2023 Salon & Spa Guide!!
If you’re in the mood for some pampering, a little R&R, a new “doo”, a freshen up, or a “go-to” spot for a #manipedi, look no further than this list of local salon & spa destinations—from sweet Maine towns and New Hampshire cities, to the coast to Massachusetts, and everywhere in between!
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facial + waxing + esthetics
Flawless Faces
Based in downtown Dover, New Hampshire, Flawless Faces is a boutique beauty studio that specializes in a wide variety of eyelash and eyebrow services. The team prides itselves on enhancing clients’ natural beauty, and working with each individual to select the perfect service for them. From lash extensions and brow shaping, to PMU brows and permanent jewelry, the team at Flawless Faces ensures every client leaves feeling like the best version of themselves. We value building relationships with each and every client, and take great pride in providing a comfortable, relaxing experience within the welcoming studio.
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Modern Priscilla Aesthetic & Laser Center
Modern Priscilla Aesthetic & Laser Center is a premier destination for advanced aesthetic and skincare treatments in the picturesque town of York, Maine. Founded by Priscilla Schuyler, a distinguished master in the field, this destination offers cutting-edge technology with a personalized approach to beauty and wellness. With decades of experience and a passion for innovation, Priscilla leads her skilled team of licensed professionals in offering a range of services including laser hair removal, photofacials, microneedling, skin tightening, hydrafacial MD, customized facials, and more. Cosmetic Nurse, Lindsey Ramsey, BSN, RN, is a master specialist in Botox, dermal fillers and Sculptra with almost a decade of experience. The Modern Priscilla team is dedicated to helping you achieve your aesthetic goals with the highest level of care and expertise.
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A Little Lash Shop
Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, A Little Lash Shop specializes in customizable lash extensions. The team strives to make every appointment the best possible experience for each client, every-time. At A Little Lash Shop, the team pride themselves on comfortable, weightless, and beautiful lash extensions that will stay put! Classic, Volume, Mega-Volume, and Hybrid lash extension styles are offered, as well as lash lifts and tints. Emily, owner of Glo Co Beauty, is also now located within A Little Lash Shop too and provides eyebrow and eyelash services, and more to enhance each client’s natural features, making them feel empowered and confident.
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Face/Food
Located in Market Square in downtown Newburyport, Massachusetts, Face/Food Natural Beauty is a spa and boutique—all in one! The shop sells the brand’s own line of organic beauty products as well as a curated list of other natural skincare and beauty brands. Face/Food also offers onsite holistic spa and facial services! Khaki and her team are passionate about helping people understand and achieve greater self care. Ready??
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Just Calm Down Skin
Just Calm Down Skin & Nail Studio is a small beauty studio located in Exeter, NH offering lashes, brows, waxing, manicures, pedicures, advanced facials and body treatments. An exclusive natural product line, Circa 1849, is used in almost all services and available for purchase.
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janegee
Located in the heart of historic downtown Portsmouth lies janegee’s Flagship Store. This location is home to the janegee retail store, nutritional skincare studio, and natural nail bar. janegee’s one-of-a-kind Nutritional Skincare Studio offers a full range of skincare and wellness services. Using Jane’s philosophy of Nutritional Skincare and methods such as Nutritional Response Testing (NRT), their therapists are able to treat the skin and body from the inside out. When it comes to health and wellness, Jane’s team works to fix the underlying issues, instead of searching for quick fixes. Whether it be focusing on nutritional health to heal the skin and gut or non-invasive treatments like NRT to reset your systems communication channels, the janegee team is here to help you enhance your overall health.
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Southern Maine Skin Company
Based in Kittery, Maine, Southern Maine Skin Company is a skincare studio that offers a wide variety of services—from facials and massages, to lash lifts, peels, injections, HydraFacials and the studio’s signature Glo2Facial! The expert team at Southern Maine Skin Company focuses on skin revision—offering the most innovative technology and best products to result in a community that feels beautiful and confident.
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Just Calm Down Skin
Just Calm Down Skin & Nail Studio is a small beauty studio located in Exeter, NH offering lashes, brows, waxing, manicures, pedicures, advanced facials and body treatments. An exclusive natural product line, Circa 1849, is used in almost all services and available for purchase.
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Shanti Salon
At Shanti Salon in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the team believes that beauty comes from within. The salon and spa’s staff, space, and services collectively work to create a comfortable setting for every client. Shanti is more than just a salon experience. It is a welcoming environment committed to avant-garde service and total wellness. Shanti hopes the peace their guests experience while at the salon is paid forward to others as they continue their journey through life.
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Holistic Skin & Tonics
Rollinsford, New Hampshire-based Holistic Skin & Tonics focuses on whole skin health and the direct connection between nutrition and our skin. Combining specialized massage techniques and plant-based skincare, wellness is not just one treatment; it’s a lifestyle and commitment that Owner and Licensed Esthetician, Lee Zavorskas, is devoted to instill in each client. As a Certified Nutritional Aesthetics Practitioner, who is also certified in Gua Sha, Face Cupping, and Facial Reflexology, Lee’s priority is to teach clients how to properly care for their skin—not just from the outside, but from the inside as well.
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Blush Portsmouth
Blush Skin & Soul Spa is a facial, waxing, energy work, and massage spa located in historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Blush Skin & Soul Spa was born out of Owner Ashley’s dual passions for inner and outer beauty. The passionate team at this spa are lightworkers, motivators, and inspirers who offer a variety of treatments—from facials and waxing, to reiki and lash extensions! They are experts in esthetics and massage therapy. That, coupled with a holistic approach, makes Blush a perfect combination of the two worlds where the hope is for all clients to leave feeling empowered, comfortable, and rejuvenated.
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Restore Hyper Wellness
With two studios to choose from in Portsmouth NH (Durgin Square and Portsmouth Green) the Restore Hyper Wellness team focuses on helping people feel their best, reach their full potential, and do more of what they love through innovative wellness services. Restore Hyper Wellness’ Registered Nurses, licensed Estheticians, and Hyper Wellness team welcome clients into a relaxing and comfortable environment where they pride themselves on getting to know each person and create an individualized plan to achieve their goals. Specialty therapies at both Portsmouth locations include: IV Therapy, IM Shots and Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Hydrafacial, Oxygen Facial, Cryoskin Toning/Slimming and Cryofacials. These services can be paired with Restore’s core therapies such as Whole Body Cryotherapy, Red Light Therapy, Compression, and Infrared Sauna.
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massage
Southern Maine Skin Company
Southern Maine Skin Company is a skincare studio that offers a wide variety of services—from facials and massages, to lash lifts, peels, injections, HydraFacials and Glo2Facial! We focus on skin revision, offering the most innovative technology and best products to result in a community that feels beautiful and confident.
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Massage and Wellness Collective
Massage & Wellness Collective is a new hidden gem in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Choose from a wide range of massage services—ranging from deep tissue, neuromuscular, cupping or Graston Technique for rehabilitation, and aromatherapy, himalayan hot stones, lymphatic drainage to release those unwanted toxins, to pre- or post-natal massage, and reiki to help unwind from daily stressors. If your mind and soul are looking for clarity try removing karmic blockages with tarot or Akashic Record readings. There are many unique massage and wellness services to check out! The collective team provide clients with a warm welcome and well rounded healing experience for body, mind, and soul.
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Inner Truth Massage
Inner Truth Massage is a healing space in Stratham, New Hampshire that offers therapeutic massage to complement a healthy, active lifestyle. The team at Inner Truth Massage offers a variety of massage therapy services including Swedish, deep tissue, prenatal massage, couples massage, aromatherapy, hot stone, cupping, Thai massage, Ashiatsu, Graston Technique, and sports massage. At Inner Truth, you get an amazing treatment that combines deep relaxation techniques with anatomy-based bodywork, delivered with intention.
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Blush Portsmouth
Blush Skin & Soul Spa is a facial, waxing, energy work, and massage spa located in historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Blush Skin & Soul Spa was born out of Owner Ashley’s dual passions for inner and outer beauty. The passionate team at this spa are lightworkers, motivators, and inspirers who offer a variety of treatments—from facials and waxing, to reiki and lash extensions! They are experts in esthetics and massage therapy. That, coupled with a holistic approach, makes Blush a perfect combination of the two worlds where the hope is for all clients to leave feeling empowered, comfortable and rejuvenated.
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RISE Wellness Collective
RISE Wellness Collective is a group of independent practitioners who work in a beautiful and energetically aligned space to provide a wide array of wellness modalities. RISE Wellness Collective offers conventional therapies such as Psychotherapy, Midwifery and Nutrition, bodywork services including Massage, Reflexology and Craniosacral Therapy, and self-care options such as Life Coaching, Energy Healing, and Psychic Mediumship. You can access individual treatment services as well as events and workshops in the group meeting space. The team at RISE is confident that you will find multiple ways to access your own wellness and leave ready to RISE!
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inhale… exhale…
nail salons
Buff & File Nail Bar: Downtown
Located in downtown Portsmouth, Buff & File Nail Bar offers the latest trends in nail care—including traditional, gel, and non-toxic manicures and pedicures. Specializing in bridal parties and groups, Buff & File nail salon is designed to offer a hygienic, fun, and relaxing experience. Open 7 days a week!
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Buff & File Nail Bar: Portsmouth Green
Located at Portsmouth Green, Buff & File Nail Bar offers the latest trends in nail care—including traditional, gel, and non-toxic manicures and pedicures. Specializing in bridal parties and groups, Buff & File nail salon is designed to offer a hygienic, fun, and relaxing experience. Open 7 days a week!
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Just Calm Down Skincare
Just Calm Down Skin & Nail Studio is a small beauty studio located in Exeter, NH offering lashes, brows, waxing, manicures, pedicures, advanced facials and body treatments. An exclusive natural product line, Circa 1849, is used in almost all services and available for purchase.
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med-spas
Seacoast Rejuvenation Center
Seacoast Rejuvenation Center offers both traditional spa and medical aesthetic services for men and women. The team’s commitment is to provide clients with personalized care, state-of-the-art technology, expert service, a relaxing atmosphere, and comprehensive services. Seacoast Rejuvenation Center is more than just a medical spa—it’s a destination for transformation, self-care, and self-love. The team invites you to embark on a journey with them, where each visit is an opportunity to enhance your natural beauty, revitalize your spirit, and embrace a new level of confidence. The only requirement is that you want to come out feeling like a million dollars!
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Coastal Thyme Holistic Skin & Wellness
Coastal Thyme Holistic Skin + Wellness is a boutique holistic medical practice in the heart of downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Founded by Dr. Ashley Dumont, ND., this practice specializes in holistic skin, digestive, and hormonal health for women, and they offer naturopathic medicine, functional medicine testing, wellness vitamin injection, IV vitamin drips, holistic aesthetic treatments like microneedling and platelet-rich plasma for skin and hair restoration along with their new Semaglutide Weight Loss Program. Dr. Ashley is currently accepting new patients and hope she can help you address healing that is more than skin-deep!
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Restore Hyper Wellness
With two studios to choose from in Portsmouth NH (Durgin Square and Portsmouth Green) the Restore Hyper Wellness team focuses on helping people feel their best, reach their full potential, and do more of what they love through innovative wellness services. Restore Hyper Wellness’ Registered Nurses, licensed Estheticians, and Hyper Wellness team welcome clients into a relaxing and comfortable environment where they pride themselves on getting to know each person and create an individualized plan to achieve their goals. Specialty therapies at both Portsmouth locations include: IV Therapy, IM Shots and Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Hydrafacial, Oxygen Facial, Cryoskin Toning/Slimming and Cryofacials. These services can be paired with Restore’s core therapies such as Whole Body Cryotherapy, Red Light Therapy, Compression, and Infrared Sauna.
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Barefoot Medical Spa
Barefoot Medical Spa is redefining foot care. At this podiatrist-owned and operated spa, guests will receive only the finest care—from highly-trained nail therapists and safe product selection, to sterilized instruments, and welcoming environment, you will feel at ease the moment you walk through the door. With a focus on beautiful, healthy skin and nails, your well-being is the first priority. Those with medical conditions or nail disorders that require special attention can take comfort in Barefoot’s exceptional standards of cleanliness and care with experts offering personalized treatment plans for each client. Every choice made at Barefoot—from the products used, to the people employed—is made not only with clients in mind, but with a concern for our greater local and global community.
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Flourish Medical Aesthetics
Flourish Medical Aesthetics offers a fresh new take on aesthetics and wellness, where the mission is to promote health and wellness while enhancing each clients’ natural beauty. Flourish offers Vitamin Therapy Injections and Infusions, Medical Grade Peels and Skin Care, Collagen Induction Therapy, as well as injectables such as Botox and Filler. Treza and the Flourish Medical Aesthetics team takes pride in providing exceptional care to every client, while delivering glowing results!
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same, beautiful you… enhanced.
hair
Shanti Salon
At Shanti Salon in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the team believes that beauty comes from within. The salon and spa’s staff, space, and services collectively work to create a comfortable setting for every client. Shanti is more than just a salon experience. It is a welcoming environment committed to avant-garde service and total wellness. Shanti hopes the peace their guests experience while at the salon is paid forward to others as they continue their journey through life.
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ooh la la!!
spray tans
SPRAY.
Local Spray Tanning Boutique, SPRAY., in downtown Portsmouth provides incredible spray tans for your upcoming event, wedding, photoshoot, or just because! SPRAY.’s spray tans provide the quickest and most satisfying boost of confidence for a pick me up in any season. Wondering where to start?? Try the studio’s most popular SILK solution—it’s is a convenient rapid-set time, with a hydration process to keep your skin silky smooth and glowing for 7-10 days! Oooh la la!
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and voila! glam from head to toe!