Day Spas in Guelph

Husband-and-wife team Audrey and Ryan Yeo founded Blackfriars Salon & Spa as a means of providing frazzled guests with a tranquil space in which to recharge. They staff both locations with a crew of trained stylists and aestheticians who gussy up patrons via a host of salon, skin, and hand and foot services. Receptionists share complimentary cups of coffee, green tea, or water with clients as stylists gild heads in multidimensional highlights. Nail technicians add glamour to hands with glossy, chip-resistant Shellac manicures, and therapists administer hot-stone massages to ease muscles aching from workdays spent cannonballing.

The welcoming atmosphere at Hair Body & Soul Studio and Spa seems to seep straight from the walls of the repurposed house where it resides. Friendly staff members usher patrons into cozy confines replete with a fireplace, antique furniture, complimentary fresh coffee and herbal teas, and a neighbour kid who regularly stops by to raid the refrigerator. In these warm environs, patrons entrust their skin and hair to a team of hairstylists and aestheticians who hone their own specialties to ensure clients can always find an able pair of hands to meet any head-to-toe pampering needs. Hair stylists take their shearing and tinting work seriously, and take care to consult with clients at length about their hair type and home styling habits before launching into a maintenance cut or full-blown makeover. A skilled aesthetician meticulously analyzes faces before pursuing an avenue of skin treatment, which can include custom-tailored facials, exfoliating diamond microdermabrasion, and fruit enzyme peels that make skin as smooth as a politician on ice skates. Stressed guests can enjoy a full-body massage, or watch as a nail technician trims and neatens fingertips to a satisfying uniformity.

Eternal Beauty's certified technicians tackle aesthetic and energetic woes with services that instill faces, hands, and physiques with both beauty and relaxation. Laser light tends to sun damage and signs of aging, or removes unwanted hair from specific body coordinates or glued-on cat costumes. Lumicell Touch treatments de-dimple bodies, alleviating cellulite using light-based technology and EMS vacuum subdermal massage. Eternal Beauty balances their technology with the human touch of its highly trained staff, who pamper clients with beauty-enhancing facials, peels, and nail treatments featuring products from Italy.

Maintaining beauty takes a combination of professional-grade products, personalized services, and skill. At Tatiana Esthetics, veteran aestheticians work to meet these criteria as they make over each client that crab walks into their business. They administer everything from standard mani-pedis to oxygen facials, which envelop facades in a cloud of mist that can heal and smooth damaged skin. Turning to the rest of the body, they coat unwanted fuzz in warm wax and remove hair with a touch as soft as a baby cotton swab. They also specialize in services for men, such as a hot-towel treatment that drapes faces in warmth and opens pores.

Whether given by a massage therapist's hand, an aesthetician's wand, or a makeup artist's brush, each and every gesture at Tamav Salon & Spa aims to bring about renewal and beautification. Rejuvenation begins with Dermalogica skin treatments such as the Age Smart facial—a cocktail of vitamins and hydroxy acids combined with a face massage to loosen tension and release trapped marbles from the pores. Performed by a licensed therapist, hot-stone, Indian head, and Thai stem face massages unravel the body's tension from sore muscles and joints, and IPL laser technology and electrolysis treatments safely uproot patches of troublesome body hair. Before leaving the spa, clients can also swing by the salon for a new haircut or a pampering mani-pedi, or they can visit the in-house lash expert for a new set of eye curtains.