If your highlights need redoing, your chipped nails need a touch-up and your skin is looking worse for wear but you're too busy to make three trips, supersalons will seem like a dream come true. Currently springing up all around the country, these one-stop pampering pitstops offer head-to-toe treatments under one roof. You can get your hair done while your fingers and toes are being tended to, after lying back and enjoying a massage or facial within your lunch hour. What more could a career woman ask for? While many leading London hair stylists like Daniel Galvin, Trevor Sorbie, Nicky Clarke and Daniel Hersheson offer a more extensive indulgent experience, the original supersalon began with Michaeljohn. Founded in 1967, it is a front runner in beauty treatments. The Ragdale Clinic in Mayfair, with beauty therapies and grooming services such as waxing, electrolysis, massage, and facials, was incorporated with the hair salon in 1991, turning it into a supersalon. Today you can be spoiled by its major stars such as brow queen Shavata Singh, renowned nail technician Leighton Denny, Brazilian bikini waxer Rhonda Beattie and facialist and masseur Amanda Birch. Regulars who pop into Michaeljohn (call 020 7629 6969) include Jade Jagger (who gets her eyebrows trimmed by Singh), Dido, Minnie Driver and Rosamund Pike. Founder Michael Rasser explains why he wanted to set up a supersalon, saying: "I have always felt that hair and beauty services should go hand in hand and women should be able to get everything from a great haircut to perfect nails under one roof. So when we decided to expand the salon, we incorporated the Ragdale Clinic. "Now Michaeljohn offers over 70 different hair, beauty and therapeutic treatments. Our philosophy is to offer the best of every service so we were delighted when the famous manicurist Leighton Denny came to the salon. He's won every award in his industry and that sums up our approach - to have the best people offering the best hair and beauty services in London. "Right now we are finding that women want more therapeutic treatments rather than just pampering, and of course we are seeing more and more men in the salon for grooming services." But others are quickly following suit, offering customers the opportunity to relax within the shortest of times. At Charles Worthington's Percy Street salon, you can sip a complimentary glass of champagne and nibble on organic snacks while your hair and nails get the five-star treatment that celebrities normally enjoy. The spa offers a comprehensive list of face, body, holistic, nail and grooming treatments from facials and body wraps to aromatherapy massages. Since opening in 2002, celebrities who have flocked to Charles Worthington include Mena Suvari, Sienna Guillory, Katy Hill and Jamie Oliver. Call 020 7631 1370 or visit www.cwlondon.com for more details. For those who are based outside London, there is good news because the trend is taking off. Saks owns 80 salons nationwide in major cities, including Aberdeen, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Southampton while Guy Kremer and Andrew Collinge offer clients the chance to access their services in various cities. Stephen Kee, Saks managing director, says that the Saks experience offers customers more than just a haircut and blow-dry. "Saks research showed that clients wanted beauty as part of their Saks experience," he says. "We launched the beauty concept in 1995 and have never looked back. Saks is now the UK's leading high street beauty salon group. "Signature beauty services include Saks Sensory Heaven, which is Denise Van Outen's favourite treatment, and Saks Remedial Massage, which Lisa Scott-Lee is a big fan of." Saks general manager Richard Bland explains that they decided to extend their range of beauty services because nowadays people want instant gratification. "Women want immediately obvious results. Our newest services, the Oxygenator, permanent hair reduction, and instant tan, are perfect examples of treatments that provide instant gratification. "Beauty treatments will always remain highly popular, and if a client can get everything she wants under one roof, even better," he adds. Offering a more extensive beauty experience than other salons, you can get a lot done at Saks during your lunch hour. Apart from the traditional hairstyling and manicure or pedicure, you can also get your teeth whitened, get your hair permanently removed or wrap your body up in seaweed for a quick detox session. You can also return to the office, looking years younger, with an instant Botox injection (which takes a mere 30 minutes), an anti-ageing Oxygenator facial or a quick stint in the instant tan booth. Call 0845 600 5959 or visit www.sakshairandbeauty.com to find your nearest salon. At Guy Kremer's salon in Winchester, you can get your hair cut and coloured while you have a make-up makeover and your body is pampered with a facial or massage. For more information, call 01962 860 149 or visit www.guykremer.com. Respected hairdresser Andrew Collinge has 10 salons in the North-West, including Liverpool, Manchester, Ormskirk and Chester. While your locks are being tended to, your make-up can be revamped with products from his wife, renowned make-up artist Liz Collinge's range. For your nearest salon, visit www.andrewcollinge.com or call 0151 709 5942. | 
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