Face It, Denny Kemp Rocks

Kemp, ever the risk taker, is at it again with a new salon and spa just a few blocks north in a building he purchased “across from the White Castle,” he laughs.

The space is nothing short of fabulous. Like the beauty business, the new salon offers a juxtaposion—a creative tension, if you will—of the bold and the beautiful. The cutting edge and the classic. The playful and pretty. The surprising and sexy. It’s all of this. All directed by Kemp’s creative eye. Giant goats by local artist John Grider. A nearly life-sized horse floor lamp imported from Italy. Numerous pieces of architectural salvage and vintage lighting. “Our clients have expectations of us, of the salon,” says Kemp. “We stepped it up.”

The basics are here: washing and cutting stations, hair and beauty products, treatment rooms and makeup mirrors. And these pros take their work seriously. But as Kemp points out, the environment reminds us all to “step out of our comfort zone and to experience new things.”