Day Spas in Burbank

Billy Malley pays homage to three generations' worth of hairstyling alongside a skilled staff of beautifiers performing a diverse menu of salon and spa services. Stylists clip away excess strands, insert fresh hues into coifs, and add more curl to heads with perms. Mani-pedis and waxing treatments whip unkempt appearances into shape, and massages eradicate tension caused by bobbing for apples in shark tanks. Facials and body treatments harness the healing powers of vitamin C, seaweed, and Dead Sea salts to cleanse and de-mottle epidermises.

Soft, flickering tea lights glow against Oxygen Spa Studio's white walls as trained therapists rejuvenate bodyscapes with more than 15 massage styles. In the absence of a formal reception desk, personal beauty butlers welcome guests and guide them through the boutique spa while a wall fountain provides a gently trickling soundtrack. Speckles of lush green plants break up the ivory oasis, and the spa's floor-to-ceiling windows fill the space with natural light and calming glimpses of the muted outside world and slow-motion battles between rival cumulus clouds. Amid private treatment rooms stocked with intricately tiled showers, therapists tend to tight tendons and achy joints with traditional techniques, such as deep tissue and myofascial release, peppering in aromatherapy, body scrubs, scalp stimulation, and toe-centric footwork to further encourage deep relaxation.

A collaborative effort between co-owners Jan and Mike, Jan Michael’s Salon and Spa accommodates hair, nail, and skincare services behind its coral-hued walls. The 20-year-old salon employs the best and brightest in the beauty industry, including fully licensed massage therapists, colorists, nail technicians, and light bulbs. Spa services are performed in a separate, secluded area to minimize outside distractions and keep the massage oils from fraternizing with Moroccanoil hair serums.

Brow threading may be the raison d'être of the aestheticians at Eyebrow Expressions, but the team also ably branches out to de-fuzzing other parts of the body, including services for legs, face, and intimate areas. Inside the salon, which is located within Meijer, the aestheticians can also remove hair with threading, an ancient Indian technique that uses a long, wound cotton thread to zip hair away in precise lines without irritating the skin. Because the process is so gentle, the team can thread lips, chins, necks, and delicate vestigial wings.

A long bench upholstered in a metallic Moroccan print stretches along one wall of Pure Lotus Day Spa & Nails; this is where ladies relax during the spa's signature nail treatments, and maybe even where they sip wine and champagne, since the spa is BYOB and the Volstead Act is rarely enforced anymore. The rest of the spa's decor is equally inviting, consisting as it does of animal-printed benches and velvety chaise lounges positioned around a flat-screen TV that plays a Sex and the City marathon all day long. Clients pry themselves away to indulge in the spa's services, which range from foot reflexology and chair massage to facials and waxing.

Monica Harris began her career in the beauty industry as a makeup artist, even developing enough expertise to design and teach a college course on makeup artistry. After spending countless hours working on models, she realized that even the most makeup-savvy girls struggled with their skincare. Inspired by this experience, Monica became a licensed aesthetician to educate clients and improve the quality of their skin. Today Monica runs several successful spas, where she works directly with her clients to clear up skincare woes and develop results-oriented home regimens to whip skin into shape without the use of restrictive pore girdles. At Monica’s Skincare Boutique, she delivers a host of skincare treatments along with a full menu of makeup, nailcare, and waxing services.