Salon Moka, Chicago

Inside this zen-inspired, full-service salon, patrons sip complimentary Japanese tea as they wait to be pampered from head to toe with relaxing spa services ranging from haircuts and highlights to Bioelements facials. Skin brightens after dullness and debris are buffed away via manual microdermabrasion, which uses super-fine pumice crystals and a strong arm instead of placing the face under a machine or inside a rock tumbler. Moka massages ease tension held in both the body and the brain with a blend of kneading styles customized from the salon's lineup of modalities, which include lymphatic drainage, deep tissue, prenatal, and reflexology. Before or after massages, clients are welcome to bask in the spa's steam room, which warms chilly skeletons to the marrow, or they can engage the services of one of the salon’s nail artists to treat toes to a pedicure with a soothing citrus salt scrub.