Beauty & Spas in View Park-Windsor Hills

Mae's Skin and Body is the brainchild of licensed aesthetician Mae Land-Alfred. Mae turns to European beauty-and-relaxation techniques to complement products rich in collagen, oxygen, and marine botanicals. Each facial comes with an enzyme treatment to help slough off dead skin and nourish younger cells, and skin peels tone and brighten complexions more effectively than lighting a firework stuffed with moisturizer.

Featured in Allure for its coloring services, Orange Berlin, situated five blocks from Beverly Center, tends tresses with a full menu of salon services. Its holistic philosophy of beauty syncs mind, body, and spirit with European-inspired treatments such as balayage highlighting, wherein stylists hand-paint locks to sidestep obvious roots, delivering color as natural as a baby’s ability to fly. Personalized consultations precede every treatment, and shelves lining the sunlit space brim with beauty products from brands such as Pureology, Label.m and Brazilian Blowout.

Skilled hands run in Esther’s family. She and her sister, Malonie Banen, work side by side within the same waxing salon. Known for their comfortable and swift sessions, the duo has earned multiple accolades from Allure magazine’s Best of Beauty awards. Though they specialize in Brazilian waxing, they also perform other services, such as eyebrow waxes for hairs that receive uncomfortable amounts of attention from lonely caterpillars. The interior of Esther's Place matches a Tiffany's box to a tee, with the robin's egg hue saturating every wall. Decorative elements, such as pink orchids and green satin pillows, bring a hint of tranquility to the space, enhanced further by a mural, which depicts a rocky ocean that's unfortunately devoid of hunky mermen.

Dr. John Kahen studied at UCLA and Ross University School of Medicine, where he learned the surgical and medical techniques he now uses to treat male pattern baldness. To suit individual needs, the team employs varied methodologies, such as follicular unit extraction, which transplants one unique snowflake of hair at a time, or hair-transplant surgery, which subtly relocates large swaths of hair. Medical hair-loss therapy impedes the conversion of testosterone to DHT, the hormone that causes male pattern baldness. Kahen and company treat both men and women, and their services can apply either to the scalp or to other body areas.

From her station at Aida's Skin Care & Hair Salon, stylist Suzie Tagavityan cuts, colors, and artfully styles the hair of her male and female clients. During appointments, she combats frizz with Brazilian-blowout smoothing treatments that can temporarily eliminate bad hair days, which in turn, eliminate the need for a front-hall closet filled with baseball caps. Specializing in updos, Tagavityan adorns buns with intricate braids, pins curls into gravity-defying styles, and adds volume and wave to follicles for weddings, proms, and photo shoots.

After learning the art of hair design and safe beret removal from stylists in Paris, a young Barbara Abbasi discovered the kernel of an idea to develop her own meticulous coloring system. She honed her method throughout 25 years, and now the expert colorist and owner of American Beauty Hair transforms looks with highlights and all-over color sessions that incorporate this signature technique. She can't reveal the details, but will let slip that she focuses on perfecting the base color and blending hues for a natural-looking result.

High-quality products fuel the salon's broad selection of other services. Abbasi nourishes strands with fragrant and moisture-rich coconut-oil treatments, and she finishes looks with the Ferrum styler, whose fabric padding retains moisture and shine while allowing hair to breathe.