Beauty & Spas in Chester

The staff at Hawaiian Bronze makes sure that clients use the right bed and products for their skin with a level of care that hasn't gone unnoticed. Playboy and Maxim model Nikki Cantell, an occasional customer, says, "I love Hawaiian Bronze, I've tried so many salons over the years and all I did was burn. At HB, they clearly use top-of-the-line machines and offer the best lotions for my sensitive skin."

The salon's collection of beds includes lie-down and standup units, tanning contraptions just for the legs or face, and a powerful 360-degree Italian-made model. Airbrush artists spritz on natural-looking hues in less than three minutes, and red light therapy stimulates skin to produce natural smoothing collagen. Infrared body wraps also help get bodies ready for trips to the beach or attempts to climb through silhouette-shaped holes in the wall from high school.

The fully glass exterior of Aroma Spa exposes the glowing dispositions of staff members bustling between a reception desk and coffee-hued armchairs in the waiting area. Dark cherry cabinetry contrasts polished wood floors and shelves loaded with products from Matrix, OPI, and Bioelements. Dreamy sighs drift from private rooms for body wraps and massages, serving as an aural backdrop to black salon chairs standing in front of mirrors as though they were filled with vain ghosts. Throughout pampering services, patrons sip piping-hot coffee, and full-day spa-goers nibble on a complimentary lunch or dinner amid mint-green walls.

For more than 20 years, Kelly Stroud has been determined to make her dreams come true, and to look good doing it. In this time, she’s sharpened her shears and dulled her buffer sticks by beautifying the hair and nails of loyal clients. And at K and S Studios, she and her fellow stylists and technicians offer a variety of services performed amid sleek lines and slick hardwood floors. The stylists clip and set hair using Matrix professional products, and nail technicians lacquer fingertips with quick-drying Axxium gel polish that’s ideal for those who prefer to receive manicures just minutes before the state patty-cake championships.