Beauty & Spas in Galt

Ala Rouge Salon & Spa sets highly trained aestheticians to work smoothing heads, limbs, and faces with a slew of salon services. Waxing services help achieve a more placid pelt by sucking up stray strands from drooping upper lips ($12), bristling chins ($12), or sprawling eyebrows ($17). Clients can use their Groupon over multiple visits to repeatedly chasten fresh follicles, or all at once to prepare for an upcoming swim meet against dolphins. Frazzled locks can achieve similarly sanguine resurfacing with a keratin treatment. Using Keratin Complex products, stylists infuse natural keratin into follicular cores, resulting in a more manageable mane. The 90-minute process begins with a thorough wash, continues with the application and sealing of the serum, and ends with a free session of shaking your hair luxuriantly in front of the mirror. Strands should stay sleek for three to four months.

Bare Skin & Body Shoppe is the place to go for radiant skin. And radiance is not confined to just the face, either?skincare treatments also include diamond-tip microdermbrasion for upper arms and thighs, plus microcurrent treatments to tighten and tone the tummy, butt, and thighs. When the staff does focus on the face, though, they're not messing around. Signature facials include a deep cleanse and steam, plus an exfoliating enzyme mask, extractions, and a neck and shoulder massage. A brightening resurfacer treatment targets more specific skincare woes, such as dark spots and uneven tone. After a deep cleanse, the aetheticians apply a hydrating resurface infused with mango pulp, orange stem cells, and kojic acid to brighten skin.

With more than a dozen years of experience, Lindsay Nixon is a hairstyling veteran. At Rock N' Rollers Salon, she offers everything from trendy A-line cuts and peekaboo highlights to sleek Brazilian Blowouts and color-correction services. In addition to tress treatments, the multitalented beauty professional gives physiques a golden glow with spay tans and adds drama to eyes with dramatic lash extensions.

Relaxing strokes are but one tool in massage therapist Michael Parks’s arsenal of bodywork knowledge. Inspired by the grace and wisdom of martial-arts superstar Bruce Lee, he fights chronic pain with focused movements developed in the Far East. Migraine treatments teem with Eastern techniques such as reflexology and acupressure, and general massages follow a deductive, freeform style, much like the teachings of Bruce himself. During Thai massages, Michael guides the client’s body through assisted stretches that resemble yoga poses or slow-motion chicken dances. Western modalities such as Swedish massage inform stress-relief treatments, which can be tailored to address specific concerns such as sinus pressure or sports-related soreness. In addition to targeting existing aches with therapeutic touch, Michael uses postural analyses, range-of-motion assessments, and personal training to identify and address underlying sources of pain.

State-certified massage therapist Rona Rivera makes wellness her single goal, and understands different people must walk different paths to attain it. This philosophy guided the creation of Kneading Your Knots' service menu, which features treatments ranging from Native American stone massages to seaweed detox wraps and salt scrubs. As the name suggests, however, the studio's main focus is bodywork, which Rivera derives from all manner of traditions and modalities. Take, for instance, the Muscle has Memory massage; over the course of 60 minutes, Rivera releases stored energy in the muscles that contribute to emotional discomfort as well as physical tension. Her other massages include Native American stone massage and a combo of Swedish, deep-tissue, and Shiatsu that leaves muscles feeling as loose as a velcro salesman's shoelace.

When asked about her stance on skincare products, Jamie Jacob’s answer is simple: “If it doesn’t do something amazing, I don’t carry it.” The veteran aesthetician honed her keen ability to weed out the unworthy contenders through 600 hours of cosmetology schooling, which included extra training with Dermalogica, Eminence, Skin Script, and Tu'el Skin Care lines. Much like beauty-pageant contests, who are judged on personality alone, Jamie’s services span the beauty spectrum with an array of facials, waxing, and microdermabrasion treatments that keep epidermal expanses silky smooth, as well as massages that go hand-to-hand against troublesome aches.