Brentwood Estates, TN Spa and Massage

Step into the soothing oasis of Hair & Body Spa and allow an expert massage therapist to untie knotted muscles and knead stress to a smooth loaf, ready to replace any worn-out couch cushion. Before your custom massage commences, a heavenly hydrotherapy bath marinates muscles in a water tub, which can be beneficial for arthritis or improving joint flexibility. Then choose from Swedish, deep-tissue, reflexology, trigger-point, hot-stone, or pre-natal techniques for your personalized massage. A classic Swedish uses long, connective strokes to improve blood flow and muscular relaxation while relieving tension, whereas reflexology applies pressure to specific points on the hands and feet, each with an exclusive connection to a body part and its function. The pre-natal massage alleviates pelvic and spinal pain while reducing swelling, tricking your baby into thinking he or she is bungee jumping from a waterfall during birth.

After a member of the Eyecandy staff guides you to a chair and consults with you about the best look to aim for, they'll whip frayed, stress-knotted head threads into shape with a full trifecta of salon services: a cut ($40+) and a color ($75+) in the idiom of your choosing, followed by a deep conditioning treatment ($25+) to defrazzle your frizz. With help from top-shelf product lines such as Aveda and Bumble and bumble, your hair will emerge sleek, shining, and free of trapped baby pterodactyls. A freshly styled head often translates into a youthful strut and a plethora of compliments from friends, strangers, and the insides of hats.

After honing her skills as a managing partner at the Body Enhancement Center in Paducah, Kentucky, Elizabeth Harris took the reins at the second location in Franklin. Once she actually purchased the business, she moved to a larger building and expanded services to include lypossage, oxygen treatments, body wraps, and her own body-contouring creation, CelluSleek. Harris also created her own skincare line, Alleia Skin, based on the legend of Alleia, the siren who discovered five natural streams in Capri.

With the goal of bettering body image, the spa staffers perform massages, facials, and body wraps. They also use the Medilift system, which targets stubborn fatty areas and is championed by celebrity speaker Robin McGraw. The newly installed Celebrity Room accommodates up to four simultaneous services during business events, social gatherings, or sweet-16 parties. Old-World European decor, complimentary wine and cheese, and a lack of pickpocketing chimpanzees cultivate an atmosphere of hospitality and relaxation.

Different clients may choose the same treatment from Belledonne Spa’s menu, but the spa’s focus on custom skin and body solutions ensures that no two experiences are quite alike. Though the massage menu includes specialized techniques for athletes and expectant moms, its two anchors are the Swedish and deep-tissue massages, each of which is tailored to clients’ preferred pressures.

The spa’s aestheticians match their nimble-fingered counterparts’ concern for customized care. Before embarking on a facial, they survey the skin’s topography to identify its specific needs. Then they pull from a wide array of therapies that include advanced microdermabrasion treatments, ultrasound technologies, and chemical peels that exfoliate as vigorously as skin will allow. Their therapies aren’t just skin-deep, however: Lumicell Touch body-contouring treatments work to reduce cellulite with a blend of collagen-boosting LED light, skin-smoothing rollers, and vacuums that suck up pennies lodged between back muscles.

Licensed massage therapist and former professional dancer Christopher Robinson is Nashville Massage Therapist, where he blends Swedish and deep-tissue modalities in soothing massages. Using organic massage creams, he targets pains and tensions, releasing stress and aches from muscles. Additionally, he is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork.

John Watson opened Pure Life Massage and Wellness to provide his fellow community members with a place to receive healing bodywork services. Inside the treatment rooms, licensed massage therapists knead muscles with customized blends of multiple modalities, including prenatal, deep tissue, Swedish, and geriatric.