LOOKING GOOD

suddenly it’s spring, and there’s more to it than fashion. Take a look at our directory to beauty and health – we’ll tell you where to find the best facials, hair-styling, massages, exercise programs, the works. These are the professionals whose business it is to give you a new look, and with the information at your fingertips, there’s no excuse for this spring to mean anything but a prettier you.



Total Makeovers

Backstage Dallas, 7402 Greenville Ave, Suite 320, 739-8880. A brand new offering by Elaine Dodson presents total beauty and body programs. Health covered in exercise classes, nutrition and diet counseling, and a health snack bar. Total transformation includes skin analysis, facial and makeup class, hair analysis and styling, wardrobe consultation, lunch, and a relaxing massage, all for approximately $250. (A photo studio will be available for “before” and “after” shots.)

Gallery 635, 6717 Snider Plaza, 739-0121. Machine analysis for protein content, a hair design consultation, haircut and styling for women, $30. Maintenance cut is $20. For men the initial visit is $20 and $15 for maintenance. Redken skin care consultations and products are used and available for purchase. An hour-long makeup session is $15, but there’s a discount with purchase of makeup products – Redken’s ph Plus and La Maur’s Natural Woman lines.

Gloria Hight Salon, 8842 N Central Expy (NorthPark East), 361-7826. A very full service salon. Machine or hand massage facials by an aesthetician start at $20. A face chart is provided and products are available after a makeup application ($25). Hair styling and blow drying start at $22.50. Other services include coloring, perming, an established wig department, hair braiding and weaving, a men’s hair specialist, manicures, pedicures, and sculptured nail service. Images by Aki, 2815 Greenville, 827-4571. Aki started as a photography makeup artist in Japan and since coming here has studied hair design, continues to do photo and fashion work, and has opened his full-service salon. A cut and blow dry starts at $20, perms at $50, and braiding prices are determined by time and length of hair. Instructions for hair care, home perms, coloring, and advice on products are given after a cut. Manicures include consultation on length and upkeep needs. Makeup consultation includes advice on application, fashion tips, and facial care referrals. House calls include hair design, makeup, and/or complete ensemble coordination.

J.D. & We Hair Company, 224 Inwood Village, 357-7376. Jerry Edwards and the staff offer a “Day of Beauty” which includes hair re-styling, perm and/or color, makeup lesson and application, manicure, pedicure, brow shaping and lunch for $150-5200. Waving is a specialty; bring your own cosmetics for Nina De Loach to work with when she designs one side of your face; you do the other side with her guidance; $35 per hour. Other services include hair removal and sun-tanning booths.

Jenicci, 2709 McKinney Ave, 748-0939. Offers complete hair design services, manicures, pedicures, and French braids, $15-$20. Makeup lessons are $35 and focus on shading, contouring, eye shaping, and color to enhance features. Also work with hair and makeup for photography.

L’ImaGe, 3128 Harvard Ave, 522-6230. Under the direction of Dayton Mast, this salon offers suggestions on the most flattering and practical hair styles; cut and blow dry is $27.50. Other services include braiding, manicures, sculpting, wraps, tips, pedicures, as well as facials by makeup designer Peter Anthony ($20). He will do a makeup application with instruction and face chart for $30. (L’Image expands to new quarters in the Sakowitz Village on the Parkway in mid-summer.)

Marie Leavell, Inwood Village, 357-4333. Scott Morrison has and will fly to San Francisco to give a haircut to his client. Here at home he will cut and hand dry hair for $40. Or salon specialists will give a complete makeover – hair design and color, makeup according to lifestyle and wardrobe, manicure, pedicure, facial – for $135 and up. Makeup artist Ann Ford is on staff – an hour and a half lesson is $60 and the special-occasion face is $35. Waxing and arm, leg, hand, and foot massages are also available. Paul Neinast, Inc, 6632 Snider Plaza, 369-5350. Hair color correcting and custom colors are features at this salon. The staff is trained in all aspects of hair styling, coloring, and makeup, so the patron can stay with the same professional throughout the makeover. Natural Woman makeup line and diagram provided for day, evening, and business looks. Call for a consultation.

Pnache, 13601 Preston Road, 387-8789. Owners Jeffrey Krauss and Dan Jordan believe in giving their customers an individual pnache (flair). They confer on lifestyle, analyze the face, size and weight, and cut hair accordingly. Coloring and perming available. In an hour makeup application and lesson, Bambi shows how to contour and achieve day and night looks, and suggests skin care and products. Makeup is applied in natural light. Lessons are $25, applications for special occasions $15. Nail sculpting, wrapping, and manicures available. Symbology, 6030 Sherry Lane, 363-8956. Correcting damaged hair is important to owners Jim Nickell and Lupe Simpson and their staff; henna is used to highlight as well as condition, and infra-red light used to dry hair naturally. Haircuts are designed to accent the face and be easily maintained. Paul Rodriguez creates a makeup design that suits the client’s lifestyle.

Touch of Class, 13352 Preston Road, 233-5678. Salon specializes in natural frostings. Owners attend New York and California shows to keep their clients up on the latest trends. Braiding, waxing, manicures, pedicures, and nail tipping available.



Hair and Nail Salons

Coiffure Continental, 2150 Promenade, 231-3296; 6024 Luther Lane, 363-6424; 210 NorthPark, 363-9331. Services include hair-cutting $12-$20, coloring $12-$16, frosting $30, highlighting $15-$30, manicure $6, pedicure $15. NorthPark salon now offers facials. (By the way, they also have a salon in Hawaii.)

House of the Turtle, 2512 Oak Lawn, 522-1400. A full service salon featuring cuts by owner Ed Firth; cut and dry starts at $25. Coloring and perms available. Reflexology by Walter Budd available by appointment; one hour body massage $35. Massage facials $15, manicures $7.50, and pedicures $15.

International Hair Studio, 13020 Preston Rd, 233-0242. Specialty is coloring from cap ($33), clip & foil ($55), frosts and hair painting ($20-$50), and one-step color ($17 and up). European-trained owners Max Frei and Mike Strietzel offer skin analysis and facial massage with Rene Guinot skin care products ($25) and Mary Cohr cosmetics. Waxing and manicures ($6), pedicures ($13), and lash and brow tinting available. Mona’s Sculptured Nails and Lashes, 13933 N Central Expy (Keystone Park), 234-4181; 5607 W Lovers Lane, 363-4447. Much more than nail services: waxing, eye tabbing (small lashes attached to the lids) ($20 upper, $10 lower), Nelly De Vuyst machine and hand facials for $25 an hour, deep cleansing body facials $35, cellulite treatments $25 an hour. Nail art includes gem implants (bring your own or buy rhine-stone designs at 50￠ a stone), or try acrylic painting on Mona’s Sculptured Nails, $40 for a full set, $17.50 for refills (needed every two to three weeks).

Nail Boutique, 114 Preston Valley Center, 233-1951. Gem implants for the nails $25 and up or $10 to implant own. The current price of gold determines the price of 14k gold finger or toe nails. Basic nail art begins at $5. Hair removal by electrolysis and waxing available (underarms $15), as well as massage facials with aloe vera-based products; $20 an hour.

Nail Lady, 1015 Preston Royal Plaza, 363-0264. Sculptured nails $40, nail tips $60, capping $40. Manicures start at $12.50 for shaping, cuticle care, buffing, and polish.

The Nailery, 5301 Belt Line, Suite 1029 (Prestonwood), 980-6910. Nail art includes painting, nail piercing with jewels or gold charms, and custom 14k gold nails (about $100 each). Other services include Juliettes $15, French manicures $15, paraffin manicures and pedicures, and basic manicures $12.50. Makeup artist available as well as masseuse ($25 an hour).

Unific Hair Design, Suite 168, Olla Podri-da, 661-0690. A full service salon tucked away in Olla Podrida. Austrian-born and -trained Herbert Wegscheider confers about present hair style, condition, how much or little maintenance wanted, and suggests a new style. Short, precision cuts are his specialty, and coloring is done with L’Oreal’s new Crescendo shades; Institute of Trichology products used and sold.



Skin Care Salons

Barbara Robertson, Old Town Village, 691-8215. Walk in or make an appointment for complexion care analysis and consultation. Beauty makeup and lessons from makeup artist Christina Gilbert approximately $20.

Rebecca Jeffers at Toni’s, 308 Old Town, 691-2637. Rebecca’s initial consultation focuses on your lifestyle and nutrition, then your skin is cleansed and analyzed. The European treatment she uses contains a biological peel process that removes dead skin cells. Vapor, Shiutsu massage, and an appropriate mask are used to help firm the complexion. Facials start at $25, full body sessions are $45. A new paraffin treatment is especially effective on sun-damaged skin, $30. Makeup design lessons are $25 and special occasion look is $20. Face waxing and lash and brow tinting are also available. May Etta Cosmetics & Skin Care, 3883 Turtle Creek, Suite C-26, 521-5580. The initial visit with May Etta Dixon includes consultation, analysis, and makeup application, $30. The massage method and cosmetic peel procedure removes dead cells and impurities and helps to smooth wrinkles and tone muscles. Panthenol, a pro-vitamin, is used to replenish the skin. Follow-up visits are $20, but May Etta sells her skin care and cosmetic line and will teach you the massage method for continuing your skin program at home. Makeup lessons and applications are $20 an hour. Manicures and pedicures are also available.

Dermaculture Salon, 2665 Promenade, 231-3476; 4524 Cole Ave, 521-7030. This salon’s method was developed by a German dermatologist and is now franchised. The skin is “steamed” clean, dead cells and impurities are loosened by a heated mask and removed; this cleanses and increases circulation. A firming and toning technique smooths and tightens the skin, and promotes healing of any problem areas. $15 per treatment or a series of 10 for $125. A masseuse is available for foot massages or full-hour body massages, $25. Hair removal, lash and brow dying, manicures, and pedicures are also available.

French Boutique-Parisian Facial, Inc, 5934 Royal Lane, 361-8439. Rose Pallia’s services are individualized: She makes her own skin care and cosmetic products depending on the needs of each client. Rose has 17 years of experience in skin care, and her Parisian facial techniques are formulated for thorough cleaning and rejuvenating of the skin. $40 each session.

Jeneal International Skin Correction Center, Valley View Square, Suite 212, 233-1880. The internationally franchised Jeneal process begins with a consultation, then a home maintenance routine to begin new cell growth. Back to the salon for their “layering” with a bio-degradable vegetable enzyme treatment to lift dead skin cells and impurities and to correct discoloration and problem areas. Treatments $25 each. Hair removal and other cosmetic treatments for face, hands, and feet are also available.

Christine Valmy, Suite 250-C, Preston Tower, 6211 W Northwest Hwy, 361-2260. Owner-operator Fran Ferguson gives treatments which include cleansing and analyzing the skin, steaming, and applying a mask, skin freshner, and protecting lotion. The basic treatment is $30. Waxing and electronic tweezers, eyelash dying and tabbing, manicures, pedicures, and makeup sessions ($30 an hour) are also available.



Makeup Designers

Gi Gi Coker, 328-0650 or 638-0484. Gi Gi works out of the Kim Dawson Studio where the lighting is good. As a trained aestheti-cian, she analyzes and recommends skin care programs and hair referrals which suit the client’s needs. She uses Research Council of Make-Up Artists products, but will recommend others and provide a face diagram to help you reproduce the look. $50 an hour.

Faces by CAMILLE Freitas, 349-5892. Ca-mille’s private lesson begins with a “before” photo and goes on to application techniques, illusion tricks, blending, and tips to glamorize for an after-five look. Bring your cosmetics to be analyzed for what they will (or won’t) do for you and color compatabil-ity. She’ll advise for you a beauty routine that you can re-create at home, shade and color a face chart for your guidance, and snap the “after” shot of the “new” you. Prices begin at $60 for 1 1/2 hours.

Susan Posnick, 826-9459. Come to Susan’s studio with a bare face and bring your own cosmetics. If you like, she’ll make a list of the products she uses professionally, where to find them, and provide a face chart showing how your new face was achieved. She’ll give instructions on basic day and evening looks, and make skin care, hair style, and hairdresser recommendations. $60 for l? hours; house calls are extra.



Dance Classes

Academy of Dance and Gymnastics, Inc, 120 Rayflex (Richardson), 321-6384. Con-tinuous beginning through advanced ballet, tap, and jazz classes evenings. $15 per month for one class, $22 for two, or $28 for three.

Aerobic Dancing, Inc. by Jacki Soren-sen, 725 S Central Expy, Suite B-2 (Richardson), 238-9806, and the new center at 826 Secretary Dr, in Pecan Plaza (Arlington), (817) 261-4758. Special sample class for new students offered days and evenings twice a week for six weeks, begins May 5, about $23; twelve week session begins April 7, $45.

Arabesque Studio of the Dance, 1020 Preston Royal Plaza, 368-3823, and 176 Spring Creek Village (Richardson), 233-2532. Both locations offer continuous evening classes in ballet, jazzercise, tap, dancer-cise, country and western, and disco. $20 for five week session meeting once a week. Dallas Ballet Academy, 3601 Rawlins, 526-1492. Instructors are from the Dallas Ballet. Three levels of beginning dance taught Mon-Thur evenings. Intermediates on Tue and Thur, and advanced Mon, Wed, and Sat. $33 per month for eight classes.

Dallas Gymnastics Center, 2600 North-aven Rd, 243-8540. Gymnastic state meets held here. Beginning adult ladies classes Tue and Thur evenings. Offered on a continuous basis for $33 per month.

Dance Connection, 8220 Westchester Dr (Preston Center), 691-0826. Continuous morning, afternoon, and evening classes taught Mon-Sat in beginning and advanced ballet, exercises for toning, dancacise, and tap. $16 per month for one class per week, $28 for two, and $36 for three. Stretch classes for those over 65 $1 per class.

Denise Brown School of Ballet, 5936 Sherry Lane (Preston Center), 368-5250. Ballet, aerobics, and gymnastics taught on a continuous basis Mon, Thur, and Sat mornings or evenings. $16 per month for one class a week or $26 for two.

Jane Van Sickle, 827-7770. Body awareness exercises for healthy movement in everyday activities. Continuous day and evening classes limited to 5 students. $5 for 1 1/2 hour class.

Mear School of the Middle Eastern Dance, 5621 Alpha Rd, 661-3734. Six levels of classes offered from Beginner I (costumes not required) to professional. Classes in Zill, music appreciation, and costume making; $5 per class, three for $14.25, six for $27. Shape-up exercise classes $36 for eight-week course, three hours per week. Aerobic rhythms for eight weeks $18 once a week or $36 twice. Four one-hour lessons in disco, ballroom, or country western $20 per student or $38 per couple.

South Dallas Academy, 3837 Simpson Stuart Rd (Bishop College Campus), 371-1170. Beginning dancercise, jazz, and ballet taught Mon evenings, intermediate ballet and jazz Wed evenings. $20 per month for one class per week plus $10 registration fee per family.

Talent Workshop, 160 Farmers Branch Shopping Center, 247-9996. Continuous evening classes offered in beginning and advanced ballet, tap, and jazz. $15 per month for one class per week, $22 for two, and $28 for three.

Toby’s School of Dance, 401 Lake Ridge Village (Lake Highlands), 341-2819; 224 Campbell Road Village (Richardson), 235-0514. Evening dance exercise and adult ballet at both locations on a continuous basis; $15 per month.



Health & Racquet Clubs

Aerobics Activity Center, 12100 Preston Rd, 233-4832. Due to its popularity, this center has a waiting time of two months for men and eight months for women (seems as though the ladies stay with it longer). The membership provides a medically supervised consultation and individual program, nutritional classes, toning, and aerobic rhythm exercise classes. Facilities include indoor and outdoor tracks, gymnasium, Universal and Nautilus equipment, swimming pool, tennis and racquetball courts. Convenient center hours 5:30 am to 9:30 pm Mon-Sat. Annual membership $400 for women, $600 for men (laundry service included), or three months for $150 and $200 respectively.

Anatole Hotel Health Club, 2201 Stem-mons, 748-1200. Personal counseling, shape-up program, massages by appointment, and complete use of facilities included in membership. Facilities include three racquetball courts, two indoor tennis courts, swimming pool, sauna, weight room, and whirlpool. Hours are 6 am-10 pm Mon-Sat, 8 am-5 pm Sun. Limited annual membership $500.

American Racquetball Club, 6959 Arapaho, 387-2255. Ten courts, whirlpool, sauna, and locker rooms available. Membership initiation fee $150 per person plus $22 (women) or $28 (men) monthly dues. Couples and family memberships available. Trial membership $3.50 per hour and $5 during peak times. Open weekdays 6 am-11 pm, weekends 8 am-9 pm.

Inwood Racquet Club, 14800 Inwood Rd (Addison), 233-9131. Racquetball or tennis memberships available. Facilities include two racquetball and squash courts, four indoor and five outdoor tennis courts, aerobic rhythm classes, restaurant, and bar. Annual racquetball membership $50, plus $7 court fee; or $550 lifetime tennis membership per person plus $35 monthly dues; or $650 per couple and $40 dues.

Market Fitness Center, 7000 Holly Hill, 696-1300. Facilities include four indoor racquetball courts, weight training and Universal gym equipment, sauna, whirlpool, eucalyptus room, steam room, heated pool, and snack bar. Exercise classes offered Mon-Fri evenings and ladies’ locker room is furnished with toiletries, hair dryers, and curling irons. Initiation fee $75 per person plus $10 monthly dues; court fees $3.50 an hour per person. Hours are 10 am-10 pm daily. Racquetball at NorthPark, 8878 N Central Expy, 692-6000. Fourteen racquetball courts, locker rooms, whirlpool, mens’ steam room, and a womens’ sauna are available. Membership $72 per person, $110 per couple, or $150 a family. Court fees $7 an hour weekdays before 4 pm, $9.50 after and on weekends. Hours are 6 am-midnight daily.



Dallas Community College Programs

Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, 746-5115. Rhythmic exercise, aerobic jogging, Hatha yoga, exercises, judo and selfdefense, karate, physical conditioning, tennis, country and western dance, ballroom dancing, disco, creative dance movement. Cedar Valley College, 3030 N Dallas Ave, Lancaster, 746-4800. Conditioning exercises, dancerise, country and western dance, beginning adult gymnastics, beginning golf, physical fitness, slimnastics, tennis, weight training and conditioning, yoga for fitness and relaxation.

Eastfield College, 3737 Motley, Mes-quite, 746-3113. Jogging for fun, fencing, exercises. Call for more information.

El Centro, Main at Lamar, 746-2191. Tennis, dancercise, discocise (aerobic dance), slimnastics, conditioning exercises, gymnastics, beginning modern jazz, beginning ballet, disco dance, country and western, modern dance.

Mountain View College, 4849 W Illinois, 746-4114. Aerobic dance, racquetball, selfdefense, skin/scuba diving, volleyball, tennis, country and western dance, disco dance, yoga for fitness and relaxation. Richland College, 12800 Abrams, 746-4444. Dancercize, fencing, golf (beginning, intermediate, and advanced), horsemanship, karate, kubaton, racquetball, slim-nastics, swimming (beginning, intermediate, advanced, and aerobic), swimnastics, tennis, ballet, disco, jazz, Middle Eastern dance, tap, country and western dance.

Dallas Parks and Recreation Programs

The Parks and Recreation Centers of Dallas belong to Dallas residents and offer adult exercise classes, slimnastics, dancer-cise, volleyball, and aerobics as standards. Classes are often free. The larger recreation centers (such as Dealey, Fretz, Marcus, and Skyline) are able to offer more varied and often unusual activities for very reasonable prices. The recreation centers now take reservations for the hundreds of neighborhood tennis courts through a central number – 428-1501. Five tennis centers around the city offer lessons from pros and equipment is available from the pro shops. Tennis center court fees for 1? hours are 75￠ 8 am-6 pm and $1.25 6 pm-10:30 pm. The tennis centers are located at Fair Oaks Park, Abrams at Merriman, 348-1810; Fretz Park, 6950 Belt Line Rd, 387-12%; L.B. Houston Park, Royal at Luna Rd, 247-5778; Samuell Grand Park, 6200 East Grand, 821-3811; South Kiest Park, 2324 Kiest at Hampton, 330-7234.

Courts for racquetball are located at Kiest Park (indoor), 337-3333, and Skyline Park (outdoor), 341-5830.

The green fees at the five city golf courses are hard to beat: $4 weekdays, $3 weekdays after 4 pm, and $5 weekends and holidays. Closed Christmas day. The 18-hole courses are open seven days a week, offer lessons, pro shops, cart rentals and fast food service. Cedar Crest, 1800 Southerland, 943-1004; L.B. Houston, 11223 Luna Road, 247-5778; Stevens, 1005 N Montclair, 946-5781; Teni-son (2 courses), 3501 Sammuell Blvd, 823-5350; Grover C. Keeton, 6900 Bruton Rd, 381-2283.

If jogging has become dreary, try the Par-course Outdoor Fitness Sport Trails at White Rock and Bachman Lakes. Both are 1? miles with 18 exercise stations along the way and are designed for all ages and levels of physical fitness. The parcourse trail at Bachman Lake runs along Shorecrest Drive on the south side of the lake. At White Rock, the trail begins at Winfrey Point on the east side of the lake.

Various Bike Trails are located at White Rock Lake, Bachman Lake, Kiest Park, and new ones are planned for Pleasant Grove, Magna Vista, and Singing Hills. To obtain a colorful map of Dallas Bikeways and Jogging Trails and a list of the centers call 670-4100.



YWCA’s

The seven Dallas branches of the YWCA offer slimnastic exercises, yoga, country & western dance, ballet, dancercise, aerobic dance, tap, jazz, swimming, tennis, and team sports. State-licensed child-care programs are also available.

Central YWCA, 4621 Ross Ave, 827-5600. Racquetball, beginners and intermediates, 6 lessons $30. Jogging, indoor track, 50￠. Weight training for women, 8 lessons $18. Scuba certification and use of equipment, II lessons $85. Water ballet and swimnastics, 8 lessons $16. Swim lessons for adults, beginners and intermediates, 8 lessons $18.

Garland YWCA, 3821 Broadway (Garland), 271-4681. Racquetball, beginners, 6 lessons $12. Roller disco, 5 lessons and rental $15. Discocize, 10 lessons $20.

Irving YWCA, 3600 W Northgate, (Irving), 252-8683. Adult roller skating, 8 lessons $20. Belly dancing, basic and advanced, 6 lessons $12. Disco dancing, 4 lessons $10 person. Ballroom dancing, 4 lessons $10 person.

Maria Morgan YWCA, 1800 Bonnie View Rd, 943-5373. Usual classes offered as well as many team sports. Call for details.

Park North YWCA, 4434 W Northwest Hwy, 357-6575. As well as the usual classes, this branch will help any group of six or more persons form their own class. Contact Program Director Mary Black for information. Richardson YWCA, 515 Custer Rd (Richardson), 231-7201. Discocize, 8 lessons $16. Polynesian dancing, 6 lessons $12. Golf, beginners, 6 lessons $15.

Widner-Oak Cliff YWCA, 1811 S Hampton Rd, 339-5181. Belly dancing, 4 lessons. Swimming for adults, 10 lessons. Aquady-namics, 8 lessons. Fees to be announced.