Feature
Best Health
& Beauty
From the tastiest scoops to the splashiest influencers, here are your winners of the 2024 readers’ choice awards!
best barber
Earl Brigham’s Barber Shop
Earl, an old-fashioned barber with a sparkling personality, may be deaf, but he provides a level of care and attention to your trim that you rarely find in modern clip chains. A true Garden delight.
Runner-Up: Turning Heads Barbershop
best chiropractor
Source Family Chiropractic
Your health should be aligned, so go to the source! Focusing on your family’s wellness is their top priority.
Runner-Up: Connected Movement
best nail salon
Polished by Omairis
Pampering clients with a blend of personal touch, creative flair, and on-the-go mobile services.
Runner-Up: Indigo Spa & Wellness Center
best doctor
Dr. Trishanna Sookdeo | Sookdeo Family Medicine
Individualized, high quality primary care isn’t an urban myth. It’s how Dr. Sookdeo built her thriving practice of raving fans. In just one visit, you’ll see why.
Runner-Up: Dr. Shweta Patel | Gaya Wellness
best hair salon
Halo Salon & Salt Room
Top-notch haircuts, color, balayage, and extensions seamlessly blend with the rejuvenating powers of massage and salt therapies.
Runner-Up: Vintage Sky Salon
best dentist
Hamlin Modern Dentistry
Finding a real-life “Tooth Fairy” can seem impossible. Hamlin Modern Dentistry makes routine checkups a pleasurable and gentle experience.
Runner-Up: Dr. Thomas Holehouse
best personal trainer
Anna Hunt | CSH Fitness
Patient, knowledgeable, and incredibly adaptive, Anna crafts each workout to perfectly align with your unique goals and address your specific limitations. Her workouts are insanely challenging yet totally functional, ensuring you see real results. And she’s there to spot you, every groan along the way.
Runner-Up: Vishant Dave | Alchemist
best lash/brow artist
Fabulash by Lexi
Nothing beats waking up feeling flawless with fabulous lashes!
Runner-Up: Dekalash
best gym
Carve
This dynamic, results-driven pilates workout blends strength, flexibility, and balance. Get ready to sweat, shake, and smile!
Runner-Up: CrossFit Winter Garden
best tattoo shop
Slaughterized Ink
If your body is your canvas, these are your artists! With professionalism, cleanliness, creativity, and a 10/10 atmosphere, they bring your tattoo and piercing visions to life.
Runner-Up: Fine Ink Studios
best lash/brow artist
Fabulash by Lexi
Nothing beats waking up feeling flawless with fabulous lashes!
Runner-Up: Dekalash
best gym
Carve
This dynamic, results-driven pilates workout blends strength, flexibility, and balance. Get ready to sweat, shake, and smile!
Runner-Up: CrossFit Winter Garden
best tattoo shop
Slaughterized Ink
If your body is your canvas, these are your artists! With professionalism, cleanliness, creativity, and a 10/10 atmosphere, they bring your tattoo and piercing visions to life.
Runner-Up: Fine Ink Studios
best hairdresser
Shayna Decker-Vick | Bombshell Salon & Spa
Every client on Shayna’s list will be happy and sad to see her on this list. The Garden’s most sought-after stylist is already booked months in advance.
Runner-Up: Ashley Nicole | Vintage Sky
best eye clinic
Dr. Mike Imler | PremierMED Ophthalmology
Trust Dr. Mike to keep your vision 20/20. After all, he’s got an eye for detail!
Runner-Up: Dr. Ashley Zak Kimble | New Vision Care
best orthodontist
Dr. Sakowitz | Sakowitz Smiles
Dr. Sakowitz’s mission is to help you emBRACE your best self through his orthodontic care.
Runner-Up: Dr. Caroline Pawlak | Artful Orthodontics
best hairdresser
Shayna Decker-Vick | Bombshell Salon & Spa
Every client on Shayna’s list will be happy and sad to see her on this list. The Garden’s most sought-after stylist is already booked months in advance.
Runner-Up: Ashley Nicole | Vintage Sky
best eye clinic
Dr. Mike Imler | PremierMED Ophthalmology
Trust Dr. Mike to keep your vision 20/20. After all, he’s got an eye for detail!
Runner-Up: Dr. Ashley Zak Kimble | New Vision Care
best orthodontist
Dr. Sakowitz | Sakowitz Smiles
Dr. Sakowitz’s mission is to help you emBRACE your best self through his orthodontic care.
Runner-Up: Dr. Caroline Pawlak | Artful Orthodontics
best dermatologist
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center
Dr. Jeanette Hudgens and her team sprinkle warmth, acceptance, and TLC exactly when—and where!—you need it.
Runner-Up: Florida Institute of Dermatology
best dermatologist
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center
Dr. Jeanette Hudgens and her team sprinkle warmth, acceptance, and TLC exactly when—and where!—you need it.
Runner-Up: Florida Institute of Dermatology
Putting Your Money
Where Our Mag Is
$10,000 for local charities!
To everyone who voted, shared, and rallied behind our second annual Readers Choice Awards—thank you! Your enthusiasm helped spotlight the people and places that make this community shine.
We’re also incredibly grateful to those who donated, purchased event tickets, or sponsored this year’s Award Gala celebration at Pilar’s. Whether it was generosity, marketing savvy, or a deep love for your community—you helped raise $10,000 for two incredible local causes.
Matthew’s Hope
Matthew’s Hope fosters the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the homeless men, women, and children of our community by meeting basic needs, developing skills, and restoring dignity and independence.
Funds Raised: $5,000To Support: matthewshopeministries.org
Greater Clermont Cancer Foundation
Most cancer foundations focus on the future; their funds go to national-level research, aimed at one day finding a cure. What makes GCCF unique is that it focuses on reaching the people fighting cancer right here, right now.
Offering financial aid such as quality-of-life assistance, scholarships, and screening/test grants, as well as providing support, resources, education, and comfort, GCCF lessens the daily challenges encountered by patients and their loved ones. And as a volunteer-run organization, GCCF can ensure that 100% of funds raised go directly to the people who need it most.
Funds Raised: $5,000To Support: gccf.us
