East Grand Rapids, MI Beauty and Salons

Elements Hair Design matches its follicular focus with a dedication to nail nourishment. Plop down at the salon's new service stations and enjoy a manicure ($18) and pedicure ($32), administered by Elements' masterful team of technicians. Fingernails will be finessed, toenails will be treated, and cuticles will be cared for, as the salon's aestheticians—trained at the Matrix C.R.A.F.T. Global Academy in New York, as well as schools and salons in Chicago and Las Vegas—spin nail straw into finely shaped keratin gold. Call ahead and schedule your appointment for a mani-pedi treatment in the comfy confines of Elements Hair Design.

When the Douglas J Aveda Institute opened in Knoxville in 2011, it joined a family of institutes and salons that Douglas Weaver started in the 1960s. Here, Aveda students pursue certification in cosmetology and esthiology while practicing their craft on real clients under the supervision of licensed instructors. And because students perform the services, the rates are lower than at traditional salons. The Knoxville treatment menu includes hair design—cuts, color, retexturizing—as well as Aveda’s Elemental Nature facials, pedicures, and manicures.

The Institute is inside the historic S&W Grand building, a handsome art-deco landmark that, like a compassionate fairy-tale prince, is equally handsome on the inside. The spa rooms have a rustic balance of exposed brick and wood paneling, and the salon’s geometric light fixtures gleam upon checkerboard tile floors and industrial shelving lined with Aveda’s signature products.

At Hairacy Salon, a stone fireplace and textured walls cultivate a welcoming ambiance as a team of beauty experts pampers clients with an extensive lineup of salon and spa services ranging from haircuts to pedicures. Inside this relaxing realm Hairacy Salon’s experienced stylists use Paul Mitchell products to fine-tune tresses in front of large mirrors where clients can admire their new ‘dos or decode grocery lists written by Leonardo da Vinci. Cuts start with a luxurious shampoo and relaxing scalp massage, and optional deep-conditioning treatments imbue strands with a soft, silken sheen rivaled only by a satin pocket square dipped in canola oil. In addition to hair services, clients can treat themselves to waxing services, nail treatments, and decadent spa-quality facials.

A subsidiary of Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, Skin Solutions is staffed by a team of skincare consultants and nurses who cultivate more youthful looks with a variety of treatments. Microdermabrasion, chemical peels, and four different types of facials do battle with dead skin cells, and injections of Botox’s purified-protein serum keep wrinkles and interstate highways from marring the face. The facility's close connection with Grand Rapids Ophthalmology also allows it to revitalize eyes inside a state-of-the-art surgical room with outpatient eye surgery.

The professional staff of stylists and colorists at The Hair Co. welcome repeat customers and referred clients as they sculpt hairdos for men, women, and children using products by Paul Mitchell and TIGI. When they aren't snipping strands and tinting locks with new hues and highlights, stylists condition frazzled mops with Redken conditioning treatments and perm tendrils so they resemble mint-condition Slinkys. Guests preparing for fancy occasions can have stylists add feather extensions or twirl tresses into sophisticated updos.

Inside Teaze Salon's sleek studio adorned with modern fixtures, clients nestle into bright-red salon chairs as stylists enhance appearances with a full menu of salon services. Modish haircuts, color treatments, and hair extensions reconcile split ends and infuse manes with vibrant color to frame faces so perfectly that clients will no longer need to pose for photos through a gilded picture frame. Manicures and pedicures ensure that fingers and toes form elegant shadow puppets, and waxes and spray tans beautify bodies.