Arizona City, AZ Spa and Massage

A spa is never greater than the sum of its parts. It takes a team of aestheticians, massage therapists, and stylists to carry out the services that keep clients beautiful, relaxed, and healthy. At Vivid LifeSpa & Salon, this truth reflects the staff's belief in a holistic, integrated approach—making each service as much about wellness as beauty. The spa’s facials, for example, improve both the health and appearance of skin with custom cleansing, exfoliation, and masks, while sessions of reiki, reflexology, and other body treatments help balance energy and remove toxins. Of course, Vivid LifeSpa & Salon offers purely aesthetic services such as sugaring, too, promoting wellness by helping clients avoid the impulse to cover their bodies with glitter glue.

Licensed body experts at All Hands On Deck Massage & Nail Spa warm up weary muscles and appendages with gentle body treatments. Licensed massage therapists can spark circulation with customized sessions in trigger-point touch and reflexology. The spa’s nail services swathe cuticles in full sets of color, invigorating hands and feet with heated paraffin wax and hot desert stones. As parents get pampered, children relax in a playroom where they can watch episodes of Dora the Explorer and the scene from Doctor Zhivago where Elmo teaches Yuri words that begin with “C.”

The trio of licensed massage therapists at The Art of Touch banish pain from clients' stressed muscles with a combination of therapeutic massage techniques. Staff member Christine draws on more than 10 years of industry experience to soothe her clients, and past KTVK 3 TV Healing Arts Specialist Lisa kneads tendons with powerful massage strokes. Tracy utilizes a number of massage disciplines, including deep tissue, Swedish, and myofacial, to uproot uncomfortable knots, making backs once again flexible and shoulders ready to demonstrate "shrugging" to curious jellyfish.

After a suffering an athletic injury in college, Natural Living Centers’ Doctor of Chiropractic William M. Nelson learned firsthand about the healing potential of chiropractic techniques. Inspired, he graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in 2000 and earned additional certifications in manipulation under anesthesia and in chiropractic sports medicine. “After seeing the amazing results that could be achieved naturally,” Dr. Nelson states on his website, “I wanted to help others experience the same type of improvements in their own lives.”

Along with licensed naturopathic physician Dr. Jason Jensen—who holds a PhD in naturopathic medicine from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine—Dr. Nelson offers chiropractic adjustments, massage therapies, skincare, and pain-relieving low-level laser therapy, which can also be used to taunt laser-chasing cats. In addition, naturopathic medical treatments are available to help treat disorders such as ADHD, anxiety, eczema, and arthritis.

Licensed aesthetician Cindy Acridge has spent the last 10 years beautifying her clients. Facials and PCA peels combat unsightly acne and wrinkles caused by only reading books from a dollhouse’s library. She slathers European wax over pesky brow and leg hair and bronzes individuals with custom airbrush-tanning services.

It's hard to imagine the styles at Scissors Rox Paper ever falling behind the times, since the salon is led by experienced owners who continue to train at Bumble and bumble University in New York City. There, they absorb techniques for not only cutting and styling, but also developing texture and other effects, and they learn the strengths of the Bumble and bumble products they use during services. Though the stylists take their education seriously, the salon itself is fun: like a full-contact finger-painting class, the interior is splashed with bold chartreuse, canary, and periwinkle hues.