Beauty & Spas in Dallas

After earning the Dean’s Scholarship at the University of Texas Medical School, Joel Potasznik, M.D., joined forces with a team of certified laser technicians to aid clients with tattoo removal and other laser services. A powerful YAG laser breaks up subsurface ink during tattoo-removal sessions, and technicians also harness beams to perform scar reduction, toenail-fungus reduction, and age-spot and pigmentation removal. The techs can aim laser light at spider veins and stretch marks, minimizing their appearance more effectively than a DIY shrink ray made from a saran-wrapped flashlight.

Led by owner Kimberly Thompson, an entrepreneur, mother, writer, and former model, the clinical staff at Shangri-la Medispa helps busy clients to look and feel their best. A physician tends to both their inner and outer needs by administering cosmetic fillers and overseeing the weight-management program. An experienced medical aesthetician fine-tunes appearances with laser and microcurrent treatments, chemical peels, and waxing. The medispa has also developed its own product line, Shangri-La Skin By Kim. The team also includes a registered nurse who can advise patients on their treatment options or answer any questions, from “how much downtime is required?” to “is the human appendix an extraterrestrial tracking device?”

The crew performs services in whimsically themed treatment rooms filled with shabby-chic tables and dressers. Clients can relax in spaces decorated with such touches as a colorful London sign and lamps that resemble the Eiffel Tower and an antique streetlamp. In the black-and-white facial room, a picture of Marilyn Monroe glamorously oversees skincare treatments.

The artists at Chi Ro Makeup Studio are in their element when their clients most need to look their best—at weddings, photo shoots, and television and film gigs. That much is clear, because they've earned the trust of actress Tamera Mowry, who has to look her best a lot. The key is breadth. The artists can handle both airbrush and traditional makeup, and their hair services include everything from updos to extensions. In addition, a tanning stylist uses Natural Glow products to cover legs or entire bodies with a bronzy glow so that clients don't have to brown themselves in a pan slicked with Crisco.

At Active Beauty Solutions, shopkeepers are highly selective when it comes to inventory. In fact, they stock only three products: two varieties of lash extender and a brow booster, all by Code.ai. A brand lauded in the international press, including Nylon and Glamour, Code.ai sells paraben-free, hypoallergenic beauty products designed to deliver both immediate and long-term results. Their eyelash potions work to thicken and lengthen lashes, while the brow-booster aims to fill in and shape eyebrows without the need to glue on caterpillars.

Facelift of the Stars prevents and reverses facial aging with advanced non-surgical facelifts and supplements. Though CACI technology, named for a computer-aided cosmetology instrument, was originally designed to treat victims of Bell’s palsy and strokes, researchers discovered that the treatment also improved the non-effected sides of faces. Now used both as a medical and aesthetic treatment, Facelift of the Stars’s signature facial incorporates microcurrent technology to perform treatments that—according to numerous media and sources such as The Daily Mirror—are a favorite anti-aging solution of celebrities. Fashion blogger Sandra Ballentine of the New York Times reported that the CACI microcurrent machine is a go-to beauty tool for facialist-to-the-stars Georgia Louise.

Facelift of the Stars also rejuvenates faces with anti-aging and hydrating facial supplements, and pampers bodies with a variety of add-ons such as lip-plumping treatments. Eye and neck lifts help tighten the skin that may not be affected by the CACI facial, while a preparation peel can help remove the outer-most layer of dead skin.

At Celebrity Beauty Waxing, aesthetician Courtney Berry uses her unique—and strip-free—waxing technique to gently and swiftly remove hair from nearly ever part of the body. She transforms stubbly below-the-belt areas into silky smooth terrains with bikini, Brazilian, and buttocks waxing, and keep gams smooth with treatments for the lower or full legs. Further north, Courtney masterfully shapes brows into flattering arches or intimidating triangles, and eliminates peach fuzz from upper lips. Aside from waxing, the aesthetician combats breakouts and aging with three types of facials.