Spokane Beauty and Salons

Elite Tan—which joins the fitness center and salon that make up the Elite Group—boasts a variety of traditional UV beds and sunless tanning technology. The friendly technicians at the Smart Tan–certified salon have been helping clients achieve the ideal bronze for more than a decade. Guests choose from convenient booths or relaxing beds that accommodate superheroes needing to rest periodically during quick-changes.

The staff at Louisville Laser and Spa gives a decidedly simple answer when its patients ask the best way to maintain skin: daily care and healthy living. Its services—many of them designed to make skin look younger—only serve to expedite the process. Administered by an advanced nurse practitioner or an aesthetician, the treatments include laser hair removal, laser skin tightening, chemical peels, and microdermabrasion. The spa's most popular option, laser hair removal uses beams of light to reduce and remove unwanted hair on the body. In addition to skincare, technicians use Botox to freeze facial muscles so that wrinkles soften and amateur ventriloquists finally can reach the next level. The staff also includes a licensed massage therapist, who combines therapeutic and pressured strokes in a single massage to simultaneously mute chronic aches and usher in deep relaxation.

From walls covered in cheetah print to a mural of the New York skyline at sunset, each private room inside Sunny Buns Tanning Salon & Spa immerses guests in a different theme. Even the tanning beds tie into each respective concept—the softer entry-level bed sits among serene Grecian columns, whereas the extreme-performance bed is surrounded by lightening bolts painted from floor to ceiling. Newly bronzed bods can further the beautification process with long-lasting Gelish manicures, trendy haircuts, or highlights. In addition, an aesthetician enhances faces with permanent makeup, from eyeliner to fuller lips to arched brows.

Expert stylists Kelli, Eileen, Carol, and Shelley beautify hair, skin, and nails with a range of eye-catching techniques perfected over Top Options Hair and Nail Salon’s 30-year history. After reading the pulse rates of the hippest fashion magazines, the stylists’ nimble fingers sculpt manes into alluring updos, charming pixie cuts, or frizz-free afros. Haircuts prime strands for an ammonia-free CHI coloring formula that soothes sensitive scalps and imbues new ‘dos with subtle highlights or all-over tones. Waxing sessions swiftly escort unwelcome bristles from lips and brows , and pedicures decorate toenails with vibrant colors or detailed instructions for putting on socks. The salon stocks its shelves with professional styling products from brands such as Redken, Paul Mitchell, and Sexy Hair.

SunSational Tanning provides bronze seekers with one Mystic Tan spray-tan booth and 14 tanning beds in a 3,500-square-foot tanning salon. Tanners can step into a standup Mystic Tan spray-tan booth, where a flow of warm air keeps the skin dry as a mechanical airbrush travels from head to pinky toe, spritzing the body with a custom sunless formulation that results in a deep, long-lasting bronze that can't be bought in a pawn shop. The tanning salon also features a coffee house that serves Thomas Hammer coffee and offers free WiFi so customers can research next season's tanning trends. The shop sports a merchandise section that includes Designer Skin and Ed Hardy lotions and apparel by Off-Road Vixens.

Scarlet's Nails' manicurists practice nail artistry from within the salon's soothing private treatment rooms, introducing unruly cuticles to a cache of expert nail-grooming tools and pampering treatments. Chief manicurist Scarlet graduated from the Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design in February of 2000 before embarking on a career that has so far spanned 12 years, during which she has shared her nail-grooming wisdom as an educator for ibd gel products and by training other salon staffers in synchronized manicuring. Fingers and toes surrender to Scarlet's expert filing, buffing, and polishing amid the tranquility of Highlights Salon and Spa's second-floor nail suite, the aesthetic of which is characterized by earth tones and soft lighting. Scarlet also demonstrates an expertise in reflexology and has completed the Brisa Gel Masters course, gaining dexterity in the proper application of sculpted artificial gel nails including full sets, fills and gel toes, as well as calibration for scratch-and-sniff neckties.