Beauty & Spas in Lompoc

Led by Dr. Douglas J. Mackenzie, the registered nurses, aestheticians, and physicians’ assistants at Pacific Plastic Surgery help clients amp up their self-confidence with a wide offering of both noninvasive and surgical services. Dr. Mackenzie, who has studied at Johns Hopkins, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Cornell University Medical Center, wields his extensive experience and know-how to perform tummy tucks, scar revisions, and face-lifts. A specially designed, multifaceted medical weight-loss program helps patients get fit healthily, and the center’s noninvasive spa services get faces in shape for special events and awkward family photos.

On her website, Jennifer Weston is described as a “renaissance woman of beauty”—and for good reason: her Rolodex of talents includes cosmetology, massage therapy, makeup applications, and waxing. She’s spent the past two decades perfecting these skills, eventually ending up at her current venture, Brows to Brazilian Waxing, Make Up, and Skin Care Salon.

The Brazilian in the salon’s name denotes one of Jennifer’s specialties, in which she eradicates all hair from bikini areas in less than 10 minutes. She also embraces oft-ignored demographics by practicing her speed-waxing techniques on males and moms-to-be. But waxing isn’t all she does here. Jennifer turns her focus to the skin during custom chemical peels and facials that draw on ingredients such as honey paraffin and seaweed. This natural approach also colors her body treatments, which range from aromatherapy sea-salt scrubs, which slough off dead cells, to herbal detox body wraps.

At SOMA Get Fit, Scott Crawford specializes in adventurous luxury—whisking clients off on health and wellness retreats where they tone their physiques while stand-up paddle boarding and hiking, and then relax under the ministrations of a massage or spa treatment. However, at SOMA Spa, clients can revel in the pampering sans the workout. At the med spa, he hones his expertise on the body’s inner workings, soothing tense muscles with the power of massage.

Scott is just one member of SOMA Spa’s elite team. He works alongside experts including Dr. Grace Kim, who specializes in Botox and other beauty injectables, and makeup artist Shannon Loar-Cote, whose eyelash extensions thicken lashlines without relying on saving each one that falls out. Together, the staff beautifies and relaxes physiques with diverse treatments, ranging from airbrush makeup applications to European-style facials.

Spa Escape lives up to its name six days a week. And not only because of its well-hidden location—it’s tucked behind a nondescript, two-story home—but also because of the relaxing skin and body treatments it provides. In a private treatment room filled with flickering candles, clients can be found resting atop memory-foam tables as trained therapists work out aches and pains with more than eight massage modalities and Epicuren Discovery lotions. Aestheticians also rely on Epicuren's enzyme-rich products to enhance treatments, such as the pumpkin-apple-spice peel, which exfoliates dead skin cells with an acidic formula and attracts scarecrows with an aromatic smell. Skilled cosmetologists also enhance appearances through traditional make-up applications.

Jacquelyn L. Sugich L.Ac. began her career with the single goal of healing people without resorting to drugs. She enrolled in Santa Barbara College Of Oriental Medicine and studied ancient modalities in China as she worked toward a master's of acupuncture and Oriental medicine. After graduating in 2006, she started her practice and went straight to work.

Today, she follows the guiding principle of Chinese medical theory, the cornerstone of which is prevention. She fights off stress and eases muscular tension with her signature massages, and uses hair-thin acupuncture needles to unleash endorphins and reduce anxiety, abdominal pain, and balloon-animal populations. Though these acupuncture sessions are her specialty, they generally make up just one spoke in the wheel of customized, holistic treatment plans that incorporate multiple approaches, including diet and Chinese herbal remedies.

Equipped with NovaLash products, the seasoned technicians at Blush and Lashes outfit lids with lush extensions that remain dutifully in place thanks to a medical-grade adhesive. Devoid of both contaminants and formaldehyde, the adhesive bonds the individual natural lashes to their tapered synthetic counterparts for up to four weeks. Clients can further customize looks with different lengths, widths, and glitter accents that twinkle more than that one little star that's befuddled countless toddlers.