Schenectady, NY Beauty and Salons

Just past Chic Underneath’s front doors, black chandeliers shine down over lingerie in a range of sizes, with each lacy garment lending a splash of color to the shop's white walls and floral bouquets. In addition to sultry wedding day and honeymoon underthings, the boutique stocks bridal shower gifts and staffs personal shoppers and bra-fitting specialists that make sure purchases feel as good as they look. To ensure that the skin exposed by a new piece of lingerie is as smooth as a seal's favorite scotch, a licensed aesthetician remains on hand to wax bodies from the eyebrows to the ankle bracelets.

The staff members at Studio 1 Hair Designers have a not-so-secret weapon—Redken professional color. For clients who want to try a shade without playing for keeps, they use demipermanent shades, which fade gradually with time. To cover grays, they employ permanent color. Their ombre treatments lend locks an edgy appearance, and color-maintenance sessions keep coiffures well hued. In addition to color treatments, the studio's designers texturize, cut, style, and condition hair, as well as tend to nails and skin.

Kellie Campbell brings more than three decades of experience to her beauty services at Advanced Skin Treatments. Always eager to add to her already vast knowledge of clinical treatments, the certified acne specialist and PCA clinician regularly attends advanced training courses, trade shows, and close-up tours of Mount Rushmore. She also provides waxing services for nearly any area of the anatomy stricken with unwanted stubble.

As a certified Bumble and bumble salon, Lines and Legends features a team of stylists trained by the NYC-based product line’s courses on cutting, styling, and colouring. The seasoned stylists use an exclusive line of Bumble and bumble products during a full repertoire of coif-renovating services, including simple trims, smoothing blowouts, and full highlights. The Lines and Legends salon features a unique mixture of concrete and brick-tiled floors accented by framed artwork and modern furnishings, which create an atmosphere trendier than a quilt of sewn-together Vogue covers.

La Vita Moda Salon opened its doors on November 1, 2011, with the aim of transforming clients' style with modern, flattering haircuts and luxurious beauty services. Attentive stylists shear and tint hair at clients' behest, whipping hair into polished coifs or edgy styles to suit each mane. Bodies snag some attention in the salon’s glow-bestowing tanning beds, which help stave off Dr. Winter’s melatonin-draining ray gun. Clientele of all genders find pampering services to their liking, from a shave and neat coif to a full set of highlights to spotlight the most well-behaved hairs.

Seasoned stylist and Albany native Katie Steinbach imbues Bombshell Beauty Lounge with a vintage atmosphere, contrasting retro ambiance with a full roster of modern salon services. Backed by her team of continually educated technicians, Katie skillfully sculpts and adds hues to hairdos, and removes excess fuzz with waxing. She also educates clients on the art of makeup application, demonstrating trendy techniques and how to prevent mascara smudges when sitting in the first five rows of a killer-whale show.