Chicopee, MA Beauty and Salons

Millennium Hair Salon's proximity to the Five Colleges area has kept its stylists aligned with the latest trends, cemented with Paul Mitchell and Redken products. The continuously educated stylists take their shears and bold colors to the tresses of men and women, altering textures with perms and straightening treatments. As clients admire new 'dos in ornate Baroque mirrors at marble-topped style stations, manicurists outfit nails in vibrant polish or French tips, useful for convincing superstitious friends that you have touched a ghost. Dark wood floors and red velvet curtains lead to more private areas, where aestheticians de-fuzz clients with warm wax and massage therapists dole out deep-tissue kneads amid crimson walls.

The hairstylists at Millennium Hair Salon design ’dos for men, women, and children with an eye to both form and function. They finish haircuts by working with flatirons and blow dryers and using Keune hair products to keep strands in place. They also craft silky tresses with perms, gild strands with highlights, and use Goldwell colors to imbue coiffures with dimension. When these stylists are not arranging cranial fringe, they skillfully remove unwelcome facial fuzz with warm wax—or go home and talk with friends and family about how they remove unwelcome facial fuzz with warm wax.

With more than 10 years of experience to her name, Melissa helms one side of her eponymous salon while her sister and co-owner, Susan, lends her skills as a seamstress to the in-store boutique. The siblings’ signature blend of salon services and boutique luxuries sets them apart as a one-stop destination for those who like to mix their spa and retail therapies.

The sounds of clipping shears and contented sighs mingle on Melissa’s side of the salon, where she wields top-notch salon products that range from CND nail polishes to the individualized ointments of the Bioelements facial line. During haircuts, color services, and treatments for the face and nails, Melissa restores beauty lost to age or gambled away during high-stakes poker games.

The friendly Smart Tan-certified staffers at My Tan Factory point patrons in the direction of UV beds that build tans in 10- to 15-minute sessions. My Tan Factory offers relaxing horizontal beds with amenities such as misters and air conditioning for comfort, and vertical booths for individuals who prefer to tan while practicing the yoga tree pose. The salon's resident airbrush expert has spray-tanned more than 1,000 people over the course of four years, and accelerates drying times with a standup drying booth.