A Bar For Skin Not Beer

When you walk into this bar it isn’t alcohol you will see, rather you’ll see the makings of a relaxing afternoon. The Skin Bar is a spa that recently opened in Hanover reports the PatriotLedger.com.

For Ann Simon, the American dream is alive and well in Hanover with the recent opening of her new spa called the Skin Bar.

Simon, who immigrated here from her native Armenia, has had a lifetime of experience in the skin care industry. The Quincy resident, 62, first came to this country from Armenia more than 40 years ago.

“I was a single parent, I raised two kids while working in the cosmetic industry,” Simon said. “Twenty years later, my job changed and I went to aesthetics school.”

After working in retail and as a makeup artist, Simon attended the now-closed Quincy School of Beauty in 1996. After graduating, Simon worked at Face Place and Spa in Hanover for 10 years. The idea for Skin Bar came to Simon six months ago.

“I thought if I don’t do this, I won’t ever have the chance to even try it,” Simon said.

Skin Bar opened in February and offers services such as facials, massages and nail work. Simon chose the name based on a client’s suggestion.

“One of my clients told me they wanted someplace like a bar, so I said OK like a ‘skin bar,’” Simon said. “They wanted somewhere they can relax and hang out.”

About 40 of Simon’s clients from Face Place have followed her to Skin Bar, and new clients have come from the Hanover and Quincy areas. Simon attributes her success to her hard work and her genes.

“Armenian people are those people that can survive,” Simon said. “You can knock them out, they get up and survive. I’m one of those people. I’ve been knocked down many times in my life, but I had to go on and do something of my own, to run my own place, and to do something different.”

Photo by Dennis Wong

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