The best salons & beauty spots in Chicago
56 salons & beauty spots we’ve checked and stand behind — with the story on each one. Not a ranking; a record.
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HT Nail & Spa Burbank
BeautyRelaxed nail salon offering manicures, pedicures, gel nails, and acrylics.
HT Nail & Spa Burbank
BeautyDiva-tude
BeautyCompact, appointment-only salon offering a range of nail treatments and manicure styles and pedicures.
Diva-tude
BeautyMax & Co Hair Design
BeautyHair salon with stylists offering cuts, blow drys, and styling services.
Max & Co Hair Design
BeautyClassic and modern haircuts are the focus at this small barber shop in the Old Willow Shopping Center.
Tre'Bella Nail & Spa
BeautyNatural nail spa offering manicures and pedicures in an appointment-only environment.
Tre'Bella Nail & Spa
BeautyNatural Look Salon & Spa
BeautyFull-service family-owned salon with a warm atmosphere offering hair styling, and nail services.
Natural Look Salon & Spa
BeautyBlack Cherry Nail Parlor
BeautyTrendy salon known for gel manicures, waxing and friendly staff.
Black Cherry Nail Parlor
BeautyVan Gogh Hair Spa
BeautyFriendly salon known for haircuts and a variety of coloring services, plus manicures and pedicures.
Van Gogh Hair Spa
BeautyHelen Nails & Beauty
BeautyCharming salon for expert nail care such as manicures and pedicures plus waxing, eyelash extensions and brow shaping.
Helen Nails & Beauty
BeautyA Polished Work Inc
BeautyEstablished mani-pedi spot featuring gels, acrylics, nail art, polishes, and other services.
A Polished Work Inc
BeautyElite Salon & Spa
BeautyStylish salon for haircuts, coloring and styling by friendly stylists.
Elite Salon & Spa
BeautyHuetiful Salon
BeautyBy-appointment-only salon specializing in natural hair care, with locations in 4 cities.
Huetiful Salon
Beauty57th Street Beauty Salon
BeautyHair salon offering blowouts, cuts, hair coloring and styling.
57th Street Beauty Salon
BeautyRelaxed salon featuring skilled stylists who offer cuts and color, plus manicures and makeup.
TWISTED ROOTS SALON
BeautySalon specializing in natural hair care, including locs.
TWISTED ROOTS SALON
BeautyElite Hair Changers
BeautyAppointments-only hair salon where customers praise the stylist for his work and conversation.
Elite Hair Changers
BeautyDynasty Cuts
BeautyBarbershop offering haircuts and beard services in a family-friendly environment.
Dynasty Cuts
BeautyLongtime barbershop known for its celebrity client list, offering cuts for men & boys & shaves.
Lotus Nails & Spa
BeautyNail salon at Burbank Station providing a range of services including manicures, pedicures, and waxing.
Lotus Nails & Spa
BeautyTaday Nail Spa
BeautyFriendly nail salon offering manicures, pedicures, waxing, and threading services.
Taday Nail Spa
BeautyFamous Cut Barber Shop
BeautyBarber shop specializing in men's haircuts and fades, plus services for women and kids.
Famous Cut Barber Shop
BeautyRelaxed nail salon known for its luxuriously detailed manicures and pedicures.
EnvyMe Hair Studio
BeautyUpscale hair salon offering styling services, including blowouts, perms, and silk presses.
EnvyMe Hair Studio
BeautyVL Nails And Spa
BeautyLuxe nail salon (with eyelash extensions and brow services) offering gel and dip manicures, acrylics and pedicures.
VL Nails And Spa
BeautyHairbyShayyPatrese
BeautyBeauty salon specializing in natural hair care including extensions, weaves, and braids.
HairbyShayyPatrese
BeautyFlaunt Studio
BeautyFriendly salon specializing in color, extensions, cuts, styling and spray tans.
Flaunt Studio
BeautyThe Nail Place
BeautyNail salon offering a variety of services, including ombre nails.
The Nail Place
BeautySamsBeauty Warehouse
BeautyLarge store selling wigs, extensions, cosmetics and haircare products, plus accessories.
SamsBeauty Warehouse
BeautyBeauty supply store stocking a wide selection of nail products and equipment.
Beauty By Demi
BeautySkip the morning makeup scramble. Beauty By Demi specializes in natural-looking microblading and ombré brows, plus smudge-proof eyeliner…
Beauty By Demi
BeautySalon Texture
BeautyThis week, if your summer hair is feeling blah, Salon Texture specializes in makeovers, precision cuts, and color that works with your…
Salon Texture
BeautyChicago Microblading by Brows Beauty Couture turns sparse arches into their signature, natural-looking brows with microblading and ombre…
Maxine Salon
BeautyMaxine Salon has been Chicago’s premiere hair destination since 1986, with stylists and colorists who actually listen and elevate your…
Maxine Salon
BeautyArt + Science Salon
BeautyHair salon with a welcoming vibe featuring skilled stylists who offer cuts and color services.
Art + Science Salon
BeautySally Beauty
BeautyCosmetics chain offering brand-name beauty products & supplies, including salon equipment.
Sally Beauty
BeautySally Beauty
BeautyCosmetics chain offering brand-name beauty products & supplies, including salon equipment.
Sally Beauty
BeautyMake-up salon with a clean, friendly vibe providing powder brows, lip blushing and lash services.
W + Co Salon
BeautyRelaxed salon providing hairstyling services such as haircuts.
W + Co Salon
BeautyClean venue for permanent makeup including eyebrows, eyeliner, lash enhancements and lip blush.
Oko Salon
BeautyIntimate hair salon specializing in haircuts, hair color, and styling, plus custom color mixing.
Oko Salon
BeautyHair salon and barbershop for fine, coarse, curly and straight hair that offers color treatments, beard trims and waxing.
Rize Beauty Lab
BeautyBeauty lab specializes in permanent makeup for eyebrows and eyelashes using techniques like microblading and ombre styling.
Rize Beauty Lab
BeautyJacklin K Salon
BeautyHair, makeup and hair removal services in an upbeat space with friendly staff, including stylist Jacklin.
Jacklin K Salon
BeautyLincoln Park Hair Salon
BeautyRelaxed salon for styling, highlighting and coloring services, along with cuts, smoothing and keratin treatments.
Lincoln Park Hair Salon
BeautyArtist, instructor, and permanent makeup consultant known for brows as well as the lips and lashes.
Clinic offering permanent makeup services, including microblading and ombre powder brows.
Beauty school, permanent make-up clinic and academy, offering classes in lash lifts, brows and beauty treatments .
Fawn Studio
BeautyWelcoming, woman-owned spot known for clean cuts, color treatments and curly hair expertise.
Fawn Studio
BeautySally Beauty
BeautyCosmetics chain offering brand-name beauty products & supplies, including salon equipment.
Sally Beauty
BeautyChoc Choc Cosmetics
BeautyRetailer carrying a curated selection of South Korean cosmetic brands and skincare products.
Choc Choc Cosmetics
BeautyLakeshore East salon (part of a family-owned chain) offering cuts, coloring, Keratin treatments and blowouts, along with waxing and…
Edit Salon
BeautyHair salon specializing in cuts and highlights, offering many other types of treatments.
Edit Salon
BeautyRelaxed salon for permanent make-up procedures, especially for sculpting eyebrows.
Ulta Beauty
BeautyChain with a diverse selection of cosmetics & other beauty products, plus on-site salon services.
Ulta Beauty
BeautySally Beauty
BeautyCosmetics chain offering brand-name beauty products & supplies, including salon equipment.
Sally Beauty
BeautyLira Guzi Salon
BeautyBright space for haircuts and coloring treatments performed by friendly staff.
Lira Guzi Salon
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