CycleFit Lehigh Valley
Best Spin/Cycle Studio
CycleFit Lehigh Valley in Easton bills itself as an indoor cycling and strength training facility that offers group classes in a boutique setting. If you’re nervous about taking it for a spin, so to speak, know this, says Allie Grantz: “We have all had our day one and it only gets easier from there.” Grantz, who co-owns CycleFit with Paul Lutz, became serious about physical fitness about 20 years ago. Now, as an instructor, she’s serious about making sure each and every person breaking a sweat in her studio feels seen. “We love getting to know each person in our classes,” says Grantz.
1800 Sullivan Trl. Suite 145, Easton | 610.360.3518 | cyclefitlehighvalley.com
Steel Fitness Premier
Best Fitness Program
With 80-plus weekly classes, Steel Fitness Premier has your fitness journey covered. Choose from studio classes, yoga and Pilates classes, cycle classes, aqua classes and tai chi.
250 Cetronia Rd. Suite 100, Allentown | 610.973.1500 | steelfitnesspremier.com
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Barre3
Best Barre
Barre3 in Allentown and Bethlehem combine strength, cardio and mindfulness for an efficient and effective workout that leaves participants feeling balanced and empowered.
3900 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown | 610.841.8200 | 3303 Bath Pike, Bethlehem | 610.625.5955 | barre3.com
Stella Fitness
Best Personal Training Program
Count on Stella Fitness for stellar results. Through healthy eating and movement habits, Stella Brown is helping clients reach their goals.
1232 Northampton St., Easton | 610.730.0058 | Facebook
Physical Methods
Best Pilates
Stacey Redfield opened the Physical Methods Pilates studio in 2000. Located in the trendy Laros Lofts building, her boutique-style studio offers private and group classes using the machines invented by Pilates. "Stacey Pilates" is a fun, challenging and effective workout designed to support and develop alignment.
670 E. North St. Suite 202 Bethlehem | 610.814.0603 | staceyredfield.com
St. Luke’s Fitness and Sports Performance Center
Best Gym/Fitness Center
St. Luke’s offerings range from general fitness, medical fitness, youth fitness and adult elite fitness to tactical fitness, training and conditioning. They’ve got group classes at their Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton and Phillipsburg, NJ, locations.
Multiple area locations | slhn.org/fitness
Hot Yoga Hut
Best Yoga Studio
Hot Yoga Hut offers yoga for all levels. Head to the hot room for a 75-minute set sequence or opt for their Beginning Yoga class to learn the poses before advancing. Private lessons are also available for individuals and groups.
2108 W. Union Blvd., Bethlehem | 610.419.1209 | hotyogahut.com
Forward Thinking Fitness
Best Fitness Community
The team at Forward Thinking Fitness believes that community is what separates individual failure from success in the journey to better health. Go far with the support of FTF Nation behind you!
6750 Iroquois Trl. Suite 12, Allentown | 610.395.9595 | trainftf.com
Test Your Metal Fitness & Performance
Best Crossfit/Functional Training
Test Your Metal offers group classes, private coaching, specialized training and more. Here, everyone is welcome, coaching is elite and athletes are supported on their quest to becoming their best.
3601 Sullivan Trl., Easton | 610.829.1070 | testyourmetal.com
A Soft Place To Land
Best Nutritionist
A Soft Place To Land focuses on unlearning diet culture and relearning body trust. Everyone deserves A Soft Place to Land as they heal.
484.519.0096 | asoftplacetolandllc.com
Sunny Life Coach, Kathleen Tucka
Best Life Coach
Life and Master Business Coach Kathleen Tucka honors her clients’ dreams, challenges their excuses and gets them the results they’re looking for all while having some fun along the way.
INKIE Brow Studio
Best Permanent Makeup Artist/Studio
Striving for the most natural-looking hyper-realistic results, INKIE Brow Studio wants to enhance your features and spotlight your beauty.
42A S. 3rd St. Suite 202, Easton | 848.219.3149 | inkiebrowstudio.com
The Quillian Tattoo
Best Tattoo Shop
Count on The Quillian Tattoo for clean, safe and professional work.
614 N. 19th St., Allentown | 610.770.7587 | thequillian.com
Kim’s Healing Center
Best Holistic Wellness Experience
Kim Ng says she learned bodywork, massage and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from her grandfather. “My grandfather was an herbalist, a medicine man for the village,” she says. “I followed him around to treat patients in the 1960s.” She wanted to share her knowledge of alternative medicines and treatments with people in the U.S. after she moved here with her family, so she opened Kim’s Healing Center in 1989. Now the place in Easton offers a host of services, including tui na, a form of deep tissue massage. There’s also cupping, infrared sauna, reflexology, yoga, herbal teas and natural herbs and much more. Clients can join a membership program to score discounts.
1223 Butler St., Easton | 610.559.7280 | kimshealing.com
Bethlehem Counseling Associates
Best Counseling Center/Therapy Practice
Bethlehem Counseling Associates strives to bring the comforts of home to the counseling environment, providing a warm, inviting and safe place to talk about the most sensitive of subjects.
2005 City Line Rd. Suite 300, Bethlehem | 610.865.8177 | bcamentalhealth.com
The Deca Salon
Best Waxing
Courtney McIntyre and Annie Mcintosh are the owners of The Deca Salon in Emmaus, but when it comes to claiming the Lehigh Valley Style crown for best waxing, they give all the credit to Macie Taylor, their on-site master esthetician. They say Taylor is “skilled, professional and treats each client like a friend.” Taylor specializes in full body waxing but also offers a variety of services, such as facials, lash lifts, brow laminations and spray tans. Deca is derived from deka, the Greek word for 10; leave your waxing and beauty needs to the ladies at Deca, and you’ll feel like a 10, too.
10 S. 4th St., Emmaus | 610.421.6136 | thedecasalon.com
Skinterest Skincare Boutique
Best Eyebrow Artist/Studio
In addition to their massage and facial services, Skinterest is a one-stop shop for brows, offering waxing, lamination, shaping and tinting.
1274 Simon Blvd. Suite G101 Easton | 610.258.1702 | skinterestskincare.com
Lashes by Gab
Best Lash Artist/Studio
Lashes by Gab is here for all of your lash needs, from extensions to lifting to tinting.
1331 Roth Ave. Suite 1, Allentown | 2880 Center Valley Suite 603 Center Valley | lashesbygab.com
KYRASKIN Aesthetics & Acne Specialists
Best Facial
Choose from KYRASKIN’s Ultimate Glow Facial, their Dermaplane Facial, their Hydrofacial Express and their Hydrofacial Deluxe. You won’t be disappointed.
1040 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. 2nd floor Allentown | 484.763.0395 | Facebook
Jo Sandoval
Best Hair Stylist
Jordan (Jo) Sandoval says everyone around her knew she belonged in the beauty industry before she did. “I always enjoyed sitting with my grandma and my mom during their hair appointments,” she says. “Then once middle school and high school came, I was always doing my friends’ hair for dances.” Sandoval opened Sand + Co in Center Valley in October of 2022 and loves making new friends in her chair. “Being able to truly connect with clients on a personal level is a blessing,” she says. And as for her salon, she says exciting things are in the works, so stay tuned.
3060 Center Valley Pkwy. Suite 800 Center Valley | 610.890.4446 | Instagram
Makeup by Roxy
Best Makeup Artist/Studio
Heading to a special event or just a fun night out? Team Makeup by Roxy is here to get you ready! Or let them show you their tricks with makeup lessons (they teach everyday beauty, aging gracefully, color matching and technique, new product recommendations and more).
301 Front St. Suite 3, Catasauqua | 484.820.0202 | makeupbyroxy.com
BB DeCheine
Best Women's Salon + Best Men's Haircut
BB DeCheine’s two separate salon floors offer both men and women a private experience in a customized, comfortable environment.
1152 Main St., Hellertown | 484.851.3171 | bbdecheine.com
Young and Beauty Spa
Best Manicure & Pedicure
Young and Beauty Spa believes that nails are the period at the end of the sentence; they complete the look.
306 Village at Stones Crossing Rd., Easton | 610.438.4077 | youngandbeautyspa.com
LV Glow
Best Spray Tan
No time to hone your skin’s hue before a big event? No problem. Ally Bishop and Maureen Bucha bring the bronze to you. They founded their mobile spray tan business, LV Glow, in 2021. “We wanted to offer the Lehigh Valley a luxury spray tan experience in a safe and convenient space,” Bishop says. “What better space is there than your own home?” They bring everything needed to transform your skin tone—including a 4’ x 4’ x 7’ mobile spray tent. All you have to do is open your front door and let these ladies work their magic. There’s a standard glow and also a rapid glow option for those with less time to marinate.
267.946.7763 | lvglowspraytans.com
Tristan’s Barbershop
Best Barbershop
Tristan Burke has long understood the transformative power of a new haircut. “I always enjoyed going to the barbershop as a kid and how good I felt after a cut,” he says. Now he’s the guy holding the scissors and the clippers. Burke had been working as a barber for several years in Allentown when he and his wife came across a vacant space for rent near their apartment in Bethlehem, and Tristan’s Barbershop was born. Burke says he’s worked to cultivate a family-friendly atmosphere in his shop. “We treat our customers like family and create a vibe that everybody can feel comfortable in.”
411 W. Broad St., Bethlehem | 610.419.0627 | tristansbarbershop.com
Healing Hands Massage and Wellness Center
Best Massage
Whether you’re in the market for a warm bamboo massage, a deep tissue massage, a sports massage, a prenatal massage or something else entirely (they do neuromuscular therapy, reiki, myofascial release, reflexology and more), Healing Hands has the answer. They even do couples massage lessons!
518 Main St., Bethlehem | 610.882.4325 | healhands.com
Published as “Best of the Lehigh Valley” in the July 2023 edition of Lehigh Valley Style magazine.
