Beauty & Spas in Lake Saint Louis

Lynette Trares, Flawless Permanent Cosmetics' licensed permanent cosmetic technician, highlights clients’ features with makeup that's as natural looking as it is certain to stick around. Under the supervision of a medical doctor, she enhances eyes and lips with permanent liner, and fills in uneven or sparse brows. Lynette and the rest of the Flawless team also provide less eternal solutions such as waxing, and give lessons on how to bring out the eyes with nothing more than regular makeup.

Xtreme Tan's staff members call on their Smart Tan training—a program that instills professional savvy in sunburn prevention and correct UV dosage—to guide clients toward the right path to achieving a bronzed beach glow. After becoming acquainted with customers, the specialists carefully educate them on the salon’s offering of UV beds, airbrush-tanning methods, and a selection of lotions that deepen and prolong golden skin tones. The walk-in salon houses four levels of UV beds, each of which is stocked with high-efficiency bulbs that offer clients an indoor tan without having to fight the cat for a sunny spot by the window. Tanners can also forgo UV beams altogether with the salon’s airbrush-tanning service, which dispatches a trained staffer to mist individual curves with a pigmented spray that leaves skin bronze and glowing for up to 14 days.

If you ask Jodi Hudson the secret to running a successful hair salon, you might find her answer refreshingly simple: hair. Hudson, who spent 15 years teasing 'dos at other froufrou salons full of bells and whistles, decided to focus strictly on haircare when she opened Lakeview Hair Salon in 2004.

The basic goal of taming, nourishing, and shaping hair goes into everything Hudson does at her salon, from assembling a staff of skilled friseurs to stocking the shelves with top-notch products, such as Aquage and Paul Mitchell. And well-rounded haircare means that eyebrow waxing, perms, and bridal updos shaped like hairbrushes are also on the menu.

The highly trained stylists at Bounce Salon tame unruly manes with swift, precise snips and extensive training with Tigi haircare products. After a brief consultation to determine the client’s desired look, they shear away split ends, imbue tresses with all-over or partial color and highlights, or fight frizz with Brazilian blowouts, ultimately helping strands attract positive attention instead of negatively charged balloons. When needed, Bounce's staff plucks blow dryers from where they hang on the ceiling, just as they extract unwanted bristles during various waxing services.