Mooeys Horsham has new flooring, wallpaper and seating after 75,000 appointments in ten years. The salon has also signed a new five-year lease.
Mooeys Horsham has signed a new five-year lease on its salon after ten years and more than 75,000 appointments, and has refitted the inside with new flooring, wallpaper, signage and seating.
The nails, waxing and beauty salon sits in a 17th-century, Grade II listed building in the historic centre of the town. Its original ten-year lease has come to an end, and Amy Lewis, a director of Mooeys, said the new one “felt like quite a significant moment to recommit to Horsham for another five years”.
New floors, and more room at the back
The floor was the biggest job. “After ten years and more than 75,000 appointments, our beautiful salon was definitely ready for a little TLC,” Amy said. “We’ve given the whole space a proper glow-up, with new flooring throughout, which was by far our biggest job. Although, when you think about how many thousands of feet have walked through those doors over the last decade, it’s hardly surprising!”
New wallpaper, signage and seating went in at the same time. The salon also took out some old storage at the back, which Amy said made the most difference of all:
“It’s completely opened up the space, making everything feel bigger, brighter and much more welcoming.”
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The pedicure chairs have been turned round. “We’ve even turned our pedicure chairs around so clients can sit back, relax and enjoy looking out over the salon while having their treatments,” Amy said.
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The building set the limits of the refit. “We’re incredibly lucky that Mooeys Horsham calls a beautiful 17th-century, Grade II listed building home, right in the historic heart of the town,” she said. “It’s full of character, and we absolutely adore it. We wanted to give the salon a fresh new look while keeping all the charm and history that makes the building so special.”
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Five more years, with the landlady’s help
The salon’s landlady is helping with some of the improvements. “We’re also very fortunate to have a wonderful relationship with our landlady, who has been incredibly supportive over the years and is even helping us with some of the improvements,” Amy said. “It genuinely feels like a partnership, and we’re really excited about this next chapter.”
Ten years of ups and downs
Amy did not pretend the decade had been easy:
“Ten years in business is quite something, isn’t it? Like any independent business, we’ve had our fair share of ups and downs. There have been some incredible moments, but also some really challenging times when we’ve had to dig deep and keep going.
“So reaching our tenth birthday, giving the salon a new lease of life and committing to another five years in Horsham feels like a real celebration of everything we’ve built.”
The salon says its laser hair removal treatments “have gone from strength to strength”, and it has added new beauty services over the years. Waxing and nails are where Mooeys began, and its membership scheme is still growing, “which is wonderful because it means we’re becoming a regular part of so many people’s self-care routines”, Amy said.
She put the clients and staff first:
“What makes Mooeys special has never really been about the treatments alone. Some of our Horsham clients have been coming to us since the very beginning, while others have only just discovered us. We’ve shared so many conversations, laughs, life milestones and probably a few tears along the way!
“Our clients and our team are what make Mooeys the incredible little comMOOnity it is. We provide the space, but they’re the ones who bring the energy, the warmth and the personality.
“We’re genuinely so grateful to everyone who has supported us over the past decade. Whether they’ve visited once or a hundred times, they’ve all played a part in getting us here.”
A nail range and Mooeys After Hours
Mooeys is working on its own nail range, new nail services and enhanced facial treatments. It is also developing Mooeys After Hours, which will open the salon for community events outside normal appointments, “bringing people together for a little connection, conversation and fun”, Amy said.
“We’ve always believed that a salon should be so much more than somewhere you go to get your nails done, and we’re really looking forward to exploring that even further. So yes, ten years down, and we’re definitely not finished yet! Watch this space, Horsham. The best is still to come!”
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What it means for you
The refurbished salon is taking bookings. Appointments can be booked on the Mooeys website or through the Mooeys app, and the Horsham salon’s phone number is 01403 260393.
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