Buff Beauty

I went here for a facial and the atmosphere was fantastic! I think that they did an amazing job working with my skin type! I can’t wait to get back there.
Small and friendly atmosphere. I greatly enjoy there not being a long line of people waiting to get in.

All I can say is that Betsy is the best eyebrow stylist. She’s sweet, she takes her time, and she always does a fabulous job. I also love her makeup recommendations!

Got the most amazing facial. Rhonda is a waxing/​facial god. She does so much amazing work it’s so hard to choose one to highlight.
She did my facial before my wedding. Which allowed me to bring flawless skin & an amazing Brazilian to my island wedding in June.
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She does my Brazilian, eyebrows, & facials. I couldn’t be more impressed with her work. Always amazing. Always efficient (no wasted time). Always to my husband’s delight. He LOVES her work. Always enjoy my visits. And I fly in because finding a gem like Rhonda– an adequate replacement is very hard to find. For what she does I don’t want to find someone new.

I have had Rhonda do my bikini waxes for years. She is the best in town hands down. They use the best products here and know what they are doing.

I started visiting Buff because I followed aesthetician Rhonda there. I absolutely love the décor at Buff– it’s lovely, and the product used is top of the line. There is also an adorable Yorkie hanging out most of the time. I’d follow Rhonda anywhere, and it’s a joy to see her at Buff.

Heaven on Earth! This place is the best! Both Betsy and Suzi are amazing, I really can’t stress enough how great both girls are at everything, Brows, peels, waxing, spray tans. Anytime I leave there I feel renewed. LOVE BUFF BEAUTY!

Buff Beauty is the best! I used to see Suzi at another spa and followed her here when she opened Buff Beauty. I would not go anywhere else! The place itself is beautiful and they are true perfectionists with everything from waxes, eyelash tinting, facials, makeup, spray tanning, etc… I also love all the products they sell — it’s stuff I haven’t seen at other spas or stores. Suzi makes great recommendations for your skin type.

I LOVE this place! I went for a group outing a bit back & got a spray tan. The whole experience was fun from start to finish. The owners were personable & the space is so beautiful, it makes you feel like you’re just hanging out in your friend’s really, REALLY cute apartment.
After my visit I received a coupon off my next service & decided to schedule a facial with Suzi. It was amazing. She is professional & at the same time fun & personable. I was a few minutes late but she still made time for a thorough facial She explained step-​by-​step what she was doing & gave great advice on skin care moving forward. Needless to say the outcome was awesome, I will definitely be back for many more services!

A coworker recommended Buff Beauty to me after she tried it using a coupon through Gilt City. Well, she was right. I absolutely loved it. Their place is clean (actually, spotless), smells wonderful, and decorated in such a lovely, girly way. It was by far one of the easiest and painless wax jobs I have ever received. Betsy did a wonderful job, and she made me feel relaxed and comfortable. She’s a true professional. This will definitely be my new go-​to place. It’s so amazing!

I, like so many others, followed Betsy here after she left her previous job. She and Suzi have done an absolutely amazing job with their new place. Even the décor is amazing — I kinda want to hire them to decorate my home! Anyway, I will not trust anyone else to do my eyebrows other than Betsy. She’s a magician. And both Betsy and Suzi made me completely wedding ready when I got married a few months ago. I tried the airbrush tanning with Suzi, and as apprehensive as I was, it turned out absolutely perfect!
Thank you Besty & Suzi!

WOW. There are probably not words in the English language to express how much I adored the services I got with Betsy & Suzi. I used to see Betsy at a previous spa, and I’m SO glad to continue seeing her; finding a good esthetician is like finding an amazing doctor or therapist: you don’t ever want to move away, and you brag about them to all your friends. Betsy has been my brow specialist for ever, and she just keeps getting better & better. I feel like a movie star after going to see her, since my beautiful, glamorous brows have been reshaped from the bushy beasts I walk in with. She also tints my snow-​white lashes, which is possibly my favorite thing to have done EVER because it leaves them thick, healthy, glossy black, and I can skip mascara during my sweaty gym workouts– a huge blessing. Between my brows & lashes, I wear virtually no makeup now, because I think I look lovely & finished with my brows & lashes done.
My gross flaky winter skin had been driving me nuts, so I scheduled the Buff Basic Facial with Betsy and had a BLAST. Betsy is so professional, sanitary, relaxing, and therapeutic– I feel like I get way more than I expected, since the facial plumps my skin up, makes me look younger, plus Betsy provides a super relaxing/​cleansing neck/​shoulder massage which I REALLY needed. I also told her my skin has been acting finicky from the weird cold-​hot of this winter, so she applied an active enzyme exfoliation to gently dissolve impurities, which left my skin smoother than its ever been AND a miracle happened for several days after I left the spa: blackheads/​gunk literally began falling out of my skin. Gross, but true, and SO cool, because it essentially continued working long after I left.
At Betsy’s recommendation, I also picked up the Eve Lom cleanser– SO fabulous, I’m really excited to find my first non-​drying cleanser, which is a really stressful ongoing issue for my whitey-​white girl skin. She had used it during the facial, and I fell in love with the way it felt & smelled.
Everything about this experience was perfect– the spa is gorgeous, both the women who work there are super professional and adorable, and I can’t wait to go back. It was an amazing day at the spa– brow, lashes, facial, and I absolutely believe this is the cutest and best spa in Chicago. Thanks, girls!

I went in for my first spray tan yesterday. I’ve had 1 before in the past at Benefit, which wasn’t such a pleasant experience, so I was a bit skeptical… but this experience proved I didn’t need to be. What I loved about the St. Tropez spray tan is that there’s no scale of how tan you want to get. This is simply a wonderful glow that made me look like I do in August, with a natural tan. I wanted to write this review update right when I got home yesterday because I was so excited, but didn’t want to jump the gun and decided to let it fully set in, and then shower this morning to see the full results. I am still just as impressed with it as I was from the get-​go. Like I said to Suzi when she was finished, all of my blemishes looked completely removed and I was left with an amazing even skin-​tone. The next occasion I have, I’m spending the money on a spray tan at Buff Beauty instead of a new top or accessory. This is a great investment.

Betsy can do no wrong! Her work has kept my brows and other regions looking perfect for years.
I have even moved away and still make a point to get to Chicago to see her. I have been jaded by bad experiences where I currently live and have saved waxes for my visits to Chicago. I would rather have a great job done once every few months and do my best in the mean time than have sad looking brows and bikini lines stripped every month by amateurs.
The atmosphere at Buff Beauty is also great. Inviting, chic, fun, and feminine. Just where you want to be if you’re stripping down for a spray tan or a wax. (You know what I’m talking about ladies, we’ve all been to those salons that feel like they threw something together fast and won’t be there in the morning when you have a bad skin reaction. Or the weird clinical salon that feels like you’re at a hospital prepping for surgery.)
Once you have your first appointment, you won’t turn back. And even if you try, you’ll ask yourself, «What was I thinking?!» Welcome to the club.

I’m completely picky about who can touch my brows. I’ve seen too many botch jobs, and too many people who style brows but from the look of their own brows, they clearly shouldnt be! I had literally walked into probably ten brow studios over a period of weeks, looked at the estiticians brows and walked right back out. If they can’t do their own properly, they can’t touch mine. But from the first time that I went to Betsy I knew I had found my match. She is patient and does a beautiful, natural job. I’ve been in the process of thickening up my brows from tweezing them too thin for years and each time she sort of coaches me as to what to do between services so that I can get them to look more thick and natural. Almost two years later my brows look amazing and I’m still a very loyal customer. I’d highly recommend them to anyone. I’d give buff beauty ten stars if I could!

I was told to see Betsy when she was at Blue Mercury salon in Lincoln Park quite a few years ago, that she would «change my life». I was skeptical, but still made an appointment and have been entranced ever since. When she opened her own salon I was even more thrilled for her. When you walk into Buff Beauty it’s like walking into every girl’s dream world. Amazing pictures line the walls, little jars of delicate smelling goodies along the shelves entice you to browse their top notch selection of skin care and music that you feel like was picked just for you is playing.
I’ve had my brows and bikini line waxed and gotten facials from Betsy. My brows are always gorgeous and Betsy takes her time and doesn’t rush. Her facials are RIDICULOUS! So amazingly relaxing; Betsy plays music that doesn’t sound like you’re in an elevator and makes you feel like you’re her only client in the world. I was super nervous about getting my bikini line waxed and Betsy was so awesome and kind about it. Now it’s a breeze, no second thoughts about it.
Both Betsy and Suzi are the sweetest gals in town and the most professional to boot.
I’ll be going back soon to get my first spray tan-​yikes but fun!-and will continue seeing these gals for as long as I live in Chicago.

Where do I even start? This place is absolutely amazing. Parking is a breeze which we all know is a challenge in the city. When you walk in, you’re welcomed into a very soothing and darling atmosphere. All the rooms are extremely clean. The first service I had with Suzy was make-​up for an event. WHOA, she made me look SO pretty. I felt so beautiful and confident that night and whenever I have a special occasion, Suzy will be doing my make-​up. I went back again for brows, brazilin and legs. Fast, clean and effective! I have been waxing for over 15 years and I used to be an esthetician myself and Suzy by far does the best I’ve ever had. For the level of service and how well they do, their prices are very reasonable. I went again for Suzy to do my makeup for a holiday party. I didn’t think she could do it better than the first time but she did! Not only is Suzy very talented and knows her stuff, she’s is a genuinely sweet and warm person.
I just can’t say enough good things about these girls and Buff Beauty!