Celina, OH Beauty and Salons

When MTV’s MADE was in town and needed to complete a dramatic makeover for the episode “Ladies Man,” the show knew whose door to knock. As L Spa Modern’s experts bronzed the episode’s Don Juan-in-training, they added yet another tan to the more than 25,000—including 224 wedding tans—they’ve completed in the past eight years. The salon’s automated airbrush platform darkens skin to a choice of three shades in just 10 minutes so guests can get in and out and on with their plot to mock the eternally pale moon. Before or after sessions, clients can sip complimentary cappuccinos, mochas, and lattes, or 14 kinds of tea.

As the tanning pros help guests acquire golden tints, L Spa Modern’s trio of hairstylists snips locks in private rooms and banishes frizz with Brazilian Blowouts.

A graduate of the Indiana University School of Dentistry, Dr. Kimbra Druley captains the Grabill dental frigate in treating customers to the toothy triad of an exam (a $37 value), x-rays (a $50 value), and a thorough cleaning (a $68 value). After an initial maw investigation, a periodontal probe clears a season's worth of plaque and splattered bugs from smiles, boosting sparkle, health, and slippery-smoothness. A series of safe, low-radiation x-rays then exposes mobster molars smuggling bits of spinach in hidden crevices. From the resulting images, experts can identify potential problems such as decay or abscesses and make proper recommendations for additional care.

Tangles offers a full range of hair services, as well as massage, waxing, and nail beauty-bolstering treatments. If your noodle nest needs a summery glow, Tangles will highlight it ($50+). If you don't like the way your noodles swirl together in their nest, Tangles can cut them ($20+ for women's haircut and $15+ for men) or reswirl them in a way that makes you feel content ($60+ for a perm). If your noodle nest already makes you feel content, Tangles will give you a manicure (starting at $20), pedicure (starting at $30), or one-hour massage ($60) to make your fingers, toes, and back content enough to match your highly contented hair. And, if you have a noodle nest where you shouldn't have a noodle nest, Tangles will wax it away ($10 for eyebrows).

Eyes by India first opened its doors in Indiana to provide threading as an alternative to waxing. Threading is more precise than waxing and causes less pain, redness, and burning when removing unwanted fuzz. Now with nine locations in two states, Eyes by India’s staff of specialist completes more than 100 hours of training in threading and service etiquette before applying those skills to patrons’ faces at work and image-conscious teddy bears at home.

During appointments, cotton thread twists over hair, tweaking hair- and brow lines or removing all traces of fuzz on the neck, chin, or upper lip.

For Glo On The Go owner Gail Ward, tan skin seemed like an impossible dream. With a strong history of skin cancer in her family, she knew tanning beds and booths were off-limits and turned instead to bottled tanning lotions and creams, trying nearly every one she could find with less than ideal results. So when Gail’s sister Esther told her about airbrush tanning, she decided to give it a shot—and was amazed to discover she had finally found a method of self-tanning that worked for her skin type and, best of all, looked natural. She was so impressed, in fact, that she decided to open her own tanning salon in order to share airbrush tanning with melanoma survivors and other clients concerned about the adverse health effects of traditional tanning.

Eight years—and 30 spray-tan-solution tests—later, Gail took her commitment to counteracting paleness one step further by developing her own line of custom spray-tan solutions. The custom formulas allow Gail and her staff of skincare experts to match clients’ skin types to the solution best suited to their needs. The Clearly Tan Light solution, for example, is ideal for skin that burns easily, whereas the salon's go-to formula, Beautifully Bronzed, is fortified with anti-aging and skin-strengthening ingredients such as amino acids and vitamins A, C, and E, making it an ideal option for nearly anyone, but especially those looking to avoid scurvy.

Somi Ro believes listening is the key to a great experience in the salon. At Somi's Hair Design & Nails, she has convened a team of stylists and aestheticians who agree: all of their beautifying services are performed with personalized care and attention. They upgrade existing hair with L'Oreal conditioning and coloring products, remove unwanted fuzz with wax, or prep locks for Rapunzel impersonations with hair extensions. OPI polishes deck out digits in chic tints, and eyelash extensions dramatize speed-blinking contests.