Featuring all phases of “beautification.” the Powder Puff Salon, 840 Washington Street, Norwood, is truly your headquarters for beauty.
Owned and operated for the past 5 years- by Mrs. Anna Caponi, the Powder Puff Beauty Salon specializes in Helena Curtis and Rayette cold waves, gives both machine and machineless permanents.
Other features offered by this beauty center are hair dyeing and tinting, electric facials and scalp treatments, using the electric cap and hot oil treatments, which stimulate and clean the scalp and recondition the hair.
Shampoos and manicures, plus many other beauty aids are included in the many services offered by .the Powder Puff.
The shop is a comfortable, homey place, attractively decorated, and you can expect — and get — courteous, efficient service from Mrs. Caponi and Catherine “Kay” Mulholland, beautician.
(All articles were originally published in the Norwood Messenger unless otherwise noted)
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