But no he was being terminated, told that he didn’t mesh well with others and that his lifestyle had “a little bit to do with it.”
Instead, “He sat me down, and he was like, ‘there’s been some things and stuff going on, and you’ve been voted off the island’.” Archer then assumed he was being moved to another store. He assumed that he might be promoted to have his own station at the salon, having been a “floater” up to that point. (the son of the eponymous salon’s founder) and with the salon coordinator.
“I know that sounds strange,” Archer says, “but I knew that is not where I wanted to be long term.”Īs Shane tells it, at the end of a busy Saturday at the Turkey Creek location, he was asked to “talk” with Ross Badget, Jr. He notes that he was in a way excited when they terminated him. After graduating from cosmetology school in 2008, he worked at Ross the Boss, who recruited him fresh out of school.
#2017 BEST OF THE BEST PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL#
We thought you’d like to hear it.Īrcher knew his calling from an early age: “I remember going to the beauty parlor with my grandma and my mom when I was younger,” he says, “and we would sit in the corner with a glass-bottled Coke from the machine, and these old women would come in looking haggard and awful, and you could tell that they were there to make themselves feel pretty, and when they left they looked and felt like a whole different person.” That’s when Archer established an aesthetic that would govern his personal and professional life: “It is so cool to have the ability to like touch people on that level.” Then he decided to do just that.Īrcher’s journey to establish Grow started in the most inauspicious of ways: by being fired from his first salon job. The fascinating story of transitioning from a high school graduate to owner of one of Knoxville’s top salons in just over ten years is a story we know you’ll want to hear. In just over ten years, he matured from high school graduate to owner of one of Knoxville’s top salons. Although he has previously won best stylist, with Grow, Shane Archer has pulled an upset to win Best Salon. This year, we’d like to celebrate one of our first-time, first-place winners. With the number of votes and efforts to eliminate over-voting, we’re proud of our results and our winners. We want to give our readers a true Best of the Best. In 61 categories, voters crowned a new champion, an amazing turn of events.Īdditionally, with the advent of electronic voting, coupled with voters required to vote in a minimum number of categories, we have virtually eliminated ballot box stuffing.
This year saw an explosion in both number of votes and changes in first place. Each year, as we get more and more interest in Best of the Best, and as more businesses vie for top position, new winners emerge.
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