Beauty & Spas in Happy Valley

Estheticians Karlene Wishloff helps her patrons feel even younger with exfoliating facials, gentle microdermabrasions, waxing, and anti-aging light therapy. Rather than using harmful substances such as petroleum products, mineral oils, and well-aged Windex, the seasoned skin expert removes dead skin cells and reduces hyperpigmentation with plant-based products, fruit extracts, and non-invasive applications of concentrated light. Wishloff operates out of Park Avenue Salon, a space marked by earth-toned walls, leafy potted plants, bamboo, and comfy leather chairs.

Infamous Tattoo’s experienced tattoo artists and piercers artfully adorn their clients’ bodies with custom body art and safe, precise piercings hung with sterile stainless-steel or titanium jewelry. Owners and tattoo artists Mat Casey and Jason Greer channel years of experience into their epidermal art, from hyper-realistic grayscale portraits to lavish word art while skillfully customizing pieces to match clients’ whims or deep love of talking cheeseburgers. Piercer Damian offers a creative variety of piercings, from standard navel bars to any imaginable curve of the ear, specializing in anchor dermals that add an unconventional accent to swathes of skin. His passion for piercing stems from his first puncture at 15, and since then he has performed more than 500 piercings, dedicating himself to ensuring his clients’ healing processes go smoothly. The shop also offers a wealth of piercing-compatible jewelry onsite to decorate fresh or long-healed piercings or body-modification-inclined refrigerators. Before their appointment, pre-adorned people can sink into a plush ebony-hued couch, tapping feet on the sleek ochre floorboards and admiring paintings and tattoo art mounted on the burgundy walls.

It's great to live in the modern world, but today's perpetual temperature changes and preponderance of stoplights can take their toll on the skin. Lyuda, an aesthetician with 10 years of experience, deploys her expansive dermatological knowhow to customize each of her skincare techniques, which compensate for the unique contemporary lifestyle of each of her distinctive clients. Deep cleansing and exfoliation give way to gentle wisps of steam that open the pores for extractions. A mask and calming massage polish off the European facial, European Skin Care’s most popular treatment of all its skincare, waxing, makeup, and nail services.

Lyuda performs all of these treatments in a private treatment room tucked within Rain Salon. Many of the products she uses are infused with natural ingredients such as carrot oil, pure aloe oil, marine extracts, and collagen-catalyzing formulas.

Acupuncturist Siamak Shirazi has a secret that he’s dying to share—acupuncture isn’t just for aches and pains anymore. Guided by his learned hands, the therapeutic needles of the ancient Chinese treatment can also erase the fine lines associated with aging, boosting circulation and collagen production and leaving faces looking younger. So, when he’s not busy sharing his cosmetic acupuncture skills on television, he's treating clients at 2bwell Clinic, a holistic healing studio dedicated to easing clients’ needs through preventive care, community wellness. Practitioners including massage therapists, naturopathic physicians, dieticians, and a breath-work specialist work together to devise integrative healthcare solutions and bust vitamin smuggling rings.

From serving in the U.S. Air Force to earning a master's degree in psychology and working as a school counselor, aesthetician Amy Peterson has pursued her vast array of achievements with duty and focus. So it's not surprising that when she discovered a passion for skincare, she invested equal time and energy into pursuing her aesthetics degree from the Bella Institute School of Cosmetology and delving into the intricacies of the field. At GLOW Head2Toe, she emphasizes the importance of using paraben- and chemical-free skin products, utilizing them during facials that target everything from acne to signs of aging with deep cleansing, exfoliations, fruit-enzyme peels, and massage. Waxing treatments for the face, body, and bikini areas top off her menu of skin services.

Sunrise Salon Tan & Spa's bronzing experts do more than just clean up after their glow-seeking clientele. The indoor tanning consultants earn their title by helping clients choose the proper bed, booth, or spray-tan session, hand-selecting options based on their skin type, desired hue, and the amount of time they're willing to dedicate to tanning. All of the spa's beds max out at 12 minutes, allowing guests to adopt a golden glow in roughly the same amount of time it takes to unlace a giant’s high-top sneaker. To complement newly shaded physiques, the salon also offers hairstyling, nail design, and facial waxing, as well as therapeutic massage to help relax bodies too busy to actually make it to the beach.