Life Lessons With C

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Life Lessons With C Last year we had a bunch of fresh out of high school or beauty school girls and there are so many things that kids just don’t know. My biggest question is, “How can you expect college age/kids to know how to do basic things […]

Time Management – How I Maintain My Busy Schedule

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Time Management – How I Maintain My Busy Schedule The statement I get most often, “I don’t know how you do it.”   My husband and I, from the beginning, have been the best team. We agreed on parameters for our kids and have tried extremely hard to keep […]

We all fail… and that’s ok

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner We all fail… and that’s ok We all fail. You’ve heard it before, it’s how you recover from failure that makes you, you! There are not any truer words. I’ve failed a million times after starting Blu. For example… 1. I didn’t have enough money set aside for […]

Ikea Favs

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Ikea Favs Today’s blog post will be short and sweet. Check out my latest reel 😉 So, I love LOVE myself a good Target run, but I really also LOVE a good Ikea run. There are so many reasons and as you see in my video the staples […]

Life of an Auntie

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Life of an Auntie I have always loved kids, and the moment I knew I wanted to marry my husband was when I saw how fantastic he was with my little cousin I lived with at the time. Now that we are parents and auntie and uncle to […]

Changing The Culture

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Changing The Culture Culture is defined as the way of life for a group of people.   Currently a majority of people hear about salons or spas and immediately associate them with gossip, drama, judgment, an easy way to make money without a degree, etc. When I opened […]

Girls Hairstyling Tips, Tricks, and Tools​

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Girls Hairstyling Tips, Tricks, and Tools     I had an opportunity this week to organize and help teach a Children’s Styling Class at Blu and realized it probably doesn’t come as easy to everyone. So I am here to share all the tips, tricks, and tools you […]

The Things You’ll NEED For Your Next Vaca

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner The Things You’ll NEED For Your Next Vaca Tropical Vacation season has arrived here in the Midwest and I am here to help you pack 😉 Here are my top products you NEED on your next vacation. Birkenstock Rubber Sandals –           They wash nice, pack slim, and […]

’22

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner ’22 I decided that I should wrap up 2022 in this blog post. Then I read that again and thought – wait, how did we get here so fast? I feel like I just sent the girls off to school! Ya… that sentence made me sound real old.   […]

Small Business Saturday

Cierra Murphy Blu Salon & Spa Owner Small Business Saturday The last few days have brought about a lot of situations that have really lead me to think deeper than I typically would. The situations were brought up by employees or my family, and most recently my daughters. I know at first this won’t seem to tie […]