Happy Valley, OR Spa and Massage

In her private chamber within Elements of Style Salon & More, Nicole Cereghino is cataloging all of the ingredients found in beauty products that clog pores. The list is long and full of surprises such as algae extract, cocoa butter, and spackle, but Cereghino has devoted her business, Pure Radiance Revealed, to restoring skin's healthy glow without them. Instead, she relies on fruit enzymes and natural acids to gently buff away dead and damaged tissue during her six specialty facials. Particle-free diamond microdermabrasion furthers this goal with minimal irritation to the skin, and soft, LED light and microcurrent technology promote cellular renewal below the surface for a firmer, more youthful complexion. Cereghino also takes an interest in waxing and styling hair, particularly the creation of romantic weaves and updos for wedding parties that she executes in tandem with colleagues at Elements of Style Salon & More.

Stress-stomp up to Blue Sky's soothing cerulean storefront, located in the Boise neighborhood, and prepare to give your body a Groupon-exclusive break. A member of the friendly staff will guide you into one of the private, modestly appointed, and pacifying treatment rooms, where you can collapse upon a welcoming massage bed. Once there, surrender to an hour of deliberate and direct muscle-grain pressure, the defining traits of deep-tissue massage. In addition to thoroughly puttifying all of your muscles, Blue Sky's licensed massage therapist will include hot aromatherapy oils in the full-body treatment. The artfully tailored smells twined in tandem with the massage will loosen your brain from its cranium until it floats above your body like a floating cerebral cortex tethered by thousands of synaptic connections. Your therapist will be sure to communicate with you throughout the massage in order to ensure an optimum level of comfort.

In a calm, soothing sanctuary, a licensed massage therapist will evaporate aches and pains by employing focused forearms on each of your four arms. The 60-minute hot-stone massage (an $85 value) makes use of heated basalt stones resting on tension points to relax sore muscles, pacify troubled minds, and recharge the body’s natural nuclear-power plant. Alternatively, select a 60-minute fusion massage (a $70 value) with an aromatherapy-session upgrade (a $15 value, adds 15 minutes). After a consultation to create a customized blend of organic, essential oils for use during the massage, the therapist will employ a blend of Swedish and Thai massage techniques to gently stretch and knead tired flesh dough. The treatment then comes to a calming close with a scalp rubdown and a marma-point face massage.

The exposed grains of the wood-hulled Scandinavian-styled saunporium accent the deliberately minimalist aesthetic. The cedar-sauna smells of the forest in summertime swirl through the air, and the chill lounge (AC-cooled in warmer months) offers plenty of opportunity to pick up your lost sweat drops and browse the spa's Dr. Hauschka holistic skincare line. Though not included in the Groupon, you can also purchase single shots of sea-salt body scrubs or masks and apply them yourself in-sauna–no frissy-fussy sauna-maiden or manden required. For a wetter, more equatorial heat, patter your bare feet no further than the steam room.

From their cushy styling chairs, clients of Amoré Salon and Spa can watch shoppers bustle through the upscale Pearl District outside the studio's ample, sun-soaked windows. But in here, no one is in any hurry. With careful attention, the salon's artistic, fashion-forward hairstylists create one-of-a-kind coifs that run the gamut from multicolored punk looks to timeless bobs and long styles achieved with Great Lengths hair extensions. The extensions are crafted with real, ethically sourced human hair, and attach to existing locks with bonds that expand and contract just like the wearer's natural hair or peacock-like plumage.

In the spa realm, aestheticians revamp complexions with Jan Marini facials that target severe acne, dryness, or unsanctioned games of pore whack-a-mole. Waxing specialists don’t skimp on skincare either—in addition to using gentle Cirepil wax, facial-inspired treatments for backs and bikini lines reverse blemishes and discomfort caused by ingrown hairs. Nail specialists, meanwhile, make sure their art stays intact by finishing a number of manicures and pedicures with CND Shellac lacquers, which dry under a UV light to leave a mirrorlike finish that lasts up to 14 days.