Garner, NC Spa and Massage

Melissa Narron, the co-owner of Botanicals Salon & Spa, never stops learning. After graduating with business and cosmetology degrees, the nine-year beauty veteran has obtained abundant hands-on experience. She has been a Redken color specialist since 2004, to say nothing of her credentials with California Smooth, Mirabella Beauty, CosMedix, and OPI—Melissa's a mani-pedi technician, too. With her training and practice as guidance, she and her team pamper and primp clients with a robust menu of services, including mud wraps, hot-stone massages, and mani-pedis as single treatments or components of luxurious spa packages.

At Carolina Center of Massage Therapy, a fleet of licensed massage therapists caters to a variety of needs with Swedish, sports-therapy, deep-tissue, trigger-point, and lymphatic massage modalities. Each therapist has eight or more years of experience to draw upon and is nationally certified in massage and bodywork. With their boundless prowess with human physiology, the staff thoroughly assuages muscles—never rushing through sessions or using baking pins to knead out knots—within the comforts of a simple, tranquil studio that emanates a homey ambiance.

In a quarter-century of professional experience, TJ Parker has approached the beauty industry from many different angles. She has managed upscale day spas, competed in hair shows, taught classes at John Robert Powers, and done hair and makeup for photographers. Currently, she owns Cameo Salon and Spa, a full-service business devoted to building beauty from clients’ natural features and suggestions from their style-savvy spirit animals. The salon’s menu boasts hair, nail, and skin treatments, the latter of which focuses on clearing complexions with natural remedies such as mud, oatmeal, and vitamin blends.

Helmed by Cindy Wright, a licensed massage therapist certified in oncology massage, Serendipity Bodyworks eases pain and stress with custom kneading sessions that have earned the praise of the Cary News. Knots melt faster than a snowman on a stairmaster when Wright blends the long, flowing strokes of Swedish massage with alternative healing techniques such as acupressure and reflexology.

Though Wright serves clients from all walks of life, she aims in particular to make cancer patients’ lives as comfortable as possible with oncology massage, which she offers either at a discounted rate or free of charge to offset the financial burden of cancer treatments. In addition to releasing tension from the back and the neck, sessions can address cancer-specific concerns such as scar tissue and immune function. As a fellow cancer patient, Wright brims with empathy as she employs techniques designed to reduce anxiety and minimize chemotherapy’s side effects.

Faith Sevilla-Bingemer was born with the number one tool for her trade–-her hands. But when it comes to helping her clients find relief from chronic pain or stress, she'll reach for numerous aids to customize a treatment plan that best suits their particular aches and ails. During relaxation-focused Swedish massage, Faith may incorporate light oils or lotions to cut down on friction as she applies broad, flowing strokes that help stimulate circulation and tame tension. Steam heated river stones may be placed along the client's back, allowing the soothing heat to penetrate deep into sore muscles, while a hot poultice Thai massage swaps out rocks for a warm muslin bag filled with therapeutic herbs. While muscles are busy shedding pain, skin can also shed impurities with help from one of Faith's salt or sugar scrubs, which blend together ingredients such as cocoa and sunflower oil or sea salt and spearmint to leave skin soft, glowing, and more susceptible to deer kisses.

There are many factors that keep a face from looking its best, from wrinkles and sun damage to a perfectly aimed banana-cream pie. Luckily, the right series of facials, peels, and revitalizing treatments can restore skin to a healthy appearance. At Renew Day Spa, aestheticians treat their clients to custom facials, which can eliminate acne, tighten sagging skin, and summon youthful glows. For the advanced renew facial, the beauty experts customize a blend of enzymes, vitamins, retinols, and other components to close large pores and smooth wrinkles.

Massage therapists, on the other hand, knead sore muscles and cover key areas with hot stones. Elsewhere, techs cocoon clients in seaweed body wraps, which deliver vitamins, minerals, and restorative elements to the skin.