Rita Loveless & Melissa Vanschaik are the owners and operators of Eclipse Salon & Spa, headquartered in Land O Lakes, Pasco County, Florida.
When it comes to keeping your beautiful on, Rita and Melissa have created a unique environment where the staff works as a team. As individuals have different strengths, this approach optimizes the combined talents of their salon.
Rita Loveless trained on 5th Avenue in New York City at the Redken Exchange and achieved the status of Master Stylist. Rita has won awards for Total Look Makeovers and Evening Style.
Melissa Vanschik is a Redken trained stylist, a Special FX makeup artist, 
certified in Advanced Prosthetics and is a graduate of Joe Blasco Makeup Academy in Orlando, Florida.
The two combine for nearly 50 years of hair, make-up and salon ownership experience. They demand their staff be licensed in cosmetology with the state of Florida and then apprentice for 6-9 months.
The result of their training, their innovative approach, their employee apprenticeship program and their years of hands-on experience is one of the best salons in the Tampa Bay region.
So what do their customers think?
Annette G publically wrote, “My entire family comes here (from teenage son to young daughter). We love the people here and the services are awesome! They do the best color of anyone around and I’m so glad I found Melissa & Rita! I have been coming back for 3 years!”
Pamela Arisman publically wrote, “Stylists that listen to your likes and styles that fit you.”
Rita and Melissa have been servicing beauty needs for nearly 15 years. Eclipse Salon and Spa is a full service men and women’s salon providing hair care, nail servicing, beauty and bridal makeup, and other esthetician services.
Business owners take risks and often work long, exhaustive hours to service their clients. There are freedoms in owning a business, but these freedoms come at a cost. Rarely acknowledged are business owners like Rita Loveless & Melissa Vanschaik that employ people, accepting accountability ensuring their staff are paid continuously. Sure, people earn their wages through their time, hard work and skills, but let’s take a moment and thank Rita and Melissa for having and continuing the business ownership game that allows people an opportunity to produce and earn those wages.
Need to get your beautiful on? Give Eclipse an opportunity by stopping in at 19455 Shumard Oak Drive, Unit 104 Land O Lakes, Florida 34638, call (813) 528-8742 or check out Eclipse Salon & Spa online by CLICKING HERE.
Rita and Melissa have participated in Walk-a-Thons to help charities, support Toys for Tots offer complimentary hair-cuts to any active duty law enforcement, first responders, fire fighters, or paramedics etc. They also offer special discounts at certain times of the year for teachers and veterans.
So from the staff of Local Search Force that runs the County Advisory Board…
Rita Loveless & Melissa Vanschaik, you are highly commended for your service to the residents of Pasco County and for having and maintaining a business that adds to the financial well-being of the community.
Very well done Rita and Melissa!
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