Montebello, CA Spa and Massage

With yellow clapboard siding and a covered front porch, the cottage that houses Y'Sharis Spa puts visitors at ease with its homespun charm. This commitment to calm extends beyond the front door: the spa staff incorporates extra pampering touches into virtually every treatment. In addition to cleansing and moisturizing skin during facials, they soothe senses with aromatherapy oils or soothing paraffin dips; mani-pedis add on everything from warm herbal baths to enzyme scrubs. During reflexology treatments and massages, licensed therapists encourage relaxation more directly by correcting energetic imbalances or loosening tightly knotted muscles. For clients seeking a similar treatment experience at home, Y'Sharis Spa sells its own line of cosmetic products made entirely from natural ingredients and clients' relaxed "ahhs."

Like bonsai trees, eyebrows require loving attention and skilled care if they're to shade a face with beautiful good fortune. The talented brow artists at Vinita's Beauty and Threading Studio won the 2009 honors of Best Cheap Brow Job from Los Angeles magazine. The cleanly kept salon utilizes safe and sanitary threading practices to quickly shape and exfoliate the brow without using chemical solutions or hot wax. Threading is a gently administered ancient art that lasts longer than other shaping techniques and won't leave you with sore side effects such as bumping and redness. Skilled brow stylists rave that the technique gives them more control than waxing and delivers a more precise look.

The team at Jubilee Salon and Spa includes pampering professionals one would expect—stylists, nail techs, aestheticians—but to take the venue's de-stressing services to the next level, an onsite chiropractor eases aches caused by injuries, desk jobs, or Cirque du Soleil auditions via massages and physiotherapy. The facility's sleek, modern furnishings are juxtaposed with the warm chocolate- and vanilla-colored walls in an open space whose elegance is accentuated with Greek-style columns and hanging chandeliers. The staff's signature facials and body wraps render skin glowing, and hair treatments from simple cuts to bridal updos get a hand from Morrocanoil, Eufora, and Dermalogica products.

Each creative cut is supplemented by a deep conditioning treatment and stylish blow-drying. All headscaping is calculated after careful consideration of a client's hair type and bone structure to craft a snug cut. Hair services also include a color consultation that explores potential hue directions for a dramatic change that complements unearthed spring wardrobes (actual coloring service is not included in this deal).

Skin Perfect's hair-despising laser was sent back through time to terminate unwanted hair quickly and safely using handcrafted photons that harmlessly pass through the skin to directly dissipate hair follicles. Technicians can evict pesky hair from the bodily zones of both men and women with high precision. They handle light lassos like hair-wrestling cowpokes, with each beam carefully calibrated for empathy and small talk. Laser hair removal often bequeaths a longer-lasting hairlessness than waxing or shaving, and while not completely painless, it's less painful than laser hair addition.

The experienced staff at Nova Vita Salon and Spa banishes hair from delicate epidermal regions with quick and effective waxing sessions. Clients recline as a skin-smoothing specialist paints skin with warm wax and uproots hair in a fluid motion reminiscent of a segway barreling down newly waxed floors. Post-waxing, smoothed skin can don skimpy bikinis without fear of stubble or straggling hairs making an appearance. Regular waxing can erode and damage hair follicles over time, dispiriting them until they've given up their dreams of future hair growth and admittance into '80s hair bands. Clients must redeem both waxing sessions within 60 days of activation, streamlining the benefits of satiny smoothness.