Beauty & Spas in Luling

To ensure that each skincare, massage, makeup, or hair-removal service is as enriching as possible, the staff at Pure Aesthetics Boutique Day Spa cares for clients using primarily organic skincare products. Exfoliating facials scuff away dead skin to reveal underlying superhero masks and younger-looking complexions, and a lineup of waxing services de-fuzz corporeal locales from brows to legs. Because the spa's main focus is customer satisfaction, the team even accommodates appointments outside of normal hours.

The nail technicians at We Nailed It! enhance toes and fingertips within My Salon Suite. After trimming nails and taming cuticles, staffers daub natural nails with classic polishes from Essie and OPI or adhere and fill steadfast acrylic nails. They also exfoliate hands and feet with orange-scented scrubs nourish dry skin and help hands with their Madame Tussauds auditions.

When Lexie Delaney heard she'd gotten a job at a department-store makeup counter, she exclaimed, "Oh, thank you, Jesus, that's awesome!" Her passion and skills gave her an edge that others couldn't help but notice: she was "stealing other people's customers." This pushed Delaney to keep moving forward. When she got the opportunity to work with celebrity clients, she leapt at the chance. Now, Delaney has a celebrity and personal clientele—including Miss Louisiana and Miss Teen Louisiana—that rely on her to prepare for social events, photo shoots, and fashion shows. She's become so accustomed to working elaborate events that she doesn't even blink a well-groomed eye when clients ask to "look like a mask" or be styled to look like nitrogen.

A zebra-print canvas painted with the words “To Dye For” bedecks the salon walls of Angel Melito’s hair suite with the same name. Beneath its pink-and-white stripes, clients receive traditional cuts, color, and updos using various salon-trusted products from the likes of Sudzz. Alternatively, they can elect for a modern straightening treatment or a text-message breakup with old split ends.

The phrase “beauty runs in the family” takes on a second meaning when referring to Kacey Payne, the co-owner of About Phace Skincare Spa. The daughter of a hairdresser and the wife of a barber, she found her own niche by studying skincare and becoming a board-certified aesthetician. With 10 years of experience in her back pocket, she oversees her spa with a passion for skincare that rivals Super Mario’s passion for fungi, bringing back the factory-fresh glow of customers’ skin through an assortment of purifying, fortifying, and hydrating facials. Inside her spa, she also oversees full body-waxing services, tinting, and lash extensions that crown eyes with fluttery signage.

Salon owner Christine Lyon Lorio is a 25-year veteran of the beauty industry who boasts experience doing everything from weddings to special-effects makeup. For nearly a decade, Christine and her team have been combining their expert makeover skills with a keen understanding of lighting and photography to make every client feel like a movie star, whether they're taking advantage of the studio's head shot services or just looking for an excuse to stick their hands in wet cement. Specialists in corrective color, the salon's stylists also pride themselves on their ability to analyze face shapes, creating cuts that flatter facial features that have been newly enhanced by the salon's line of Mirabella mineral cosmetics.