Ribbon Cut

Sublime Skin celebrates opening with a ribbon cut

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[December 22, 2021]   At 11 a.m. on Monday morning several guests including friends and family of Jamie Harnacke, community members and members of local government helped celebrate the opening of Jamie’s new business, Sublime Skin, in downtown Lincoln.

Sublime Skin is located on Kickapoo Street directly above Guest House Pastries and Coffee, across from the Logan County Courthouse. If visitors are familiar with Guest house, they know that it occupies two storefronts. Outside, those two storefronts are divided by a doorway that leads upstairs to where Sublime Skin may be found.

The building is owned by Ethan Hoinacki and he has done a great deal to clean up and refresh the upstairs area occupied by Harnacke. The area has original brick walls, beautiful ceilings and has been very nicely decorated by Harnacke. Though it is a kind of steep climb up the original stairway to the second story, getting up there to see how nice the area looks is well worth the trip.

The waiting area for guests is carefully decorated with soft seating and an array of art hanging above the sofa. In an adjacent room, a pink neon sign with a very retro look touts the name of the business.



In the spa room, where Harnacke gives facials there is a lovely fern mural that was painted by Harnacke’s husband Justin.

For the ribbon cut, those who would stand behind the ribbon gathered in the room with the lovely neon sign, while guests filled the adjacent waiting room.



Joining Harnacke behind the ribbon were her parents, Kevin and Reva McFadden, and her husband Justin. Harnacke had mentioned that there were many members of her church family on hand, including Pastor Larry Crawford of Open Arms Church. Crawford was asked to join Harnacke behind the ribbon, representing all her church family on hand. Also in attendance for the cut were Logan County Clerk Theresa Moore, Logan County Treasurer Penny Thomas, Lincoln City Clerk Peggy Bateman and Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch. The ribbon cut was led by Lincoln Daily News staff Karen Hargis, Lisa Ramlow and Nila Smith.

At the beginning of the cut, Smith noted that Harnacke’s new business was a result of the coronavirus is some ways. She said that for once, Covid-19 had produced not a tragedy but a triumph for the new business owner.

In 2019 Harnacke had completed her training in esthetics and was preparing to seek employment in her new field. Then along came Covid, and everything was shut down. Harnacke was unable to seek work. However, the time of the shutdown, gave her time to consider, could she operate a business on her own, and she concluded that she could. Thus, the dream of opening Sublime Skin was formed.

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Harnacke spoke next, explaining a little bit about what her business offers. She provides facial and waxing services.

Harnacke said that it had been a huge group effort to get the business off the ground and she wanted to thank everyone who had supported her in the efforts of building the facial spa. She also acknowledged Ethan Hoinacke and thanked him for all of his work to provide a beautiful foundation for the business.



Mayor Tracy Welch addressed Harnacke, “Jaimie, welcome and congratulations on opening your business. Lincoln always does better when people start new businesses, and we (the city) do what we can to help. I’d also like to point out that this is a beautiful use of some of the upstairs downtown space in Lincoln.” He went on to say that the Lincoln City Council has gone above and beyond to help with some of these refurbishments. “So you’re a success story in that respect also.”

When Welch finished, the group squeezed in close together for the official ribbon cut photo. The guests in the adjacent room assisted with the countdown and Harnacke snipped the ribbon on cue.



After the ribbon cutting most of the folks stayed to visit with Harnacke and her family and take a closer look around the new business.

The official address for Sublime Skin is 111-1/2 South Kickapoo Street, Lincoln. She is open five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday, with varying hours each day. To learn more about Sublime Skin and book an appointment, visit the website. Home | Sublime Skin (sublimeskinspa.com)


[Nila Smith]

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