Salons in Fuquay-Varina

A graduate of Mitchell Hairstyling Academy, Renita Burnette harnesses 20 years in the hairstyling industry when expertly trimming tresses and shaping locks into wavy perms. Renita beautifies clienteles inside the Redken-certified Salon Bliss where men and women alike can treat their locks to cuts and highlights administered by stylists wielding Chi and Design Essentials products, or spruce up fingers and toes with a nail shaping and cuticle grooming from the salon's nail techs. Bridal showers and bachelorette parties can reserve the salon for private pampering sessions, where they can drink champagne, nibble on light refreshments, and polish their engagement rings until they can see the future in them.

Sunnyside Tanning Spa's Smart Tan–certified technicians adjust the tint on anatomical control panels with variable-intensity UV-tanning beds and hand-applied spray tans. Airbrush artists darken human hides with Norvell solutions composed of bronzers including cosmetic, DHA, and erythrulose, the combination of which ensures evenness and eliminates spotting and streaking. Sunnyside's arsenal of UV-tanning beds includes in its ranks the Ergoline Classic 600, which boasts high-pressure facial lamps and shoulder bronzers. The stand-up hex unit showers bodies in 360 degrees of UV coverage and simulates the effects of walking on sunshine. Late-night hours offer convenient tanning for business people, students, and beach bums sneaking around behind the Sun's back. Sunnyside's updated arsenal also features the Fuquay location's Beauty Angel red-light-therapy booth, which rains green light's stern roommate onto hides to stimulate collagen production, battle cellulite with a vibrating platform, and firm the skin by promoting absorption of cosmetics.

A Paul Mitchell Focus Salon, Tyler Day Salon houses a talented staff of cosmetic artisans capable of adorning scalps with sleek, stylish hair arrangements. Founder and Aveda Institute alum Shannon Womack brings the team approach⎯learned during stints with Redken, Scruples, Schwarzkopf, and Rusk⎯to her staff, building collective creativity through collaboration and nightly Model UN competitions. This approach leaves the team ready to fashion stunning new looks through simple cuts, color and smoothing treatments, facial waxing, or feather extensions.

At the helm of Total Health and Skin Center is Dr. James S. Carr, a board-certified doctor with 21 years of experience. He oversees a similarly impressive staff that includes a nurse practitioner, a registered nurse, and a medical assistant. These experts work together as a team to help clients enhance their exteriors with a variety of medical-grade aesthetic treatments. Their list of services includes some as futuristic as a robot dressed in next year’s fashions: Smoothbeam lasers for acne, advanced chemical peels, and lasers for skin rejuvenation.

The customers pouring out of Sunnyside Tanning Spa might be boasting a brand new patina, but their sunny disposition isn't just a product of the salon's three levels of UV beds. It also stems from the fact that owners Gena and Neal have tried hard to make their tanning spa a place where customers come to hang out, whether it means staying longer to chat with the friendly staff or perusing a boutique area stocked with trendy clothes, jewelry, and handbags. The comforts even extend into the tanning room, where UV beds come equipped with amenities such as personal air conditioning systems, high-pressure facial lamps, and even vibrating bases that may help to firm skin and muscles or jiggle loose change from behind the ears. The salon's knowledgeable staff is also on hand to help the sun-shy by applying a Norvell Sunless airbrush tanning solution, which uses a trio of bronzers to deliver a shade customized to the client's skin tone.