Beauty & Spas in Forest Hill

Hairstylist and licensed cosmetologist Peronica McNair has spent more than 15 years mastering the ins and outs of the beauty industry. At her newest venture, P M Studio Salon, patrons can relax in private suites as stylists pamper their tresses with precision cuts, custom color, and Peronica's specialty of repairing damaged hair with reconstructive conditioners or organic Chia Pet wigs that have been spotted on Milan's runways this spring. The salon also provides seamless weave treatments that can enhance the texture, length, and color of manes.

Co-owners Michelle and Celeste, whose friendship began when their sons played basketball together, decided to open Blinq Lash & Brow Boutique after discovering a shared interest in cosmetology. The boutique specializes in eyelash and eyebrow enhancements, including threading, tinting, and three levels of eyelash extensions meticulously applied one synthetic lash at a time. Each of Blinq’s licensed aestheticians and cosmetologists undergoes extensive training in lash- and brow-sculpting techniques to create eyes that can hail a cab with a single wink. The contemporary salon exudes feminine grace with its soft beige walls, scintillating chandelier, and small alcove of boutique clothing and accessories.

Facelogic Essential Skincare and Spa has built a skincare empire, spreading dozens of locations across 14 states and developing a popular line of products that include both natural botanical formulas and clinical cosmeceuticals. Part of the reason the spa has been so successful is its signature facial, during which cleansers, steam, and extractions remove impurities, exfoliating tools whisk away expired skin cells, and a facial massage melts pent-up stress and nascent unicorn horns. If wrinkles persist, clients can choose from several smoothing services, including oxygen facials, microdermabrasion, and glycolic peels. Clients supplement their skincare regimens by taking home not only Facelogic products but also high-end elixirs from Peter Thomas Roth, Éminence Organic Skin Care, and MD Skincare.

La Terre Salon is a J Beverly Hills concept salon where stylists sculpt coifs using J Beverly Hills products, and colorists tint and highlight strands with Pravana products derived from plant and flower extracts. Throughout her 13-year career, salon founder and lead stylist Irene has cultivated special expertise in color and formal styles, and her extensive experience—which includes a stint as a local Aveda instructor—has helped her to master hair of all types and textures, from curly and coarse to sentient and venomous. Conditioning services come in Rescue, Fragile, and Platinum levels, each of which restores shine to tired tresses, and a color gloss designed especially for men blends away gray scalp grass. Natural sunlight spills across the hardwood floors of the salon, where stylists conduct complimentary consultations so that clients can seek expert advice about maintaining their hair, using products, and sewing split ends back together.

A third-generation stylist certified in permanent makeup, eyelash extensions, and MAC cosmetics, Michelle Lea helps her clients to reach their glamour goals with a specialized menu of salon treatments. Three levels of eyelash extensions forge thick, lush lash lines through an individual application process that uses a medical-grade adhesive, ensuring blinkers achieve sultry glances throughout showers, workouts, and butterfly kisses with a sandpaper model.

Michelle can enhance features for even longer by tattooing eyeliner, lip color, or brow contours onto the face to shorten morning makeup routines. For special occasions, Michelle loads up her makeup palette with a selection of MAC cosmetics, customizing them to her subject's skin shade and personal style to create a flawless, glowing complexion that brims with youthful vigor like a bounce house at closing time.

From her base inside Legacy Salons & Day Spa, experienced cosmetologist Candice Harmon approaches beauty from every angle with treatments that primp hair, nails, and skin. Her work at Hair by Candi centers primarily around custom hairstyles, and she draws on her expertise in organic color to paint highlights on men and women, sew in feather extensions, or flatten out curls with formaldehyde-free Chi Enviro keratin treatments, banishing frizz back to its rightful place on the Cowardly Lion's stunt mane. Her tranquil salon space also hosts aromatherapy pedicures and waxing treatments for brows, chins, and lips.