Beauty & Spas in Dubuque

Organic skincare and haircare products populate the shelves at Onusara Salon and Spa, where staffers harness the power of these natural elixirs to customize treatments for each client. Their specialty services employ new-age methods, such as exploiting the energy in crystals and chakras, to enhance natural beauty and help relieve stress. This emphasis on relaxation extends to the massage studio, where therapist Carolyn Morrison Phillips collaborates with 100% organic essential oils to help heal and restore weary musculature. She also taps into modalities such as tui na to stimulate acupressure points and fire cupping to purge the body of pore-size Frankenstein's monsters.

Sei Bella’s repertoire of treatments works to restore comfort, energy, and beauty to bodies by reducing signs of cellulite and aging and by leaching out toxins. The high-tech European med-spa treatments target specific hard-to-solve issues, from electro body sculpting, which breaks down fat pockets, to far-infrared wraps that remove heavy metals, toxins, and stubborn poltergeists. Electro body-sculpting procedures reduce cellulite on problem areas such as hips, thighs, arms, back, and abdomen without the hassle of intense workouts, and holistic diet and exercise regimens help clients lead healthier lives. Sei Bella also offers a complete cellulite nutrition program.

When they were just starting out in the beauty business, Kate Thom and Monica Hamm dreamed of creating a salon that would both foster creativity and promote the acceptance of client and stylist alike. With hard work and business savvy, they brought their dream to life in 1986 in the form of Hair Studio & Day Spa. Now, more than 25 years later, the styling duo and their team of highly-trained technicians continue to encourage aesthetic originality by pampering clients with a range of hair, skin, nail, and body treatments.

Surrounded by wood accents and sleek black furnishings, stylists transform locks with Paul Mitchell, TIGI, and Schwarzkopf products, add highlights via foils, and tame rebellious strands via Brazilian keratin treatments. The shop’s aestheticians come armed with DermaQuest, Cellex-C, and gloMinerals products for facials and makeup applications, and they rely on the diamond-encrusted wand of a DiamondTome microdermabrasion system to gently exfoliate skin from face to feet. The salon and spa stocks these same beauty brands within their spacious retail area, giving clients’ at-home regimens a pro-grade boost.

Sacred Rhythms Wellness Center's eight highly trained staffers aim to diffuse ailments with a suite of holistic services, from traditional massage to pain-relieving acupuncture. In private treatment rooms with flickering candles, holistic healers conduct chakra assessments before realigning energy points with reiki or sound therapy. The ancient art of cupping encourages the body to release toxins, and an herbal body wrap cloaks the corpus in an elixir of 27 minerals and herbs that lures impurities and uninvited dinner guests out of the skin. Clients can also indulge in organic facials blended from fruits, vegetables, spices, minerals, and vitamins, and the center's own skincare line, Sacred Skin, is also formulated in-house using naturally sourced, organic ingredients. The center offers yoga, tai chi, and meditation classes.

Rather than devote itself entirely to healthy movement or meditative rest, New Self Renewal Center represents both sides of the spectrum. On one side, its fitness area hosts small-group classes ranging from energized boot-camp and Zumba routines to KettleCore, whose strengthening swings were featured in Brava magazine. Students can even order classes from the fitness menu, scheduling sessions of athletic stretching or core work at times that work for them. Personal trainers and a certified wellness practitioner are also on hand to develop custom programs.

Because the center's philosophy is one of balance, it counteracts the gym's kinetic offerings with a spa. There, massage therapists knead away aches, administering add-ons of aromatherapy and moisturizing shea butter, and nail technicians beautify fingertips with signature mani-pedis. The onsite café makes for another replenishing stop between workouts or paraffin dips—its menu includes sandwiches, salads, smoothies, and a variety of housemade items such as hummus and granola.

As a complement to its wide spectrum of amenities and a symbol of its family focus, the center also provides childcare services. Youngsters can draw on the chalkboard wall of the Kid Corner while their parents exercise or relax. At lunchtime, the corner's designated snacking space enables adults to eat with their kids and explain that cutting off sandwich crusts doesn't actually hurt the sandwiches.

Different skin types and tones tan at different rates and in different ways. That’s why Solar Energy Tan houses four levels of tanning beds and welcomes each new client with a skin-type analysis to draft a tanning regimen perfectly suited to them. A standard Sollux 36 bed helps beginners build base tans in less than 15 minutes. Mega-level beds reside on the other end of the shade-shifting spectrum, offering a luxury bed with air conditioning, aromatherapy, and a music system and a standup tanning bed for those who like to juggle as they tan. The tanning studio also caters to sun-shy skins with a VersaSpa UV-free tanning booth, where patrons develop a natural-looking bronze in two minutes.