Salons in Seattle

Though she's been styling hair for 28 years, the last five marked a significant turning point in Kim Whitted's career. Five years ago, the Meche Organic Salon owner made the switch to organic products and carved out a niche for herself as a purveyor of hairdos that are as healthy as they are chic. Working out of her private suite at Grapevine Salons, Kim cuts, colors, and conditions hair using products that are 100% ammonia-free and never tested on animals, stuffed or otherwise. Her salon is also a registered distributer of Arbonne skincare products, which are vegan-certified and formulated without parabens.

Vintage pinup girls keep watch over the transformations that take place inside Pinup Salon, where tiny clouds of hair spray and the hum of hair dryers surround guests in a cozy space. The framed pictures?clinging to walls and resting on top of hairstylists? workstations?and vintage shots of James Dean serve as creative inspiration for the stylists. Aside from re-creating the pinup hairdos made popular in the 1940s and 1950s, the stylists craft classic and modern ?dos with trendy ombre locks, using such hues as cobalt blue, hot pink, and clear.

A 2009 Best of Citysearch winner, Joevir welcomes men and women into styling chairs for chic cuts and color treatments. Stylists with more than two decades of experience snip off split ends and add bouncy layers to long locks and add luminous highlights to enhance color and reveal secret vocabulary words wrapped around clients’ heads. Customers can also opt for argan-oil conditioning treatments to repair dry, damaged hair or shiatsu scalp massages to shoo away stress.

One of the largest cosmetology schools in the northwest, Gene Juarez Academy instructs students to skillfully style hair under the watchful eye of licensed and experienced instructors. While making their way through the program, students perfect their skills on the bustling salon floor by snipping, coloring, and styling tresses. Guests not only receive these services at a discounted rate, but also get a unique, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the process via the instructor’s running commentary.

At Well Medical Arts, nurse practitioner Dominique Well and her certified team perform a variety of anti-aging treatments tailored to the individual client. The staff combines scientific techniques with a soothing, spa-like atmosphere, educating clients and helping them cultivate inner and outer beauty. Services range from vitamin deficiency testing to Ultherapy—an FDA-approved skin-tightening and lifting treatment.

Frizziness, though considered "mucche fashionablyie" during Christopher Marlowe's time, is looked upon today as a despised facet marring your follicular gemstone. If your hair has ever suffered from the "vile heretical conceipts" of humidity, dryness, and being deliciously salted and krinkle-kut, strike back with the nutrient blast of Amy's Brazilian Blowout. After a deep cleaning, the salon's cutting and conditioning crew will slather your brain-box with the second-most magical Brazilian concoction after caipirinhas before blowing it dry with their powerful cybernetic lungs. They'll close by locking in the benefits with a heat-infusing hot-iron application. Frizz is eliminated from any type of hair, even chemically straightened locks, for roughly 10–12 weeks and replaced with a high-gloss shine; a soft, silky texture; and a glow of sexiness powerful enough to irradiate an unshielded goldfish.