Beauty & Spas in Needham

For more than 20 years, Forever-French Salons' staff members have beautified clients' fingers and toes with everything from familiar nail treatments to its signature French-style acrylics. The popularity of the pink-and-white acrylics and gels stems from their glossy, natural look and dependability; they can last for up to four weeks without fading, lifting, or breaking. At the salon's locations in Franklin and Norwood, the staff performs a varied assortment of pampering nail services, including mani-pedis with warm paraffin treatments, hand-painted nail art, and no-chip gel manicures. Both locations round off their menus with waxing services, and the Franklin venue also provides haircuts, color, and keratin smoothing therapy.

At A Beautiful You, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Elliot Lach leads a team of specialists in fostering youthful appearances with an arsenal of noninvasive treatments. Dr. Lach is the inventor of numerous types of lasers, including SmoothShapes, which helps to rid bodies of cellulite. The staff also wields lasers to vaporize any unwanted hair, tattoos, or sun spots marring the skin, and they also offer Vaser, as well as Laser lipo-sculpting and Botox. When not fending off wrinkles with dermal fillers or stop signs, the staff is readying clients for at-home maintenance with an inventory of skincare products from ZO Skin Health, Dermalogica, Obagi, and Vivité.

The aestheticians at Beautiful You Skin Care and Nail Salon focus on restoring faces to their original luster—before that thing called birth happened. Custom facials combat acne, oil, and dry patches with treatment masks and extractions. Special rosacea treatments even out skin tone, and Escutox treatments serve as an alternative to Botox by diminishing the appearance of wrinkles. Beauty pros also wax off unwanted lip and chin hair, and tint lashes and brows.

At the beginning of every massage at Soothing Comfort Massage, clients are given privacy in a warm treatment room. Once they get cozy on a plush treatment table, a licensed massage therapist enters the room, initiates a soundtrack of soft music, and disarms tense muscles with a full toolbox of bodywork techniques. Swedish massages bolster circulation and elicit deep relaxation; deep-tissue massages target chronic pain; and thermashell massages utilize heated shells that loosen muscles by cooing ocean songs. Therapists also administer massages beyond the clinic, setting up portable massage chairs at offices and events.

Courtney and Corey Nappa complement each other’s skill sets well. Courtney has a wealth of business experience and a passion for beauty, and Corey has years under his belt as a personal trainer and fitness-center manager. They realized that they could combine their skills into an ideal health-club experience, and Ten X Club was born.

On the fitness end of the business, instructors hold group Pilates, yoga, and spin classes. Cardio and weight-lifting rooms feature equipment from manufacturers such as Nautilus and Precor. A kids’ playroom keeps tykes entertained while parents shed sweat. On the other end of the spectrum, the sleekly appointed salon features hair services, mani-pedis, and spray-tanning services in a quiet environment, the air perfumed with the scent of hair products. Here, too, members can send their kids to the playroom while they enjoy grownup relaxation time with beautifying services, adult conversation, and the freedom to eat animal crackers any way they choose.

The specialists at American Skin Care focus on eliminating skin issues with advanced technology and products from Pevonia, PCA Skin, GlyMed, and Catherine Hinds. A trained esthetician commences each treatment with a thorough skin analysis, which helps to pinpoint areas of concern. Estheticians then craft a customized beauty plan, which can incorporate facials, laser procedures, body treatments, or staring contests against Snow White’s mirror. Of the many services offered, the American Skin Care technicians boast six body treatments that can further nourish the skin, such as the exfoliating sea-salt glo treatment that’s infused with essential oils and performed in a steam room.