Russell Bloom
Proprietor
Russell Bloom, born and raised in New York was a natural businessman, selling storybooks he had already read to other neighborhood children. “As a child walking to the bank each week to make a deposit was a joyful experience for me, watching the numbers grow would excite me” says Mr. Bloom. On a whim, at the age of 17 Russell enrolled in beauty school as a means of paying his way through college to study Psychology.
After getting his license and starting as a shampoo boy in various salons Mr. Bloom’s natural talent for hair as well as a natural ability for taking care of people was realized.
Russell went on to work in various salons in New York as a hair stylist. In each salon Russell has worked in he has always handled managerial responsibilities due to his natural leadership skills. After working as both manager and stylist for a number of years Russell found that he was unable to give all clients his full attention this way and moved from manager/stylist to full time hands on business owner, giving birth to Avalon Salon & Day Spa. Avalon is the result of all my natural skills and learned knowledge; pulling together the best of all the places I’ve worked throughout my career.
Without having much formalized schooling in business, Mr. Bloom has predominately educated himself through his life experiences the people he has worked under, above and along side, as well as various forms of self-study programs, seminars and readings.
Through his natural ability in taking care of people, Mr. Bloom created his many philosophies for success. Creating a warm and friendly environment is a top priority. In every job interview a potential employee of Avalon is asked to make a promise to be nice: the promise is to be nice to both clients and co-workers. “I believe compassion and kindness are both at the root of good customer service. The personal journey in finding one’s inner source of kindness and compassion is the big challenge, once you travel that inward road the customer service part is a breeze” says Bloom.
