Beauty and Spas
Aviary
659 Auburn Avenue, Studio 125, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-577-2460
This Old Fourth Ward beauty collective has an earth-friendly mission.
Website: http://aviarybeauty.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Beauty and Spas, Hair Salons, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Blo Beauty Bar
2565 Apple Valley Road, Atlanta, GA, 30319
678-927-9203
Blo became the first local salon to specialize in tress-straightening blowouts when it opened in summer 2011.
Website: http://blobeautybar.com/
Neighborhood: Brookhaven, North Metro
Category: Beauty and Spas, Hair Salons, Services
Château Élan
100 Rue Charlemagne, Braselton, GA, 30517
678-425-6064
This Napa-esque winery and resort’s spa, just forty minutes northeast of Atlanta, elevated its game with a $3 million renovation in 2010, adding spa suites, couples’ treatment rooms, and big, comfy couches for relaxing between services.
Website: http://chateauelan.com/euphoria/spa-home/
Category: Beauty and Spas, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Exhale
1065 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-720-5000
Located on the seventh floor of the Loews Hotel, this total-wellness spa whips you into overall shape the way health spas (like Arizona’s Canyon Ranch) used to do before so many of them got into the pampering business.
Website: http://exhalespa.com/
Neighborhood: Midtown, Atlanta
Category: Beauty and Spas, Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Massage & Bodyworks, Services, Sports & Recreation, Yoga Studio
Four-Handed Massage, Mind & Body Day Spa
5250 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, 30004
678-366-7825
In the Alpharetta spa’s largest treatment room, a duo of practitioners work in tandem: They begin by unknotting the back with fluid, simultaneous motions, then one kneads the shoulders while the other works on the legs.
Website: http://mindandbodydayspa.com/
Category: Beauty and Spas, Best of Atlanta 2013, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Jazmin Spa
235 Ponce de Leon Place, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-373-3217
From a small shop that opened in 2004, Jazmin has grown to three locations, while retaining a friendly vibe and one-on-one attention.
Website: http://jazminspa.com
Category: Beauty and Spas, Services
Mandarin Oriental
3376 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-995-7526
When the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group took over Buckhead’s former Mansion on Peachtree earlier this year, it revamped the spa with its signature therapies fusing Asian and European techniques.
Website: http://www.mandarinoriental.com/atlanta/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead, North Metro
Category: Beauty and Spas, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Natural Body Spa and Shop
1402 North Highland Avenue, Suite 1, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-872-1039
Massage is a hallmark of Cici Coffee’s wellness empire, and all Natural Body massage therapists go through extensive training, ensuring consistent service no matter which location you visit.
Website: http://naturalbody.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Beauty and Spas, Beauty Supply, Best of Atlanta 2013, Services, Shopping
Paris Campeau, Jazmin Spa
1963 Hosea Williams Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30317
404-370-1151
Paris is a magician of an aesthetician, able to create the illusion of symmetry with pain-free waxing and a little adroit tweezing.
Website: http://jazminspa.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Kirkwood
Category: Beauty and Spas, Best of Atlanta 2013, Personalities, Professionals, Services
Raquel Souza, Sweet Peach Wax and Sugaring Studio
776 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-875-5700
Raquel has the magic touch. I was so pleasantly surprised by her technique, I haven’t gone to anyone else.
Website: http://sweetpeachwax.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Virginia-Highland
Category: Beauty and Spas, Best of Atlanta 2013, Hair Removal, Personalities, Professionals, Services
Raw Bronzing Studio
500 Bishop Street, Atlanta, GA, 30318
770-683-8267
A human (rather than a machine) applies your tan in a small room with laminated glam magazine pages on the walls.
Website: http://rawbronzingstudio.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Beauty and Spas, Best of Atlanta 2013, Services
Sweet Peach Wax & Sugaring Studio
776 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-875-5700
Swarms of stubble-free followers swear by Raquel Souza’s sugaring—a Middle Eastern practice that removes hair with a paste made from sugar, water, and lemon juice rather than wax.
Website: http://sweetpeachwaxstudio.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Virginia-Highland
Category: Beauty and Spas, Hair Removal, Services
The Mastery by Esani
1009-A Mansell Road, Alpharetta, GA, 30076
770-542-1532
This new Paul Mitchell salon doubles as an academy for aspiring stylists and entrepreneurs wanting to run their own salons.
Website: http://www.themasteryatl.com/
Category: Beauty and Spas, Hair Salons, Services