Evergreen Park, IL Spa and Massage

A prominent Victorian townhome wrapped in brick and stone greets guests as they arrive at Channing's Day Spa’s elegant beauty oasis nestled into Oak Street. Owner Cheryl Renella attracts loyal customers to the spa with her distinctive method of corrective eyebrow shaping, which was named 2011’s Best of the Best in Chicago for Brows by Allure Magazine and has spruced up the eye arches of such celebrities as Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, and Groucho Marx. Amid stained-glass windows and spiraling staircases, Cheryl also oversees a highly trained staff of aestheticians as they rejuvenate visages with medical-grade treatments, such as relaxing massage therapy, skin-smoothing microdermabrasion, and body-slenderizing packages that include detoxifying wraps, airbrush tanning, and FDA-approved Endermologie treatments.

Inside a dynamically designed orange-and-brown space, Chocolate For Your Body’s techs summon the skin-polishing power of cocoa when performing facials, manicures, and pedicures. They mix natural ingredients such as raw cacao, fruits, and spices to concoct revivifying elixirs that they then paint onto skin, recruiting Éminence organic skincare products to further enhance epidermises. A roster of thoughtful seasonal treatments tackles specific woes associated with each season, such as the winter-specific dry skin and temporary tattoos left by snowmen.

The staff can also crown freshly cleansed façades with permanent makeup or eyelash extensions, and they harness Wella and Schwarzkopf products for hair services, which include cuts, coloring, and conditioning treatments.

My Escape Spa and Tan stays true to its name by inviting guests to escape from the stressors of everyday life and relax within an environment punctuated by tanning and spa services. Patrons can gain bronze tones in UV tanning beds or with UV-free airbrush or spray tans. Other services include body wraps, hydration therapy, and massage beds.

The staff at Mediterranean Day Spa knows that true beauty comes from this inside, a notion they honor by providing therapeutic services to local military veterans and their families via Operation Oasis. Within the spa’s luxurious confines, both service members and civilians let their eyes drink in the soothing sights of nature-inspired artwork on natural walls before selecting from the spa’s eclectic service menu. Plush, leather pedicure chairs foster an array of invigorating foot treatments while private treatment rooms host massages, wraps, waxing, and body scrubs that reflect the tradition of Turkish hammams.

Once cited as a Spa to Get the Red Carpet Treatment in the Editor’s Pick section of 944 Magazine, The Chocolate Day Spa indulges its clients with spa services as decadent as a box of chocolate truffles. During a whoopie-cream massage, the spa’s signature shea-butter lotion softens skin and prevents friction as the massage therapist applies gentle pressure and performs gliding strokes. A treat for the senses, the chocolate-scented massage immerses clients in the aroma of cocoa to save them the trouble of visiting the great chocolate lakes of Appalachia. The spa even takes the guilt out of the indulgence it encourages by providing such slimming treatments as infrared-sauna sessions and Endermologie treatments. Inside the med spa, laser light works to lift faces, tighten eyes, and plump lips, and Botox and Juvéderm reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa's collections of at-home treatments have been handpicked by Dr. Peter Borten and Briana Borten to create thoughtful gifts or luxurious personal indulgences. A botanist, author, and instructor armed with a doctoral degree in Chinese medicine, Dr. Borten dispenses a trove of tension relieving remedies, such as the Break that Ache bag, which greets fatigued physiques with a soothing Muscle Melt liniment and a pain-relieving bath treatment made of shredded to-do lists. The Winter Spice Delight collection pacifies seasonally dry skin with a moisturizing honey-milk bath and exfoliating chai sugar scrub, and the Relax by Dragontree package groups nine different stress-dispersing products including Relax soap, whose scent conjures up the exact metaphysical opposite of stress: a sleepy puppy in a bathrobe.