Forgive me for making this personal, but I think it is time someone spoke the truth about Ziba Beauty. 20 years ago, it was just an idea…
In the beauty industry, more salons close every year than any other business…
It all started with a simple cotton thread and a lost job.
Against the backdrop of this, Ziba Beauty opened in a 400 square foot location solely financed by a $2000 line of credit (also known as a credit card). It had a three person staff (free labor called “family”). Kundan “Kelly” Sabarwal and her eldest daughter Suman Patel were the technicians. And the receptionist was Kelly’s younger daughter, Sumita Batra. Since funds were short, Sumita came up with idea of hand painting wooden alphabet letters, and hammering them on top as the store front only to be told the next day by the city it was a fire hazard. And with that, on September 9, 1986, Ziba Beauty came into existence. There now remained just one more ingredient.
That’s where you came in...