salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 1, Episode 3 · Aired September 3, 2008
Martino Cartier Salon
Sewell, New Jersey
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
On the show
Season 1, Episode 3 · September 3, 2008 · salon
aired as Tabatha's Salon Takeover; Wikipedia table notes salon branched to two different locations
What happened after
Official site (martinocartier.com) live for the Washington Township/Sewell location with active appointment booking and current pricing at 124 Salina Road; Facebook page active.
What happened on the show
The takeover format traveled east for this episode, landing at a salon in Sewell, New Jersey. As with the rest of the early run, the show followed Coffey's set sequence rather than a preserved storyline: an immersive look at the operation, unvarnished assessments of the staff and the owner, a restructuring of the team, and a renovation reveal. No episode synopsis survives to detail the specific moments, so we leave those unstated rather than invent them. What the record does hold is notable about this salon in particular, that it went on to branch into two different locations, a sign of expansion rather than the collapse that follows many of the show's subjects. Coffey's underlying argument was the one she brings everywhere, that a salon's problems usually trace back to leadership, and that an owner willing to hear hard truths can build something larger than what she found.
After the cameras left
Martino Cartier is open. The official site is live for the Washington Township and Sewell location, showing active appointment booking and current pricing on Salina Road, with an active Facebook page alongside it. The salon grew into a multi location Martino Cartier operation, and this is the Sewell branch of that chain. The live booking site makes this a high confidence survivor, and one of the show's genuine expansion stories rather than a rescue that faded.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.