Lexington’s Top 10 Beauty Salons & Beauty Professionals

The Profile

Posh Salon & Spa operates as a locally owned brand with two Lexington locations and it styles itself around continuing education for staff so clients benefit from up-to-date techniques. The business promotes a consistent guest experience across both sites while keeping services individually tailored to each visitor’s hair and skin goals.

Posh maintains two specific addresses for convenience: a full salon and spa, Ste 240 and a hair-focused salon, Ste 148, serving the broader Lexington area. The Richmond Road site offers facials and full spa treatments, while Tates Creek is geared primarily toward hair services such as cuts, color and styling.

Posh’s service list extends beyond hair into skincare and nail services and the website provides online booking, a gallery, gift-card purchases and career listings. Clients can expect professional color work, highlights, balayage, facials and manicures, giving Posh a full-service profile that supports both routine appointments and special-occasion prep.

Why It Made the List and Why It’s Our Top Pick

Posh sits at the top of this list because its two-location model pairs a hair-focused salon with a full spa and the company’s continuing-education emphasis keeps stylists confident across a wide menu of services. That combination of complementary sites, consistent training and an extensive service roster delivers dependable results and a full guest experience.

Good to Know

Posh operates distinct service footprints at each location, so choose Richmond Road for spa treatments and Tates Creek Centre for hair-only appointments; online booking and gift-card purchases are available on the salon website.

The Profile

Posh Salon is one of the two Lexington locations operating under the Posh brand and is described as a hair-focused environment that emphasizes professional color and haircut services. Stylists at this location benefit from the company’s continuing-education approach, which the brand highlights as a reason clients receive confident, up-to-date technical work.

Posh Salon provides tailored color services including highlights and other customized color treatments designed to complement varying hair types and personal styles, and appointments can be scheduled through the brand’s online booking system. The business frames its approach around consistent standards across both sites while allowing each location to focus on particular service strengths.

Why It Made the List

Posh Salon stands out for maintaining the brand’s consistent training and service standards at a location geared mainly toward hair, so clients seeking focused color work, precision cuts, and styling find a team whose education and processes are designed to deliver reliable, tailored results on repeat visits.

Good to Know

Posh Salon is part of a two-location operation, so when booking choose the Posh Salon site if you want a hair-focused appointment; the website lists available services and lets you select your preferred location before you confirm.

The Profile

Lux Hair Bar centers its color work on Aveda formulas, delivering customized color services that begin with a consultation and are tailored to each client’s hair goals. The salon promotes a personalized approach for everything from subtle refreshes to full transformations, and new clients are invited to claim a noted first-service discount that the salon advertises on its site.

Lux Hair Bar pairs its Aveda-focused coloring with product retail and practical hair-care solutions such as the Jolie Shower Head, which the salon stocks to help clients protect color longevity and hair health at home. The salon operates as a smaller, personable team that offers extensions, special-occasion styling, waxing, and a shop of Aveda products you can buy in-salon.

Why It Made the List

Lux Hair Bar’s distinguishing feature is the integration of professional Aveda color with a clear retail and consultation strategy: every color begins with a tailored consultation, and the salon supports color longevity through at-home product recommendations and accessories available in the shop.

Good to Know

Lux Hair Bar advertises a new-client discount (for first-time service) and free consultations; or book online to discuss color, extensions, or product recommendations before scheduling.

The Profile

Mickey Salon/Spa lists its use of L'Oreal Majirel European hair color for gray coverage and tonal services, offering both permanent and demi-permanent options to meet a range of color needs. The salon publishes a detailed service menu that includes highlights, balayage, corrective color and gloss treatments, indicating a broad color capability handled by staff familiar with multiple techniques.

Mickey Salon/Spa also features an extension service menu and texture-smoothing options such as keratin and Brazilian Blowout treatments with published starting prices, plus a DevaCut for curly hair provided by a certified stylist. The salon gives its address as, Suite 164 and lists regular business hours Monday through Friday and Saturday openings, making in-person consultations straightforward to arrange.

Why It Made the List

Mickey Salon/Spa earns recognition for its comprehensive technical menu, professional L'Oreal Majirel color, multiple highlighting techniques, extensions and several smoothing and texture services, paired with a policy of consultations for corrective or extension work which helps ensure appointments are planned to suit individual hair history and goals.

Good to Know

Mickey Salon/Spa requires consultations for corrective color, extensions and some specialty services; pricing on the site is listed as base rates and may vary by hair or provider, so book a pre-service consult to confirm scope and cost.

The Profile

Cha Cha’s is a downtown Lexington salon located and describes itself as an award-winning, high-energy hair destination that specializes in balayage, extensions, fantasy color and custom haircuts. The team emphasizes communication and stylist matching so clients get a specialist whose strengths align with the requested look and maintenance plan.

Cha Cha’s operates an educational model and asks that clients book consultations for extensions and major color changes; the salon also lists the product brands it uses, including Evo, Cult & King and Davines and enforces a card-on-file booking policy with specified cancellation and no-show charges to protect stylists’ booked time.

Why It Made the List

Cha Cha’s notable merit is its strong focus on creative color and extension work supported by a clear consultation process and stylist matching philosophy; clients who want fashion hues, specialized extension services, or an experienced stylist with a distinctive creative portfolio will find Cha Cha’s structured to meet those needs.

Good to Know

Cha Cha’s requires a card on file for bookings and applies fees for no-shows or late cancellations; the salon asks clients to arrive with clean, dry hair and to schedule extension or major-color consultations ahead of time.

The Profile

My Salon Suite Patchen Square functions as a suite-rental location where independent beauty professionals lease private spaces to run their own businesses; the site invites prospective tenants to request suite-leasing information online and to indicate their service specialties when applying. The model supports one-on-one client appointments inside individually controlled studios.

My Salon Suite Patchen Square emphasizes a creative, private workspace for stylists and service providers and directs clients and professionals to distinct booking and leasing pathways, clients can book specific professionals through the central booking link while professionals request suite details or reserve a studio through the property’s reserve-a-suite forms and contact options.

Why It Made the List

My Salon Suite Patchen Square distinguishes itself by offering private, fully controlled suites that let independent stylists create their own schedules and client experience; this setup can be ideal for clients seeking a single-stylist relationship and for professionals who want to operate a boutique practice within a shared property.

Good to Know

My Salon Suite Patchen Square handles leasing and bookings through online forms; professionals should request suite info via the site and note that the property uses opt-in SMS consent for lease communications and marketing messages.

The Profile

Sola Salon Studios at Lexington Green offers private salon studios for rent to independent beauty professionals and advertises move-in specials for new tenants. The location lists an address Circle, Suite 150 and provides a named contact and phone number for studio inquiries, reflecting a franchise model where each studio is individually owned and operated.

Sola Salon Studios publicizes specific move-in incentives such as two weeks free rent, studio painting, liability insurance coverage for the first year and a retail bonus, designed to ease the transition for stylists going independent. The brand also promotes support resources like education and a centralized platform for clients to find and book individual studios.

Why It Made the List

Sola Salon Studios’ primary advantage is the concrete, advertised move-in support that lowers startup costs for stylists, combined with the franchise’s national platform, these incentives and the independent-studio model make it straightforward for professionals to establish a branded, private practice while still benefiting from centralized marketing and booking tools.

Good to Know

Sola Salon Studios lists a Lexington Green contact (Maura, +1 859-412-2224) and specific move-in concessions; studios are independently owned, so amenities and exact offers may vary by location and owner.

The Profile

My Salon Suite provides private studio space that allows individual stylists and beauty professionals to manage their own client lists and appointments in a controlled environment; the model emphasizes a professional, personalized experience where each visit is handled by a single, dedicated practitioner rather than a rotating team.

My Salon Suite locations promote consistency and attention to detail by allowing professionals to set their own service standards and client protocols, creating a calm but professional atmosphere that supports tailored color, cut, and styling work. Clients book directly with their chosen stylist, which helps maintain continuity across repeat visits and specialty services.

Why It Made the List

My Salon Suite’s notable strength is the private-suite format that encourages one-to-one appointments and deeper stylist-client relationships, offering clients a predictable, individualized service environment distinct from a traditional multi-stylist salon floor.

Good to Know

My Salon Suite operates a client-booking system and a separate suite-reservation process for professionals; prospective tenants should request lease info online and clients should book with the individual stylist rather than a general storefront account.

The Profile

Parlor Salon operates multiple Lexington-area locations, including Henry Clay Boulevard and Hamburg Pavilion, and emphasizes ongoing education for stylists so clients receive current cut and color techniques. The business publishes a comprehensive service menu covering single-process color, highlights, balayage, corrective color, smoothing treatments, and updos across its sites.

Parlor Salon provides a transparent, tiered pricing structure with stylist levels ranging from Stylist to Director Stylist, listing example starting prices for haircuts, highlights, color, and specialty services like keratin and Brazilian blowouts. The salon encourages collaborative planning with clients to create a maintenance plan that preserves hair health between visits.

Why It Made the List

Parlor Salon’s defining attribute is its clear, multi-location pricing structure and detailed service menu, which helps clients choose the right stylist level and service type for their budget and expectations while offering continuity across venues in the Liberty and Hamburg Pavilion neighborhoods.

Good to Know

Parlor Salon publishes phone numbers (859-368-8485 or 859-810-0177), sells gift cards online, and highlights ammonia-free options, call the preferred location to confirm stylist availability and appointment pricing for the service you need.

The Profile

Atéa Beauty offers a combined menu of hair, lash, and nail services alongside permanent jewelry installations, listing specific lash pricing such as full eyelash extensions at $250 and fill-ins at $89. The salon promotes its multi-service capability for clients seeking both styling and cosmetic treatments in a single appointment.

Atéa Beauty maintains a roster of named stylists and technicians and posts clear hours, Monday by appointment only, Tuesday through Thursday 9am to 7pm, Friday 9am to 5pm, and Saturday 9am to 5pm, with private appointment options for events and the option to book permanent-jewelry sessions in-salon or on location for group bookings.

Why It Made the List

Atéa Beauty’s distinctive offering is the combination of lash extensions, nail services, hair work, and permanent jewelry under one roof with explicit pricing and event options, making it practical for clients who want coordinated services or a private booking for special occasions and group events.

Good to Know

Atéa Beauty lists Monday as appointment-only and offers permanent jewelry with set pricing ranges; they provide private or on-location appointments for events, so contact the salon to reserve a group or event slot in advance.