Cloud 9 is based at Racefield in Dooradoyle, covering nails, facials, waxing and brow and lash treatments. It is a smaller independent rather than a multi-branch operation, which usually means seeing the same therapist each visit — the main argument for a local salon over a larger one. Dooradoyle sits beside the Crescent Shopping Centre and the hospital, so it catches both shoppers and staff, and free parking makes it easy to fit an appointment around other errands.

• AddressUnit 7, Racefield, Dooradoyle, Limerick