Beauty & Spas in Benton

Since 2001, Melt has crafted homemade skincare and bath products by infusing natural ingredients with striking scents, such as vanilla cake batter and ginger pear. To ensure the absence of side effects, Melt tests each product on human volunteers instead of on animals or unwitting mannequins. Melt’s products range from silicone-free hemp shampoo to soy-wax candles with cotton wicks.

A small clinic, Simply Skin harbors none of the coldness of a large medical center. The technicians convey a warm bedside manner as they carry out their medical-grade beauty services. Board-certified physicians supervise the clinic's cosmetic laser treatments, Botox injections, and anti-aging facials, making sure the patients and practice cantaloupes receive the most meticulous care. Simply Skin's technicians make handy use of products from SkinCeuticals, a pharmaceutical-grade line of skincare products designed by scientists who are tapped into the dermatological community.

After graduating from beauty school and obtaining her cosmetology license, Cristi Dearasaugh decided to open a place to call her own––Hair Mechanics. Her services include men's, women's, and kids' cuts, as well as perms, coloring, and up-dos. Natural and acrylic nails get primped with artfully applied polishes and unwanted facial hairs are removed with wax rather than a powerful vacuum-cleaner hose.

The licensed manicurists at Caruso and Company Nail Spa draw on more than 10 years of experience to beautify their clients’ hands. Private pedicure rooms create an atmosphere of tranquil relaxation, whereas manicures usher in cute cuticles with acrylic services and colorful polishes.

Though registered nurse Kimberly Lilly has 15 years of experience in plastic surgery, she prefers to help clients achieve their beauty goals through noninvasive treatments. The head aesthetician at Skin Deep Aesthetics LLC uses natural compounds such as chocolate, peppermint, and lavender in each of her facials to gently cleanse and hydrate skin without smudging sharpie goatees. She also performs slightly more intense procedures such as light chemical peels and crystal microdermabrasion to exfoliate skin and encourage cellular turnover.

With more than 60 years of combined experience and skill tanks that are constantly replenished by ongoing training, Head to Toes Salon's quartet of stylists has the knowhow to handle all hair types and client desires. Teal-accented work stations take center stage in the bright, modern salon that's strewn with paper lanterns, cocooning patrons as they update their looks with haircuts, color treatments, extensions, and perms. Nails sparkle in the designated mani-pedi area, and mustaches tremble and wish they were made of milk whenever an aesthetician breaks into a tub of facial wax.