Afterglow Beauty in Rangiora is a professional boutique salon founded and operated by qualified beauty therapist Aliah Franklyn. With a decade of dedicated industry experience, Aliah delivers personalized beauty and skin treatments designed to help clients look and feel their absolute best in a warm, welcoming space.
Serving Rangiora and the wider North Canterbury community, the salon provides an extensive treatment menu covering advanced bespoke facials, dermal needling, Swedish and therapeutic massage, custom brow styling, lash enhancements, professional waxing, and complete nail care. Whether stopping in for a lunchtime glow-up or settling in for an intensive skincare session, clients receive attentive, individualized care tailored to their skin's needs.
Finding a beauty salon that balances attentive, personalized care with clinical-level skincare results can transform how you feel in your skin every day. At Afterglow Beauty in Rangiora, qualified therapist Aliah Franklyn brings a decade of hands-on beauty industry experience to every treatment, offering North Canterbury residents a welcoming haven for all their self-care and aesthetic needs.
Originally from Feilding, Aliah moved south to Canterbury and now calls Rangiora home alongside her partner Tom and their three boys. Her passion for meeting new people and helping them look and feel their best shines through in the atmosphere of the salon. Operating from 95 Charles Street, the space serves clients across Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Woodend, and the wider North Canterbury district who value genuine expertise, high-quality products, and unhurried service.
Skincare at Afterglow Beauty is never one-size-fits-all. Every complexion has unique needs, which is why treatments are carefully customized to individual goals. Clients seeking an effective pick-me-up during a lunch break can opt for the Express Facial, which packs deep cleansing, targeted exfoliation, and hydration into fifty minutes, enhanced by a chosen modality such as microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, high frequency, LED light, or an active peel.
For deeper indulgence and skin transformation, the salon offers signature extended sessions. The Signature Facial incorporates two custom modalities alongside O Cosmedics professional peels, deeply relaxing facial and chest massage, and specialized masks. For the ultimate reset, The Works delivers ninety minutes of intensive care, combining a nano fusion pen for targeted serum delivery, LED light therapy, manual exfoliation, gentle extractions, and soothing massage to restore radiance and cellular vitality.
Clients addressing deeper concerns—such as acne scarring, enlarged pores, stubborn pigmentation, and fine lines—frequently turn to dermal needling. By generating controlled micro-channels, this therapy triggers the body's natural collagen and elastin production, paired with bespoke solutions tailored to the client's skin profile.
Beyond advanced skincare, Afterglow Beauty provides a full suite of grooming and aesthetic services designed to simplify daily routines. Brow styling is a cornerstone of the salon's offerings, recognizing that well-shaped brows define the entire architecture of the face. Treatments range from classic shaping and tinting to brow lamination, natural henna, and hybrid staining for long-lasting definition.
For the eyes, lash lifts and tints create a natural, eye-opening curl that lasts between six and eight weeks, eliminating the need for daily curling or heavy mascara. The salon's waxing services utilize gentle waxes formulated to protect sensitive skin while leaving behind smooth, long-lasting results across facial and body areas.
Whether preparing for a special occasion or indulging in regular maintenance, clients can also enjoy professional manicures, gel applications, builder gel strengthening, pedicures, and custom Azure spray tanning formulated with green or violet bases to complement individual undertones.