Beauty & Spas in Hendersonville

In Riviera Tanning Salon’s private, air-conditioned rooms, clients can stretch out in tanning beds as they absorb UV rays from high-pressure filtered lights that render a more effective and even bronzing. While in one of three high-pressure tanning beds, clients can entertain themselves with radio-equipped CD players and relax on European-style soft mattress beds—which are available in both stand-up and lie-down varieties. The tanning beds rapidly tan skin any range of shades from a light dust of color to a deep, island-vacation brown. To achieve a fresh from the beach hue without the UV exposure, clients can opt to let Riviera Tanning Salon’s experienced airbrush technicians gilt them from head to toe in just six minutes, which is faster than King Midas could after shotgunning 12 cups of Gold Coast coffee.

With extensive training from the Toni and Guy Academy in Dallas, M. Hair Studio's owner Mandi Paola’s work can be seen on the heads of actors in music videos and commercials and on models walking the runway. Drawing on their extensive knowledge and experience, she and her staff of stylists transform manes with expert haircuts, eye-catching highlights, and the application of hair extensions. Mandi is also a professional makeup artist, painting the faces of her clients or people on long elevator rides.

Nestled on the first level of the Green Hills Mall, The Nail Spa at Green Hills surrounds fingers and toes in beautifying comfort. Expert nail techs bestow hands with four indulgent manicures, from the VIP, complete with sugar scrubs and hydrating mint masks, to the Green experience, laden with organic products. A sextet of pedicures comforts tired and aching soles with soothing footbaths, skin-softening scrubs, and tantalizing massage for both feet and legs. Nail technicians can customize treatments with a menu of add-ons, such as a hot-stone massage that melts away stress and tension or paraffin wax, which creates perfect hand-molds to give away as gifts. The Nail Spa also treats fingers to no-chip Shellac polish.

A board-certified nurse, a laser technician, an aesthetician, and a cosmetic-injectable expert comprise the med spa team at Rejuvenation Group that helps clients reach their beauty goals. Blue-light therapy, peels, and microdermabrasion resurface complexions, while skin-clarifying experts strive to permanently banish tattoos, hair, and tattoos of nose hair with laser treatments.

In addition to aesthetic treatments, Rejuvenation Group also offers purely medical therapies. Melan Smith-Francis, a certified nurse-midwife and family nurse practitioner who is currently earning her doctorate, provides services including hormone therapy, family planning, and basic exams.

As the old saying goes, “If you want something done well, do it yourself.” That's exactly what TropiTANa owner Alex Friedrichsen did. After 20 years spent tanning at indoor facilities and lamenting the lack of a quality, high-end tanning spa in the Mt. Juliet area, Friedrichsen decided to build one himself, and in 2006, the doors of TropiTANa were officially opened.

Inside, lofty ceilings provide cool ventilation for 14 private rooms, each stocked with fresh towels and trimmed in sea-foam green and wood paneling. Thirteen beds comprise six levels of tanning perfect for establishing or building on a solid base tan, and a VersaSpa booth mists pelts with a carefully calibrated spray that eschews the orange glow typically caused by Velveeta-based formulas. Perhaps most importantly, the tanning spa is staffed by a team of Smart Tan–certified crew members, each of whom has been trained to advise clients on the best tanning choices for their skin type and needs, and to clean each room according to a checklist to ensure sanitary surroundings after each session.

Over the course of Dana McDowell's prolific styling career, she's handled the heads of brides, models, and Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers. Now at Bonnie's Hair Studio, she doles out razor cuts, color, and straightening treatments, as well as helpful at-home haircare advice on her Facebook page.