Beauty and Spas Archives - Atlanta Magazine

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: Atlanta, Midtown

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

Jonpaul’s

9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 122, Johns Creek, GA, 30097

770-814-0033

“Manly” and “spas” don’t normally coalesce, but Jonpaul’s and its country club aura excel in equating the two.

Website: http://jonpauls.com/

Category: Alterations, Barbers, Beauty and Spas, Male Grooming, Massage & Bodyworks, Nail Salons, 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