Newport News’s Top 10 Beauty Salons & Beauty Professionals

The Profile

European Wax Center in Newport News is the local branch of the national waxing chain, located in the Marketplace at Tech Center. The menu covers Brazilian, bikini, body, facial and eyebrow waxing, from single areas such as underarm or lip through to full-body treatments, plus eyebrow tinting and grooming services for men.

The center positions itself as inclusive, welcoming guests of every gender and skin type, and its wax specialists follow the brand's standardized process. Retail shelves carry the brand's own body care, facial and brow products in full and travel sizes, with gift cards available.

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

European Wax Center takes the top spot on the Newport News beauty list because it delivers the most consistent, well-defined waxing experience in the city: a full service menu, a repeatable method, and the Wax Pass program, which offers unlimited, pre-paid and student passes that save up to 25% per service and work across locations. For a first-time or regular waxing client, that predictability is hard to beat locally.

Good to Know

New guests can claim a first wax free; check eligibility when booking. Reservations are made online or through the European Wax Center app, and walk-ins are taken when availability allows.

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Numa Spa is a physician-led medical aesthetics practice in Newport News that has offered skin care, injectables, body contouring and laser treatments since 2013. The menu runs from facials, HydraFacial, chemical peels and microneedling through IPL photofacials, laser hair removal and radiofrequency microneedling, to Botox, dermal fillers, Sculptra, PRP and PDO threads.

Body and wellness services sit alongside the facial work, including CoolSculpting, vein treatments, medically supervised weight loss and hair restoration. The practice was founded by a fellowship-trained facial plastic surgeon, works under a board-certified plastic surgeon as medical director, and staffs its treatment rooms with a nurse practitioner, an experienced nurse injector and licensed master aestheticians.

Why It Made the List

Numa Spa earns its place because the medical oversight is real rather than nominal: the people planning and performing treatments are surgeons, nurses and master aestheticians with decades of combined experience, and the practice reports performing thousands of treatments a year. That depth of clinical staffing is unusual for a spa in the Hampton Roads area and gives clients a single place for both relaxing facials and results-driven procedures.

Good to Know

Consultations are complimentary and can be requested through the online booking and contact forms. Numa Spa offers membership plans and a military discount, and asks anyone needing ADA accommodation to get in touch ahead of the visit.

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Pigtails & Crewcuts in Newport News is a locally owned, family-run children's salon that is part of the national Pigtails & Crewcuts franchise. It is built around making haircuts easy for kids, with styling chairs shaped like race cars, fire trucks and Jeeps, family movies playing during cuts, and a treasure box of prizes and lollipops at the end.

Services include children's haircuts, first-haircut packages with keepsakes, Princess and Pirate themed packages, fairy hair tinsel, braids, blow-dry and style, bang and neckline cleanups, and a chlorine treatment using Malibu Swimmers Wellness products. Adults are welcome too, with Mommy & Me and Daddy & Me packages and standard adult haircuts on the menu.

Why It Made the List

Pigtails & Crewcuts made the Newport News list for its Sensory Safe appointments, where stylists trained to work with hesitant or resistant children take extra time and care. Assistant Manager Stacey Holland specializes in children with additional needs, which sets this salon apart from a standard family barbershop.

Good to Know

Appointments can be booked online, and walk-ins are welcome when space allows. Ask for a Sensory Safe appointment if your child needs a calmer, slower visit, and book a first-haircut package if you want the keepsake certificate and lock of hair.

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Fancy Nails & Spa is a women-owned, Asian-owned nail salon in the Kiln Creek area of Newport News. Its menu covers manicures, pedicures, gel and acrylic nails and custom nail art, with organic pedicure options for clients who prefer gentler products.

Technicians named in client feedback, including Jamie, Mindy and Anni, are noted for gel builder work and creative designs, and the salon emphasizes clean, modern facilities and attention to individual style. Reviews repeatedly mention precise work and manicures that last.

Why It Made the List

Fancy Nails & Spa made the Newport News beauty list because it delivers detailed, durable nail work in a clean and welcoming setting, and it is explicitly LGBTQ+ friendly and a transgender safe space, which not every salon in the city states. For nail art and builder gel in particular, it is one of the stronger options locally.

Good to Know

Appointments are recommended and easy to arrange in advance; ask for a specific technician if you want a particular design style. The salon is wheelchair accessible, has free parking, and takes credit, debit and contactless mobile payments.

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Inky Stylez Braids-Kuts & More is an independent hair and beauty business in Newport News whose name sets out its range: braiding, cuts and a mix of extra beauty services under one roof. Directory listings place it in both the hair salon and beauty salon categories, which reflects a studio built around protective styles and barbering rather than a single niche.

Braiding is the anchor service, with cuts sitting alongside it so that clients can have a full style completed in one visit rather than booking two separate appointments. Its Fresha listing also records a makeup service, which points to occasion styling as part of the "more" in the name.

Why It Made the List

Inky Stylez Braids-Kuts & More earns its place on this Newport News list because it combines braiding and cutting in a city where those services are usually split between separate braiders and barbers. That one-stop format, backed by a presence on the main booking directories, makes it a practical choice for anyone who wants protective styling and a sharp cut from the same team.

Good to Know

The business appears on both Fresha and Booksy, so check which platform is currently taking bookings, and confirm the current location before you travel, as listings have shown more than one Newport News address over time. Ask about braid style options and hair length requirements when you book, since braiding appointments usually run long.

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It describes itself as inclusive and plant-powered, with sustainable beauty services built around Aveda alongside OWay, Oribe, Keratin Complex and Hansim Skin.

Services cover haircuts and color, spa treatments and waxing, and the Newport News salon is the one of the two that offers airbrush tanning. Amber + Slate runs new-guest experiences for first visits and participates in the Aveda Plus Rewards program, so regular clients earn points on services and product.

Why It Made the List

Amber + Slate makes the list because it is the most complete Aveda experience in Newport News: a full salon and spa menu, an eco-conscious product philosophy, and a team that treats the Aveda ritual as part of the appointment rather than an upsell. The airbrush tanning and waxing add-ons make it easy to prepare for an event in a single visit.

Good to Know

Book online through the salon’s website, and ask about the new-guest experience if it is your first appointment. Sign up for Aveda Plus Rewards at the front desk to earn on future visits.

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Services include haircuts and color, facials, waxing and dermaplaning, and the salon lists hair loss solutions as a service category.

Product choices define the salon: it works with Davines, the Italian line known for its sustainability commitments, and Innersense, an organic, vegan range, and it describes its commitment as sustainability and clean hair care. Stylist Kristen Barclay is among the team, and esthetician Brittney offers facial services under the name Bloom By Brittney.

Why It Made the List

Salon Elite made the Newport News beauty list because it combines hair and esthetics under one roof with a clear clean-beauty product philosophy, which is uncommon among local salons. A large review history on local platforms points to a consistent, personal experience.

Good to Know

Appointments are made by contacting the salon directly; no online booking platform is listed. Ask for a consultation if you are interested in the hair loss services or a first-time dermaplane treatment.

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Ulta Beauty in Newport News is the chain's store and salon at the Marketplace at Tech Center. Beyond the retail floor, it runs an in-store salon offering hair services, makeup services, Benefit Brow Bar services and ear piercing.

The store carries more than 200 brands across makeup, skin care, hair care and fragrance, from Redken and MAC to COSRX and Drunk Elephant, and includes a Wellness Shop section. It also hosts Cécred Sunday, a specialty in-salon service tied to the Cécred hair care line.

Why It Made the List

Ulta Beauty made the Newport News beauty list because it is the one place in the city where a salon appointment, a brow service and a full product shop happen in one visit, and because the salon works with the professional lines sold on its own shelves. It is the practical choice for a quick service between errands rather than a destination salon.

Good to Know

Salon and brow appointments are booked through the Ulta Beauty website or app. The store offers in-store and curbside pickup and same-day delivery, and parking is in the Marketplace at Tech Center lot.

The Profile

Beauty By Kara Skin & Wax Bar is a small, esthetician-led studio serving Newport News, focused on the two things in its name: skin care and waxing. It is a specialist rather than a full-service salon, which is what draws clients who want a dedicated waxing or skin appointment instead of an add-on at a hair salon.

The business runs on an appointment basis through an online scheduling system, which suits the personal, one-on-one format of a skin and wax bar. Beauty By Kara works from a suite rather than a street-front shop, so visits tend to be quiet and unhurried.

Why It Made the List

Beauty By Kara made the Newport News beauty list because it offers a focused, small-studio alternative to the chain waxing options in the city, with skin treatments and waxing handled together in one place. Clients who prefer consistency from the same practitioner, visit after visit, are the ones it serves best.

Good to Know

Book through the Beauty By Kara online scheduler (Acuity Scheduling) rather than walking in. Ask about patch testing before a first facial or wax if you have sensitive skin.

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KO Blade & Beauty is a beauty studio in Newport News that sits at the medical end of the beauty spectrum. Local directories list it under medical spa and tattoo removal categories as well as general beauty, so confirm the current menu directly before booking.

The studio takes bookings through Vagaro, which lets clients see availability and reserve online.

Why It Made the List

KO Blade & Beauty made the Newport News beauty list because it covers services most salons in the city do not, with tattoo removal and med-spa style treatments listed alongside beauty work, and because it maintains a Better Business Bureau profile and a sizeable review history on local platforms.

Good to Know

Book through Vagaro and expect a consultation before any removal or semi-permanent treatment. Ask about patch tests, aftercare and how many sessions a treatment is likely to take.