Beauty & Spas in East Highland Park

Inside La Bella Dona Skin Care's ornate spa environment, Greek-inspired statues and landscape murals line the walls as the friendly staff beautifies bodies with advanced spa services. Technicians pull from a cache of products such as Pevonia and Medicalia during customized facials, and soothe muscles with relaxing massages. For hair removal, waxing sessions temporarily whisk strands away while the IPL laser delivers up to 80% of permanent hair reduction. La Bella Dona’s trained techs also coat physiques with UV-free spray tans, gift nails with up to 14 days of chip-free shine with CND Shellac, and accentuate features with Jane Iredale mineral makeup.

At SpaTaneity, relaxation begins as soon as guests step over the threshold. The de-stressing smells of aromatherapy greet each guest, and the sounds of trickling water and calming music add depth to the refreshing beverages clients sip as they begin to leave the bustling world behind. The spa’s owner, Trish Diaz, honed her relaxation-inducing skills during 10 years spent as a master aesthetician. In designing her spa, Trish made sure that her qualified staff members possessed the same unparalleled attention to detail that Trish lavished on her tranquil spa space.

Amid earth-toned rooms filled with plants and plush pillows, licensed and master aestheticians use custom facials and microdermabrasion to rid skin of imperfections and signs of aging such as sun spots, fine lines, and the finger scratches that result from babysitting an ill-behaved grandfather clock. Massage therapists deflate stress and tension with Swedish, hawaiian, and hot-stone massages, and mud body wraps feature cameos from honey butters and sea mud to detox the skin and give it a healthy, polished glow.

Honored as one of Salon Today ’s Salons of Distinction in 2011, Salon Debonaire perfects the art of hair adjustment with a host of lavish services that employ products from upscale brands such as Unite, Bio Ionic, and Onesta. Throughout the day, knotted clumps of hair flutter to the salon’s Brazilian-rosewood floors, their protestations drowned out by a symphony of snips as stylists craft textured and contemporary precision cuts. Coloring products from professional and USDA Certified Organic lines infuse newly minted hairdos with all-over color or partial highlights, and skilled aestheticians expel facial hair using wax or soybean-based Nufree. As the salon’s skilled stylists focus on their work, customers sip coffee inside a TV-equipped lounge or fling their wet mops against the wall to contribute to the salon’s modernist decor.

The friendly team at Native Sun Tanning & Spa are Smart Tan–certified, but they're more than just tanning technicians; each staff member helps clients select an array of skin-nourishing spa services. Skin specialists recommend a session in the infrared heat and nutrient-infused steam of the Hydro-Derma Fusion machine, as it can extend tanning results and leave skin more moisturized than Gene Kelly's umbrella made of sponges. Both high-pressure and stand-up UV beds are featured in the salon, as well as fast-acting Mystic booths. To help shed stress, guests can sink into the relaxing jets of the AquaMassage pod to revitalize muscles and enhance circulation better than a hug from a manatee. The spa's purple, yellow, and orange reception area has shelves lined with neat rows of moisturizing products.

Mercedes Branch set out to establish a salon where clients of all ethnicities can receive quality beauty care that meets any special requirements they may have. Her team at Perception Salon & Spa includes international color specialists, master precision cutting specialists, master nail technicians, and licensed massage therapists prepared to do just that. The experienced team, who has a combined 50 years of experience, perform a whole host of services in a relaxing environment accented with deep oranges and dark chocolates. Aside from haircutting and coloring, the staff offers Bioelements facials, mani-pedis, and many modalities of massage.

The aestheticians and nail techs at Natural Nail Care Clinic use Swiss product line Mavala in all beauty services, including skin analysis, facial waxing, and nail services. The line has been used throughout the globe for more than 50 years due to its superior quality, which arises from extensive scientific research within Mavala’s own laboratories. In addition, professional Essie polish coats nude finger- and toenails during manicures and pedicures. Clients perch on high chairs at a sweeping nail bar for manicures, and lounge on an expansive dove-gray booth for pedicures and honing their glamorous fainting skills.