Beauty & Spas in Mercerville

Blu Salon's seasoned stylists craft multistrand opuses using meticulous training and expertly drawn interpretations of each client’s aesthetic vision. Haircuts begin with consultations and a quick massage of the shoulders, neck, and scalp, setting minds at ease and prepping upper decks for a comprehensive coiffing service. After your stylist breathes life into your new ‘do, a Kerastase conditioning treatment infuses it with the silky confidence and nutrition it needs to fend off chili-bowl-cut bullies with low self-esteem. Conditioning treatments address a variety of follicular concerns, from over-processing to everyday environmental damage. A deep scalp massage concludes each Kerastase service, soothing tentative heads to ensure they don’t reject their newly trimmed residents or shred the couch cushions to steal the spotlight.

Stylists and aestheticians at The Face & Body Spa cultivate coiffures and nourish depleted skin using products with an organic, vegan focus. Scents such as coconut lime, vanilla lavender, and pumpkin suffuse 45-minute hydrating body polishes as custom potions rid the epidermis of expired skin cells and poorly applied tattoos. Radiancy FSD facials refurbish façades with gentle pulses of light designed to stimulate collagen and reduce the appearance of wrinkles and other blemishes. The hair studio's masters subdue unruly locks with cuts and high-quality products from Pureology and Kevin Murphy. Single-process coloring sessions reinvigorate fading hues, instilling clients' tresses with looks loud enough to keep them up at night. Lime-green walls and jaunty angles surround clients as they unwind in serene chambers. To buttress its emphasis on eco-friendly products, The Face & Body Spa promotes an eco-friendly philosophy and donates proceeds from several spa services to charity, making pampering sessions both enjoyable and altruistic, like volunteering at Willy Wonka's soup kitchen.

Quaint, Victorian-style confines await guests at 40-One Salon & Spa. Stylists trained by the likes of Irvine Rusk, Graham Webb, and Goldwell International revamp coiffures with razor cuts, perms, and keratin treatments. In addition to mending the frazzled manes of customers who used toasters as pillows, stylists primp nails, offer massages, and rejuvenate skin with spa treatments. To help clients who are battling cancer, 40-One Salon & Spa also services wigs.

Like many med-spas, Advanced Laser Center uses lasers to combat unwanted hair and beam away wrinkles. But unlike most, the facility's lasers are also calibrated to help patients quit smoking or lose unwanted pounds. Medical aestheticians help lift sagging faces sans surgery with IPL skin-tightening treatments that inundate collagen with waves of infrared light, causing tissues to contract and faces to appear more youthful. Injections of Botox and Juvéderm also smooth and shape facial contours, and chemical peels with glycolic or salicylic acid dislodge dead skin by accelerating the natural process of exfoliation. To ensure patients leave healthy from head to toe, they also aim the cosmic technology to conquer toenail fungus, preparing feet for display in flip-flops or glass clogs.

Glow Skincare at Platinum Salon enlists an aesthetically trained registered nurse an experienced aesthetician to wage war on epidermal imperfections under the medical direction of board-certified Dr. J.D. Rosdeutscher. Streams of pressurized air pour over complexions during the oxygen facial to help spur collagen growth and blow away clingy blemishes. Afterwards, the aestheticians trace a crystal-free diamond tip across faces to exfoliate the skin during the microdermabrasion treatment that can thwart signs of aging by targeting fine lines, pigmentation, and the foot prints left by Father Time's messenger crows.

If Guys & Dolls Hair Salon & Spa has a homey feel, it's probably because the space that now brims with scissors, haircare solutions, and nail polish was until the 1970s a cozy home lined with family portraits and a checklist of uncles banned from family reunions. Today, stylists Vicki Berrien and Heather Guagliardo are at the reins, showcasing their decades of experience styling hair, cleansing skin with facials, and accentuating eyes with eyelash extensions.