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Per capita, Richmond may be the most heavily serviced beauty market in the region. Walk one floor of Aberdeen Centre or Parker Place and you will pass salons, nail bars, brow and lash studios and skincare rooms in a single loop, and the upper floors of the No. 3 Road plazas hold dozens more behind unmarked doors, found by word of mouth rather than by a sign on the street.
Outside that corridor the pattern flips to neighbourhood scale: a salon and a nail place in each plaza at Blundell, Seafair, Terra Nova Village, Ironwood and in Steveston village, serving the same clients for years. This section covers hair, barbering, nails, day spas and tattoo studios, with hours and the neighbourhood on every listing.
No. 3 Road nail bar between Westminster Highway and Lansdowne, open 10am to 7pm every day of the week. Manicures, pedicures and gel work, easy to fit in around a Canada Line trip since Lansdowne station is close by.
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A Steveston Village barbershop with an unusually deep review record and a loyal following for skin fades and line-ups. Adult cuts $30, seniors $21, kids $25, and a cut with beard trim and line-up runs $40. Closed Sundays.
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Japanese-trained stylists working out of a quiet Saba Road unit just off No. 3 Road. Cuts, perms, balayage and colour correction are the core of the book, plus scalp and hair treatments. Open Tuesday to Sunday, with visitor parking in the building.
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A long-running Steveston Village salon on Bayview Street that keeps late hours Monday through Thursday, which is rare out here. Regulars come for cuts and colour, and there is easy parking plus somewhere to eat while you wait for processing.
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Neighbourhood nail shop in the No. 2 Road plaza at Blundell, the west-side sister to the Blundell Road location. Standard manicures, pedicures, gel and acrylics at everyday prices, with a parking lot right out front.
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Ground-floor studio on Minoru Boulevard between Lansdowne and Richmond Centre, handy if you work downtown Richmond. Cuts, colour and styling by appointment, with transit and mall parking both a couple of minutes away.
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Steveston spa best known for Japanese-style head spa sessions, including a two-person option, plus facials and nail services. Open daily from mid-morning to 7pm and heavily booked, so reserve rather than walking in.
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Small Steveston nail studio on No. 1 Road known for detailed nail art and Russian manicures, plus lash lifts and tints. Closed Sundays and Mondays and books up, so plan a week ahead rather than dropping in.
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Neighbourhood salon in the Blundell Centre strip, open Tuesday through Saturday. Straightforward cuts for the whole family, and it is one of the few nearby spots that also does eyebrow threading and facial waxing while you are in.
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A one-stop shop on Moncton Street: cuts, balayage, toners, K18 and hair botox treatments, extensions and bridal styling, plus brow lamination, lash lifts, permanent makeup and nails. Useful when you want hair and brows done in the same visit.
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Japanese-style salon in the newer Capstan Way towers, best known locally for its head spa treatments alongside standard cut, colour and straightening packages. Expect long combined appointments rather than a quick in-and-out trim.
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Small street-level studio on Elmbridge Way near the Canada Line, open four days a week. Cuts and colour plus hair weaves and permanent straightening, which is the reason most people phone ahead rather than drop in.
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Tucked into the McKim Way plaza off Cambie Road, this is a phone-to-book salon rather than a walk-in shop. Cut, colour and perm work for a largely Chinese-speaking local clientele, with plenty of surface parking out front.
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The Aberdeen Centre branch of a Vancouver-area salon group, open seven days a week from late morning to early evening. Cutting, colouring and styling for a mostly Cantonese- and Mandarin-speaking clientele, with walk-in timing that suits mall hours.
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Modern barbershop just south of Richmond Centre on No. 3 Road, geared to fades, tapers and beard work. Booking is done online rather than by phone tag, which is the main reason younger clients keep going back here.
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Named for its corner at No. 5 Road and Cambie, this is the neighbourhood barber for East Cambie and the industrial pocket around it. Cuts, fades and beard trims without a long wait, phone ahead to check timing.
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Upstairs beauty spa in the Hazelbridge Way complex near Yaohan, doing facials, skin treatments and body care by appointment. Small and quiet compared with the mall traffic downstairs, and phone booking is the norm.
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Long-standing salon in the Broadmoor Village plaza at No. 3 and Williams, the sort of place south Richmond families have used for years. Cuts, sets, perms and colour, booked by phone, with free parking right at the door.
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A small No. 3 Road salon built around colour work, from single-process tints to correction jobs people bring in from elsewhere. Appointments also include scalp massage and deep conditioning, so a colour visit runs long rather than rushed.
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Third-floor Aberdeen Square salon run in the Japanese style, where the same shop does your haircut and your lashes. Women's cuts start around $68 and men's around $63, with keratin lash lifts and flat lash extension sets also on the menu.
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Third-floor studio in Aberdeen Square, open daily in the afternoons. A quieter, mall-based alternative to a storefront shop, doing custom pieces and smaller fine-line work for a mostly local Richmond clientele.
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Barbershop in the Coppersmith plaza near Ironwood, convenient if you are already doing errands in south Richmond. Classic men's and boys' cuts and beard tidy-ups, with a lot of long-time repeat customers.
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Korean salon on the third floor of Aberdeen Square, open daily from late morning to early evening. Go here for Korean perms, magic straightening and cut-and-colour work; staff speak Korean, and the mall parking makes it painless.
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Clinical-leaning skincare spa on No. 3 Road offering signature, collagen, dermaplaning and vitamin C facials alongside microneedling, laser genesis, photofacials and laser hair removal. The estheticians are trained in-house by the founder.
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The West Dyke Trail is about five and a half kilometres of flat gravel between Terra Nova Rural Park and Garry Point, and I ride it most mornings. Here is what is actually at the north end, which way to walk so the wind is on your side, and why winter is the better season for it.
London Heritage Farm sits out on Dyke Road with its back to the south arm of the Fraser, and it is the quietest of Steveston's heritage sites. Here is how I would string it together with Britannia, the cannery and the tram on Moncton Street, plus where to eat between stops.
Nothing on Alexandra Road is a hidden gem. It is just in a strip mall with bad signage and no patio, which is why visitors never find it. Here is how I actually use Richmond's plazas and food courts, which specialists are worth the drive, and when not to bother.
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