Stylin Kidz Cutz LLC
Heather and Phil Robson opened the underwater-themed Stylin Kidz Cutz salon on Nov. 19 at 2745 S. Kansas Expressway. The 1,700-square-foot, full-service salon is decorated with floor-to-ceiling underwater murals and features a 60-gallon saltwater fish tank. Three stylists offer cuts, colors, perms, braids, manicures and pedicures to customers of all ages, Heather Robson said. Kids' cuts are $7, and there are three designated kids' chairs in the salon, along with indoor play equipment and video games, she said. A station offers children younger than 12 manicures and pedicures with nontoxic Piggy Paint brand nail polish. The salon carries Big Sexy, Redken and Joico products, and cost about $80,000 to open, she said. Hours: noon-7:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Phone: (417) 877-8100.
EmoLogic Clinic LLC
Dr. Shahid Insaf opened EmoLogic Clinic LLC on Nov. 30 at 500 W. Main St., Ste. 400, in Branson. Insaf most recently served as a staff psychiatrist and director of the depression clinic and electroconvulsive therapy services at St. John's Health System, said Denice Rhoads, manager of the private psychiatric clinic. Insaf attended medical school in Odessa, Ukraine, and completed his residency training in psychiatry at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Insaf, who is board certified in psychiatry and neurology, served as medical director of Area Mental Health Center in Garden City, Kan., before moving to Springfield. EmoLogic offers psychiatric evaluation and medication management, personal and couples' psychotherapy, and competency evaluations, Rhoads said, noting that transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation procedures also are available. Startup costs for the clinic were about $25,000, Rhoads said. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily and by appointment. Phone: (417) 243-7777.
Girls N Grime
Erika Peters and Alisha Gray on Nov. 3 launched Girls N Grime, a commercial and residential cleaning service. The home-based Republic business offers janitorial and commercial cleaning services including vacuuming, windows, trash, interior cleanup and move-in preparation for new construction on a contract basis, said Peters, who has eight years of industry experience and previously owned Commercial Cleaning Service. Work with the company's first client - the Battlefield Fire Department - will begin in January, she said. Residential cleaning fees are based on the size of the home, but the average home costs about $80, Peters said. Peters and Gray are the only two employees, and they were able to keep startup costs to about $700 by using equipment Peters purchased for her first business. Hours: by appointment. Phone: (417) 987-1512.
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