Beauty & Spas in Baraboo

Cleopatra's Health and Wellness Spa's multitalented director, Monica Janus—a renowned folk and ballroom dancer, certified aesthetician, and massage therapist—leads an army of beauty experts in treating clients like royalty. Staffers present pre- and post-treatment beverages such as a Polish mineral tonic or goji juice, prepping guests for pampering with a comfortable robe and slippers. A Hydrotone thermal capsule hosts various body treatments and baths including the Isis purification mud bath, which aims to alleviate arthritis or injuries from transporting oversize limestone chunks. The team caters to youngsters with a kids' menu of pintsize spa services, and aestheticians can dye eyebrows or lashes using the age-old process of henna application. Inspired by ancient traditions, the spa appropriately boasts golden-plated pillars, colorful paintings of Egyptian deities, and bas-relief hieroglyphics that warn patrons of the dangers of wearing too much eyeliner.

Vacationers can enjoy a couples massage before renting the facility's motel or cabin rooms to celebrate a special occasion. An array of fitness and dancing classes such as swing, country, and five levels of children's ballet keep out-of-town guests and local residents entertained.

Amid soothing violet decor befitting the salon’s name, High Violet Salon & Spa’s artistic stylist, expert aesthetician, and therapeutic masseuse use a three-pronged approach to help clients feel beautiful inside and out. Their menu of services is carried out within a newly renovated space accented by wood floors, soft lighting, and a separate spa-treatment room. Hair is colored and conditioned with products such as Moroccanoil, whereas nails are decorated in polishes from OPI. Facials and peels help rejuvenate skin, and Swedish, hot-stone, and deep-tissue techniques release stores of tension and stores acorns hidden under the shoulder blades.

Madison Hair Designers caters to discerning clients looking to spruce up their outer layers, whether for a special occasion or day-to-day hair tossing. Offering a variety of beautifying services, a talented staff of follicle-formers cuts and styles the hair of women ($29–$38), men ($26–$36), and kids ($14–$20), minding each client's specific needs and style. Clients dolling up for a wedding or special event can opt for specialty styling and updos ($45+) or perms ($65–$90), while those looking to update their look without sporting a live snake scarf can do so with highlights and a cut ($75–$95) or just a coloring ($60–$75). A selection of skin-smoothing options helps customers curtail interloping follicles with a facial waxing ($12–$25) or underarm waxing ($20). The hairless can pretty up their palm prods with a manicure ($24) or a polish change ($12) and shoe fillers get the royal treatment with a pedicure ($40).

Indulge Spa helps clients relieve stress and refresh their tired muscles through a full menu of salon and spa services. Today’s deal lets customers’ faces evade fatigue: for 60 minutes, listen to the ecstatic sighs and groans emerging from your own mouth as the experienced and licensed aestheticians cleanse, exfoliate, and massage your skull skin according to its specific needs during the refresh facial ($65). This Groupon’s $65 value can also be applied toward more-expensive 60-minute facials, such as the fountain of youth facial ($70), which incorporates nutrientitious dermalogica AGE Smart products to smoothify the skin, or the clarity facial ($70), an acne-annihilating, bacteria-butchering treatment that uses tea-tree oil, zinc triplex, and benzoyl peroxide to get your mug ready for tomorrow’s surprise prison photo shoot. All facials come with a choice of hand, foot, or tail massage.

At Electrolysis Clinic & Laser, Teri Wians and Liz Sterk marshal the focused power of light and science to bring about dramatic aesthetic change. The center's LightSheer laser system harnesses laser-light energy to noninvasively zap the follicles, closing down hair production in the same way the FDA closed down the Broadway hit, Mountain of Unrefrigerated Raw Meat: The Musical. Alternatively, electrolysis treatments target stubble of any hue—including blond, gray, and red—and erase it with a combination of high-frequency heat and magic.

The stylists at Josie Studio One Salon come armed with a diverse lineup of haircare products, which spans from Moroccan Oil solutions for conditioning hair to American Crew products designed especially for men. They also call on Redken's popular line of styling and color products—appropriate enough considering their ranks include a hair colorist certified by Redken Fifth Avenue New York. When the stylists finish straightening and partial foiling clients' hair, they send the clients along to the salon's other specialists, who darken and lengthen lash lines with synthetic, semi-permanent eyelash extensions and wax away hair along the lip and inside the chin's backup supply tanks.