MELBOURNE WELLNESS AND BEAUTY
Wellness
Aurora Spa Retreat, 2 Acland Street, St Kilda +61 3 9536 1130
For massages and wet treatments. Make sure you arrive early so you have some down-time on the deck at The Prince sipping their delicious tea.
Fitzroy Therapeutics, 155 St Georges rd, Fitzroy +61 3 9428 5822
A clinic that uses Eastern and Western philosophies for healing. Great for acupuncture, massage etc.
Carolina Gonzalis at Nature of Balance, 74 Draper Street, Melbourne +61 3 9682 8886
A doctor of Chinese medicine, Carolina is not the usual incense burning hippy but can do great things at her holistic wellness centre, especially for fertility.
Masque Day Spa, 103 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park +61 3 9686 6000
Go here for your Dermalogica facials! But they have a very extensive list of beauty treatments, including a list for men.
The Eyebrow Queen, Suite 2, 1st Floor, 457 Chapel Street, South Yarra +61 3 9827 7164
Carmen is literally ‘the queen’ at eyebrow shaping and tinting.
Body Bronze, Como Centre, 279 Toorak Road +61 3 9827 8988
Spay tans plus all the other stuff for your body including waxing, nails, and eyebrow tinting.
Love Those Lashes, 5 Cunningham St 1300 527 43
The experts in lash extensions.
Hair
579, 579 Chapel St, South Yarra
James Furness’ latest ‘secret’ Salon, which is damn hard to find, seeing as they don’t advertise. It’s a hole-in-the-wall place that you’ll only find if you know it’s there. They use all Kevin Murphy products.
Y Salon, 10 McIlwrick St, Windsor +61 3 9529 1159
Ask for Ray Barry at Y Salon for a cut and blow dry.
Ornate Salon, 160/162 Commercial Road, Prahran +61 3 9098 1133
Here it’s Nathan Weymouth you need to see.
Salon S & M, 339 Toorak Road, South Yarra +61 3 9826 0535
And here… Mark Mair.
Lavish Nails and Beauty, 16/89 Manningham Road, Bulleen +61 3 9850 5559
The BEST for nails. They also do facials, spray tans, eyelashes, and all the last minute.
Silk Brazilian Waxing, 1st Floor, 274 Chapel St, Prahran +61 3 9510 2122
The Little Wax Room, 536 Malvern Road, Hawksburn Village +61 415 687 121.
By Emma Van Haandel
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