Shana Diane's

GRIFTON — Shana Diane’s Tanning & Salon recently opened up in Grifton but don’t expect to talk business with anyone named Shana or Diane because it’s all one name and well, she’s only eight.

Tanning Salon owner Tammy Jennette didn’t think twice about naming her tanning business after her eight-year-old daughter, Shana Diane. In fact, it was on the top of her list.

“I liked her named and I just wanted to do something for her,” Jenette said.

The business, Shana Diane’s Tanning & Salone, opened on March 15, 2004 but celebrated it’s opening with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, July 22.

Jennette says she has always wanted to open a business in Grifton. Her first choice was a restaurant but after doing research, she found it a little costly to start off opening up such a business. However, Jennette kept her eyes on available buildings in Grifton and when one Queen Street building became vacant, she jumped at the opportunity.

“I wanted to open up some kind of business,” Jennette said.

Jennette also had her eyes on Grifton as the location because not only is it where she was born and raised, it’s also convenient for her to accommodate her daughter to and from school everyday

Jennette also accommodates parents who want to come by for a quick tan but have kids they are afraid to leave alone. The game cube should keep the kids busy for a while, Jennette says, and should give parents a worry-free tanning session.

Before Shana Diane’s opened, the building was a tanning salon and before that it was a hair salon, so Jennette felt the building was perfect to continue in the salon route. However, Jennette says she didn’t keep any of the old equipment that was left. She ventured out and bought two new tanning beds and two new hairstyling booths, a reason Jennette says her beds are known as “the hottest beds around.” Jennette also repainted everything to give the building a fresh look.

Currently, Jennette says there is only one hairstylist available by appointment only but adds that she is always looking for new hairstylists.

Other than tanning and hairstyling, Shana Diane’s offers a weight loss patch as well, called Jen Fe Next Fax Loss Patch. Jennette says she sells the patches but also distributes them for others to sell. She also sells a full line of tanning and hair products, which customers have said is the cheapest around.

Future plans for Shana Diane’s include a possible nail studio as well as what Jennette says will be a ‘big surprise’ for customers if all goes well in the next three months.

“If everything goes good in the next few months, we’re going to have a surprise,” Jennette says.

Offering no tips as to what that surprise may be, Jennette says it will be a big change for her business and customers will have to wait and see.

Shana Diane’s is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. 

 For more information or to make an appointment, call Tammy Jennette at 524-4480.

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