Citrus Heights, CA Spa and Massage

Megan Bauer, a cosmetologist with more than a decade of experience, leads a team of stylists, skincare specialists, and certified massage therapists at Bellara Salon & Spa. Their diverse selection of services coalesces around three main areas. Stylists update hairdos by adding color, accenting with highlights, and removing any nesting prairie dogs. In private rooms, massage therapists dole out muscle relief in 30-minute increments, and aestheticians refresh skin and remove unwanted body hair with facials and waxing services.

At Inner Harmony Massage, therapists first consult with clients to determine what massage modality best suits their needs. During a Swedish massage, natural massage oils lubricate long, gliding effleurage strokes, which relax muscles and increase circulation. Therapists wield sterilized and heated stones to target specific muscle groups with hot-stone treatments as well as tailor sports sessions to help athletes recover after jogging one mile with their shoelaces tied together.

Whether clients are looking to spruce up their image or calm down and unwind, St. James Studio Salon & Day Spa offers a service to suit every customer. Specialists in bridal and event styles, the hairdressing team can make any day feel special with a simple cut or color service. The St. Jame's signature pedicure adds extra-indulgent touches to an already deluxe service, treating toes to an aromatherapy salt scrub and a warm paraffin bath. Salt scrubs also stretch upward to exfoliate and soften skin during wraps that rekindle the body's youthful glow and memories of its childhood cocoon. For those toting tense muscles, the La Stone massage sees therapists alternating between the ache-soothing benefits of hot and cold stones, and maternity massages pamper moms-to-be with gentle techniques and soft, supportive pillows.

The stresses of everyday life dissipate at the hands of Desert Palms Alternative Health’s licensed massage therapists, who relieve tension and aches within the confines of an all-purpose health spa. Led by massage therapist, alternative healer, and Canadian expat James R. Davis, the team culls techniques from a wide range of modalities—from the long, flowing strokes of Swedish to the penetrating warmth of hot-stone massage. Their breadth of knowledge allows them to cultivate massages that treat patients as individuals and even accommodate special conditions such as pregnancy.

The alternative healing center’s customized spa services don’t end with massages. Within the serene confines of a private treatment room, licensed aesthetician Samantha rejuvenates skin with AgeSmart back treatments and natural facials that take advantage of clay’s sibling rivalry with dirt. When she isn’t exfoliating faces and backs, Samantha spreads warm wax across the body to swiftly and gently remove unwanted hair.

Mixing beauty and business comes as naturally to Trang Warden as it does to any dealer of fine art. Her father was a man of great entrepreneurial spirit, and her mother was the owner of a San Francisco salon, giving Trang the seeds of two complementary passions. After earning her business degree and gaining a job at a Fortune 500 company, she still worked weekends at a spa with her sister, honing a talent she’d discovered with a part-time manicurist position at age 17. Today, she continues to blend commerce with cosmetic savvy—though now in one place: Zen Day Spa.

At the wheel of her beauty haven, Trang pampers hands, feet, and faces with an extensive treatment menu that relies on botanically sourced products from brands such as Epicuren, Murad, and Yonka-Paris. Tropical scents waft from mani-pedi stations, where toes soak in a signature jelly bath sprinkled with rose petals and nail technicians massage limbs with a papaya-pineapple scrub. Other body therapies incorporate volcanic clay and propolis mined from plants and flowers by bees wearing hardhats in Brazilian rainforests.

Amid the soft earth tones of Zen Spa's walls, an atmosphere of tranquility radiates. The 5,000-square-foot space is dubbed an "urban sanctuary," one where guests might escape their hectic lives to drink tea, slink into steam rooms to sweat out stress, or receive blissful massage and body treatments across 10 private rooms and two couples suites.