5th Avenue Beauty Emporium is on Clarendon Street in Dublin 2, a short step from Grafton Street and the Powerscourt Centre. It covers a broad range — facials, waxing, massage, nails, and hand and foot treatments — in one of the busiest retail pockets in the country. Clarendon Street is walkable from everywhere in the city centre; parking means the Drury Street multi-storey.
Abelia Salon is a north inner-city option on Upper Dorset Street, a few minutes from Parnell Square and the Mater. The salon covers a broad list: massage, waxing, threading, brow and lash treatments, nails, facials, makeup and pressotherapy, the last of which is less commonly offered around Dublin 1. Pricing sits below the Dublin 2 average, and the mix of treatments makes it practical for anyone wanting several things done in a single visit. Threading in particular is a strong point. Appointments can be made by phone or through online booking.
Based at Chapel View in Louth Village, this clinic works on the therapeutic side — massage and treatment aimed at physical complaints as much as appearance, with facials and waxing available alongside. Louth Village is a small settlement between Ardee and Dundalk that gives the county its name, and a clinic there serves the surrounding countryside rather than town footfall. Parking is never a consideration, and appointments tend to be easier to get at short notice than in either town.
Akara is a nail-led salon on Terenure Road North, close to the village crossroads and handy for Rathgar, Templeogue and Harolds Cross. Gel and acrylic extensions, manicures and pedicures make up most of the diary, with waxing, tinting, eyelash extensions, spray tanning and massage filling out the rest. The standout is the opening hours: Tuesday to Friday from 10am right through to 9pm, which is later than almost anything else in Dublin 6W and makes it genuinely usable after work. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Alainn Beauty Rooms operates from the Glenroyal Shopping Centre on the Straffan Road in Maynooth and has been awarded five stars for its treatment standards. It is an IMAGE Skincare stockist, a professional line built around active ingredients and targeted at pigmentation, acne and ageing rather than general pampering. Alongside facials it offers holistic and massage treatments, waxing, brows, lashes and nails, all in private rooms rather than an open floor. The shopping centre location means free parking, which matters in a university town where street parking is scarce.
Now trading as Allure Beauty and Nail Spa, this salon is on Lower Drumcondra Road in Dublin 9, on the main northside artery between the city centre and Whitehall. Nails are a significant part of the business alongside facials, waxing, tanning and brow and lash work. Drumcondra is close to Croke Park and DCU, so trade fluctuates sharply around match days and term time.
The beauty rooms at the Arklow Bay Hotel operate as a hotel spa rather than a high-street salon, which changes what they are good for: longer treatments, massage, and packages built around a few hours rather than a single appointment. Facials, nails, waxing and tanning are available as standalone bookings. Non-residents can book, and the hotel setting means access to leisure facilities is often bundled in. A reasonable option for a treat rather than routine maintenance, and useful for group bookings before an occasion.
Elaine has been running this salon on the north side of Cork city for over fourteen years, working out of the Fox and Hounds Neighbourhood Centre in Ballyvolane. Five private treatment rooms give it more capacity than the average suburban salon. The list covers laser treatments, waxing, St Tropez spray tanning, Dermalogica facials, hot stone massage and body treatments. Easy parking and disabled access are both available, and pricing is pitched deliberately below city-centre rates, which is much of the reason for its long local following.
Beauty by the Shannon overlooks the river in Carrick-on-Shannon and also operates from Dromod further down the county. Facials, nails, massage and waxing make up the treatment list. The riverside setting suits longer treatments, and Carrick’s substantial hen and wedding trade means occasion bookings are a real part of the diary — weekend slots in summer need booking well in advance.
Established in 2008 and based at The Lodge in College Manor, Beauty Chambers is one of the larger and longer-running salons in Cobh. The treatment list is unusually detailed for a town salon: advanced facial therapies and microneedling at one end, straightforward brows, lashes, foot care, nail enhancement, spray tanning and makeup at the other. Waxing is done on the Lycon system for both face and body, with threading also available. The College Manor location keeps it off the seafront tourist strip and closer to residential Cobh.
Beauty Wave works from Rue D’Arzon in Lahinch and runs as a spa rather than a high-street salon, offering longer luxury treatments alongside standard beauty. It is a Thalgo salon — the French marine-based skincare line — which is a specific accreditation rather than simply stocking the products. Lahinch is a surf and golf town on the west Clare coast, so trade is heavily seasonal and summer weekends need booking well ahead. Off-season availability is considerably easier and often better value.
Beauty with Grace works from Selskar Street in Wexford town, up near Selskar Abbey and away from the busiest stretch of Main Street. The salon offers a comprehensive range of body and face treatments including facials, massage, waxing and nails. Its position at the northern end of the town centre makes it convenient for anyone coming in from the Dublin road side rather than fighting through the one-way system. A small independent rather than a chain, so continuity of therapist is usually good.
Run by Maeve Keane with over eighteen years behind her, Beauty Within on the Iveragh Road in Killorglin is one of the leading laser and advanced skincare clinics in Kerry. It works as a holistic centre as well as a clinic, so laser hair removal and advanced skin treatments sit alongside massage and more restorative therapies. Killorglin is the gateway to the Ring of Kerry and serves a wide mid-Kerry catchment, which matters for laser in particular — a course runs to six or eight sessions, and having it locally saves repeated runs to Tralee or Cork.
Bernie’s is on O’Connell Street in the middle of Sligo city centre, offering beauty and skincare including facials, massage, nail services and advanced laser hair removal. O’Connell Street is the main commercial street through the town, so this is about as central as Sligo gets. Having laser in a city-centre salon rather than a dedicated clinic is convenient if you are fitting sessions around work, given a course runs to six or eight appointments spread over several months.
Biodecus is a health and beauty operation at James’s Green in Kilkenny, framing itself around wellbeing as much as appearance. That usually signals longer treatments and a holistic slant — massage and body therapies alongside facials and standard beauty. James’s Green is on the western side of the city near the hospital, with parking considerably easier than the centre.
Bluebells on Main Street in Ballybay works across alternative health as well as beauty, so massage and holistic therapies sit alongside facials and waxing. That framing is worth knowing about if you are booking for stress, tension or recovery rather than appearance — treatments tend to run longer and the approach is different from a conventional salon. Ballybay’s Main Street is central with free parking, and the town sits on the R183 between Monaghan and Castleblayney.
Body Beautiful works from Frederick House on Main Street in Ashbourne, covering facials, nails, waxing, brow and lash treatments and massage. Ashbourne sits right on the Dublin border on the N2 and functions almost entirely as a commuter town, which shapes the trade — early mornings and evenings are the busy slots, and Saturday fills weeks ahead. Main Street parking is free for limited periods with the shopping centre car park alongside.
Burgundy Beauty works from Newtown Park at Stillorgan Park in Blackrock, covering facials, nails, waxing, brow and lash treatments and massage. Newtown Park Avenue runs between Stillorgan and Blackrock, serving both, with the N11 and the Stillorgan Luas stop close by. The location suits anyone in the Foxrock, Mount Merrion and Booterstown belt who would rather not go into Blackrock village and fight for parking.
Trading since 1995, Catherine’s was the first salon in Donegal to introduce laser treatment and remains one of the most comprehensively equipped in the north west. The list runs from laser hair removal and skin rejuvenation through microneedling, electrolysis, facials, massage, teeth whitening, lash lifts and waxing. Electrolysis alongside laser is worth noting — laser cannot treat white, grey or genuinely blonde hair, and electrolysis is the only method that can. Thirty years in Letterkenny gives it the longest track record in the county.
Celines Beauty Rooms occupies Glencarrig House on Carrigaline Main Street and covers the full range rather than specialising: manicures and pedicures, spray and cream tanning, eyelash extensions, full body waxing, massage and makeup. Facials are built on the Decleor range, and the salon carries the retail line as well, which matters if you want to continue a treatment at home. Free car parking on site is a practical draw for anyone coming in from Crosshaven, Ringaskiddy or Douglas rather than walking from the village.
On Main Street in Tramore, Colm Morrissey operates as a hair spa — hair services delivered with a spa element rather than a conventional salon chair-and-basin setup. Facials and treatments are available alongside. Tramore’s main street runs up from the seafront and is the commercial heart of the town, serving both a substantial year-round population and heavy summer visitor traffic. Parking is easier off-season; in July and August the promenade car parks fill early.
CORE Health and Beauty is tucked into Coach Horse Lane off Midleton Main Street, beside the Square. Dermalogica is the professional skincare line, and facials are prescribed against skin condition rather than sold as a fixed menu. Massage, manicures, pedicures, nail enhancements and waxing make up the rest of the treatment list. Midleton is the natural hub for east Cork, so the salon draws from Carrigtwohill, Cloyne and Whitegate as well as the town itself, and the lane location keeps it away from main street noise.
Crystal Beauty operates from inside Clondalkin Leisure Centre on the Old Nangor Road, Dublin 22 — so there is free parking, which is unusual for a salon. Established in 2015, it covers nails, manicures and pedicures, waxing, tanning, tinting, reflexology, hot stone massage and facials, and has moved into injectables and skin boosters. Pre-booking only: it does not take walk-ins. Open five days, closed Sunday and Monday.
Cuan Atlantic Beauty is the salon within the Galway Bay Hotel on the Salthill promenade, looking out over Galway Bay. It covers facials, manicures, pedicures, nails, waxing, makeup and spray tanning, and is open to non-residents as well as hotel guests. The Salthill location makes it a natural choice for occasion bookings — weddings at the hotel, or anyone wanting a treatment before an evening out on the prom. Parking is available on site, unusual for a seafront location.