California Beauty is a waxing salon and private treatment room which can be found within Massage & Beauty Studio on Gordon Street. This is located in the Retail Centre in the heart and centre of Glasgow. This has been identified as a hidden gem within the city, which is just a short walk away from Glasgow Central Train Station. The salon is open Monday to Sunday so you can find a time that suits you throughout the week. With some appointments available until 8 PM, the team will try to cater to your availability. Dedicate some time to yourself and relax in this haven of relaxation.

The team offer a range of full body waxing packages for both men and women. If you would like to focus on unwanted hair in your intimate regions, the professional team can provide Bikini waxing, Brazilian waxing or Hollywood waxes. Waxing is no longer reserved just for ladies. A third of men have integrated manscaping into their regular grooming routine. The team can remove unwanted hair from men’s intimate areas and leave you feeling silky smooth everywhere. Alternatively, you can focus on wider areas of skin, including legs, arms, underarms, chest, shoulders or back. You can also clean up facial hair including upper lips, beard, ears, nose and eyebrow shaping.

Alternative beauty packages also include mother and daughter massages, couples massages or even four-handed massages! Relax and unwind in this dedicated space just for you. Or celebrate a mother’s day, anniversary or just a special treat with a couples package. At California Beauty, you will find everything under one roof.

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Anonymous

Okay so, I rarely leave reviews as detailed as this but I do read other people’s so I know what to expect and I feel a duty to share this. I have been for a lot of treatments in my time. This was definitely the strangest and most uncomfortable one I’ve had.

Firstly, do be aware that this salon is tucked up in a run down building next to a pole dancing class. I had to first buzz and wait to get in the lower entrance above a Chinese restaurant and then knock the door once I’d gone up the stairs. The place looked a bit run down from the outside.

I was welcomed in by the woman who was to do my treatment and told they’d run out of consultation forms so it’d be a verbal consultation which I’ve never experienced before. I’d booked in for a deep tissue as I’d had some pain in my shoulder, and this is what I wanted. I told the therapist this and she decided that actually I should have a mix of hot stone, Thai and deep tissue. Which I found odd. Usually I just book what I want, but I took her advice. I went in to the treatment room, which was really dark and dusty feeling. It just felt dingy to be honest. It had old carpets and wasn’t very clean.

So anyway, I get changed and lie down and my therapist comes in. I’ve never had a Thai massage before so imagine my surprise when she got up on the table and started rolling her body around on top of my back! Once that part of the ordeal was over, she started some of the hot stone treatment, supplemented by about two litres of oil. I was dripping in the stuff which I think is really yucky feeling in such vast quantities. Once the therapist starts doing the hot stone, she keeps exclaiming that my “shoulder blades are totally out of place.” Now, I have NEVER heard this in all the time I have been treated by any professional. She said they were “too high up” and insisted that I must’ve had an accident. When I said I hadn’t (bear in mind this is all mid massgage when I’m slathered in oil) she said I must’ve just been “born that way”. It was not a relaxing experience, to put it mildly. Once the treatment was over, she proceeded to sort of scrub the excess oil off my skin with what can only be described as blu-roll- the scratchy paper towels that industrial kitchens use for mopping up spills.

I left it a few weeks before leaving this review as I didn’t actually want to get the usual Treatwell £5 off voucher for leaving a review because I don’t want to be seen to gain out of this. I get that this might just be the way the treatments are done here, and that’s absolutely FINE! It’s really just not my cup of tea and I know there will be others who will look at reviews and decide where they should go for their treatment so I just wanted to be totally honest so others can make a decision with all the information.

Namaste.
9 months ago
Anonymous

Very good, they did a mix of deep tissue and hot stone which was exactly what my muscles needed.
9 months ago
Karen

Great visit. Very relaxing environment.
9 months ago
Gillian

Booked and prepaid weeks in advance (and confirmed through Treatwell) turned up to a closed salon (despite during working hours), eventually someone answered the door and no record of appointment and was not particularly helpful. VERY disappointing as I was getting the body wrap ahead of an event and had no time to make other arrangements. would not recommend
9 months ago
Anonymous

Thorough waxing and expertly completed. very happy with results.
10 months ago
Monika

Very nice And profesional staff:)
10 months ago
Stuart

I had a Lomi Lomi Massage and have awarded it 5 stars.
10 months ago
Maria

Loved it, I feel my skin so soft and clean. She was beyond the treatment I had book. I highly recommend this place, and definitely I will come back
11 months ago
LeeAnne

Absolutely love my eyebrows!! Would highly recommend the marvel brow at California beauty! They worked wonders on me, I didn’t have much of an eye brow but now I do.
11 months ago
Anonymous

Skin looked great post 24hrs, but salon could do with a bit of a clean & face lift…
11 months ago
Samah

The only complaint I’d have is the amount of stairs to climb if you’re disabled or have mobility issues. You have to get someone to help u access the lift and that only works for 2 flights of stairs, there’s still 2 flights you have to climb down. And it’s a bit hard to get to it but the treatment was professional and the person that did my treatment was lovely and I saw a pretty good effect from the dermaplaning
11 months ago
Anonymous

Very good firm massage
11 months ago
Caitlyn

The therapist Hailey was absolutely lovely and incredibly sweet. She planned the appointment around my needs and did an amazing job 🙂
11 months ago
Anonymous

Building quite tacky but don’t be put off
11 months ago
Nicola

Absolutely amazing, felt so relaxed and calm
12 months ago
Jennifer

I had a Dermaplaning and have awarded it 5 stars.
12 months ago
Anonymous

Friendly staff
1 year ago
Anonymous

My treatment exceeded my expectations again. Janey was excellent.
1 year ago