Beauty & Spas in West Norriton

La Simpatica Salon's owner, stylist, and makeup artist, Courtney Lewis, applies her 10 years of experience beautifying celebrities and hosts for VH1, MTV, movies, and music videos to help noncelebrity clients to achieve red-carpet-worthy looks. Courtney douses patrons' manes with only the finest all-organic products culled from the tears of Mother Earth and dusts visages in mineral foundation, which blends seamlessly with natural skin tones. Before administering her signature hair services or makeup applications, Courtney consults with guests about their expectations. Those looking to pull off a specific look can bring in a photograph of the desired style or simply describe the look through a game of charades.

A Best of Philly 2009 poster from Philadelphia Magazine hangs proudly in the window of Salon Charisse, recognizing Patricia Oelbaum's waxing prowess. As Patricia strips away hair from bikini lines, limbs, and faces in the backroom, a talented hairstyling crew bustles in the airy styling arena. Amid french-vanilla walls and floral paintings, the stylists reshape 'dos and add luminous dimension with highlights. Frizzy locks cascade like waterfalls of butter with help from Express Keratin treatments or the more powerful Japanese hair-straightening technique. The salon's stylists and aestheticians also host birthday parties, where they primp partygoers with manicures and makeup.

Inside a salon painted in vibrant purple and blue hues, stylists help clients hone their style with Matrix and Bed Head products and a menu of hair-centric treatments. Uniquely shaped mirrors allow patrons to lecture mirror-selves on strict salon-cape dress codes, while stylists revamp manes using scissors, expertly blended color, and texturizing treatments. Salon Flow’s lobby stocks its retail section with a variety of unique jewelry from Manuela’s Creations, allowing patrons to accent new ‘dos with the glow of knowing 25% of the proceeds go to St. Jude’s Hospital.