Del City, OK Spa and Massage

Sabrena Wicker had a light-bulb moment as she received her first massage: her career calling was to become a massage therapist. Wicker enrolled in massage school, earned a degree, and opened Tinker Massage and Day Spa Studio. Within the spa's softly lit treatment rooms, massage therapists practice several modalities and perform spa treatments for singles or doubles. To enhance bodywork sessions, the therapists incorporate elements of nature—heated stones infuse heat into muscles, essential oils perfume the air, and a charm of hummingbirds creates a relaxing breeze.

Right down the road from the Oklahoma University dorms lies Rock Paper Scissor Hair Studio, a salon where stylists cut, color, and style hair with premium products from brands such as Paul Mitchell. The Paul Mitchell name has influenced the salon's personnel as well as its inventory, since the three-person staff includes a graduate of the brand's school, not to mention a specialist in long hair and updos and a makeup and skincare whiz. Inside the salon itself, clients recline in comfortable leather chairs in front of full-length mirrors.

The licensed massage therapists at Petra’s Massage Spa daub bodies with rejuvenating massage techniques tailored to soothe each client's specific muscular ailments. Patrons relax in chic private rooms while therapists’ dexterous fingers help coax tightness and stress from muscles with the flowing motions of Swedish, deep-tissue, and couples massages. Treatments such as sugar scrubs and facials further cultivate relaxation and cleanse skin. Soft beds, light-filtering drapes, and a soothing atmosphere embrace comfort seekers, transporting them to sublime planes of relaxation not experienced since their last slow-motion pillow fight.

Within the softly lit environs of Three Graces European Day Spa, stylist Laura welcomes new and returning customers to her cushy black salon chair. With a passion for hair, people, and holding scissors, she crafts new 'dos, lifting styles and aerating necks and ears. Certified in Coppola keratin treatments, she smoothes hair with products that eschew harmful aldehydes and uses Goldwell color to add new tints. Besides her styling services, Laura also removes body hair with warm waxes.

Touch of Serenity’s Christie honed her skills at Heritage College and uses them to relieve pain and tension with an array of kneading techniques. Located inside Plush Salon, patrons can choose a Swedish or deep-tissue massage, which mollifies tense low-lying muscles. An Indian head massage focuses on the upper back, the shoulders, the scalp, and the face, where stress can otherwise turn its owner’s appearance into that of the most stressed profession of all: steel beam. Mothers-to-be can relax during prenatal massages designed to accommodate their physical condition.

Unlike many licensed aestheticians, Eva Aranda’s passion for makeup was not motivated by a harrowing experience involving a clown and a rainstorm. Instead, Eva discovered her calling when she began working for Estée Lauder in 2004. After operating for a time as a freelance makeup artist, she began working out of Studio Grand Salon, where today she shares her talents with Oklahoma City residents. Clients file in to enjoy relaxing facials, unwanted-hair waxing, and professional makeup applications, the latter service a favorite of brides-to-be and pageant contestants. Eva also readily doles out tips for healthy skincare, helping clients enhance their natural beauty and avoid paying extra DMV fees to have their driver’s license photo airbrushed.