Studio 123 Awarded One of The Norwell Chamber of Commerce’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards for 2010

“The Entrepreneurial Spirit Award recognizes a newer business that provides a valuable service or an innovative product.  The business should be no more than five years old, or be one that has undergone a significant shift in focus within that period of time.  The business should show the ability to become established while facing the challenges that face a start up business in today’s economy.

“Studio 123:
Norwell resident and 20 year veteran of Newbury Street’s top skin care salons, Ewa Deveney opened Studio 123 in 2008 when many businesses were closing their doors. The Salon is located on the lower level of the new Tinker’s Son restaurant and is part of a resurgence of business in Norwell’s center. Studio 123 offers South Shore residents the best clinical skin care treatments based on modern European scientific methods and techniques. With twenty years of experience in European Skin Care, Studio 123 offers preventative skin care and corrective skin care.

As a teenager, Ewa left her family in Poland during the 1980 social unrest that plagued the country.  She stayed with an uncle here in the United States while she struggled to learn English and work two jobs to support herself.  After mastering English and saving enough money for her education, Ewa enrolled in the Catherine Hinds School of Estheticians in Boston, MA.  She began her career under the direction of “Boston’s Best” Zofia, owner of Astrid and Zofia European Skin Care on Newbury Street in Boston, and became a highly-regarded skin care specialist with an extensive local and international clientele during her 12 years at the Spa.  In 1997 she joined Les Amis Salon on Newbury Street, where she became one of the first European Estheticians on Newbury Street to be trained in Microdermabrasion treatments.  Surviving the worst of the recession, Ewa restructured Studio 123 this year, selling the hair salon portion of the business and moving into larger space next door to focus on her skin care clients.  She is active in the Norwell business community and has hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross.

Ewa is living the dream of owning her own business and as it continues to thrive Ewa looks for additional ways to give back to the local community.