Beauty & Spas in Perrysburg

Stylist Ashlee Griggs zips throughout the Toledo area to glamorize gaggles of women in their own homes or carefully trims and tints tresses within the mint-green walls of her home base, Texxture a Salon. Before sculpting strands, Ashlee consults thoroughly with the client, poring over hairstyle photos and taking stock of each strand's tendency to curl during awkward first dates. An experienced Tigi colorist, Ashlee carefully calibrates highlights or all-over color, adding depth and shine to monochromatic hair. After color has set, Ashlee snips hair into a face-framing shape and locks it into place with a blow-dry and style. With help from new partner Erica Miller, Ashlee also whips out styling tools and makeup brushes to glamorize faces with an armada of liners and powders, which embellishes facial features for demurely posed wedding photos or showdowns with facial-recognition software in nearby grocery aisles.

Founded by a team of pulchritude professionals, Herbally Radiant's products nurture façades, lips, and bodies with natural and certified-organic ingredients. Silky skin creams, rejuvenating cleansers, and moisture-rich lip treatments help patrons battle the effects of aging and problem skin without undergoing medical procedures or sneaking into time portals. Herbally Radiant has also partnered with Shahnaz Husain, an internationally acclaimed beauty expert who combines precious metals, such as gold and platinum, with herbal ingredients for luxurious pelt treatments. Herbally Radiant's products, many of which proudly proclaim their vegan and paraben-free status on their labels, sail into jars in USDA- and OTCO-certified-organic facilities, ensuring that the dermis-soothing ingredients are as pure as a baby snowflake.

Sequestered from the fitness studio, cardio room, and kid center at St. Julian's Fitness, a quiet room plays host to massage therapy. Here, a duo of licensed massage therapists—Bethany Kovach and Ryan Debelak—improves muscle health with soothing hand movements. Both Bethany and Ryan possess the know-how to induce relaxation with gentle Swedish strokes, relieve chronic pain with firm deep-tissue kneads, and target areas of tension with a sports massage. However, Bethany alone practices Thai-yoga massage, which is performed on the floor without lotion, oil, or ranch dressing. Massage therapy is available without a gym membership, and guests are welcome to enjoy a 15-minute Jacuzzi session prior to each appointment.

Under the peaked roof of Custom Exteriors Salon's homey hair cottage, stylists craft signature manes that accentuate each client's face, style, and astrological sign. A slew of some of the industry's more recognizable products such as Redken, TIGI, and Paul Mitchell assist in their repertoire of hair services, which include cuts for men, women, and children alongside color treatments and facial waxing. A pleasing balance of natural and strategic spot lighting illuminate the salon's serene green interior that's accented with minimalist white styling stations.

At Fringe by Carrie, talented stylists work with clients to find new styles that reflect individual personalities, tastes, and lifestyles. After settling on a do, the hair experts employ Paul Mitchell products to color layers a classic beach blond or shear an edgy pixie cut and turn it fire-engine red. The salon’s waxing specialists evict fuzz from upper lips and backs or shape eyebrows into elegant arches. Rounding out Fringe by Carrie’s services, a massage therapist eases aches with deft fingers that untie muscular knots with the agility of Houdini untying his shoes.

Fringe by Carrie supports women fighting breast cancer and dealing with hair loss by inviting them to make appointments for free nonsurgical hair replacements or hair extensions.