Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A shop that provides hairdressing and beauticians' work.
WordNet
n. a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop]
Wikipedia
A beauty salon or beauty parlor (beauty parlour) (or sometimes beauty shop) is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons and spas.
There is a distinction between a beauty salon and a hair salon and although many small businesses do offer both sets of treatments; beauty salons provide more generalized services related to skin health, facial aesthetic, foot care, nail manicures, aromatherapy, — even meditation, oxygen therapy, mud baths, and many other services.
Usage examples of "beauty salon".
It was a bill for an amount of money that Ria would never in her whole life have spent in a beauty salon.
She was so impeccably made-up she looked as if she'd just emerged from a beauty salon.
The ship's crew-and-cargo cabin resembled a two-story balloon gondola, except that it was made of metal and bore upon it a pair of engines like hair dryers in a beauty salon for Titans.
I think she said she was going out to shop, or was it the beauty salon?
Rene said nothing at first, but finally admitted that more than one customer had told her that a beauty salon would soon be opening inside The Store next to the espresso bar.
The living room in each now served as the front office for an insurance company or, in Morley's case, a beauty salon from which he rented a room with a bath at the rear.
The enamelling studio, in which ladies had their faces, shoulders, and busts coated with a mixture of arsenic and white lead, was the forerunner of the modern beauty salon.
A complete makeover by Beverly Hills' top beauty salon would have been a wasted effort.