Beauty & self-care in Perth Central

A small skin clinic and beauty therapy room tucked off Clifton Crescent in Mount Lawley, working one client at a time rather than running a floor of chairs.

An Australian-owned beauty store and treatment room on Beaufort Street at the Inglewood end of Mount Lawley. HydraFacial and facials, brow shaping and tinting, lash treatments and makeup lessons, with skin and brow treatment subscriptions, and a shop floor of iS Clinical, Medik8, Alastin and Nails Inc alongside niche fragrance. Bookings online through Phorest.

Custom manicures, pedicures and nail art at the Subiaco branch of a two-salon Perth business, which also runs its own nail training courses.

A skincare clinic on Fitzgerald Street, North Perth, open since 2007. Clinical facials and peels, Dermapen skin needling, RF microneedling, laser and light treatments, brows, lashes and waxing, cosmetic tattoo and laser tattoo removal, with a long shelf of cosmeceutical ranges — Aspect, Cosmedix, PCA Skin, Ultraceuticals among them. Monday to Thursday 10am to 6pm, Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm.

Rachel Diaz's appointment-only clinic on Canning Highway, South Perth. Curated facials and dermal therapies, skin needling, laser treatments, buccal facial work, massage, lymphatic compression and advanced hair removal, with the products used in treatments sold from the clinic — formulations without parabens, sulphates, petrochemicals or artificial fragrance. Open six days with late nights Tuesday and Thursday; bookings through Timely.

A purpose-built day spa on Scarborough Beach Road, Mount Hawthorn, with a sister site in Melbourne. Facials and dermal treatments sit beside relaxation, pregnancy, hot-stone and leg-and-foot massage, body treatments and spa packages, with waxing, IPL hair removal, spray tans, brow and lash tinting, shaping and lamination filling out the menu. Prices are on a published menu on the site.

A long-standing Leederville salon working with the Guinot Hydradermie and O Cosmedics ranges, alongside lash and brow tinting and body waxing. Thursday evenings run late, and some Saturdays are available by appointment.

A Walcott Street lash salon that also covers brows, skin and spray tanning, part of a small Perth group with a second room closer to the city.

A skin clinic on Newcastle Street, Northbridge, with a head and scalp spa menu. The 90-minute Signature Head Spa is $200 and finishes with a complimentary blow-dry and straightening; a camera scalp analysis, water-ring therapy and neck, shoulder and chest massage are part of it. There is a separate scalp treatment for people having chemotherapy or living with alopecia, and a kids' scalp spa. One person is treated at a time.

A Beaufort Street salon covering beauty and hair in one place, from nails and makeup through to facial treatments, brow and lash tinting. Open late on Thursdays.

The spa inside COMO The Treasury on Cathedral Avenue, open to day visitors as well as hotel guests: four treatment rooms (one a double), a 20-metre heated indoor pool, sauna and a wellness lounge, and a rooftop fitness centre. Massage and holistic treatments with COMO Shambhala's own products, private yoga and pilates, and wellness packages. Open 10am to 6pm every day; bookings through the spa's online portal.

The spa at Crown Towers, Burswood, with an Aqua Retreat of vitality pool, sauna, steam room and rainforest shower in separate men's and women's areas. Subtle Energies body treatments and massage, skin facials and La Prairie treatments, packages and Crown gift cards. Sixteen and over; treatments of an hour or more include four hours of valet parking. Sunday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday to 6pm.

A boutique spa in a converted house on Kensington Street, East Perth, with three massage rooms for singles and couples, a cabin with a cedar hot tub and fireplace, and upstairs lounges and a terrace looking back at the city. Massage and spa treatments with an infrared cocoon pod and a menu of body-contouring and skin technologies, and an adults-only bed-and-breakfast upstairs for a night-and-spa stay.

A small day spa on level 12 of the Novotel on Murray Street, open to the public Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm. Aromatherapy and hot-stone massage — an express hot-stone back massage from $60 — a signature rose-quartz facial and a hydration facial, a skin polish, and a 'wellness getaway' package, all with Aromatherapy Associates essential-oil blends. Sundays and public holidays are for pre-booked hotel guests only.

A Korean-inspired head spa inside the Shape of You studio on Angove Street, North Perth, by appointment only. The Scalp & Head Spa Experience runs ninety minutes for $230: a scalp analysis with before-and-after photos, steam and exfoliation, a water-halo rinse, double shampoo, a mask, and hand and face massage. The Ultimate version runs two hours for $290. Hair is dried off rather than styled.

Revive Skin Emporium is a day spa on the corner of Oxford Street and Scarborough Beach Road in Mount Hawthorn, with private treatment rooms for singles and couples, a hydrotherapy spa and a steam room. The steam room can be booked on its own as a 30-minute session ($45 for one, $70 for two), paired with the spa, or before a massage, wrap or scrub. Massages start at $145 for 30 minutes. Open Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays.

Jessica Wrightson's skin studio, founded in 2016 and now inside Henosis & Co on Cambridge Street, West Leederville; she is the senior dermal therapist with twenty years in the field. Facials run from a teen mini to holistic, bespoke and peel rituals, with skin needling, IPL and RF alongside, lymphatic and remedial-technique massage, and a wellness room with infrared sauna, ice bath and LED, plus classes and workshops. Synergie Skin cosmeceuticals throughout.

A dedicated head spa on Charles Street, South Perth, where appointments start with a microscope look at the scalp and finish with a blow-dry. The two-hour Signature Head Spa is $299, with steam, a head bath and neck and shoulder massage; the Yume rituals use heated, fully reclining Japanese spa beds and run to $485. A 50% deposit is taken within 48 hours of booking, and appointments usually fill three to four weeks ahead.

The hotel spa at Elizabeth Quay, by appointment: four treatment rooms including a couples suite, therapy baths and foot baths, a sauna, separate men's and women's vitality pools, relaxation lounges and the heated outdoor infinity pool. Massage and couples massage, Biologique Recherche facials, scrubs and wraps, manicures and pedicures, with LaGaia Unedited and Biologique Recherche on the shelves. Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, Sunday to 5pm.