Glamor Available for Your Cancer Fight

During his own breast cancer fight, Elio Ventrella said regular trips to the salon for a bit of pampering were a necessary contrast to the days undergoing chemo and radiation therapy. These moments, he said during an interview earlier this month, where when he was able to forget about the disease threatening his life, escape his present reality and feel good about himself.

It was these trips, Ventrella said, that helped keep his head above a rising tide.

Now, the owner of the recently-opened Glam Bar, a full-service blowout bar on Broad Street is hoping to provide the same feeling of comfort he received during his fight by offering breast cancer patients glam bar services free of charge. Whether its developing a signature blowout that will best work with a wig or hair piece, or providing services at the brow and make-up bars, its free.

“I know firsthand what breast cancer can do and how it can make you feel, so I wanted to do what I could to help," Ventrella said in a statement. "Feeling glamorous and relaxed is what every breast cancer patient deserves."

The Glam Bar is a salon of sorts, just without the cutting or dying. Glamologists - consider these folks your stylists - give you a signature hair blowout perfect for a night out, special event, or simply if you want to spend the day looking your best.

The Glam Bar, located at 116 Broad St., is now open. For more information about the shop and what going GLAM can do for you, check out theGLAMbars.com. And be sure to check out the video of Ventrella detailing the Glam Bar's story, .