Beauty & Spas in Columbia

Divine Massage Therapy induces a multisensory, full-body feeling of tranquility by combining tension-melting massages with soothing music, soft lighting, and scented essential oils. Beyond basic relaxation massages, specialty treatments include a Fire and Ice massage that transitions between warm and cool stimuli to ease pain. Raindrop therapy sees the therapist sprinkling the skin with 12 essential oils to mimic the relaxing feel of gently falling rain, then massaging them into the skin to create a tingling sensation that mimics the relaxing feel of a gentle jellyfish kiss. During each massage, guests can rest their eyes on work from local artists, such as oil paintings by Rob Shaw, which they may purchase to take a piece of the studio’s serenity home with them.

Having begun as a single tanning shop in Greenville during the autumn of 1990, Ultratan has since blossomed into more than 70 locations throughout the Carolinas and Georgia due to its popularity and commitment to quality service. Over the years, the collection of spas has accumulated numerous awards such as Best Tanning Salon from the Daily Gamecock for providing the best equipment in both tanning beds and spray-tan technology. As a member of the International Smart Tan Network, its commitment to safe tans also encompasses a passion for keeping their customers educated about responsible tanning routines and never tanning without a helmet.

Austral Salon manages manes with tender loving care and high-quality, all-natural Phyto botanicals. The Keratin Straightening, like looking down at high-school yearbook hairdos from a 12-story bell tower, turns frizz into a distant memory. The treatment works to eliminate up to 95% of unwanted strand kinks, creating shiny, manageable hair for four to six months. Austral's savvy style mavens, who all train personally with the owner before they take clients, can also trim fresh new hairdos ($30 and up) or sculpt swoops for special occasions ($55 and up).

Transformation II Therapeutics’ dexterous muscle manipulators knead tendons into relaxed, ache-free states with gentle and penetrating strokes. Clients can unload stresses with a Swedish massage session of soft, long movements, friction techniques, and rhythmic manipulations that ease tissues frazzled by heavy lifting or excessive shrugging. Deep-tissue massage recipients bid adieu to nesting muscle knots and aches through powerful strokes that focus on manipulating connective tissues. To foster a relaxed environment, each therapy room is filled with soothing melodies, scented with delicate fragrances, bathed in low candlelight, and accompanied by encouraging words from a whispering drill sergeant.

HealthSource Chiropractic and Progressive Rehab provides a full range of services for keeping bodies in line, specializing in chiropractic care, massage, and rehabilitation. Massage therapists manipulate distressed deltoids with hands licensed in therapeutic massage and shadow-puppet recitals, relieving stress and tension from anxiety-filled limbs. The chiropractic consultation provides guests with a detailed overview of causes behind specific symptoms, as well as recommended courses of action, all with a greater success rate than using a fly swatter to squash disobedient aches and pains.

A licensed massage therapist with almost two decades of experience, Barbara Bryan soothes the aching limbs of expectant or new mothers with muscle-melting prenatal and postpartum massages. Each hour-long massage uses a sensitive, personalized approach to the client’s needs and is designed to relieve tension and muscle aches, improve circulation, and cure space fever. The talented muscle-molder offers these stress-relieving services seven days a week in her home office.