Beauty & Spas in South Euclid

Large silver letters spelling Aveda march down a patterned wall, announcing the spa’s dedication to natural ingredients and aromatic botanicals. Multihued walls and verdant plants surround chairs as the staff performs hair coloring, nailcare, and spa treatments. The spa also offers off-site wellness coaching, proven more effective than hearing an ear-piercing whistle every time one reaches for a donut. Stylists and aestheticians stretch their hours until 8 p.m. on weekdays to accommodate busy clients, who also get incentives, such as 15% off Aveda products in return for donating haircare items to charity.

With vegan products and an all-natural skincare line, the staff at Shades of Red Day Spa hopes to perform the purest iteration of many traditional spa and salon services. Led by 20-year industry veteran and salon owner Karla Greene, the seven salon consultants continually update their education to stay abreast of beauty trends and share their knowledge with clients. Their specialties include hairstyling, cutting, and hair-color corrections for clients after bobbing for apples in a barrel of fruit punch. Before or after their treatments, patrons can relax in the waiting area, where floor-to-ceiling windows surround products in glass cases, dried-flower arrangements reaching toward towering ceilings, and sculptural lamps.

As its name implies, BienEstar Massage specializes in therapeutic bodywork. Each of the studio's massage therapists meets or exceeds state licensing requirements, leveraging textbook and hands-on education to mollify aches and pains. The specialists induce relaxation during Swedish massages, and unearth buried pains during deep-tissue sessions or archeological digs. Niche therapies include prenatal massage and Lipomassage. Aside from massage, the center revitalizes complexions and digits with a number of cosmetic and spa treatments for women, men, and displaced merpeople.

Nails and More Spa’s assiduous technicians beautify digits by rendering nail services with OPI and CND Gel products. The staffers treat clients to their cheery dispositions—always pouring extra sugar on top of “please,” “thank-you,” and “sorry, we don’t sell hardware supplies here, not even nails”—as they whittle away excessively long finger shingles. Gel or Gelish can color pallid digits to a newfangled appearance, and Shellac treatments prevent chipping for up to two weeks.