Formed in August of 1993, Unique Salon and Spa was formed by six women who had recently lost their jobs do to the closing of another local salon in the town of Atlantic, Iowa. These women jobless and in a tight spot found help in a local business owner and friend Jan Kinnison, who recommend that the girls start up their own shop. The only problem was that none of the women had any idea how to start or even run their own shop. So Jan said she would help out the women by purchasing a building to open the new shop in and help coach them on how to run the business.


After the purchase of the building was complete Jan knew the women could not go much longer without any source of income, so after talking to multiple construction companies in and around the Southwest Iowa region she eventually found the right company that said they could be done within a month. The next problem was finding all the necessary equipment and having it ready by the time the salon opened. So after searching around once again with no luck she eventually found a company that would work. Although they could not get the new product in by the time opened they said that they would allow them to use some used equipment until the new product arrived. So a month later under the name of The Kutting Krew the new salon officially opened their doors to customers.


So after many years of business The Kutting Krew landed on a golden opportunity in 2005. Due to a contract that Jan signed when she first bought the building she was able to buy Alma Tallman’s sewing shop, which was right next to the building that The Kutting Krew was currently in.


Now Jan already knowing that one day this would happen already had a plan to expand the already existing building and change the business to a full new day spa which included not only a full line of hair services but also services such as tanning, full body waxing, facials, massages, and pedicures.


The renovation and expansion of the now spa doubled the size of the original salon and expanded the number of chairs to eight and also opened up six rooms for the other services now offered. So in 2005 the now salon and spa officially open and was renamed its current name Unique Salon and Spa.


Today, Unique Salon and Spa is currently ran and operated by 10 hard working employees that provide the extraordinary services that Unique provides and will continue to provide for years to come.