Fitchburg, WI Beauty and Salons

Madison Hair Designers caters to discerning clients looking to spruce up their outer layers, whether for a special occasion or day-to-day hair tossing. Offering a variety of beautifying services, a talented staff of follicle-formers cuts and styles the hair of women ($29–$38), men ($26–$36), and kids ($14–$20), minding each client's specific needs and style. Clients dolling up for a wedding or special event can opt for specialty styling and updos ($45+) or perms ($65–$90), while those looking to update their look without sporting a live snake scarf can do so with highlights and a cut ($75–$95) or just a coloring ($60–$75). A selection of skin-smoothing options helps customers curtail interloping follicles with a facial waxing ($12–$25) or underarm waxing ($20). The hairless can pretty up their palm prods with a manicure ($24) or a polish change ($12) and shoe fillers get the royal treatment with a pedicure ($40).

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.

The seasoned staff at Lotus Salon stays continuously informed on current trends, working to outfit clients with sleek hairdos and artfully sculpted nails. During complimentary consultations, stylists take time to listen to each patron's haircare desires and dream-journal recitations, then devise personalized designs to fit varying facial shapes and skin tones. Staffers are thoroughly trained in the chemistry and intricacies of hair-color treatments, and they enlist top-quality products from brands such as Scruples and Amika to bolster the comprehensive slate of services.

In addition to mane maintenance, Lotus Salon's aestheticians refurbish busted nails during thorough manicures and pedicures, and they bronze bodies with airbrush tanning. All services are designed to enlighten clients on the tools, skills, and Cartesian philosophies necessary to re-create looks at home. Mirrors embedded into dark wooden frames complement Lotus Salon's earth-tone palette, and cushy leather chairs wait to cradle guests.

At Electrolysis Clinic & Laser, Teri Wians and Liz Sterk marshal the focused power of light and science to bring about dramatic aesthetic change. The center's LightSheer laser system harnesses laser-light energy to noninvasively zap the follicles, closing down hair production in the same way the FDA closed down the Broadway hit, Mountain of Unrefrigerated Raw Meat: The Musical. Alternatively, electrolysis treatments target stubble of any hue—including blond, gray, and red—and erase it with a combination of high-frequency heat and magic.

The stylists at Josie Studio One Salon come armed with a diverse lineup of haircare products, which spans from Moroccan Oil solutions for conditioning hair to American Crew products designed especially for men. They also call on Redken's popular line of styling and color products—appropriate enough considering their ranks include a hair colorist certified by Redken Fifth Avenue New York. When the stylists finish straightening and partial foiling clients' hair, they send the clients along to the salon's other specialists, who darken and lengthen lash lines with synthetic, semi-permanent eyelash extensions and wax away hair along the lip and inside the chin's backup supply tanks.

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.