53):
podcast, becky.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, absolutely Looking forward to it.
You know, I want to learn moreabout Luxury Arts, beautique and
let our listeners know what youoffer them out there.
But before we jump into that,let me just ask a quick question
Would you like to shareanything with us about yourself
and your family?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Yeah, so I'm a mom here in Cleveland, tennessee.
My husband he's a barber and wehave four kids so we stay very
busy but we're always involvedin our kids' sports and school
and things like that and youknow we're all the time just
doing things in town andenjoying our little family and
(01:33):
enjoying all the things thatCleveland has to offer and local
businesses.
So I was really happy that youasked me to be on here, because
I think what you're doing is sogreat for small businesses.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Thank you, thanks for the shout out.
We really enjoy it.
It's our opportunity to giveback to the community that's
been so good to us and we sureenjoy doing it.
And it sounds like yourhusband's a barber.
You're a stylist, so y'all arekeeping the hair in the family,
right?
Yeah, it just kind of happenedthat way, so does he work in the
(02:03):
same place you do, or does hehave a separate place?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
He does.
He owns his own barber shop,the Chop Shop.
He owns both of those locationsin Cleveland and you know
people always ask why don't wework together?
And I'm like, as much as I lovehim, I don't know that I want
to see him 24 hours a day, sevendays a week.
So he has his building and Ihave mine and it's great, and we
see each other on our lunchbreaks and we see each other at
(02:29):
home and that's good enough forus.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
So there you go.
I love it.
Becky, just be blunt, honest,right.
What's his name?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
his name is Daniel Graham.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Daniel, sorry, buddy, but she just told it like it
was.
It's true I.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I love him.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
He's great, but I'm sure he probably feels the same
way, sometimes, things apart,and makes things a little bit
better.
Uh, and you said you got kids,so I know that you got kids
involved in sports.
You don't have much free time,do you?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
That's, that's for sure, on our days off we're, you
know, golfing or we're doingcheerleading or you know all
kinds of things.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
So yeah, that's awesome.
That's awesome, but tell usabout Luxury Arts Boutique.
And first of all, I want you tostart off and tell me about
that the name Boutique How'd youcome up with that?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Well, I was looking when I had to name it, I was
like you know, I don't want torun into a trademark issue.
It has happened with smallbusinesses you get a change that
comes in and sues you for yourname.
So I was like I need to come upwith something unique, but
something that's not going toget me in trouble and still
doesn can put themselves in abox when they say you know hair,
nail and then you don't knowthat they do all these other
services.
So I wanted something that youknow didn't put me in a box, but
really got the point acrossthat we do.
You know, beauty, beauty, salonthing, all the things.
(04:00):
So boutique instead of boutiquebecause we're all about the
beauty things.
So boutique instead of boutiquebecause we're all about the
beauty things.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, I love it.
When I was talking to Beckybefore we started recording, I
mispronounced it.
She corrected me and then Ilooked at the name it's
B-E-A-U-T, just like you'regoing to say beauty, right?
B-e-a-u-t-t-i-q-e.
So it's not boutique, like Imispronounced it, it's beautique
(04:28):
.
So I love it.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I think it's awesome I tell people just to call it
the lab, because lab that makesit simple, it's lab.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Oh, I love that even better.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
That's awesome yeah, I try to make it easy, butury
arts boutique at the lab.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I love it.
Well, becky, you said youdidn't want to put yourself in
the box, so kind of share withour listeners all that you do
offer.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
So we offer hair services.
We have stylists that dohaircuts, colors, most of the
hair services trims, colorcorrections, shampoo, style.
We also offer spa services.
That includes facials.
We do brows, we do waxings,eyelash extensions.
(05:15):
So we definitely have a widerange of beauty services that we
offer.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yes, it sounds like it.
Wow, a lady can come in thereand pretty much get all those
those basic needs taken care of.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yeah, All the things, and mother's day is coming up,
so it's a an easy gift card.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
There you go, Do you?
So you do sell gift cards.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
We do.
We have online gift cards,which makes it really simple
because you can just go onto ourwebsite and you can actually
create your own custom littlecard.
and then you can just go ontoour website and you can actually
create your own custom littlecard and then you can email it
to whoever you want to send itto.
You can choose which date itgets sent to them and everything
.
You can pick your amount.
It's really simple.
But we also do have giftcertificates at our shop if you
(05:58):
actually want a piece of paperin hand, because I know some
people are not great withtechnology, so we do have them
at our shop as well.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
some people are not great with technology, so we do
have them at our shop as well.
Well, there you go, all thelisteners out there.
If your mom needs a minimakeover, your wife or mother
well, I said mom, mother, butyour wife or your grandmother,
whoever needs a mini makeoverget on the website.
She'll tell you about that in aminute.
Get on the website and buy agift card and send it to them.
Surprise them for Mother's Day.
(06:25):
That's a great idea.
Tell us about your journey.
I'm sure when you're a littlegirl, nobody come out of the
womb deciding what they're goingto do for a career, right?
So at what point in time didyou decide this is what you
wanted to do?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I kind of got into it because of my husband.
It was kind of an accident, butI saw he was a barber before I
had ever even started doing thisand he loved it.
He was super passionate aboutit.
He made great money.
I was like you know what?
That can't be that hard, let metry this.
But I started looking intobeing a hairstylist and I kind
(07:00):
of realized that it really justwasn't for me, kind of realized
that it really just wasn't forme so.
I actually don't do hair, I dothe spa side of things and I
thought you know I could be amakeup artist.
Makeup artists don't actuallyhave to have a license, so I
thought I was going to take theeasy way out yeah, you don't
technically need a license to bea makeup artist.
So I was like I'm just going towatch YouTube videos and become
(07:24):
this makeup artist.
And my husband now he's like no, you should really look into
going to school and getting alicense.
and so I went to school totechnically be a makeup artist,
but they teach you skincare andthey teach you spa training, how
to take care of people's skinand I fell in love with it
because my first client that Iever got, she had cystic acne
(07:45):
and we did 11 treatments on herand we took her from point A to
just a completely different.
You know it changed her qualityof life.
She was so grateful that we hadreally changed the way she lived
her life because before shecouldn't go out without makeup
on, she felt very insecurebecause of her cystic acne.
And you know that was themoment I was like, wow, I
(08:06):
actually get to help people feelgood about themselves and that
is the greatest gift.
You know, not only do I get tomake people feel good about
themselves, but I get to makemoney doing it.
And so it was kind of like anaha moment for me and I was like
you know what?
I'm going to open my own salonso I can support other women
owning their own businesses andmaking other women feel
(08:27):
beautiful.
And as a mom of four kids, likeI know what it's like to you
know, kind of put yourself onthe back burner and I'm like if
I can bring that you know sparkback to you know, other women
and and other men too I mean menneed to take care of their skin
just as much as women do, butjust to make people feel good
about themselves.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Because that's a good tagline when you look good, you
feel good.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
That's a good tagline .
Speaker 2 (08:53):
You know, you mentioned, you know support
other ladies in business.
A lot of people probably don'tknow, but a lot of times in a
salon, a boutique, the peopleare, even though they work in
this building and you're theowner of the business.
They're kind of self-employed,right.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Right yeah, they can offer.
Right yeah, they can offertheir own products.
They can sell their ownproducts.
They can build their own brand.
It's still under our shop, so Istill pay the overhead.
But they really get to runtheir own business.
They get to set their ownschedules.
They get to spend their timewith their families that they
want to spend.
They don't have to, you know,request, you know, have a crazy
(09:33):
schedule made by somebody whodoesn't know what's going on in
their life.
They get to really, you know,choose their hours, choose their
clients and do things the waythey want to do them.
So it makes it very convenientfor the people that work there.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
So you set up a place .
Not only can people you know, Iguess, the majority of your
business- is probably ladies.
So you know, ladies can come in,gentlemen too, as you said can
come in and get you know theservices that you provide, but
also you've also created anatmosphere where maybe other
women whether they're singlemothers or not they can come in
(10:10):
and have a place to set up theirown schedule so they can be
there for their kids when theyneed them sporting events or
school activities or whateverbut at the same time, you
provided a place that they canprovide for their own families,
and so I think that's awesome.
Becky, congratulations, greatkudos to you.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
As a mom of four, I know how important it is.
I think that's what I struggledthe most when I worked, you
know, in corporate America wasnot being able to, you know, do
the things that I wanted with myfamily, and so yeah being able
to provide that to other peopletoo.
Is, you know, such a great?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
gift to kind of set her own schedule, especially
when you're a mom.
I mean, come on, especiallywhen you're a mom.
So you got all these kids.
You told me about your fourchildren.
They're in sports, so I'm noteven going to ask you to answer
a question.
What do you do for fun?
Because everything's wrapped uparound your kids, right?
(11:06):
You said you're on the golfcourses.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Are your kids involved in golf too?
Yeah, my oldest son.
He is on the golf team at.
Lake Forest so we do a lot ofgolf with him and then the other
kids.
They like to go to top golf, sowe try to make it a family
affair.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
You tell him, when he becomes the next Jack Nicholson
, he better not forget his mom.
Right, yeah, exactly yeah, andhe better not forget his mom,
right, yeah, exactly.
Yeah, well, you know, becky, asa fellow business owner and
business person entrepreneur formost of my adult life a lot of
times there's hardships andchallenges that we go through
(11:45):
that a lot of people don't knowabout.
You know, don't know behind thescenes.
Can you describe a hardship ormaybe life challenge that you
went through and since you'verose above it, looking back, you
can now say you know, hey, I'mbetter and stronger for that?
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Yeah, I think for me.
I know, me and my husband, weboth kind of grew up in poverty.
So, you know, raising kids andowning your own business, I
think, having grown up in asituation where you know there
were times where we didn't knowwhere our next meal was coming
from, we didn't know if we weregoing to have a place to stay
that night.
Um, and then you know, now,being an adult and raising kids
(12:26):
and trying to, you know, build abusiness and know that my kids
will never have to, you know,know what that's like and being
able to provide a life for mykids to where you know they
don't have to worry aboutgrabbing what they can.
And then, you know, trying tofind a place to sleep that night
and just overcoming the thingsthat I grew up with and being
(12:49):
able to, you know, use that asmotivation to pursue my dreams
so that my kids can have.
You know, the life that I grewup with and being able to, you
know, use that as motivation topursue my dreams so that my kids
can have.
You know the life that Icouldn't have growing up is is
probably one of the biggestthings that I've definitely
overcome and proud that, youknow I can say, you know I did
this for my kids, even though Iwent through, you know, growing
up.
That way I was able to pullmyself up and do it, you know,
(13:13):
with my husband and being ableto just overcome, you know that
growing up in poverty and beingable to own our own businesses
and give a life for our kids.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Congratulations, I mean, all the listeners out
there.
Did y'all hear the change inher tone of voice when she
started telling that?
I mean, that means everythingto her, and that's the type of
people I enjoy doing businesswith is the people that can
really appreciate me as acustomer, as a client, because
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they know where they came fromand they want to provide the
best quality products andservice they can, so that not
only I'll keep coming back andyou'll keep coming back, but
also that they can continueproviding for their family, and
that's amazing.
I love that.
Thank you for sharing that withus.
I know that's probably not easyI saw you peer up a little bit
there and it's but it's okay.
Thank you for sharing that withus.
(14:08):
Getting back to the businessnow, if there was one thing that
you wish our listeners knewabout your business, your
company, that they probablywouldn't know unless you told
them, and so you had a chance tojust shout it from the rooftops
, like you are today, what wouldthat be?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I think the biggest part about our business is
because I did grow up in poverty.
You know we're all about givingback.
I try to have other businessowners inside my business who
own, you know, who make cups,who have boutiques, who sell
different things.
I want to see everyone win andthat's like the biggest goal for
my business is.
Yeah, you know I have to feedmy family with the money it
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makes, but at the end of the day, I just want everyone to win.
We want to see everyone succeedin our business.
Our business is really abouthelping others and that's why I
got into it is because I wantedother people to feel good about
themselves.
So I think, you know, you see abeauty salon and you just think
, oh, someone's trying to, youknow, cut hair to make money.
(15:09):
But it's really more than thatfor us.
For us, it's all about, youknow, helping other people
succeed, making other peoplefeel good about themselves and
giving back to the community.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Well, that's, that's a.
You know it's a blessing toknow that there's people out
there it would be so easy foryou, just to, you know, want to
take care of just you and yourown, and nobody would blame you
for that.
Nobody would ever blame you forthat, cause that's what.
That's what your business for,your family comes first.
But just to know that you careabout other people and trying to
help them succeed, giving thema place that they can succeed,
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to that that's.
That was a wonderful answer.
Couldn't given a better answerto that question, and you'll
know this is rehearsed.
I don't ask her to write downyour answers and make sure all
this is coming just from herheart, and so I really
appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
I really do.
I think it's important,especially, you know, growing up
in poverty, you know you cansee where opportunities are
lacking.
So being able to give othersthose opportunities that you
didn't have growing up is such ahuge blessing that I've been
able to come to this point, tobe able to do something like
that.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Yeah, there's a lady in Udawah that I interviewed.
She owns a floral shop and shewas the same way.
She's trying to give a platform.
She not only has a floral shop,her business but she tries to
offer shelf space for otherpeople to bring their products
and things in so that they canget recognition.
They can be, you know.
So I just applaud you for that,becky.
(16:40):
It's.
That's wonderful, that isamazing.
So, online or offline, how cansomebody find out more about
Luxury Arts, beautique, the lab?
I can't help it.
I like that, the lab.
How can people find out moreabout that and also how to
contact you to take advantage ofyour services?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Yeah, so we are on Facebook and we are on Instagram
.
You can just look up the LuxuryArts Boutique and you'll find
us pretty easily.
We keep a lot of updates onthere pretty regularly.
We also have our website,theluxuryartsboutiquecom.
You can find the link on ourFacebook page and Instagram page
or you can come by.
(17:25):
There's actually a carnival inour parking lot right now.
Yeah, there really is.
So come get some cotton candyand come see us.
We are in the Starview Plaza.
It's kind of across from theVillage Green Plaza.
It's on 204 Grove Avenue, rightnext to the.
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Family Dollar, so it's a prettybig parking lot.
We've got pretty good parkingwhen there's not a carnival in
the parking lot, but we're stillpretty easy to get to.
But you can always come by andcheck us out.
We've got plenty of cards andthings like that that you can
take home with you and look atour website.
(18:07):
So all kinds of different waysto get a hold of us.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Did you give your phone number or did I miss that?
Speaker 3 (18:14):
I did not, and I don't know it right off the top
of my head, which is probablyreally bad.
So let me.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Well, you never call yourself, right?
I mean, you know, that's what Itell people.
What's your phone number?
I know my phone number.
I never call myself.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
No phone number.
I know my phone number.
I never call myself.
No, my husband.
He's had the same phone numberfor as long as we've been
together, but I'm like I have itsaved.
Why would I memorize it?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
I totally understand.
Well, they'll find it on yourwebsite.
If you don't have it, did youfind it there?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I did find it.
It's 423-790-0765.
And that is our shop phonenumber.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Give it one more time .
423.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
It is 423-790-0765.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
There you go, all right.
Well, hey, becky, it has beenmy pleasure to meet you and get
to know more about Luxury Arts,beautique and Becky Quimby.
And tell your husband we saidhello and your children.
I hope they do well in theirsporting events this year.
And just again, thank you forstopping by today and being with
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us.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Yeah, absolutely.
Thank you so much for having meon.
It was so great to be a part ofthis and I appreciate the
opportunity.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Absolutely, absolutely.
And to all the good neighborsof the Cleveland and the
Chattanooga area.
After meeting Becky andlearning more about the Luxury
Arts Boutique, I know that shehopes you'll take a moment to
consider all they have to offerthe other businesses that she's
helping inside her shop.
All they have to offer as well,and remember them when you need
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or want the products andservices that they provide.
Don't forget about Mother's Daycoming up.
She has the on her websitewhere you can go online, buy a
gift card and email it to yourmom or your wife or grandmother,
whoever it might be speciallady in your life.
And before ending this episode,I'd like to thank you, all our
listeners, for taking the timeout of your busy day to visit
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with us at the Good NeighborPodcast.
Always remember to support thelocally owned and operated
businesses in Cleveland and inthe greater Chattanooga area.
This is Scott Howell of theFriends and Neighbors Group.
Everyone, go out and make thisa remarkable day.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor
podcast.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to GNPClevelandcom.
That's GNPClevelandcom, or call423-380-1984.
Thank you.
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Scott Howell.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hello good neighbors, and welcome to the Good
Neighbor Podcast brought to youby the Friends and Neighbors
Group of Cleveland and thegreater Chattanooga area.
Again, my name is Scott Howelland I'm your host.
You know, for all youfirst-time listeners out there,
the purpose of the Good Neighborpodcast is to bring awareness
to the residents of ourcommunities regarding locally
(00:32):
owned and or operated businessesin Cleveland, chattanooga and
the surrounding areas.
Small local businesses are thebackbone of our communities and
they need our support.
And joining me today is ourgood neighbor Becky Quimby of
Luxury Arts Beautique.
So thank you for being ourspecial guest today on the
(00:53):
podcast, becky.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, absolutely Looking forward to it.
You know, I want to learn moreabout Luxury Arts, beautique and
let our listeners know what youoffer them out there.
But before we jump into that,let me just ask a quick question
Would you like to shareanything with us about yourself
and your family?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Yeah, so I'm a mom here in Cleveland, tennessee.
My husband he's a barber and wehave four kids so we stay very
busy but we're always involvedin our kids' sports and school
and things like that and youknow we're all the time just
doing things in town andenjoying our little family and
(01:33):
enjoying all the things thatCleveland has to offer and local
businesses.
So I was really happy that youasked me to be on here, because
I think what you're doing is sogreat for small businesses.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Thank you, thanks for the shout out.
We really enjoy it.
It's our opportunity to giveback to the community that's
been so good to us and we sureenjoy doing it.
And it sounds like yourhusband's a barber.
You're a stylist, so y'all arekeeping the hair in the family,
right?
Yeah, it just kind of happenedthat way, so does he work in the
(02:03):
same place you do, or does hehave a separate place?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
He does.
He owns his own barber shop,the Chop Shop.
He owns both of those locationsin Cleveland and you know
people always ask why don't wework together?
And I'm like, as much as I lovehim, I don't know that I want
to see him 24 hours a day, sevendays a week.
So he has his building and Ihave mine and it's great, and we
see each other on our lunchbreaks and we see each other at
(02:29):
home and that's good enough forus.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
So there you go.
I love it.
Becky, just be blunt, honest,right.
What's his name?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
his name is Daniel Graham.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Daniel, sorry, buddy, but she just told it like it
was.
It's true I.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I love him.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
He's great, but I'm sure he probably feels the same
way, sometimes, things apart,and makes things a little bit
better.
Uh, and you said you got kids,so I know that you got kids
involved in sports.
You don't have much free time,do you?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
That's, that's for sure, on our days off we're, you
know, golfing or we're doingcheerleading or you know all
kinds of things.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
So yeah, that's awesome.
That's awesome, but tell usabout Luxury Arts Boutique.
And first of all, I want you tostart off and tell me about
that the name Boutique How'd youcome up with that?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Well, I was looking when I had to name it, I was
like you know, I don't want torun into a trademark issue.
It has happened with smallbusinesses you get a change that
comes in and sues you for yourname.
So I was like I need to come upwith something unique, but
something that's not going toget me in trouble and still
doesn can put themselves in abox when they say you know hair,
nail and then you don't knowthat they do all these other
services.
So I wanted something that youknow didn't put me in a box, but
really got the point acrossthat we do.
You know, beauty, beauty, salonthing, all the things.
(04:00):
So boutique instead of boutiquebecause we're all about the
beauty things.
So boutique instead of boutiquebecause we're all about the
beauty things.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, I love it.
When I was talking to Beckybefore we started recording, I
mispronounced it.
She corrected me and then Ilooked at the name it's
B-E-A-U-T, just like you'regoing to say beauty, right?
B-e-a-u-t-t-i-q-e.
So it's not boutique, like Imispronounced it, it's beautique
(04:28):
.
So I love it.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I think it's awesome I tell people just to call it
the lab, because lab that makesit simple, it's lab.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Oh, I love that even better.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
That's awesome yeah, I try to make it easy, butury
arts boutique at the lab.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I love it.
Well, becky, you said youdidn't want to put yourself in
the box, so kind of share withour listeners all that you do
offer.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
So we offer hair services.
We have stylists that dohaircuts, colors, most of the
hair services trims, colorcorrections, shampoo, style.
We also offer spa services.
That includes facials.
We do brows, we do waxings,eyelash extensions.
(05:15):
So we definitely have a widerange of beauty services that we
offer.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yes, it sounds like it.
Wow, a lady can come in thereand pretty much get all those
those basic needs taken care of.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yeah, All the things, and mother's day is coming up,
so it's a an easy gift card.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
There you go, Do you?
So you do sell gift cards.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
We do.
We have online gift cards,which makes it really simple
because you can just go onto ourwebsite and you can actually
create your own custom littlecard.
and then you can just go ontoour website and you can actually
create your own custom littlecard and then you can email it
to whoever you want to send itto.
You can choose which date itgets sent to them and everything
.
You can pick your amount.
It's really simple.
But we also do have giftcertificates at our shop if you
(05:58):
actually want a piece of paperin hand, because I know some
people are not great withtechnology, so we do have them
at our shop as well.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
some people are not great with technology, so we do
have them at our shop as well.
Well, there you go, all thelisteners out there.
If your mom needs a minimakeover, your wife or mother
well, I said mom, mother, butyour wife or your grandmother,
whoever needs a mini makeoverget on the website.
She'll tell you about that in aminute.
Get on the website and buy agift card and send it to them.
Surprise them for Mother's Day.
(06:25):
That's a great idea.
Tell us about your journey.
I'm sure when you're a littlegirl, nobody come out of the
womb deciding what they're goingto do for a career, right?
So at what point in time didyou decide this is what you
wanted to do?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I kind of got into it because of my husband.
It was kind of an accident, butI saw he was a barber before I
had ever even started doing thisand he loved it.
He was super passionate aboutit.
He made great money.
I was like you know what?
That can't be that hard, let metry this.
But I started looking intobeing a hairstylist and I kind
(07:00):
of realized that it really justwasn't for me, kind of realized
that it really just wasn't forme so.
I actually don't do hair, I dothe spa side of things and I
thought you know I could be amakeup artist.
Makeup artists don't actuallyhave to have a license, so I
thought I was going to take theeasy way out yeah, you don't
technically need a license to bea makeup artist.
So I was like I'm just going towatch YouTube videos and become
(07:24):
this makeup artist.
And my husband now he's like no, you should really look into
going to school and getting alicense.
and so I went to school totechnically be a makeup artist,
but they teach you skincare andthey teach you spa training, how
to take care of people's skinand I fell in love with it
because my first client that Iever got, she had cystic acne
(07:45):
and we did 11 treatments on herand we took her from point A to
just a completely different.
You know it changed her qualityof life.
She was so grateful that we hadreally changed the way she lived
her life because before shecouldn't go out without makeup
on, she felt very insecurebecause of her cystic acne.
And you know that was themoment I was like, wow, I
(08:06):
actually get to help people feelgood about themselves and that
is the greatest gift.
You know, not only do I get tomake people feel good about
themselves, but I get to makemoney doing it.
And so it was kind of like anaha moment for me and I was like
you know what?
I'm going to open my own salonso I can support other women
owning their own businesses andmaking other women feel
(08:27):
beautiful.
And as a mom of four kids, likeI know what it's like to you
know, kind of put yourself onthe back burner and I'm like if
I can bring that you know sparkback to you know, other women
and and other men too I mean menneed to take care of their skin
just as much as women do, butjust to make people feel good
about themselves.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Because that's a good tagline when you look good, you
feel good.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
That's a good tagline .
Speaker 2 (08:53):
You know, you mentioned, you know support
other ladies in business.
A lot of people probably don'tknow, but a lot of times in a
salon, a boutique, the peopleare, even though they work in
this building and you're theowner of the business.
They're kind of self-employed,right.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Right yeah, they can offer.
Right yeah, they can offertheir own products.
They can sell their ownproducts.
They can build their own brand.
It's still under our shop, so Istill pay the overhead.
But they really get to runtheir own business.
They get to set their ownschedules.
They get to spend their timewith their families that they
want to spend.
They don't have to, you know,request, you know, have a crazy
(09:33):
schedule made by somebody whodoesn't know what's going on in
their life.
They get to really, you know,choose their hours, choose their
clients and do things the waythey want to do them.
So it makes it very convenientfor the people that work there.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
So you set up a place .
Not only can people you know, Iguess, the majority of your
business- is probably ladies.
So you know, ladies can come in,gentlemen too, as you said can
come in and get you know theservices that you provide, but
also you've also created anatmosphere where maybe other
women whether they're singlemothers or not they can come in
(10:10):
and have a place to set up theirown schedule so they can be
there for their kids when theyneed them sporting events or
school activities or whateverbut at the same time, you
provided a place that they canprovide for their own families,
and so I think that's awesome.
Becky, congratulations, greatkudos to you.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
As a mom of four, I know how important it is.
I think that's what I struggledthe most when I worked, you
know, in corporate America wasnot being able to, you know, do
the things that I wanted with myfamily, and so yeah being able
to provide that to other peopletoo.
Is, you know, such a great?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
gift to kind of set her own schedule, especially
when you're a mom.
I mean, come on, especiallywhen you're a mom.
So you got all these kids.
You told me about your fourchildren.
They're in sports, so I'm noteven going to ask you to answer
a question.
What do you do for fun?
Because everything's wrapped uparound your kids, right?
(11:06):
You said you're on the golfcourses.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Are your kids involved in golf too?
Yeah, my oldest son.
He is on the golf team at.
Lake Forest so we do a lot ofgolf with him and then the other
kids.
They like to go to top golf, sowe try to make it a family
affair.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
You tell him, when he becomes the next Jack Nicholson
, he better not forget his mom.
Right, yeah, exactly yeah, andhe better not forget his mom,
right, yeah, exactly.
Yeah, well, you know, becky, asa fellow business owner and
business person entrepreneur formost of my adult life a lot of
times there's hardships andchallenges that we go through
(11:45):
that a lot of people don't knowabout.
You know, don't know behind thescenes.
Can you describe a hardship ormaybe life challenge that you
went through and since you'verose above it, looking back, you
can now say you know, hey, I'mbetter and stronger for that?
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Yeah, I think for me.
I know, me and my husband, weboth kind of grew up in poverty.
So, you know, raising kids andowning your own business, I
think, having grown up in asituation where you know there
were times where we didn't knowwhere our next meal was coming
from, we didn't know if we weregoing to have a place to stay
that night.
Um, and then you know, now,being an adult and raising kids
(12:26):
and trying to, you know, build abusiness and know that my kids
will never have to, you know,know what that's like and being
able to provide a life for mykids to where you know they
don't have to worry aboutgrabbing what they can.
And then, you know, trying tofind a place to sleep that night
and just overcoming the thingsthat I grew up with and being
(12:49):
able to, you know, use that asmotivation to pursue my dreams
so that my kids can have.
You know, the life that I grewup with and being able to, you
know, use that as motivation topursue my dreams so that my kids
can have.
You know the life that Icouldn't have growing up is is
probably one of the biggestthings that I've definitely
overcome and proud that, youknow I can say, you know I did
this for my kids, even though Iwent through, you know, growing
up.
That way I was able to pullmyself up and do it, you know,
(13:13):
with my husband and being ableto just overcome, you know that
growing up in poverty and beingable to own our own businesses
and give a life for our kids.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Congratulations, I mean, all the listeners out
there.
Did y'all hear the change inher tone of voice when she
started telling that?
I mean, that means everythingto her, and that's the type of
people I enjoy doing businesswith is the people that can
really appreciate me as acustomer, as a client, because
(13:47):
they know where they came fromand they want to provide the
best quality products andservice they can, so that not
only I'll keep coming back andyou'll keep coming back, but
also that they can continueproviding for their family, and
that's amazing.
I love that.
Thank you for sharing that withus.
I know that's probably not easyI saw you peer up a little bit
there and it's but it's okay.
Thank you for sharing that withus.
(14:08):
Getting back to the businessnow, if there was one thing that
you wish our listeners knewabout your business, your
company, that they probablywouldn't know unless you told
them, and so you had a chance tojust shout it from the rooftops
, like you are today, what wouldthat be?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I think the biggest part about our business is
because I did grow up in poverty.
You know we're all about givingback.
I try to have other businessowners inside my business who
own, you know, who make cups,who have boutiques, who sell
different things.
I want to see everyone win andthat's like the biggest goal for
my business is.
Yeah, you know I have to feedmy family with the money it
(14:48):
makes, but at the end of the day, I just want everyone to win.
We want to see everyone succeedin our business.
Our business is really abouthelping others and that's why I
got into it is because I wantedother people to feel good about
themselves.
So I think, you know, you see abeauty salon and you just think
, oh, someone's trying to, youknow, cut hair to make money.
(15:09):
But it's really more than thatfor us.
For us, it's all about, youknow, helping other people
succeed, making other peoplefeel good about themselves and
giving back to the community.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Well, that's, that's a.
You know it's a blessing toknow that there's people out
there it would be so easy foryou, just to, you know, want to
take care of just you and yourown, and nobody would blame you
for that.
Nobody would ever blame you forthat, cause that's what.
That's what your business for,your family comes first.
But just to know that you careabout other people and trying to
help them succeed, giving thema place that they can succeed,
(15:45):
to that that's.
That was a wonderful answer.
Couldn't given a better answerto that question, and you'll
know this is rehearsed.
I don't ask her to write downyour answers and make sure all
this is coming just from herheart, and so I really
appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
I really do.
I think it's important,especially, you know, growing up
in poverty, you know you cansee where opportunities are
lacking.
So being able to give othersthose opportunities that you
didn't have growing up is such ahuge blessing that I've been
able to come to this point, tobe able to do something like
that.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Yeah, there's a lady in Udawah that I interviewed.
She owns a floral shop and shewas the same way.
She's trying to give a platform.
She not only has a floral shop,her business but she tries to
offer shelf space for otherpeople to bring their products
and things in so that they canget recognition.
They can be, you know.
So I just applaud you for that,becky.
(16:40):
It's.
That's wonderful, that isamazing.
So, online or offline, how cansomebody find out more about
Luxury Arts, beautique, the lab?
I can't help it.
I like that, the lab.
How can people find out moreabout that and also how to
contact you to take advantage ofyour services?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Yeah, so we are on Facebook and we are on Instagram
.
You can just look up the LuxuryArts Boutique and you'll find
us pretty easily.
We keep a lot of updates onthere pretty regularly.
We also have our website,theluxuryartsboutiquecom.
You can find the link on ourFacebook page and Instagram page
or you can come by.
(17:25):
There's actually a carnival inour parking lot right now.
Yeah, there really is.
So come get some cotton candyand come see us.
We are in the Starview Plaza.
It's kind of across from theVillage Green Plaza.
It's on 204 Grove Avenue, rightnext to the.
(17:46):
Family Dollar, so it's a prettybig parking lot.
We've got pretty good parkingwhen there's not a carnival in
the parking lot, but we're stillpretty easy to get to.
But you can always come by andcheck us out.
We've got plenty of cards andthings like that that you can
take home with you and look atour website.
(18:07):
So all kinds of different waysto get a hold of us.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Did you give your phone number or did I miss that?
Speaker 3 (18:14):
I did not, and I don't know it right off the top
of my head, which is probablyreally bad.
So let me.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Well, you never call yourself, right?
I mean, you know, that's what Itell people.
What's your phone number?
I know my phone number.
I never call myself.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
No phone number.
I know my phone number.
I never call myself.
No, my husband.
He's had the same phone numberfor as long as we've been
together, but I'm like I have itsaved.
Why would I memorize it?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
I totally understand.
Well, they'll find it on yourwebsite.
If you don't have it, did youfind it there?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I did find it.
It's 423-790-0765.
And that is our shop phonenumber.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Give it one more time .
423.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
It is 423-790-0765.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
There you go, all right.
Well, hey, becky, it has beenmy pleasure to meet you and get
to know more about Luxury Arts,beautique and Becky Quimby.
And tell your husband we saidhello and your children.
I hope they do well in theirsporting events this year.
And just again, thank you forstopping by today and being with
(19:18):
us.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Yeah, absolutely.
Thank you so much for having meon.
It was so great to be a part ofthis and I appreciate the
opportunity.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Absolutely, absolutely.
And to all the good neighborsof the Cleveland and the
Chattanooga area.
After meeting Becky andlearning more about the Luxury
Arts Boutique, I know that shehopes you'll take a moment to
consider all they have to offerthe other businesses that she's
helping inside her shop.
All they have to offer as well,and remember them when you need
(19:48):
or want the products andservices that they provide.
Don't forget about Mother's Daycoming up.
She has the on her websitewhere you can go online, buy a
gift card and email it to yourmom or your wife or grandmother,
whoever it might be speciallady in your life.
And before ending this episode,I'd like to thank you, all our
listeners, for taking the timeout of your busy day to visit
(20:10):
with us at the Good NeighborPodcast.
Always remember to support thelocally owned and operated
businesses in Cleveland and inthe greater Chattanooga area.
This is Scott Howell of theFriends and Neighbors Group.
Everyone, go out and make thisa remarkable day.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor
podcast.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to GNPClevelandcom.
That's GNPClevelandcom, or call423-380-1984.
Thank you.
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