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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: $5,000
To 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: $5,000
To Support: gccf.us

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