If you’re like me and have never been to a spa before, and the closest thing you’ve had to a massage was one of those leather chairs in the mall — you know which ones — then your idea of what a hotel spa looks like is probably similar to mine, like the Montage Beverly Hills spa as seen on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”
However, I was in for a pleasant surprise when I visited the new Pelo West salon and spa on the 17th floor of the Galt House Hotel, which opened earlier this month. The lush green and gold tones + graffiti-style artwork completely erased my expectation of neutral colors and harp music.
Pelo West is the third venture from Louisvillian Kaityln Hubert, who graduated from Assumption High School — I asked so you didn’t have to. The 3,000-sqft spa features four treatment rooms, three hair stations, manicure + pedicure areas, and saunas. Pelo’s products of choice include Eminence Organic Skin Care, R+Co BLEU, and two lines created by Hubert, Tomboy Hair Care and Urban Wild Hair.
A quick look at Pelo West’s services:
- Haircuts, color, styling: $60-$225
- Massages: $130-$390
- Facials: $85-$165
- Nails: $35-$80
- Sauna: $30
In addition to luxury services and products, Pelo West also features local art from Jason M. Lois and Marie Drescher, which gives the space an easy-going edge that definitely put me, a first-time spa-goer, at ease.
Pelo West is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
