Beauty & Spas in Middlesex

The quest of self-dubbed “Green Beauty Queen,” a.k.a Valerie Mason-Robinson, to find the most effective products and treatments for skincare has reached as far as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There, her research taught her how environmental factors can impact the skin, which then sent her in search for natural and organic products as well as holistic treatments. Since founding Eden Organix, Ms. Mason-Robinson and her staff of aestheticians cosset bodies with facials, body wraps, salon services, and waxing treatments that celebrate her environmental activism with eco-friendly techniques and products.

For more than 16 years, the staff at Permanent Cosmetic Solutions has resolved aesthetic issues ranging from sparse brows to spider veins. Rough, uneven complexions are left smoother than a freshly frosted slip 'n' slide after a session of microdermabrasion or pixel-laser resurfacing, whereas wrinkles are softened with the help of dermal fillers such as Botox and Restylane. The center's permanent-makeup artists—many of whom have been trained at the Permanent Cosmetic Institute and Tinny Beauty School—apply their knowledge of facial tattooing as they define brows and lips with permanent ink, and customers can feel confident knowing the center boasts membership in both the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals and the American Academy of Micropigmentation.