Beauty & Spas in The Villages

Founded in 1998 at 209 North Magnolia Street, Salon 209 moved through three locations—including a former bank, vault and all—before settling into its current storefront. There, owner and master stylist Laura Burgoon and her team revitalize clients' looks among blond wood floors and apple-, rose-, and honey-colored walls. Nail technicians, aestheticians, and a massage therapist comprise the staff, who fight against beauty's arch nemesis—a perpetually foggy mirror—with a full menu of salon services using professional products from brands such as Redken and Pureology.

Along with a license in massage therapy and a certification in personal training, Julie Hollwedel has practiced chiropractic techniques for more than three years. Julie is trained in medical massage, active isolated stretching, deep-tissue work, and structural energetic therapy. Her wide range of expertise allows her to combine different techniques when catering to the needs of each client. She also offers relaxation, therapeutic, prenatal, and hot-stone massage to relax and balance the body. Additionally, she sloughs off dead skin and living dead skin with salt scrubs, nourishes appendages with paraffin treatments, and delights olfactory systems with aromatherapy as supplements to massage sessions.

The stylists at Sands Salon revamp patrons’ manes using bowls of hair dye and gleaming scissors. They also add pops of color to fingernails during manicures and remove unwanted fuzz with warm wax.

Massage Therapy's licensed therapist, Michael Manning, convinces snarled muscles to let loose under the supervision of his dexterous digits, which are fluent in three main modalities. The slow strokes of Swedish massage soothe muscles into a state of relaxation normally experienced only by cooked pasta. Limbs that have been injured or overworked during athletic encounters unclench with sports massages, and therapeutic sessions return mobility to stiff appendages without surgically implanting extra elbows.

For more than 30 years, this family-owned salon has invited clients of all ages to recline in comfortable chairs and catch up on gossip as experts update their 'dos. The team of hairstylists specializes in razor cutting, which creates the rugged texture and shape seen on the heads of celebrities and pennies that went through the washing machine. GoldStar’s stylists also stay abreast of the latest techniques in cutting and taming curly hairstyles, seeking out up-to-the-minute methods to boost volume and add shape while eliminating frizz and limpness. As stylists reshape manes, resident nail artist Jessi Boyd grooms hands and feet before brightening talons with nail art or extra-durable no-chip polish.

The skilled aestheticians at Absolutely Beautiful You shuttle minds to an island of tranquil thoughts as they pamper bodies with clay masks, paraffin treatments, and other luxurious potions. Nine types of European facials cleanse pores and nourish skin, and custom blends of vitamins and moisturizers treat conditions ranging from acne to wrinkles. Physiques emerge as soft and smooth as a dolphin in a velvet tuxedo after an exfoliating scrub with sea salt or coconut sugar. The spa's soothing music and aromatherapy scents envelop each guest in a cloud of comfort, vaporizing stress as they renew the body and spirit.