{"id":132618,"date":"2026-03-08T04:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132618\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T04:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:30:17","slug":"former-restaurant-manager-horror-artist-becomes-salon-owner-in-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132618\/","title":{"rendered":"Former restaurant manager, horror artist becomes salon owner in the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brit Stoneback has worn many hats over the years: horror film and \u201cForensic Files\u201d makeup artist, restaurant manager, salon operations manager.<\/p>\n

Now, after years of working at a Lehigh Valley salon, she has found a new title \u2014 owner \u2014 and a new salon name.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking people feel good,\u201d Stoneback said of what she enjoys the most with her work. \u201cYou never know \u2026 people could be having the worst day and you get to do their hair and makeup for them, and just make them feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stoneback took over Aug. 1 as owner at Tangles, now renamed to Salon Stone & Spa, at 4003 William Penn Highway in Palmer Township.<\/p>\n

The salon offers services<\/a> such as haircuts, styling, extensions, coloring, makeup, manicures, pedicures, waxing, eyelash styling and massages. It also will eventually offer head spa services to help clean the scalp and promote hair growth.<\/p>\n

Stoneback, who grew up on Forks Township, did makeup work for \u201cForensic Files,\u201d the horror film \u201cBereavement\u201d<\/a> and for photo shoots. She also worked in the restaurant industry, and was a manager at Mesa Modern Mexican in Easton.<\/p>\n

About a decade ago, Stoneback started doing makeup work for Tangles, when it operated on Butler Street in Wilson under owner Lora Dias. She later became the salon\u2019s operations manager.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Dias has] done it for 12 years, her kids are getting older \u2026 a little bit more demanding and schedule-wise with the kids,\u201d Stoneback said. \u201cSo she wanted \u2026 it was a hard decision, you know what I mean? And she wanted to make sure that it went to the right person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dias will still work at the salon, Stoneback added.<\/p>\n

Stoneback is not the first of her family to own a salon. Her grandmother Teresa Farina<\/a> operated Teresa\u2019s Beauty Salon on Washington Street in Easton until she retired in 1984. Stoneback even has an old station that includes a mirror and drawers from her grandmother\u2019s place, one that she plans to eventually bring over to Salon Stone & Spa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was my mom\u2019s mom and I had a very close relationship with her,\u201d she said. \u201cUnfortunately, my Grammy developed dementia pretty much after about when I was 5 or 6, so unfortunately I didn\u2019t get a lot of information from her about the beauty salon or anything like that. But it was just pretty neat to learn later in life that I was more or less following in her footsteps, and then eventually owning a salon like she did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salon Stone & Spa operates 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"Brit<\/p>\n

Brit Stoneback sits Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in her business, Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Brit<\/p>\n

Brit Stoneback and Ashley Smith pose Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in her business, Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Manager Laura Davis gives a haircut to Dave Hauck Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Missy<\/p>\n

Missy Mauricio performs a nail service for a customer Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Lindsay<\/p>\n

Lindsay Hoffman performs a eyebrow wax for Missy Mauricio Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Manager Laura Davis gives a haircut to Dave Hauck Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Lindsay<\/p>\n

Lindsay Hoffman performs a eyebrow wax for Missy Mauricio Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Salon<\/p>\n

Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Brit<\/p>\n

Brit Stoneback and Manager Laura Davis pose Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in her business, Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Salon<\/p>\n

Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Missy<\/p>\n

Missy Mauricio performs a nail service for a customer Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Salon<\/p>\n

Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Brit<\/p>\n

Brit Stoneback sits Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in her business, Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Salon<\/p>\n

Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

\"Salon<\/p>\n

Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Salon Stone & Spa is seen Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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Brit Stoneback sits Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in her business, Salon Stone & Spa in Palmer Township. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)\n<\/p>\n

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\nLehigh Valley retail and restaurant news in brief<\/p>\n

Identity Coffee Co. will hold a ribbon cutting for its first Lehigh Valley location<\/a> on March 14 at 855 S. Broadway in Wind Gap.<\/p>\n

Hobby Lobby will open this year within the former Christmas Tree Shops<\/a> at the Airport Shopping Center in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.<\/p>\n

You Got Pork\u2019D BBQ<\/a> is looking for a new location as its lease is set to end within Leaf Cigar Bar at 90 Mort Drive in Forks Township.<\/p>\n

North Street Cafe held its soft and grand openings last week at at 46 W. North St. in Bethlehem, where Darto\u2019s used to operate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Wicked Botanist closed Feb. 28<\/a> at 1133 Third St. in Whitehall Township. The Bethlehem location<\/a> will continue at 267 E. Broad St.<\/p>\n

Chick-fil-A temporarily closed Friday for remodeling<\/a> at 3750 Dryland Way in Lower Nazareth Township.<\/p>\n

Order acai bowls at this new Whitehall shop<\/p>\n

Sip + Dip will open by the end of March at Whitehall Plaza, 2407 MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township, co-owner Kaley Johnson said.<\/p>\n

It will offer acai bowls, coffee, ice cream, waffles, pancakes on a stick, smoothies and juice.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Acai bowls are] just something I\u2019ve always liked, and I wanted to give something clean to the community, where I\u2019m going to be using fresh fruit and fresh bases and stuff,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cRather than all the extra-processed stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

New stretching studio coming to Palmer Township<\/p>\n

StretchLab held a soft opening Thursday at 3051 William Penn Highway in Palmer Township, according to Tom Seibold, the franchisee alongside his wife Gina.<\/p>\n

The studio provides one-on-one stretching sessions with \u201cflexologists\u201d to improve flexibility and mobility, help with recovery and enhance athletes\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were looking for a wellness or fitness concept that would make a difference in people\u2019s lives, and my wife had a pretty deep experience teaching adults and children\u2019s yoga over a 20-year-period, so that\u2019s kind of how we got into this,\u201d Tom said.<\/p>\n

The new studio, which Tom said will have a grand opening most likely around mid-April, will operate 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The space previously hosted The Glass Guru, he added.<\/p>\n

Tom and Gina are also the franchisees for the studio that opened in 2023<\/a> at the Tilghman Square shopping center in South Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n

Retail Watch is a weekly column covering retail and restaurant news in the Lehigh Valley. Have a question, tip, or want to see something in the area? Contact retail reporter Graysen Golter at retailwatch@mcall.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brit Stoneback has worn many hats over the years: horror film and \u201cForensic Files\u201d makeup artist, restaurant manager,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,729],"class_list":["post-132618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}