Local Experts on What’s New in Health and Beauty
We spoke with seven local experts about the latest treatments and techniques in their fields.
Mayfair’s Nordstrom Opens Tomorrow
Here are five reasons it’s worth checking out.
Mane Attractions
Love your hair (who’s your stylist?) or hate it (we have solutions), stressing over our tresses is a part of our daily routine, especially when it comes to finding the right person to cut, color and style them. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Find a stylist for your ’do, and you’ll make bad hair days a thing of the past. Among the names we found on the cutting edge are the tried-and-true Milwaukee favorites (Brian Houston Salon, Erik of Norway, Gee’s Clippers & Hair Design, to name a few), specialty salons (Dart Salon & Spa caters to…
Best Spas
Story by Arlene Becker Photos by Adam Ryan Morris The Creme de la Crème The premier spas, including a host of nationally celebrated ones. 1. Aspira, Circa 2005 • 20,000 square feet • 22 treatment rooms Elkhart Lake is considered both magical and sacred by the area’s Native Americans. When Aspira at The Osthoff Resort opened in 2005, it sought to harness these powers through the purity of the design and treatments as well as its focus on water, which earned it a New York Times Magazine 2007 honor as one of the three best water spas in the country. Aspira, which…
Top Salons
by Cristina Daglas, photo by John Cizmas Trying a new salon can be like going on a blind date. Exciting but a touch terrifying. Maybe you and your stylist will click. Maybe you won’t. Then you have to find a new one and try again. Some find the whole process intimidating and see salons as places where an entirely different language is spoken (fringe, gloss, precision, razor cuts), and clients are in the dark, arms tucked under smocks, heads in sinks, patiently awaiting the results. It’s no romance for them. Others are in the know and rather demanding. They want…
Make Me Gorgeous
Salons that also earned our top honors in 2003 are marked. *Beauty Owner Thomas Miller’s shop is better than ever – urban, trendy (or not) and oozing talented stylists while it maintains its shabby-chic image in the same cozy old house. It’s even open Sundays (11 a.m.-5 p.m.). “They’re doing it right” – powerful words when they come from the competition. 1633 N. Farwell Ave., 276-5054. Cuts $35-$95; color $66-$76. The Cutting Group is where Beauty-trained new stylists gain experience, with high-quality service at affordable prices (all cuts $20). Walk-ins only, but you can call half an hour in advance…