Beauty & Personal Care

The Mane Studio is a hair salon on Hendersonville Road in Fletcher, home to a collective of independent stylists. Its website gives each stylist a separate page with their own specialty and service menu. Services on the menus include men's and women's haircuts, blowouts, partial and full highlights, lived-in color, all-over color and root retouches, glosses and toners, and Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatments. Color correction and gray blending are also listed, with a consultation required first. A New Guests page walks first-time clients through choosing a service before moving to online booking. Stylists interested in joining the salon can reach out through its Work With Us page.

Aesthetic Center of Asheville is an aesthetics practice that lists its services by category on its website. They include injectables such as Botox, Dysport, Juvederm, Restylane, Sculptra and SkinVive, along with hair restoration and ZO skincare. The skin treatment menu includes Aquafirme, dermaplaning, microneedling, chemical peels and facials. The site also lists wellness services such as B12 injections, peptides and exosomes. According to its website, treatments are provided by a family nurse practitioner, and appointments can be booked online.

Recline & Unwind Social Spa is a quick-service spa on South Pack Square in downtown Asheville. According to its website, services take place in heated zero gravity recliners and are done fully clothed. The site says each service runs about 15 minutes with a licensed massage therapist. Options include gemstone facial massage, scalp massage, hand and forearm massage, leg and foot massage, and four-hand massage. The spa also lists services for children. Recline & Unwind has other locations in Greenville and Beaufort, South Carolina, and this listing is the Asheville spa.

K2 Nails & Spa is a nail salon on Weaverville Road, north of downtown Asheville. The service menu covers manicures and pedicures, gel and regular polish, acrylic and builder gel sets, dipping powder, ombre and pink-and-white nails, French tips, chrome, Gel X and nail designs, along with repairs and removals. Pedicures come in several tiers, starting with the De Base pedicure and moving up to options such as Signature Reflexology, Golden and Love Me Tender, which add scrubs, masks, hot stones and longer massage times. The menu also lists kids' services for children under 9. Waxing is available for brows, lips, chin, face, underarms, arms and legs. The salon's website includes a link for booking online.

Eclipse Salon is a hair salon on Wall Street in downtown Asheville. Its website has a services menu, a separate page of color service details, and profiles for its stylists. The salon books appointments online, and its site spells out a cancellation policy for booked visits. The walls of the salon also host rotating art exhibits, which the site posts about under "On the Walls."

Fusion Day Spa is a neighborhood day spa on Haywood Road in West Asheville. Its website describes it as a peaceful place to unwind, with an emphasis on relaxation and personalized treatments. The menu includes customized massage therapy, facials and skincare treatments, body treatments, peels and microdermabrasion. It also lists a tool-assisted treatment it calls Lymphatic Enhancement Therapy. Appointments are booked through an online system, and gift certificates are available.

Gaze Lash & Brow Bar has a studio on Rockwood Road in Arden, serving the Asheville area. The business also has a location in Charlotte, and this listing covers the Arden studio. Its website groups services into three areas. Lashes and brows include classic and volume lash extensions, lash lifts, lash and brow tints, brow shaping, waxing, lamination and microblading. Skincare includes facials, dermaplaning, acne treatments and spray tans. Waxing covers the face, arms, legs and bikini area. The site describes the business as locally owned and operated in North Carolina and links to online booking for each studio.