There is something special about the feeling of a fresh haircut or a new set of nails, and a certain confidence comes along after a facial — the feeling is unmatched. Lashes, facials, nails, hair care, or eyebrows; whatever the preference — if there is something everyone can agree on, it is that beauty aesthetics are becoming increasingly popular. While Asbury Park is traditionally known for its beach and music scene, it has become a hub for all cosmetic essentials. The Jersey Shore Girl has compiled a list of where to go in the area. Keep reading for a guide to beauty aesthetics in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Hair Salons
Artemis ETHOS | 708 Cookman Avenue
Artemis ETHOS is a holistic health spa that uses beauty rituals that aim to serve the body, mind, spirit, scalp + hair care. Its head spa is a sensory experience of scalp manipulations, masks, and baths; customers can even add a personalized scalp treatment, blowout, or reiki (a sensory experience). Artemis ETHOS covers all hair necessities, including hair cuts, coloring (highlights + balayage), color correction, and conditioning treatments. It also has waxing, brow, and makeup services. Beyond the body, Artemis ETHOS has energy + sound healing, breathwork, ritual meditation, and holistic health services that will create the healthy glow that everyone is looking for.
Boho Hair Salon | 621 Lake Avenue
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Boho Hair Salon is a bohemian-inspired salon specializing in hair, beauty, and bridal. The stylists at Boho Hair Salon use color techniques like balayage, foilayage, and baby lights to create painted highlights personalized for each client’s hair type. Customers can also get a haircut, extensions, deep conditioning treatments, and their hair styled based on preference (JSG suggests asking for the beach waves — called ‘Asbury Beach Babe’). For future brides who want their hair styled in a soft yet romantic way, Boho Hair Salon has wedding packages that can be viewed on its website here.
Read More: A Guide to Hair Salons in Asbury Park + Beyond
Chop Chop Bang Bang | 408 Emory Street #1
Chop Chop Bang Bang is a hair salon that uses custom and creative hair coloring techniques. One glance at its Instagram and customers can see that there is no boundary regarding color requests at Chop Chop Bang Bang. The coloring service options are single process, balayage or hair painting, double process, foil hi lites, single foils, or glaze. The clear gloss service is a fun option for anyone wanting to add extra shine to their hair. Customers can also get their hair cut or select a perming or smoothing treatment.
Larry Cadillac | 725 Cookman Avenue
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Larry Cadillac’s mantra is “hair has no gender,” as this hair salon prides itself on being for everyone. Larry Caddilac’s mission is to help all customers leave the salon feeling confident that they are expressing their true identity. This is achieved with the help of stylists and barbers with a vision for transformative style. JSG loves the fun vibes of this salon — the music is turned up, and the graffiti art is a cool distraction. The pricing is based on hair length, not gender, and clients can ask for everything from a barber cut to a balayage; get the hair buzzed or bleached — Larry Cadillac welcomes all ideas.
Lock + Shade | 605 Lake Avenue
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Lock + Shade is a female-owned salon that has been helping clients achieve self-expression through custom hair and makeup services since 2016. Lock + Shade has color, cut, and style options for those who want their hair done, airbrush + traditional makeup services, and deep conditioning treatments, all of which are charged by the hour to personalize the experience for each customer. JSG knows that trying out a new stylist can be challenging, so Lock + Shade recommends checking out its page that outlines all the artists + their specialties — from there, a virtual consultation can be booked online to ensure that all hair goals are met. Future brides: Lock + Shade also does bridal hair; fill out the inquiry form here.
Medical Treatment Spa
Fourth N Main Modern Aesthetics | 1183 Main Street
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Fourth N Main is a medical treatment spa that provides aesthetic services meant to refresh, restore, and rejuvenate appearances through minimally invasive treatments and procedures. This modern aesthetics lounge has face treatments to make the skin look + feel healthier, which are currently all the hype — hydra facials, micro-needling treatments, and chemical peels/VI Peel. It also has permanent makeup options that can add glow-ups to those eyebrows and lips. Body services at Fourth N Main include laser hair removal and non-invasive body shaping or trimming treatments. At Fourth N Main, customers can also get fillers, botox, or P-R-P therapy, which stimulates hair growth, making this a one-stop shop for all those beauty aesthetic needs. JSG recommends following its Instagram account to keep updated on openings and specials.
Wellness Spas + Skincare
Kur Wellness Studios | 412 Bond Street
Kur Wellness Studios is a day spa with body + skincare treatments, as well as reflexology, completed in a tranquil setting with practitioners committed to the health and beauty of all visitors. Kur Wellness Studios has plenty of facial options — everything from microderm to deep cleaning facials, and the hydra facial. JSG loves the add-on options like a perk eye or lip treatment. The body treatments here include different exfoliating wraps + scrubs, or there is even a hydrafacial option for the back. Customers can complete their experience with a wax; Kur covers everything from eyebrows to Brazilian waxes.
Living Lux Self-Care Sauna Sanctuaries | 1319 Memorial Drive
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Living Lux is a wellness spot with body sculpting, cryotherapy + more. Living Lux has services like Brazilian butt-lift and cellulite removal. At Living Lux, customers can also book whole-body cryotherapy (which is known to boost collagen and reduce inflammation), the Intro Cryolux Crunch, which targets and strengthens muscle fibers and reduces stubborn fat, or the Anti-Aging Lux Lift Treatment, which lifts, tones, and revitalizes. There is also the RenuvaSkin Red Light Therapy Bed, which heals superficial wrinkles. JSG also recommends inquiring about how to host a private party at Living Lux, which sounds like a great way to celebrate beauty.
Tao Massage | 611 Bangs Avenue
Tao Massage, a spa whose name is inspired by the first three letters of the director’s last name, Taormina, has holistic + alternative services that aim to make all customers feel better. Tao Massage has plenty of facials to pick from. For those concerned about age marks, there is the Advanced Wrinkle Remedy Facial; for those who have sensitive skin, it has a Marshmallow Soothing Facial, and its Clarifying Facial reduces blemishes and smoothes inflammation. Besides facials, customers can also get body contouring services or experience a Far infrared sauna with various health + skincare benefits.
Cosmetics: Eyebrows, Lashes, + Nails
MOOD Esthetic Studio | 705 Cookman Avenue Floor 2
MOOD Esthetic Studio is a beauty, cosmetic, and personal care boutique studio whose goal is to help all customers feel beautiful + safe while becoming the best versions of themselves. MOOD Esthetic Studio specializes in perfecting the eyebrow; its brow lami brings out the best in all-natural brows. The brow tint service adds a bit of color to the eyebrow, and the brow shaping at MOOD Esthetic Studio uses a gentle (cherry-scented) hard wax to style those eyebrows to a dream shape. For customers who don’t want any work done to their brows, the lash lift + tint will safely make natural lashes look longer + darker (JSG loves that this lasts up to eight weeks). MOOD Esthetic Studio also has full body waxing, facials, and tooth gems for anyone looking to add glam to their smile, + the groovy decor sets a fun atmosphere that makes coming back for these services even more enticing.
Nails by Ginny | 408 Emory Street #2
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Nails by Ginny is a boutique nail salon located in downtown Asbury Park. This cute salon has all types of manicures — basic, structured, and gel, or JSG’s favorite, the dazzle dry manicure, which has chip-free wear for 7-14 days + air dries in five minutes. The nail art done here is priced at three different levels. Nails by Ginny recommends bringing in an Instagram inspiration photo to help create a dream nail design. Nails by Ginny also does pedicures, nail treatments, + add-ons that customers can read more about on its website here.
Mobile Tanning + Wellness
Girl on the Glow | Mobile
Girl on the Glow brings airbrush tanning directly to customers’ homes. Girl on the Glow airbrush tanning has a regular eight-hour glow, a rapid three-hour glow, and a violet glow service for Monmouth County clients. This mobile service brings disposable underwear, hair nets + sticky feet, nose plugs, prep lotion, and a pop-up tent directly to the home so customers can get their glow on without leaving the house.
See More: Where to Get a Massage in Montclair
IV Elements | 513 Cookman Avenue Suite 206
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IV Elements is a holistic company with mobile in-home IV vitamin drips + wellness services. IV Elements has a drip lounge in downtown Asbury Park, but a mobile IV therapy specialist will also come directly to the home to administer the treatment. IV infusions deliver much-needed nutrients to the body that are quickly absorbed and improve the body’s overall wellness. At IV Elements, there are IV drips explicitly aimed at targeting beauty needs such as the hair, nails + IV drip, the skin brightening IV drip, and IV therapy for weight loss. Anyone who wants to book a service can fill out the online appointment request form here.
Spray Tan Express | Mobile
Spray Tan Express is a mobile service that provides at-home spray tanning sessions to Asbury Park. Spray Tan Express provides an all-natural solution that uses a blend of antioxidants and vitamins to help bring out a beach glow in the skin. Spray Tan Express has all Norvell solutions in both regular and rapid options. This mobile spray tan service also has custom packages for group parties, including a sweet sixteen, a wedding party, or a simple girls’ night in.
Best of the Jersey Shore Guide 2024: Vote for Your Favorite Local Businesses
The Jersey Shore is full of incredible local businesses — from restaurants, coffee shops, and ice cream spots to boutiques, fitness studios and so much more, this area of the Garden State has so much to offer. To shine a light on local businesses at the Jersey Shore, we're excited to introduce our first-ever Best of the Jersey Shore Guide, voted on by JSG readers. If you've seen our annual "Best of" guides on our sister sites, The Hoboken Girl + The Montclair Girl, you know that this is a great way to highlight local businesses in the area. Our first-ever Best of the Jersey Shore Guide includes lots of categories — from 'Best Quintessential Jersey Shore Bar' and 'Best Bagel' to 'Best Music Venue' and 'Best DIY Experience'. Share the love and vote for them in any and every category — these reader-selected awards give businesses bragging rights for months (and sometimes years) to come. Let the voting begin for the Best of the Jersey Shore Guide 2024 — scroll down to get started!
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Readers and community members are the reason these businesses are so successful, so now it’s your chance to vote for your favorites. You can vote once per day in all categories, now through Sunday, December 1st at 11:59PM. The winners for each category will be announced in mid-December once the categories are tallied.
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This is one of the easiest + quickest ways to support your local favorites this holiday season — plus, who doesn’t love a friendly competition? Good luck to all of the local businesses at the Jersey Shore — and let the voting begin!
