Beauty & Spas in Cahokia

Established: 2012 Reservations/Appointments: Required Handicap Accessible: No Staff Size: 2?10 people Parking: Parking lot Most popular service: Quickweave Brands Used: Chi, Nairobi, Sebastian, Design Essentials

Founder Todd Beckman opened the first Tan Company location, then called The St. Louis Tan Company, in 1994 with a pair of average-size sun retreats. After perfecting a superstore concept with multiple levels of tanning beds and an intrepid-reporter alter ego, Beckman's bronzing business now spans 53 locations in 8 states, including 39 locations in the St. Louis area. Todd ensures each salon keeps the same high standards that won the 2010 award for Best Tanning in St. Louis from CityVoter. A knowledgeable staff maintains each bright, highly sanitized environment and stocks shelves with Australian Gold, Swedish Beauty, and Designer Skin tanning products. The Tan Company also fashions UV-free tans with Mystic Tan standup booths that evenly spritz bodies with a paraben-free DHA solution infused with aloe vera.

Like a professor knowledgeable on tulip mania, alien black oil, and a myriad of seemingly esoteric subjects, Massage Envy's licensed body therapists ably converse with the gamut of muscle ailments. They'll unravel tense coils of accumulated inner-stress through a perfectly catered treatment for individual clients' needs that may include various styles and techniques. Swedish massages offer gentle rubbing for muscular soothing and improved circulation, while deep tissue focuses specifically on untying the body's Gordian knots and releasing chronic tension. A prenatal massage is ideal for expecting mothers who could use a little relief from carrying another person inside them, and a sports massage provides tension relief and injury prevention for an athlete's body.

Massages are no longer the exclusive privilege of pro athletes and the landed gentry, thanks to today’s deal. This Groupon gets you a one-hour therapeutic massage for $30 at Balanced Body Massage, a $60 value. This specialized therapeutic massage is more than just relaxing; Balanced Body uses targeted techniques to treat specific ailments, from physical strains to mental stress. Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Pacific Beach's Beauty Angel treatment pairs beautification and physique sculpting in a series of 10-minute sessions combining light therapy, vibration, and platform-based exercise. Within the stand-up booth, clients bask in a safe red light that works to reawaken the body's collagen and elastin factories, disentangling wrinkles around the eyes and firming skin across the entire physique. The booth sports a vibrating platform designed to help break down cellulite and further stimulate epidermal collagen production. The vibrating motion also facilitates muscle toning and recovery by relaxing fibers. After seven daily sessions over one week, wrinkles may begin to diminish, cellulite may begin fade, and skin may begin smooth out, negating the need to seek eternal youth in every municipal fountain.

Staycations are rarely as relaxing as real vacations, though they are usually better than the spaycations you make your pets go on. Today’s deal ups the portmanteau ante with a $50 spacation at Mitchell James Salon, the chic yet casual salon located at the Boulevard. Your spacation will include your choice of a 30-minute sports massage or deep-tissue massage ($40 value) plus a 30-minute customized facial ($40 value), an express manicure ($14 value), and a haircut ($35 value). Services do not have to be redeemed all in one visit.At this point, our LaserDisc player went on the fritz, leaving the secrets of Dr. Skorton reburied in the sands of format obsolescence for future generations to uncover.