HavenLeigh Salon + Wellness Spa

Along McFarland Boulevard in Northport, Alabama, HavenLeigh Salon and Wellness Spa occupies a storefront that looks unassuming from the street but holds a fuller story inside. The salon is not a single business so much as a collection of independent stylists who each manage their own chair and client list under one roof, paired with a wellness spa side that handles everything from facials to cryotherapy.

The name itself carries weight for the owner. She wanted something that started with an H and contained an L, an initial shared by her granddaughter. She settled on HavenLeigh as a tribute to her mother, whose middle name was Leigh and who died in 2010 from a brain tumor. The idea of a haven, in the owner’s words a selfless and caring soul, became the guiding image for what she wanted the business to feel like rather than simply what it would sell. A yellow butterfly appears throughout the salon’s branding, a symbol the owner and her sister both associate with their mother since her passing.

Precision haircuts, dimensional color, hair extensions, blowouts, and special event hair and makeup make up the core of the salon side of the business. Because each stylist manages an independent chair, the pace and personality of a visit can vary depending on who a client books with, though the shared space keeps the overall atmosphere consistent.

Two of the stylists who work out of the McFarland Boulevard location, Nevin Holmes and Kendall Dobyns, are pictured on the salon’s own website alongside the rest of the team.

On the spa side, the offerings lean toward a fuller wellness visit rather than a quick add-on. A skin analysis using Comfort Zone’s diagnostic tools is available for clients who want a clearer picture of what their skin actually needs before committing to a facial or a product routine. Cryotherapy and an infrared sauna session are both on the menu for clients looking for treatments aimed at inflammation, circulation, and recovery. Lash lifting and tinting, full body waxing, and airbrush spray tanning using Norvell solutions round out the more traditional spa services.

The spa side also offers several membership tiers for regular clients. The Yellow Butterfly membership, priced at $99 a month, includes one 60 minute facial with consultation plus quarterly skin analyzer check-ins and product discounts. Other tiers, including the HavenLeigh Club and the Butterfly Effect, layer in monthly recovery sessions such as cryotherapy or infrared sauna visits at different price points, with full details published on the salon’s own site. All memberships carry a three month minimum commitment and a 30 day cancellation notice, and any appointment canceled within 24 hours is subject to a 50 percent charge.

For brides and wedding parties, HavenLeigh rents out a private glam room that can accommodate a group getting ready together rather than sending each person to a separate chair.

The salon keeps a bridal portfolio on its website showing examples of past wedding day hair and makeup work, giving prospective brides a sense of the range of looks the team has produced before they book.

Beyond the services themselves, the owner started the HavenLeigh Partnership Program specifically to support local nonprofits and charitable organizations in the West Alabama area, a way of extending her mother’s generosity outward rather than keeping the tribute purely internal to the business.

Online booking is available through the salon’s booking portal, though not every stylist takes appointments that way. The salon notes on its site that clients may need to call directly for full appointment availability. Hours run Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Saturday reserved for appointment only visits and Sunday closed, though the salon cautions that hours can vary by individual stylist.

For anyone in Northport looking for a single stop that covers a haircut, a color appointment, and a spa treatment without crossing the river into Tuscaloosa, HavenLeigh’s location on McFarland Boulevard offers that combination inside a space with a personal story behind its name.