A beauty salon is an establishment that offers a variety of cosmetic treatments and cosmetic services for men and women Beauty salons may offer a variety of services including professional hair cutting and styling, manicures and pedicures, and often cosmetics, makeup and makeovers A beauty salon may just offer hair care & hair styling services, or nail services, manicures and pedicures Most businesses classified as beauty salons offer a combination of hair styling and nail services In addition, beauty salons may offer skin care services performed by aestheticians, including facials, exfoliating scrubs and anti-aging techniques A business that just offers the skin care and aesthetician services is generally referred to as a