Beauty & Spas in La Riviera

Candlelight flickers across Thai Massage Spa Retreat's private couple's room, where twosomes relax inside a bubbling Jacuzzi between sessions atop the massage table. Here, therapists use hot stones and various modalities—such as Swedish and Thai—to knead muscles and unwind intricately braided limbs. The relaxation extends beyond the couple's room, as aestheticians steam, cleanse, and exfoliate their clients' faces. Thai Massage Spa Retreat further pampers its guests with a complimentary steam room and free WiFi.

Clinical aesthetician and visual artist Sherry approaches each client's skin as if it were a canvas, painstakingly attending to it until it flourishes with a glowing beauty. Inside ZÁD Salon & Spa, her full-service, ultramodern salon—reminiscent of an art gallery with white walls interrupted by bright flounces of color—she uses her 20 years of international experience and the Dermalogica skincare line to design and customize facials, body wraps, and hair-removal treatments. She’s joined by master hair stylists, a nail technician, and massage therapist, who create masterpieces similar to the artwork adorning the walls or the one-act plays put on by the cleaning crew at night.

Encircled by robin's-egg-blue walls and chic framed mirrors, Sleek Salon’s talented beauty specialists style clients from head-to-toe. Hairstylists banish split ends and dated looks with precision haircuts and face-framing highlights, and they tackle unwanted frizz and curl with Keratin Complex smoothing treatments. Hands and feet march into the safe hands of nail technicians, who pamper paws with relaxing massages, skin-softening paraffin waxes, and bright polishes. Meanwhile in private spa rooms, aestheticians strip away hair or take the itchiness out of wool sweaters with waxing treatments. When they're not catering to the beauty needs of loyal regulars, the Sleek Salon crew hones their craft by prepping models for fashion shows and readying bands for music-video shoots.

A trained and experienced staff of nine helms East Sac MedSpa, doling out skin-resurfacing facial treatments fortified by advanced technology and a dozen types of relaxing massages. As soon as clients walk through the doors, a friendly staff member will offer them a beverage—a soft drink, coffee, wine—and lead them to one of three treatment rooms. Inside, an aesthetician analyzes skin type and condition before prescribing the most appropriate procedure, such as a glycolic peel, microcurrent face-lift, or LED photofacial, to eliminate signs of aging, acne, or biting children. Alternatively, visitors can opt for a relaxing Swedish, deep-tissue, or reflexology massage performed by a certified massage therapist.

Because many of its services produce the best results with repeat treatments, East Sac MedSpa creates an incentive to return by offering visitors the chance to become spa members—a status that includes complimentary chair massages, birthday gifts, and invitations to monthly wine parties.

At Taki's Salon and Spa, a team of eight designer and master stylists, two manicurists, and one massage therapist relaxes and beautifies bodies with a variety of services. The hair artists accentuate coifs with full or partial coloring, permanent waves, and thermal straightening, whereas the nail experts soften skin with exfoliating rose-scented or chocolate-mint-truffle scrubs. The list of targeted therapeutic massages includes the signature Shellatsu, in which the therapist uses lava seashells to knead away stress from pressure points, loosen muscles, and plug up the body’s naturally occurring volcanoes.