SOMETHING YOU BEAUTY NAMED TO THE SALON TODAY 200 BY SALON TODAY MAGAZINE

TORRANCE, CA (March 2026) – Something You Beauty in Paoli, PA, owned by Allison McAllister, was recently named to the SALON TODAY 200 by SALON TODAY, the leading business media for salon and spa owners.

The magazine’s 29th annual SALON TODAY 200 issue profiles the selected salons in its Spring

2026 edition. The honored salons were awarded in 11 best-practice categories, including Growth,

Business Builders, Client Retention and Referral, Compensation and Benefits, Customer Service,

Employee Education, Environmental Sustainability, Philanthropy, Retail and Merchandising,

Salon Culture, and Technology.

To participate in the competition, honorees shared sales data and wrote essays about their best

practices, biggest business challenges, and how they had grown their businesses in the past year.

Data was tabulated, essays were judged, and the top 200 salons were chosen from all applicants.

“This year’s competition studied how salons are leading their businesses to realize growth

despite challenges such as employee recruitment, employee retention, economic instability, and

rising costs,” said Stacey Soble, director of brand content strategy for SALON TODAY. “For

these small business owners, it has been several years of pivoting and adapting to rapid changes,

and these honorees really proved their business acumen and leadership skills.”

In this year’s competition, 100 honorees were selected for Growth; 14 for Business Builders; 6

for Client Retention and Referral; 11 for Compensation and Benefits; 12 for Customer Service;

12 for Employee Education; 4 for Environmental Sustainability; 12 for Philanthropy; 4 for Retail

and Merchandising; 15 for Salon Culture; and 12 for Technology. The number of honorees

selected in each category was based on the percentage of businesses applying in that category.

For a salon to be named to the SALON TODAY 200, it had to meet the following criteria: 1) The

salon or spa opened on or before January 1, 2023. 2) The salon is a provider of professional salon

services including one, or more, of the following: hair care, nail care, skin care, body care or spa

treatments; 3) The salon or spa generated annual service and product sales revenues of at least

$250,000 per year since 2023; and 4) The owner provided statistical information about his or her

business and completed two essay sections.

The honorees will be celebrated at a special awards dinner on May 17 in Austin, Texas, during

SALON TODAY’s Data-Driven Salon Summit event. The theme for the evening’s festivities is

“Your Time to Shine.” The owners and employees of the honored businesses will enjoy a plated

dinner and a certificate ceremony, and six will receive special awards in specific categories.

SALON TODAY is a media brand under the Beauty, Health, and Wellness division of Bobit

Business Media, which is headquartered in Torrance, California.