Beauty & Spas in Richmond

Inside La Bella Dona Skin Care's ornate spa environment, Greek-inspired statues and landscape murals line the walls as the friendly staff beautifies bodies with advanced spa services. Technicians pull from a cache of products such as Pevonia and Medicalia during customized facials, and soothe muscles with relaxing massages. For hair removal, waxing sessions temporarily whisk strands away while the IPL laser delivers up to 80% of permanent hair reduction. La Bella Dona’s trained techs also coat physiques with UV-free spray tans, gift nails with up to 14 days of chip-free shine with CND Shellac, and accentuate features with Jane Iredale mineral makeup.

Named 2011's Best Makeover Maven by Richmond magazine, Design One Salon & Spa's team of talented stylists, massage therapists, and aestheticians converges under one roof to rejuvenate and beautify clients with a comprehensive array of services. An aggressive in-house training regimen places associate stylists at the elbow of a master, who enlightens them on the precise art of updating clients’ looks with cuts, extensions, and colors. They emphasize communication and customize all services to fit each individual's needs. The staff also demonstrate their devotion to exacting optimal services by welcoming feedback and suggestions in the form of email, notes, or searingly earnest rock ballads.

The friendly team at Native Sun Tanning & Spa are Smart Tan–certified, but they're more than just tanning technicians; each staff member helps clients select an array of skin-nourishing spa services. Skin specialists recommend a session in the infrared heat and nutrient-infused steam of the Hydro-Derma Fusion machine, as it can extend tanning results and leave skin more moisturized than Gene Kelly's umbrella made of sponges. Both high-pressure and stand-up UV beds are featured in the salon, as well as fast-acting Mystic booths. To help shed stress, guests can sink into the relaxing jets of the AquaMassage pod to revitalize muscles and enhance circulation better than a hug from a manatee. The spa's purple, yellow, and orange reception area has shelves lined with neat rows of moisturizing products.

Mercedes Branch set out to establish a salon where clients of all ethnicities can receive quality beauty care that meets any special requirements they may have. Her team at Perception Salon & Spa includes international color specialists, master precision cutting specialists, master nail technicians, and licensed massage therapists prepared to do just that. The experienced team, who has a combined 50 years of experience, perform a whole host of services in a relaxing environment accented with deep oranges and dark chocolates. Aside from haircutting and coloring, the staff offers Bioelements facials, mani-pedis, and many modalities of massage.

The aestheticians and nail techs at Natural Nail Care Clinic use Swiss product line Mavala in all beauty services, including skin analysis, facial waxing, and nail services. The line has been used throughout the globe for more than 50 years due to its superior quality, which arises from extensive scientific research within Mavala’s own laboratories. In addition, professional Essie polish coats nude finger- and toenails during manicures and pedicures. Clients perch on high chairs at a sweeping nail bar for manicures, and lounge on an expansive dove-gray booth for pedicures and honing their glamorous fainting skills.

The board-certified plastic surgeons at Virginia Institute of Plastic Surgery transform patients with surgical and noninvasive procedures ranging from brow lifts and tummy tucks to Zeltiq CoolSculpting treatments. A fully noninvasive procedure, CoolSculpting freezes fat cells to let them be disposed of by the body’s natural processes, helping create a smoother, slimmer physique. The specialists possess a unique knowledge of this procedure not only because of the numerous treatments they’ve performed, but also the medical and educational achievements they’ve made.

Dr. Burton M. Sundin earned undergraduate degrees at Duke University in both biology and art history, which gave him a strong foundation in the scientific and aesthetic facets of plastic surgery. He went on to finish medical school and his residency in plastic surgery at Duke before completing fellowships in hand surgery and advanced cosmetic procedures. His partner, Dr. Reps Sundin, completed formal fellowship training in cosmetic surgery and has learned from some of the most renowned experts in the field. He has also participated in medical missions to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.