Shear Katz Salon & Day Spa

11/13/09

Delightful time.

by jezabel1020 at Citysearch

When I arrived to this salon and spa I was delightfully tickled. I hadnt been to Duluth before. My husband and I saved our money for a small get away vacation so while he was upstairs at the brewhouse nursing a beer I was downstairs getting pampered.

I requested a full day spa which included a half hour facial, a manicure, pedicure, hot stone massage and I got my hair done :) The facial was soothing, the esthetician obviously knew what she was doing. I felt kind of bad, I asked her a lot of questions about the products but she didnt seem to mind. The hot stone massage was my favorite! The thereapist did a good job making sure the stones weren't too hot and that I was comfortable. The manicure and pedicure were fun! I was excited that they had OPI nail polishes! The same girl who did my facial also did my hair. It wasn't anything fancy (l usually get my hair colored at home with some blond highlights) but she did an amazing job styling my hair!

So since my experience was so positive, I'm confused as to the review Spaluv gave Shear Katz. I was given a tour of the spa and didnt see any cots or rooms where they have color. In my facial the technician stayed with me the whole time, there was no timer. When my masks were on she not only massaged my sore neck but my hands as well. My pedicure was very relaxing. I was taken to a seperate pedicure area and the girl did a great job painting my toes (I'm semi high maintanence about my toe nail polish). During my experience there was always someone there to either make sure I was comfortable or that I had tea (I LOVE Aveda tea, I wanted to buy some but since I'm traveling I decided to go to an aveda salon closer to where I live)

Their full day spa package is the best deal I found in town! No where else offered as many options or as low prices as Shear Katz did.

This was an amazing spa experience. Thank you Shear Katz for making me feel so pampered and refreshed :)

• Pros: Relaxing setting and great professionals
• Cons: No slippers

10/25/09

facial on an egg timer. enough said.

by spaluv at Citysearch

I've never submitted a review here...but when I ran across the 5 stars reviews I felt I had to.

Over a year ago, I went to Shear Katz for a facial and they put me on a cot in a storage closet. A young woman came in every few minutes to apply product to my face...then she set met to an egg timer and left. All the while people were coming in and out to grab color or perms or whatnot. You can only imagine how relaxing this was.

pedicures are not much better.

Perhaps I would be okay with this if they had bargain basement prices. But that is far from the case.

I will say I had a reasonably okay experience getting an up-do there. It didn't turn out exactly as I wanted but it was professional looking and the stylist was really making an effort to get it right.

But after the facial experience I'll never go back.

There are waaaayyyy better options in Duluth.

• Pros: great aesthetic, young, but competent stylists
• Cons: spa services are the worst i've ever had

10/22/09

Faithful Client

by soku at Citysearch

I have been a client of Doug Peterson and his team at Shear Katz for over 15 years. Every visit I have is great. Doug and his team are always on top of the latest trends and his therapists in the spa are out of this world! I know because my husband and I travel year round and I favor Shear Katz over any other, anywhere! They are friendly, "Minnesota Nice" and have given nothing but the best for over a decade for me. Thanks Doug!

• Pros: Location and Staff
• Cons: My lipstick was discontinued