Beauty Salons in Durham

Looking for a beauty salon in Durham? Sirens City Retreat Beauty Salon is a full service salon in Durham city offering nails, lashes and brows, facials, waxing, massage, holistic therapies, spray tanning and advanced skin treatments, all under one roof.

Having everything in one place makes life easy. You can book a lash lift and a pedicure in the same visit, or plan a regular routine of facials and massage with a team who know you. The salon is built around inclusive care: it is trans inclusive, gender neutral with gender neutral pricing, neurodiverse friendly with a low sensory environment, menopause informed and child free, with quiet appointments, silent treatments and private treatment rooms on request. Clients come from all over the city and DH1, including Gilesgate, Belmont, Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall and Neville's Cross, and from further out in Chester le Street, Brandon and Ushaw Moor.

Every treatment group has its own page too, and the listing below gives you the opening hours and the way to book.

Treatments at this salon

• Nails, hands and feet. Manicures, gel polish, BIAB, extensions, nail art and pedicures.
• Lashes and brows. Lash extensions, lash lifts, brow lamination, shaping and tinting.
• Facials and skincare. Facials, peels, dermaplaning, LED and treatments for acne and melasma.
• Advanced skin. Microneedling.
• Hair removal. Waxing, including face and Hollywood waxing.
• Massage and body. Deep tissue, sports, hot stones, Indian head massage and body scrubs.
• Holistic and wellbeing. Aromatherapy.
• Tanning. Spray tans.

Finding your way

Durham is a compact city that is easy to explore on foot. The railway station sits on the East Coast Main Line just above the centre, North Road bus station is close by, and the A1(M) runs to the east. If you are driving in, the Park and Ride sites at Belmont, Howlands and Sniperley take the stress out of parking.

Features that matter

• Trans inclusive salon whose team is trained in trans inclusive care.
• Gender neutral throughout, with gender neutral pricing that is set by the treatment you choose.
• Neurodiverse friendly, and a low sensory environment can be arranged for any service on the menu.
• Menopause informed support across hair, skin and body treatments.
• Quiet appointments and silent treatments on request, whichever room you are in.
• Private treatment rooms for waxing, massage, facials and tanning.
• Child free salon, so the whole building stays peaceful.
• HIV inclusive policy as standard.
• Vegan friendly options on the menu.
• No double dipping wax policy: every dip into the wax uses a clean spatula.