Rotterdam, NY Beauty and Salons

Although the treatments they perform have evolved with technology, Gooding Skin System's aestheticians maintain the quality level of products and services that has kept them in business for more than 30 years. The staff strives to bring out the best in each customer, whether enhancing complexions with a peel, buffing nails with a manicure, or pulling magic scarves out of bellybuttons. They bolster skincare regimens with products from Murad, SkinCeuticals, Guinot Paris, and Sothys, and can tailor at-home routines for clients hoping to keep their faces glowing after a treatment.

Inside her independently owned salon at the Delmar Wellness Center, Tara Tucker tends to skin using experience gleaned from the Austin School of Spa Technology and advanced ongoing-training workshops. A lifelong love for helping others look and feel their best drives Tara as she works to combat premature aging or hyperpigmentation with facials that feature products from Paris-based companies G.M. Collin and Bio Jouvance. Galvanic microcurrent therapy sends pulses deep into pores to jump-start collagen production and reset the body's internal digital clock, and chemical peels harness the power of glycolic, lactic, or salicylic acid to speed exfoliation of sun damage, fine lines, or acne. Above and below the neck, Tara also helps keep skin looking smooth with waxing services, and offers special-occasion makeup services to prep mugs for a night on the town.

Satin curtains pull close, pushing dim light back into a tranquil treatment room in which Diana Kathleen—a trained esthetician and makeup artist—keeps clients cozy. Her hands dance across their faces, kneading and stroking the skin with a specialized massage during the anti-aging facial or gently purging pores of impurities with a signature facial's extractions and deep-pore cleanse. She also beautifies ladies with waxing services, special-occasion makeup, as well as comprehensive makeup lessons. Diana's deep understanding of makeup artistry allows her to guide clients toward cleaner, more even complexions rather the admissions office of the local clown college.

Melissa Ponce, owner of Face 2 Face Skin Care, is a licensed skin therapist and makeup artist. She augments her skill set with shelves of organic skincare products from Dermalogica, Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics, and Neal’s Yard Remedies, which are made from plants that have never touched a drop of manmade fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, or moonshine. Armed with these naturally occurring tools, she beautifies visitors during makeup services, waxing sessions, and facial treatments.

Laser devices fill every loop in Syracuse Laser Spa's tool belt. Manager Chris Marin and his staff of licensed laser technicians reach for them during noninvasive LaserFast hair removal and LaserLiteTx skin-tightening treatments. They bolster their work with LaserLiteTx and LaserFast certifications and a two-year hair-removal guarantee that keeps skin smooth until you finish reading two calendars.

Felicity Hair Salon, formerly known as Kelly Rae Rose Hair Designs, welcomes guests with a slew of beautifying haircuts and styles, manicures, pedicures, highlights, and nail services. As a Paul Mitchell salon, the stylists on staff are trained to invigorate hair with the popular brand's Awapuhi products. They use this keratin-protein-infused formula in no small part because of its origins in awapuhi ginger plants harvested from a farm in Hawaii. While guests wait to experience the splendor of this product, they can relax in the salon's waiting area. It resembles a cozy home living room with its floral couch, coffee table, and lack of a TV remote anywhere in sight.