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Feeling like a million bucks is on every girl's to-do list, and if you can add convenience to that, well, then you just got yourself a very happy (and smart) customer. What's more conveniently chic than one-stop-shopping for all your beauty needs? We're talking hair, nails, facials– the works! We've rounded up the top ten salons in the South Florida area that will have you on fleek, on point, and on fire when it comes to your head-to-toe beauty regimen.
This Midtown beauty haven is full of specials for the glamazon on the go. From Monday through Friday, you can get a cut, color touch-up, and blow dry for $69. Or you can opt for the ‘blow dry Bundle,' which gets you ten blowouts for $280 ($28 a piece)! Manicures and pedicures are $32 on Monday through Wednesday.
Beauty loyalists anywhere will trek miles just to be seen by the same man who's responsible for the tresses on Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway. Now with a salon in Ft. Lauderdale, South Floridians can get some face- to-face time with Ted Gibson himself who works out of the salon four times a year. After fabulous cut, get on trend with the latest hair obsession– braids– at the salon's braid bar, or splurge on a special Keratin treatment to make sure your hair stays straight this summer.
The Junior and Hatter family want you to know that when you step foot in their Wynwood salon, you're amongst family. Now boasting a spa facility on premise, J&H has added super aesthetician, Caleb, to their clan. Start with a $120 Oxygen facial or a $95 seaweed facial. Once you're fresh and clean, get a cut with owner and master scissorhands, Mario Silvestri, or a get your color change by master colorist, Allison Shea. And while you get glammed, treat yo' self to a mani and pedi for $50.
Featured in high-fashion glossies like Allure, OceanDrive, and InStyle, Sean Donaldson salon continues to offer cutting edge and quality service in the heart of Miami Beach. Get a trim starting at $65, or pop in for an express keratin blowout for $125. If spa services are more your thing, than try the Sean Donaldson signature facial for $95 or get your eyebrows shaped by one of their brow gurus for $20. Have a big event coming up? Makeup applications are just $75 and an elegant updo starts at $75 as well.
She goes by one name and one name only, Vaso, and she can because she's a hair dominatrix. NYC-trained Vaso, has established a successful salon boasting super stylists, friendly service, and a time-management mantra (something unheard of in Miami)! Haircuts will start you at $100 and if you're in a rush, don't skip out on the $10 quickie manicures offered everyday. Her team is responsible for all those beach-ready waves you see at Mercedes Benz Swim Week and the salon is all about embracing and enhancing the natural texture of the hair. An additional six styling stations have been added, plus, a blow dry bar space offering $30 blowouts will soon makes its grand debut.
Book a service at this Coral Gables beauty institution (it's 40 years strong!), and you're guaranteed an appointment with one of their master stylists. Need ombre? See Edwin. Hair extensions? Call Marcelo. Yadira will take care of all your waxing whims, and Elisabeth will finish you off a microdermabrasion session. There's a stylist for everyone! First time clients receive 20 percent off on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Spend a day at Belleza Spa, just a block away from Sunset Place, and walk out feeling like a new you. Open seven days a week, Belleza is part salon, part medical spa, with cuts and styles starting at $85 and glycolic peels and collagen-lifiting treatments starting at $85 and $185. Enjoy it all all while you get pampered with a European manicure and pedicure, and throw in a $60 brazilian wax while you're there to feel fully pampered.
Miami has something special that New York does not, and that's the Oribe Salon. The man is single-handedly responsible for the gorgeous hair you see on celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell and so, so many more. Haircuts will run you $100 and up and for $25, Oribe offers bang trims (you hear that, humidity)?! Hair for special events starts at $75 and makeup applications are $125. Another perk? Oribe makes house calls!
Rik Rak Salon is Brickell hotspot and beauty favorite, and it's been catering to loyal residents and out of towners alike with its all-in-one salon services, not to mention its lush boutique. Spend the day here and you'll get the works- cuts, color, full makeup applications, eyebrow shaping, and even permanent eyelash extensions. Once you walk out the door, you'll be turning heads.
The popular Blo franchise in Brickell is expanding its menu beyond blowouts and catering to a fashionable set hungry for affordable and top notch grooming services. It's added a beauty nook called, Face (brow and beauty bar), offering eyebrow threading, waxing, makeup applications, and facials that start at $40.
This Midtown beauty haven is full of specials for the glamazon on the go. From Monday through Friday, you can get a cut, color touch-up, and blow dry for $69. Or you can opt for the ‘blow dry Bundle,' which gets you ten blowouts for $280 ($28 a piece)! Manicures and pedicures are $32 on Monday through Wednesday.
Beauty loyalists anywhere will trek miles just to be seen by the same man who's responsible for the tresses on Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway. Now with a salon in Ft. Lauderdale, South Floridians can get some face- to-face time with Ted Gibson himself who works out of the salon four times a year. After fabulous cut, get on trend with the latest hair obsession– braids– at the salon's braid bar, or splurge on a special Keratin treatment to make sure your hair stays straight this summer.
The Junior and Hatter family want you to know that when you step foot in their Wynwood salon, you're amongst family. Now boasting a spa facility on premise, J&H has added super aesthetician, Caleb, to their clan. Start with a $120 Oxygen facial or a $95 seaweed facial. Once you're fresh and clean, get a cut with owner and master scissorhands, Mario Silvestri, or a get your color change by master colorist, Allison Shea. And while you get glammed, treat yo' self to a mani and pedi for $50.
Featured in high-fashion glossies like Allure, OceanDrive, and InStyle, Sean Donaldson salon continues to offer cutting edge and quality service in the heart of Miami Beach. Get a trim starting at $65, or pop in for an express keratin blowout for $125. If spa services are more your thing, than try the Sean Donaldson signature facial for $95 or get your eyebrows shaped by one of their brow gurus for $20. Have a big event coming up? Makeup applications are just $75 and an elegant updo starts at $75 as well.
She goes by one name and one name only, Vaso, and she can because she's a hair dominatrix. NYC-trained Vaso, has established a successful salon boasting super stylists, friendly service, and a time-management mantra (something unheard of in Miami)! Haircuts will start you at $100 and if you're in a rush, don't skip out on the $10 quickie manicures offered everyday. Her team is responsible for all those beach-ready waves you see at Mercedes Benz Swim Week and the salon is all about embracing and enhancing the natural texture of the hair. An additional six styling stations have been added, plus, a blow dry bar space offering $30 blowouts will soon makes its grand debut.
Book a service at this Coral Gables beauty institution (it's 40 years strong!), and you're guaranteed an appointment with one of their master stylists. Need ombre? See Edwin. Hair extensions? Call Marcelo. Yadira will take care of all your waxing whims, and Elisabeth will finish you off a microdermabrasion session. There's a stylist for everyone! First time clients receive 20 percent off on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Spend a day at Belleza Spa, just a block away from Sunset Place, and walk out feeling like a new you. Open seven days a week, Belleza is part salon, part medical spa, with cuts and styles starting at $85 and glycolic peels and collagen-lifiting treatments starting at $85 and $185. Enjoy it all all while you get pampered with a European manicure and pedicure, and throw in a $60 brazilian wax while you're there to feel fully pampered.
Miami has something special that New York does not, and that's the Oribe Salon. The man is single-handedly responsible for the gorgeous hair you see on celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell and so, so many more. Haircuts will run you $100 and up and for $25, Oribe offers bang trims (you hear that, humidity)?! Hair for special events starts at $75 and makeup applications are $125. Another perk? Oribe makes house calls!
Rik Rak Salon is Brickell hotspot and beauty favorite, and it's been catering to loyal residents and out of towners alike with its all-in-one salon services, not to mention its lush boutique. Spend the day here and you'll get the works- cuts, color, full makeup applications, eyebrow shaping, and even permanent eyelash extensions. Once you walk out the door, you'll be turning heads.
The popular Blo franchise in Brickell is expanding its menu beyond blowouts and catering to a fashionable set hungry for affordable and top notch grooming services. It's added a beauty nook called, Face (brow and beauty bar), offering eyebrow threading, waxing, makeup applications, and facials that start at $40.
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