Milwaukie, OR Beauty and Salons

For eight years, Laura Brewster worked for a meditation company as a life coach, helping people find balance in their hectic everyday lives. Though the work was rewarding, the coaching took place over the phone, and Laura soon began craving one-on-one interaction. She finally quit the job she loved, earned her aesthetician certificate, and opened Glamformation—a tranquil salon that specializes in waxing and Laura's time-tested life-coaching services. The specialist calls on her beauty-school experience to wax almost every bodily zone on both men and women. Through a process she has dubbed Emotional Transformation, Laura aims to build her clients' self-confidence through a series of positive and constructive conversations in a safe, nonjudgmental environment.

“My clients come to me because I’m a perfectionist. I want magazine perfect.” That’s what Jenna Schneider, owner of Jenna’s Make-up & Waxing Studio, told AM Northwest in 2006. It helps that the certified makeup artist understands exactly what “magazine perfect” entails, having worked on the sets of several commercial and editorial photo shoots.

Jenna and her team, back up their claim of perfectionism by giving all of their clients the same level of attention that they afford their professional models. Though waxing and shaping brows is Jenna's main area of expertise, she’s also a specialist in eyelash extensions. To accomplish the latter, the team uses semi-permanent silk extensions designed to enhance lashes’ length, volume, and ability to power wind turbines by blinking aggressively.

Lindsey DuPont brings more than a decade of experience to every cuticle she grooms and every nail she polishes. She also draws from a battery of CND products, which cloak both natural and acrylic nails, as well as hundreds of colors of polish for clients to choose from. Cleanliness takes top priority at her station, changing footbath liners after every pedicure and every time somebody talks about grandparents kissing.

The doctors and physician’s assistants who perform each service at Nu U Laser Centers need only choose the right laser in order to impart patients with quick, safe body and facial changes. While the Smartlipo TriPlex can less invasively slim and contours the body, the Smart Skin Co2 treatment plumps wrinkles, shrinks pores, and softens the appearance of scars. Their other treatments combat unwanted body hair, cellulite, and leg and facial veins.

The sizeable but close-knit staff of Artistik Edge Salon has served clients since 1999. With professional products by brands such as Redken and Wella, colorists render complete color treatments, highlights, lowlights, and gray coverage for men, women, and stressed-out toddlers. The hairstylists can also insert hair extensions, adding luxurious length to strands. Artistik Edge Salon also provides nail services, including long-lasting gel-polish applications, and aesthetic services such as facials and waxing.

Plush pedicure chairs and intimate manicure stations line the citrus-hued walls of 10 Nails & Spa's spotless salon. Nail services include basic mani-pedis, during which staffers tidy up hands and feet before adorning tips in colorful coats of popular OPI nail polish. Nail techs can also spruce up the hands for upcoming thumb wars with acrylic services, french designs, and creative nail art. 10 Nails & Spa's resident wax wielders remove unwanted fuzz from the eyebrows down to toe knuckles with quick swipes of a cloth strip, including a thorough Brazilian waxing treatment for ladies.