Hair Salons in Malden

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Stepping into Fia Salon/Spa is like stepping into a Mad Max fashion show. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city proper, the owner and namesake has spread her European roots and visionary eye, carving out a landscape that swirls together industrial sensibilities with a steam-punk edge highlighted by gunmetal-gray roses. Yet despite hard accents, the studio space is surprisingly inviting, balancing the chrome and steel with gold and copper and an open layout that gives visitors space to breathe and think. There, perhaps drawing inspiration from the metal spin-lock door or perhaps imagining a vault behind that door filled with toupees, clients dream up fantastic hairstyles that Fia and her staff make into reality.

International training with the likes of Toni & Guy and Vidal Sassoon has helped Fia cultivate a team of skilled master colorists and stylists. To stay swimming in the rushing current of fashion, the team regularly undergoes training on the latest techniques and uses products by Coppola, Sebastian, and Wella to transform looks. Several staffers draw from experience working in salons on Newbury Street and in the greater Boston area, and Boston magazine, which named Fia Salon/Spa the Best in West Boston in 2007, touted the spot's "Newbury Street panache minus the hassle of driving in from the ’burbs." The staffers’ know-how has also earned them recognition on WGBH's Boston A-List, including the award for Best Hair Highlights in 2011. When the team is not tousling hair into the last trend, Fia Salon/Spa's team pamper visages with luxurious skincare treatments aided by Dermalogica products.

Helaine Marie has refined her hair-coloring technique over the last two decades and now creates rich tapestries of color with her certifications in Wella and Framesi. She opened her eponymous salon in 2004, inviting massage therapist Philip Davidson, LMT and other expert aestheticians to grace the rooms of an intimate, fairy-lit space draped in lilac curtains. A certified Master Colorist, Marie specializes in complex corrective programs and foils, including her signature highlight treatment. The Foliage Foil evokes the glow of the woods in autumn with blends of copper, crimson, and the deep gold of slowing photosynthesis caused by winter's Midas touch, each mixed individually to warm clients’ natural hues. To remain a well-rounded stylist, she earned two certifications in re-texturing and trained her shears with KMS California, mastering their cutting techniques to become a style council trainer. Helaine Marie is also certified in the Ouidad cutting technique and the Pureology system and carries both product lines in their entirety, in addition to offering the ammonia-free, oil-based Chromatics Color Line.

Gently massaging their shampoo-filled palms through the hair of male and female clients, stylists at Sin Hair Studio prepare manes for cuts, coloring, styling and other salon services. The team conditions strands and battles frizz with regular or express keratin treatments, and colors locks with rich hues and face-framing highlights. Spa services from the salon's licensed aesthetician include custom facials with pumpkin peels, microdermabrasion, or beard application.

Owner Antonio took himself out of Italy, but Italy continues to linger in him. After starting a career in fashion and beauty in the old country, he now shares his continental and European techniques within his Chicago salon. There, he helms a team of stylists who cut, color, and condition hair with products from Davines and Rene Furterer. Aestheticians treat aging, clogged pores, and hyperpigmentation with essential facials and peels and augment their own handiwork with add-on treatments including anti-aging therapy, microcurrent treatments, and décolleté beautifying. Because true beauty rests in small details, the salon’s nail technicians tend to cuticle overgrowth, trim nails, and soften callus- and gum-ridden feet during precise mani-pedi work.