Beauty & Spas in Plainfield

After stylists Cathy Sturm and Angi Snodgrass opened their salon, they dubbed it the Cass & Company Salon to foreground the importance of their entire team. The tight-knit crew, designated level 4 to level 1 stylists, hone their techniques at workshops held across the country and even teach new talent on site.

Within the chic space, the stylists cut, color, and retexturize locks, fortifying strands with helpings of earth-friendly Aveda or Gage for Men products. They do their work next to the salon’s vibrant tangerine walls and under a ceiling lofty enough to allow someone to fly a kite beneath it. Elsewhere in the salon, nail technicians perform thorough manicures, and massage therapists administer deep-tissue massages in private rooms.

It’s easy to see why some clients refer to The Eyelash Place, Inc. as “The Miracle on 39th Street.” The all-around beauty emporium has been enhancing eyes, shaping brows, and softening skin for more than 30 years—and those services make up only a portion of the salon’s lengthy menu.

As one might expect, eyelash extensions take center stage on this menu. Using semipermanent glue or a surgical-grade bonding agent, technicians apply these extensions individually to create longer, fuller lashes capable of putting out a fire or seducing a high-security eye scanner. Lashes aren’t much without a smooth complexion to match, and aestheticians do their part to rejuvenate skin with SKINWYNC products and microcurrents that work to stimulate collagen production. When they turn their attention to the body, it’s to eradicate fatty deposits with Wellbox anticellulite treatments.

Salon D'va owner Sarah Badowski and her team of 15 experienced stylists transform women's, men's, and children's manes using Pureology products and expertly executed hair services. Three different deep-conditioning treatments clarify the hair by removing buildup, reconstructing damaged follicles, or deeply hydrating with oils or by attaching mini water bottles to each strand. The salon also hosts a full-service day-spa menu, including Shellac and acrylic mani-pedis, along with organic facials to brighten the skin and eight kinds of relaxing massage.

Body Works Day Spa and Hair Salon’s elegant chandeliers and sconces illuminate the tan-hued space, drawing clients in for rejuvenating hair, nail, and body treatments. Aestheticians keep pores squeaky clean with Comfort Zone and Sundãri skincare products used in seven types of facial, and heated wax and cotton strips quickly remove hair. As clients rest in black leather chairs, stylists perk up dull tendrils with the help of Davines and Schwarzkopf products.

Body Works balances traditional services, such as mani-pedis and therapeutic massages performed by a dot-matrix printer, with advanced med-spa treatments such as Botox injections and permanent-makeup applications. Body Works' staff stays up to date on the latest techniques and trends, which are happily shared with clients before they return to their cars, which can wait in the free parking lot.

Tara Weld opened Hair Divine, LLC after she trained with the Paul Mitchell education system. It’s since become an established salon emphasizing modern styles—the professional staff members share 24 years of experience in the beauty industry and they channel every day of that time into each of their hair and body enhancements. Using KMS California and Paul Mitchell products, they can craft and style haircuts that flaunt vibrant colors like the king of Candyland flaunts his crown made of Skittles. You can also head to Hair Divine for make-up and waxing services; Tara, herself a licensed massage therapist as well as stylist, performs Swedish, hot stone, and prenatal massages.

Lesley Neeley was in pain. Despite a rich family life, a meditative yoga practice, and a career as a certified massage therapist, inexplicable aches and fatigue racked her body with ever-increasing frequency and intensity. Her story chronicles six years of affliction and misdiagnosed depression, all of which finally led to her true diagnosis: fibromyalgia.

Now that she has battled the disorder herself, Lesley brings an uncommon empathy to her practice at Living Better Therapeutics, where she helps others cope with pain through her massage services and promotes education about fibromyalgia through presentations, workshops, and support groups. Lesley also supplements her already formidable education with continuing courses on craniosacral therapy, reiki, and Hatha yoga. When she isn’t healing muscles within the serene confines of her own private treatment room, she can travel to clients for an additional fee to soothe their aches amid the comforts of their own homes or batcaves.