Brenham, TX Spa and Massage

One morning as Ann Marie was curling her lashes before school, the phone rang. Instead of putting down her eyelash curler, she held it in place as she walked toward the phone, but then tripped over a book and pulled most of her lashes out. Shaken and stirred to action by the incident, she began researching remedies and discovered permanent eyelash extensions. The event inspired her to open Princess Lashes, a beauty boutique where Ann Marie not only augments clients’ lash lines but also certifies other aestheticians in the art of extensions, an art that can be applied during tax season and when trying to make one’s child eligible for the NBA.

In addition to lash treatments, clients can come in to extend their spines with mechanical-traction stretching. Chiropractic therapy further supports structural readjustments, and acupuncture sessions stir blockages in energetic meridians.

Dr. Patrick Beckham has seen a great deal of advancement in plastic surgery during his 35 years of servicing patients in Austin and surrounding areas. First certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1972, Dr. Beckham is known as one of the first innovators in breast-implant technology and has kept up-to-date with the changes in surgery techniques. Aside from plastic surgeries, his other services have advanced as well—from invasive liposuction to noninvasive body-contouring treatments and a nonsurgical face-lift that reduces acne and leaves skin supple, like a pillow under a layer of whipped cream. The staff relieves pain and removes tension with timeless Swedish or deep-tissue massage as well as the touchless hydrotherapy massage, which uses rotating water jets along the body.

The little touches make all the difference at A-1 Amazing Massage & Day Spa. Hot stones and aromatherapy amplify the calming effects of massage, and the steam tent that clients lie inside during body wraps makes the wraps toastier than a greenhouse in the Sahara. The spa also provides traditional and LED-based facials, exfoliating back treatments, and sea-salt body polishes.

Give backs a wicking and limbs a tickling with a soothing massage that lasts for sixty golden minutes inside Nailphoria Day Spa’s stress-melting confines. Kick back and extend out, offering extremities to the graceful hands of a skilled muscle molder that will provide an informative consultation before and after kneading body dough. Opt for the long, soothing strokes of a Swedish massage, the focused, tension-blasting pressure of a deep-tissue massage, or the muscle-rejuvenating touch of a sports massage. A foot-reflexology massage transforms stiff soles into loose and limber shoe-fillers, similar to squirrels snoozing in a pair of fermented pumpkins.

Whether you're an athlete with muscle pain from strenuous activity or just suffering from the aches of office work, Lyons will tailor your massage to suit your needs, varying techniques as necessary. The soothing environment of Relax Renew Revive is an ideal place to partake in full-body puttification. A private treatment room, simply furnished, with walls of deep teal, relaxes the mind and soothes the senses, priming torso and tailbone alike for relief.

Some bartenders double as confidants, listening to a litany of customers' troubles as they pour drinks. Carolyn Trumm was one of these bartenders until, deciding she'd rather work in the daytime, became a licensed massage therapist to help relieve stress without pouring spirits. Trumm relishes deep-tissue work, as it most quickly relieves the most chronic muscle pain, and she savors the gratification that comes from seeing clients leave feeling unburdened and finally able to shrug each shoulder independently.

In her nook in the back of Angie and Co Salon and Day Spa, Carolyn loosens knotted muscles with Biolage lotions as well as oils made by a local merchant. Shades of midnight blue and gemstones, along with hand-painted peacock feathers, grace the walls, and the room is dimly lit with candles from local purveyor Ates Candles, which Carolyn also offers for purchase. All this is set to a soundtrack Carolyn likes to call "ocean rock"—the sounds of waves set to instrumental music with a rock flavor, mixed with the distant humming of lobster choirs.