Beauty & Spas in Salem

Certified massage therapist Heather Riddle soothes aching muscles and stressed-out minds during each one of her custom Swedish or deep-tissue massages. Using aromatherapy oils as well as her skilled hands, she works out long-held tension and knots in her clients’ shoulders, necks, and backs.

Tucked in the New River Valley away from the stresses of everyday life, Yellow Sulphur Springs Healing Spa offers an oasis where beleaguered bodies and weary minds can be refreshed and rejuvenated. A licensed team performs an array of healing services, including acupuncture, massage, facials, and private yoga instruction. After treatments, visitors are encouraged to stick around and stroll the grounds, meander along the winding creek, or pause at the pond to recite Shakespearean sonnets to swimming goldfish.

A black-and-white photograph of style icon Audrey Hepburn gazes beatifically out at Stand Out Salon's lounge, looking silently approving as clients leave the salon with their fresh, fashionable 'dos. Clients take a seat in plush, leather chairs as their stylists, armed with Bumble and bumble products, showcase extensive knowledge of haircutting, coloring, and whispering. In addition to hair services, the salon can perk up complexions with a Norvell airbrush tan, which creates a faux glow that last for five to seven days, and unwanted hair sprouting from the face can be quickly and quietly banished with hygienic waxing services. As freshly primped guest leave they can stop and peek at the salon's retail area, packed with shelves bearing Rusk and Tigi BedHead and Curlesque haircare, as well as highly pigmented makeup from Rain Cosmetics.

The staff at Hollywood Hair and Nails has perfected the art of lavishing guests in top-notch salon treatments, earning them Best Nail Salon, Best Hair Salon, and Best Place to Get Pampered nods from So Salem for four years running. Their Goldwell Color–certified aestheticians welcome clients into a space seeping with the warmth of burgundy walls, earth-toned tiles, and work stations furnished with hardwood flooring. Black and white photos of classic film stars smile down on the all-lady team as they perform hair coloring and perms, manicures, and waxing using OPI polishes and Paul Mitchel haircare products. Within a secluded corner of the salon, a therapist kneads away tension from the body with Swedish, hot-stone, and deep-tissue massage treatments.

Along with laser tech Chelsea Hall, certified laser specialist Sheri Cunningham enriches epidermises with an array of skincare and laser-based procedures. She removes unwanted hairs from any skin type with the Cynosure Apogee Elite System, whose Smart Cool feature supplements the body's internal cooling process with a specifically engineered external cooling system. With four other top-notch lasers, Sheri treats precancers during Levulan sessions, diminishes the appearance of age spots and rosacea and resurfaces fine lines and wrinkles with CO2 Fractional skin resurfacing.

At Starkey Medical Esthetics, certified aesthetician Michelle Meinhart and Dr. Tiffany Taylor address fine wrinkles, skin anomalies, and unwanted body hair with a team of laser technicians and FDA-approved Cutera lasers. With a Pearl Fractional laser, the technicians aim to reduce the appearance of sun, age, leopard, and brown spots and restore skin structure and vitality. The team also works to permanently remove excess hair with CoolGlide lasers and enhance epidermal glow with facials that include cleansing masks, serums, and moisturizers.