Lino Lakes, MN Beauty and Salons

As your first line of defense against the outside world, your skin is hard to catch off guard when it's always on the lookout for falling icicles and fire. Treat your skin to a surprise party full of waxing and facials. With today’s Groupon, $45 gets you $97 worth of waxing and/or facial services at pH OREM Skincare.

Aveda Institute is a beauty school that will smooth and soothe whatever section of your surface area aches for tending, from your freshly sore Olive Oyl tattoo to the love-bite scars from your pet gull. During your session, the Institute’s future superstar stylists and cosmetologists will tend to you with incredible detail while using Aveda's organically derived, bio-safe products. A botanical hair and scalp therapy ($35) douses winter-weary follicles with a deep moisturizing and strengthening hair and scalp treatment, followed by a scalp and neck massage, shampoo, and blow-dry. Otherwise, put your best face forward with an Aveda facial ($45) or makeup application ($15), or pamper your handy arm paddles and toe holsters with an Elemental Nature manicure ($15) and pedicure ($20). Maintain the grounds of your scalp lawn with a shampoo, haircut, and blow-dry ($15), style ($10), and gloss ($10), while pulling weeds from other parts of the body with a waxing ($10–$35).

S.K.i.N. lets you partake in an anti-aging procedure that’s much more convenient than applying cucumber masks during cigarette breaks or reversing the spin of the Earth on its axis. Combining experienced aesthetic professionals and cutting-edge skin-care techniques, S.K.i.N. Medical Spa smoothes customers’ faces into plush veneers of concentrated allure. Gentler than a moisturizer-dispensing steamroller, microdermabrasion removes the topmost layer of skin like a pair of warm-up snap pants. After the treatment gently exfoliates skin with natural diamond chips while simultaneously vacuuming away dead skin cells, the remaining layer reveals a lively glow and smoother texture while promoting healthy growth. Customers will finally allow their clogged pores to breathe after being submerged in naturally collecting dirt and the occasional sandwich-mustard smear. The crystal-free wand used during the treatment brings the same results as a particle microdermabrasion, minus the loose particles, irritation, and accidentally cast jinxes and hexes.

In David Raccuglia's "Modern Man Portrait Series," impeccably dressed models of masculinity such as Jack Nicholson, Gary Oldman, and Iggy Pop pose in stark black-and-white photographs. The series hangs on the wall of the MensDept. as a reminder of the significant difference proper grooming can make to a man's appearance. It's a difference founder Kurt Kueffner spent 15 years showcasing for salon owners as he toured the country demonstrating men's haircutting techniques to fellow stylists.

When he decided it was time to put that teaching into practice, he opened MensDept., an upscale salon staffed only by stylists who have received at least 60 hours of hands-on, one-on-one training from Kurt himself. They base each cut on the client's hair type and head shape, rather than on meeting the daily mohawk quota mandated by local law. Beyond blending grays naturally into darker strands, the team can rejuvenate hair with customized color or conduct cuts at the client's office on weekdays until 3 p.m.

Fresh Face Loftique's owners Ann Slanga and Kara Huelsmann know what it takes to look good. Ms. Slanga has spent the last decade as an aesthetician, during which time she's honed her craft in spa facilities around the world, from San Francisco to Saint-Malo, France. Similarly, Ms. Huelsmann has spent more than 20 years in the industry and has worked alongside dermatologists and plastic surgeons.

These experiences guide the aestheticians at Fresh Face Loftique. Just by looking at a client's face, they know the right blend of masks, toners, and cleansers that will give skin the youthful glow of a freshly picked light bulb. The duo might also recommend slimming body wraps or a full-body exfoliation, which uses seawater crystals to scrub away dead skin. Other standout services include massages with modalities such as hot-stone therapy.

To put it simply—and in their own words––the stylists, skin specialists, and nail artists at Aric Ashely Salon are in the business of making people look and feel their best. To that end, they stock the salon's shelves with a full line of Redken styling products to aid them in every cut, corrective-color service, and elegant updo. Nails marred from hours of typing or peeling wax fruit revel in the rejuvenating powers of the salon’s lavish manicures, and a fleet of UV-tanning beds of varying intensity imbue pallid patrons with golden patinas. For a transformation that’s truly head to toe, aestheticians may also deploy wax to whisk away fuzz from lip to leg and render faces flawless with airbrush makeup.