Best of Memphis 2018: Wellness

Best Barre Studio

1. Barre None @ Kroc

2. Pure Barre

3. Cardio Barre

Barre None reached the highest rung this year as our city’s fave place to stretch, sculpt, and tone their bodies. We like to move it, move it — and flex our our rockin’ bods at Kroc.

Best Crossfit

1. CrossFit Hit and Run

2. CrossFit 901

3. CrossFit Chickasaw — tie — CrossFit Memphis

With an emphasis on sense of community and elite fitness, CrossFit Hit and Run teaches exercise regimens that include aerobic exercise, body weight exercises, and Olympic weightlifting and offers nutrition counseling.

Best Day Spa

1. Gould’s

2. Pavo Salon Spa

3. The Skin Clinics

Best Place to Get a Facial

1. Gould’s

2. The Skin Clinics

3. Pavo Salon Spa

For more than 80 years, Gould’s has been a prime go-to spot to “treat yo’self,” whether

that be for a massage, facial, or other beauty and cosmetic services, so it’s no wonder they continually end up at the top of our BOM lists.

Justin Fox Burks

Best Hair Salon

1. Pavo Salon Spa

2. Gould’s

3. Rachel’s Salon & Day Spa

Pavo Salon Spa prides itself on quality and excellence, and it shows on their clients as they leave the salon singing to themselves, “I feel pretty, oh, so pretty.”

Best Hair Stylist

1. Sarah Coward, Pavo

2. Barbara Barnett Blakey, Dabbles

3. Kristin Watson, Gould’s

Pavo hair stylist Sarah Coward comes highly recommended on Yelp, Google, and, once again, on our BOM list for her level of care and attention to detail.

Best Nail Salon

1. Nail Bar & Co.

2. Gloss Nail Bar

3. Diva Nails & Spa

Shellac, gel, and vinyl, oh my! Nail Bar & Co. offers a variety of mani and pedi packages (for both men and women), and they even take groups and parties.

Best Health/Fitness Club

1. Salvation Army Kroc Center

2. Germantown Athletic Club

3. YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South

The Kroc Center is a community center, gym, church, and theater all rolled into one, and members from all walks of life can utilize its many sports and fitness programs, gym, church services, art and theater programs, and more.

Best Place to Get Waxed

BOM 1. European Wax Center

2. Gould’s — tie —Rachel’s Salon & Day Spa

3. Pavo Salon Spa

Hairy situation? European Wax Center has you covered (literally) with waxing options and skincare products for the entire body.

Best Tanning Salon

1. The Skin Clinics

2. Eden Spa & Laser

3. Southern Tans

The Skin Clinics have the whole gamut of skin services, one of those being custom spray tans, and our readers think they’re pretty darn good at it.

Justin Fox Burks