Beauty & Spas in South Bend

Behind Enemy Lines equips customers with the treatments and advice to fend off the signs of age and the elements. The staff helps craft a unique response to each crisis, fighting fine lines with lactic-acid chemical peels and calling on blue-light therapy to ward off acne. The scents of aromatherapy oils drift from massage rooms, where gentle kneads bolster oxygen circulation in skin cells, and body wraps help shave off inches and combat cellulite. Aestheticians begin facial treatments with a thorough skin analysis, which draws positive attention to one’s head even when it isn’t stuck between impressively narrow banisters.

In as little as 12 minutes, patrons can bronze their bodies in New Haven Tanning’s Matrix bed. It is outfitted with more than 22,000 watts and six facial tanners. Less intense tanning options, such as base beds and standup beds, are also available and allow clients to relax for up to 25 minutes each session. For those wanting a glow sans UV rays, an airbrush tan or dip in a bath of melted pennies does the trick.

At Tip Top Tattoos, a team of tattoo and body piercing artists draw upon a huge selection of designs and personal creativity to give each guest a highly customized experience. They realize that no two tattoos should be the same and craft a visual representation of each client's imagined look within the privacy of individual booths. Certified body piercer Mallory Cox—whose apprenticeship and training included approved sterilization techniques and anatomy courses—adds bling to ears, noses, and fashion-forward tin men.

The technicians can also discard old, unwanted tattoos with the MedLite C6 Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser system, which they use in conjunction with the Cryo 6 cooling machine to minimize discomfort.

While some barbers distract clients with their flashy interiors or raucous opera singing, the barbers at Joe’s Barber Shop prefer to let their custom cuts and close shaves speak for themselves. Clients recline in cushioned black chairs and relax as the crew goes to work cleaning up scraggly manes or busting bristle, and posters demonstrate various haircuts for guys having trouble committing to a style or imagining what they’d look like without shoulders.