Rehoboth Beach’s Bad Hair Day? celebrated 30 years of business June 4 with The Pearl Party. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Employees gather for a group photo before the open house began. Salon owner Lewis Drexel Davison is on the left.
Owner Lewis Drexel Davison is dressed for the occasion with a pearl necklace and pearl earrings. 
Stylists Cheryl Treacy, Terry Gardner and Agnes Carroll have been at the salon since the beginning.
Jill Tableman, a receptionist at the salon’s Sweetbriar Road location, signs the guest book.
No one should be surprised that even in the middle of an event celebrating his success, Drexel Davison took the time to move something he didn’t like.
Drexel Davison with longtime friend Jay Smilyk.
Siara Burbage’s black dress brings all the attention to her pearls.
Pretty much everything was appropriately themed, including bottles of wine.
Drexel Davison with Ara O’Hara, who was Bad Hair Day’s first sales consultant.
Drexel Davison with Jill Burton, a receptionist who started after meeting Davison during the Extreme Makeover project more than 10 years ago.
Always in downtown Rehoboth Beach, Bad Hair Day? has operated at a number of locations. It’s been at its current home since 2015.
Local Artist Timothy Credle came to the party with a special gift bag.
Just in case someone showed up without any pearls, there were hundreds of strands to go around.
Local jewelry maker Heidi Lowe, left, was commissioned to make necklaces, each with a freshwater pearl, for each employee. Sissy Hall makes her selection.
Before its current location, Bad Hair Day? was located across the street for 16 years.
It’s not the same building, but the salon was located at this Rehoboth Avenue location for six years.
Bad Hair Day? even spent one year on Wilmington Avenue, in what is now the dining room of Henlopen City Oyster House.
Rehoboth Beach’s Bad Hair Day? celebrated 30 years of business June 4 with The Pearl Party. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Employees gather for a group photo before the open house began. Salon owner Lewis Drexel Davison is on the left.
Owner Lewis Drexel Davison is dressed for the occasion with a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.
Stylists Cheryl Treacy, Terry Gardner and Agnes Carroll have been at the salon since the beginning.
Jill Tableman, a receptionist at the salon’s Sweetbriar Road location, signs the guest book.
No one should be surprised that even in the middle of an event celebrating his success, Drexel Davison took the time to move something he didn’t like.
Drexel Davison with longtime friend Jay Smilyk.
Siara Burbage’s black dress brings all the attention to her pearls.
Pretty much everything was appropriately themed, including bottles of wine.
Drexel Davison with Ara O’Hara, who was Bad Hair Day’s first sales consultant.
Drexel Davison with Jill Burton, a receptionist who started after meeting Davison during the Extreme Makeover project more than 10 years ago.
Always in downtown Rehoboth Beach, Bad Hair Day? has operated at a number of locations. It’s been at its current home since 2015.
Local Artist Timothy Credle came to the party with a special gift bag.
Just in case someone showed up without any pearls, there were hundreds of strands to go around.
Local jewelry maker Heidi Lowe, left, was commissioned to make necklaces, each with a freshwater pearl, for each employee. Sissy Hall makes her selection.
Before its current location, Bad Hair Day? was located across the street for 16 years.
It’s not the same building, but the salon was located at this Rehoboth Avenue location for six years.
Bad Hair Day? even spent one year on Wilmington Avenue, in what is now the dining room of Henlopen City Oyster House.
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Bad Hair Day? Salon & Spa
20 Lake Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States
Bad Hair Day? owner Lewis Drexel Davison celebrated 30 years of business June 4 with The Pearl Party.
Hundreds of Davison’s friends, clients and former colleagues stopped in during the four-hour open house. The all-white, two-story salon on Lake Avenue was decorated in pearl-looking balloons; guests and employees wore pearl-related items; drink bottles and food offerings had either a Bad Hair Day? logo or were pearl shaped.
The night of the party, in between greeting guests, Davison was at a loss for words.
“I’ve been doing a lot of walking around town recently. The other night I stopped in front of my old location, and I got a bit emotional. I don’t know how to feel. It’s all a bit surreal,” he said.
The following day, he provided some insight into three decades of business. He said he never really thought about the long-term plan.
“I took it day by day,” said Davison in an email June 5. “Every day I got up and got to it, got it done, one day at a time, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, three full decades in a row. It’s really only now that I’m beginning to understand and feel the accomplishment of 30 years.”
Davison said he wanted the milestone to be more than just a celebration of 30 years, but a period at the end of three decades of all-in, full-on human doing, and the start of a new phase of his life. He said he truly wants to allow himself to let go, to be guilt-free, and to become more of a human being, than a human doing.
Davison said he made a conscious decision to greet each and every guest who attended the party.
“I wanted to look them in the eye and sincerely thank them for coming, to share with them the gratitude I feel for the love and support from the community these past 30 years. I heard some beautiful things,” said Davison. “I am humbled by this milestone and grateful for the love and support I have received from this community not only at this time, but also for the entire 30 years.”
Rehoboth Beach’s Bad Hair Day? celebrated 30 years of business June 4 with The Pearl Party. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Employees gather for a group photo before the open house began. Salon owner Lewis Drexel Davison is on the left.
Owner Lewis Drexel Davison is dressed for the occasion with a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.
Stylists Cheryl Treacy, Terry Gardner and Agnes Carroll have been at the salon since the beginning.
Jill Tableman, a receptionist at the salon’s Sweetbriar Road location, signs the guest book.
No one should be surprised that even in the middle of an event celebrating his success, Drexel Davison took the time to move something he didn’t like.
Drexel Davison with longtime friend Jay Smilyk.
Siara Burbage’s black dress brings all the attention to her pearls.
Pretty much everything was appropriately themed, including bottles of wine.
Drexel Davison with Ara O’Hara, who was Bad Hair Day’s first sales consultant.
Drexel Davison with Jill Burton, a receptionist who started after meeting Davison during the Extreme Makeover project more than 10 years ago.
Always in downtown Rehoboth Beach, Bad Hair Day? has operated at a number of locations. It’s been at its current home since 2015.
Local Artist Timothy Credle came to the party with a special gift bag.
Just in case someone showed up without any pearls, there were hundreds of strands to go around.
Local jewelry maker Heidi Lowe, left, was commissioned to make necklaces, each with a freshwater pearl, for each employee. Sissy Hall makes her selection.
Before its current location, Bad Hair Day? was located across the street for 16 years.
It’s not the same building, but the salon was located at this Rehoboth Avenue location for six years.
Bad Hair Day? even spent one year on Wilmington Avenue, in what is now the dining room of Henlopen City Oyster House.Event Details :
Bad Hair Day? Salon & Spa
20 Lake Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States
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