Tallahassee Beauty and Salons

Firm believers that a healthy body and a healthy spirit are two halves of a whole, the experts at Body Wisdom imbue each of their services with a positive energy. Licensed therapists soothe stress and loosen muscles with Swedish, deep-tissue, and prenatal massages, along with TMJ therapy, which uses facial massage techniques to relax jaws stiff from chewing too much Ent jerky. An aesthetician who honed her skills at Paul Mitchell The School in Orlando uses classic combinations of steam cleansing and extractions to unclog pores in her facials, as well as high-frequency technology to help ward off wrinkles. CosMedix peels diminish blemishes with blueberry extracts and vitamin C, while a full-body peel extends the rejuvenation down to the longest toe. To complete their transformation, clients can enhance their features with brow and lash tinting and banish unwanted hair or tail feathers with waxing.

Equipped with a wealth of know-how, the pigment technicians at Tan Shadows take time with each client to educate them on optimal tanning techniques and proper skincare. Associates begin their bronzing career by achieving Smart Tan certification, a comprehensive course that covers all aspects of the science of tanning, including basic concepts, skin-pigment processes, and how to safely corral sunbeams into tanning-bed bulbs. Staff members confidently educate their customers on what products will help them to achieve their ideal tone, and whether UV-bed sessions, spray-tanning treatments, or oil paints are ideal for their hue-altering goals. Associates maintain the salon's potent tanning systems in between sessions by refreshing tanning bulbs.

Kim Barnard knows what an intimate experience spray-tanning can be. To keep her clients feeling secure about exposing their skin and sharing personal details, the master-certified airbrush artist adheres to a strict no-gossip privacy clause in which she promises never to judge clients or divulge information about anything that goes on within Myst Me Mobile Spray Tanning's traveling tanning unit—or, as she says, "What happens in the limo bus stays in the limo bus." After traveling to her appointed location, Kim spends around 30 minutes with each client, accentuating the body’s curves, camouflaging blemishes, and colorizing spots left from stints on black-and-white movie sets with natural-looking bronzing products from Norvell, Organic Sun, and Amber Sun.

It may seem impossible to bottle sunshine, but staff members at Wolff Tan's six locations have been aiming to do just that for more than 16 years. Besides stocking shelves with salon-quality tanning products and moisturizers, they help guests re-hue in standup and traditional UV tanning beds outfitted with onboard air showers and stereos. UV-free Mystic tanning booths coat clients in a choice of three levels of ray-free color, from a subtle glow to a gold deeper than Midas' philosophical works. During customized airbrush spray-tan sessions, technicians use handheld devices to shade and contour curves and define muscles onsite or offsite in homes or offices.

Self-confidence rockets skyward at Hair Apparent & Sensational Skin’s studio, where a family-led staff of beauticians boosts outer allure with a gargantuan menu of salon and spa services. Their stylists reimagine the manes of youngsters and adults with cuts, coloring, and formal updos for weddings and other momentous occasions. Aestheticians uphold the latter half of the spa’s name by customizing more than 10 different facial services, including skin-resurfacing microdermabrasion treatments and facials that use cooling masks and skincare products. The menu’s add-ons section further nourishes epidermal expanses with an antioxidant-rich honey exfoliation, as well as aggressive extractions for pores clogged with blackheads and misplaced wine corks.

Each client—man, woman, or child—who enters Accolades Salon & Spa's relaxing confines receives the undivided attention of a hairstylist or spa technician. Owner, stylist, aesthetician, and nail technician Beth Doucette ensures clients get their dose of personalized, one-on-one care during their haircare or spa treatment by maintaining appointment-only hours of operation and swapping casserole recipes.