Beauty & Spas in Merritt Island

• For $30, you get a traditional manicure (up to an $18 value) with Shellac polish (up to a $20 value), an eyebrow wax (a $10 value), and an upper-lip wax (up to a $12 value; up to a $60 total value). • For $30, you get a spa manicure (up to a $26 value) and a spa pedicure (up to a $35 value; up to a $61 total value).

“In this world of modern medicine and technology, healthy aging should matter to everyone,” said Ismael Beloso, DO, medical director of Changes Medical & Wellness Spa in an interview in Insight Magazine. Armed with lasers and holistic therapies, Dr. Beloso and his team help patients to hold onto their youth with an integrative menu of rejuvenating treatments. Wrinkles, cellulite, body hair, and spider veins flee when faced with a laser's light, and weight-loss plans and osteopathic manipulative treatments (OMT) take a more natural approach to wellness.

Though the bright colors and mod furniture of South Beach Tanning’s numerous salons may tempt clients to kick back for hours, that’s not the staff’s goal. Instead, they strive to provide swift, hassle-free tans that get clients out the door quickly to enjoy the day. Each of the chain’s salons boasts a floor plan that is twice as large as the average tanning salon, which increases the likelihood that a bed will be free and therefore reduces annoying wait times. Guests can choose from five tiers of UV beds, whose successive levels beget increased bulb output and more amenities to imbue swifter, more comfortable tans. For a UV-free glow, customers can opt to hop in the salon’s automated VersaSpa booths, which guide jets of pigmented formula from head to toe in only 46 seconds to grant a look as summery as boat sails composed of stitched-together bikinis.

At Sol Y Luna Tanning's three locations, sunless-tanning experts unveil a varied collection of body-bronzing apparatuses and direct visitors toward tanning products that jive with each person's skin type. The shop's standup and lie-down tanning beds from brands such as Solarix, Sun Up II, and Malibu darken epidermal expanses with UV rays, and spray-tan booths envelop bodies in a mist of UV-free tanning formula that doesn't streak, unlike unencumbered window panes running freely through the rain. Sol Y Luna Tanning's ornate chandeliers shed light over well-organized displays of lotion that guests can pluck to maintain their skin and newly earned tans.

Friendly nail technicians stand behind a curved, granite-topped bar, inviting clients to crawl atop the high stools on the opposite side. Once perched on the cushy leather seats, patrons can watch their fingertips take on new shapes and colors under tulip-shaped pendant lights. Behind the manicure bar, a semicircle of crimson pedicure chairs stand at the ready to cradle patrons as their soles get scrubbed or their toe panels get reinforced with bright enamel. Beyond the nail loop, stylists clip coifs, aestheticians deep-clean pores, and therapists estimate clients' Jello contents with skillful massages.

Virtually no aesthetic concerns go unaddressed at Essentials Spa and Salon, which employs a diverse team of stylists and aestheticians as well as med-spa technicians armed with contemporary cosmetic technology. The salon staff keeps its clients looking sharp by pampering tresses with haircare products by Moroccanoil, KMS, and L'Oréal Professional, and the nail technicians augment their mani-pedis with everything from paraffin dips to agave-nectar rubs.

The massage therapists treat concerns beneath the surface by kneading overstressed muscles with a variety of soothing modalities, but the med-spa team also strives to effect deeper changes. Overseen by Dr. Michael Lesser, the technicians can employ cutting-edge equipment and products, including microdermabrasion wands, a cosmetic laser system, and clinical-strength skincare balms. These treatments collectively rejuvenate the skin while minimizing the appearance of blemishes that typically accompany aging, sun exposure, or frequent naps in a bathtub full of wet newspapers.