New Year, New You: Gig Harbor’s Ultimate Self-Care Guide for 2024

This one’s for you, ladies. The moms and wives working as full-time everythingers, from cook and encourager to homework helper and cheerleader. The ones who are always taking care of others first and themselves last. But I want to change that. In this new year I want you to commit to being better to yourself and investing in the things that make you feel alive and energized. And whether that’s updating your wardrobe or trying a new ‘do, setting (and reaching!) that goal of eating healthier and getting in shape, taking the time to slow down and relax, or joining a community where other people are doing what you love to do too, Gig Harbor offers lots of ways to support you in your self-care transformation. So get going and get GLOWing! Have 2024 be your year to sparkle and shine.

Hair & Beauty

Spoil yourself with a spa treatment, get a new ‘do for something fun and different, or de-stress and relax with a massage. 

Hair

  • Blonde Thairapy Salon - This salon specializes in all things for blonde hair, including cuts, color, and extensions.

  • Gene Juarez Salons & Spas - Services include haircuts, blow dry and style, coloring, highlights and blonding, re-texturizing, and special occasion hair.

  • JAX Salon & Spa - Come in for a style and haircut, color, or other hair treatment.

  • Salon 302 Hair and Spa - Offering haircuts, color, perms, and styling.

  • Salon Riviera - This full-service salon provides haircuts, blow outs, special occasion updos, color treatments, toning, blonding, keratin and smoothing treatments, perms, and extensions.

Face & Body

  • Blue Moon Massage & Wellness Spa - Offering skin care treatments, spa packages, waxing, brows and lashes, and spray tanning.

  • Gene Juarez Salons & Spas - A hair salon, they also provide services for brows and lashes, facials, and waxing.

  • Gig Harbor Aesthetics - Appointments available for treatments such as botox, fillers, facials, chemical peels, brows and lashes, and microneedling.

  • Gig Harbor Medical Spa - Your place for botox, Juvéderm, and other injectables; weight loss help; and aesthetic services like microneedling, enzyme therapy, and chemical peels.

  • Gig Harbor Spa Girl - Services include waxing, skin care, facials, lash lift, brow and lash tinting, peels, back facials, and manicures and pedicures.

  • Guinot Institut Paris - This skin care beauty center provides makeup, waxing, facials, and body slimming.

  • Haven Permanent Cosmetics & Aesthetics - Get a complimentary consultation for permanent cosmetics, medical aesthetics, facials, lashes and brows, waxing, and skincare products.

  • Healing Waters Skin Care - Provides facials, microneedling, waxing, brow and lash tinting, foot massages, skincare, and makeup application.

  • JAX Salon & Spa - Offerings include facials, lashes and brows, and hair removal.

  • LISSÈ Medical Aesthetics - Come in for a facial, peel, botox, laser treatment, waxing, and more.

  • Nouveau Medspas - This IV bar also provides treatments for thinning hair, facials, peels, and other aesthetic services.

  • Owaken Spa - Services include infrared and LED therapy, facials, waxing and alternatives, brows, and lashes.

  • Salon 302 Hair and Spa - Appointments available for brows, nails, and massages.

  • Skin Logic By Shadi - Services include face and body waxing, facials, light therapy, a foot spa, microchanneling, and microblading.

Massages

Clothing

Besides the typical retailers like Talbots, LOFT, J.Jill, Chico’s, and Kohl’s available at Uptown, Gig Harbor has so many charming boutiques that provide a wide variety of clothing options to spice up your wardrobe or update your style.

  • Beach Basket - One of Gig Harbor’s oldest stores, selling women’s clothing and accessories.

  • Bloom Boutique - Women’s clothing with lounge wear, basics, and more.

  • Chalet in the Woods - Open by appointment only, this lovely boutique set on 12 acres is the place to go if you want to splurge on fine European home goods and clothing.

  • Dolly Mama Boutique - A long-standing staple to Gig Harbor’s waterfront, they have two stores downtown: Dolly Mama Designs on Pioneer Way and Dolly Mama Too on Harborview Drive. Both offer women’s clothing and accessories as well as home goods.

  • Frankie Boutique - Sister store of Bloom, they have more affordable options for women’s clothing. 

  • HARBORNEST - Although it’s been around for a little while, HARBORNEST is a newer boutique filled with a fun assortment of gifts, home decor, clothing, and fashion accessories.

  • McBecklands Boutique - Get personalized service at this boutique offering a variety of styles for women of all ages and sizes. 

  • Payton & Piper Boutique - Although only offering online ordering, this local shop sells clothing from casual to dressy, with basics, blazers, and everything in-between.

  • Precious Collective - A new addition to uptown, Precious Collective offers fashion for women of all sizes as well as accessories, candles, and beauty products.

  • R Storie - This women’s clothing boutique sells a variety of styles and brands, accessories, home goods, and even work by local artist Vanessa Lanza.

  • Treasures 4 Humanity - Proceeds from every purchase are given to several charities.

Home & Self-Care

Most of these little boutiques have everything you need all in one place, including accessories, home goods, spa and self-care items, and even some clothing.

  • Arch & Starr - Find vintage and antique home decor items, such as furniture and art. There is also a selection of beeswax candles, skincare items, linens, books, jewelry, clothing, and so much more!

  • Chalet in the Woods - Open by appointment only, this lovely boutique set on 12 acres is the place to go if you want to splurge on fine European home goods and clothing.

  • Dolly Mama Boutique - A long-standing staple to Gig Harbor’s waterfront, they have two stores downtown: Dolly Mama Designs on Pioneer Way and Dolly Mama Too on Harborview Drive. Both offer women’s clothing and accessories as well as home goods. 

  • Fox Island Trading Co. - Local handmade self-care goods, including soap, herbal extracts, and skin care.

  • HARBORNEST - Although it’s been around for a little while, HARBORNEST is a newer boutique filled with a fun assortment of gifts, home decor, clothing, and fashion accessories.

  • R Storie - This women’s clothing boutique sells a variety of styles and brands, accessories, home goods, and even work by local artist Vanessa Lanza.

  • Ripple Boutique - This cute store is 100% online but 100% Gig Harbor based. Full of seasonal, spa, and eco-friendly home goods!

Health & Fitness

It’s never too late to start a new health or fitness journey. Here in Gig Harbor there is a lot to choose from in terms of gyms and workout options, whether you want to sweat it out with a personal trainer, work your core with some yoga, or step out of your comfort zone with CrossFit or kickboxing sessions. Many places offer introductory classes, personalized workouts, group lessons, membership plans, and even nutrition guidance. 

If you prefer a free alternative for getting in shape, you can’t beat the great outdoors! The Pacific Northwest does not disappoint with an abundance of places to walk, hike, or ride. Besides the Cushman Trail and 360 Trails in the immediate vicinity, be sure to check out my list of recommendations for the broader area. They’re all kid- and dog-friendly, too!

  • 9Round Kickboxing - This workout focuses on building strength, kickboxing fitness, and abs and core.

  • Anytime Fitness - Take advantage of fitness consultations, individual and group workouts, and one-on-one training.

  • Asha Yoga & Wellness - Options for regular and hot yoga.

  • Better Gym - Besides a variety of equipment, Better Gym offers TRX and RIP training, ART (Accelerated Rate of Transformation), movement mapping, and peak performance training.

  • The Club at Gig Harbor - Get your workout with barre, TRX, pilates, circuit, spin/strength, or HIIT. Nutrition support is also available.

  • CrossFit Gig Harbor - Pick from your choice of CrossFit, yoga, and open gym time.

  • EDGE Pilates Studio - Besides pilates, EDGE offers post-rehabilitative training, TRX, 4D Pro, and nutritional programming.

  • Fit4Mom - Join other moms wanting to get in shape with options including prenatal programs and workouts with or without the stroller! 

  • The Fit Lab 253 - Take part in group fitness classes for spin, barre, strength, pilates, or circuit training. Virtual and live-streamed classes are also available, as well as nutrition help.

  • Gig Harbor Strength & Fitness - Choose from barbell lifting, senior fitness and strength training, and a program combining cardio, strength, and endurance exercises. Options also include remote and one-on-one coaching, group classes, nutrition coaching, and general gym access.

  • Harbor Fit - If you’re interested in indoor cycling, yoga, barre, strength training, and TRX, this is the place for you!

  • Innovative Fitness - Choices include sport performance, personal and team training, strength and cardio workouts, and a 6-week startup plan.

  • Narrows CrossFit - Check out their offerings for CrossFit, coaching and individualized plans, and nutrition guidance.

  • Orangetheory Fitness - Get your workout with strength training, rowing, treadmills, bikes, and striders.

  • Tuladhara Yoga - Offers a wide variety of classes for different levels and preferences, including online videos, private sessions, and even family programs!

  • Vie Athletics - Join the sisterhood with full-body strength endurance workouts designed especially for women.

  • Waypoint Fit + Co. - Besides CrossFit, you can sign up for strength and build classes, boot camps, personal training, and team training.

  • YMCA - Gig Harbor’s Tom Taylor YMCA offers tons of classes and also has personal training and coaching, an indoor swimming pool, track, courts for basketball and racquetball, weights and cardio equipment, and a gymnasium.

Pick Up A Hobby Or Get Involved In The Community

Hobbies are a great way to express your creativity, learn something new, or spend time doing what you love. If you like needlework, Rainy Day Yarns and Fibers Etc, Tacoma sell supplies and provide classes and help clinics for knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving. Learn to paint with local artists Gretchen Giese and Tami Figliola, check out the DIY and craft classes at AR Workshop and the new Local Whimsy, or master some sewing skills at Stitch-O-Roo & Art Too.

Gig Harbor’s small-town backdrop also provides the perfect setting for joining a community and growing your group of friends. Love to read? Become part of a book club, or indulge in your next stack of books from the local Invitation Book Shop, No Dearth of Books, or Gig Harbor Book Company. Are you a mom that could use some support from others in the same season of life? Check out associations like FIT4MOM, Gig Harbor Moms, Harbor Moms, MOMS Club, or MOPS. If pickleball is your passion there are several leagues in the area, or if you want to get back in the paddle (pun intended), sign up with the Gig Harbor Dragon Boat Club. 

Are you a musician looking for a creative outlet? Consider joining one of the music groups in the area. The Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra welcomes amateur adult musicians who love to play, and the Narrows Music Society has several bands and chamber groups for wind and percussion players. There is also the Peninsula Community Chorus for any singers out there.  

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All About Gig HarborBecca Fitzpatrick