Beauty & Spas in Jefferson City

Stylist Dove Rowe mans the styling chair in her hair-centric niche inside Sun and Sea Tanning. Here, she helps patrons to update locks, encouraging them to bring in photos of their desired style, or select from a specialized menu of salon treatments. Using her scissors, hair-coloring brush, and wax applicator, Dove pampers guests from the neck up, artfully accenting bone structure and skin tone. A selection of texture-wave treatments rounds out the service menu, helping patrons to achieve a look of eye-catching glamour without taping a Marilyn Monroe movie poster to their chest.

N2 Serenity's massage therapists knead and apply pressure using massage techniques ranging from myofascial work to injury recovery. They tailor each session to the client's needs, whether they're soothing a back injured while attempting to move a uranium collection into new lead boxes or kneading the bodies of arthritic clients to ease their pain. In addition to massage, staff draw on healing techniques such as reiki and reflexology.

Hannah Gonzales's workspace—Salon De Capello—is almost as posh as the flattering 'dos she creates there. The waiting area’s leather chairs and bearskin rug create a homey feel, though the salon’s corrugated-metal accents add an industrial-chic twist. Hannah cuts, colors, and highlights manes at a minimalistic styling station with a full-length mirror that doubles as a portal to a world where most people are left-handed. Here she also arranges tresses into delicate updos for weddings and proms.

Before he opened his own practice, massage therapist Jack Dillender made sure he knew exactly what he was doing. Through collaborations with chiropractors and medical doctors and stints at various day spas, he honed techniques that work to unclog systemic blockages, reduce stress, and increase the body’s ability to heal itself. At The Way of Massage, Jack puts these techniques into practice during treatments that he tailors to his clients’ unique maladies, from chronic aches to unoiled tin hinges. His 2.5-hour couples massages incorporate hot stones, footbaths, and neck massages to bring twosomes closer together without forcing them to share a single table.

With more than 20 years in the healthcare industry, ProHealth Massage of Columbia MO’s massage therapist Cirilo is an expert at massaging stress out of his clients. His skill at Swedish massage techniques enables him to purge tension with the gentlest strokes. Deep-tissue techniques allow him to treat the sore spots within connective tissues and uproot deep-seated knots. During geriatric massage sessions, he can boost clients' vitality and energy with blood-circulation-increasing techniques. Additionally, he performs mobile chair massages at health fairs and employee-appreciation events and for secret agents battling villains atop a speeding train.